The Supreme Court has initiated a unified CBI probe into digital arrest scams and questioned the RBI’s lack of AI-based monitoring to curb cyber fraud.
A senior woman doctor in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, has been cheated of Rs 19 crore by fraudsters, who placed her under digital arrest and forced her to...
To bolster their claims, they provided a fake case number and referenced a mobile number linked to Shoaib, creating an illusion of legitimacy.
The retired couple, both former employees of the Maharashtra Secretariat, felt pressured and paid the amount.
This man subsequently passed her call to someone posing as a CBI officer, who video called her and threatened her with arrest.
They coax victims into switching to video calls on platforms such as WhatsApp or Skype, claiming to have a digital arrest warrant for alleged financial misconduct...
Noida police recently issued a warning advisory about such scams. They reported around ten similar incidents in recent months, resulting in registered FIRs and ongoing investigations.