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‘Digital Arrest’ Scammers Stealing People’s Savings In India

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‘Digital Arrest’ Scammers Stealing People’s Savings In India

Bengaluru: Within five hours while sitting at home in India, retired professor Kamta Prasad Singh handed over his hard-earned savings to online fraudsters impersonating police. The cybercrime known as “digital arrest” — where fraudsters pose online as law enforcement officials and order people to transfer huge amounts of money — has become so rampant that…

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90-Year-Old Falls Prey To Digital Arrest Scam In Gujarat, Loses Rs 1 Crore

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90-Year-Old Falls Prey To Digital Arrest Scam In Gujarat, Loses Rs 1 Crore

The items recovered from the accused. Ahmedabad: A 90-year-old man in Gujarat’s Surat lost his entire life savings of over Rs 1 crore to fraudsters, who posed as CBI officers and placed him under ‘digital arrest’ for 15 days, claiming that drugs were found in a parcel that was couriered in his name from Mumbai…

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Retired University Professor Cheated Of Rs 75 Lakh In ‘Digital Arrest’ Fraud

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Retired University Professor Cheated Of Rs 75 Lakh In ‘Digital Arrest’ Fraud

Transactions worth Rs 13 lakh were blocked due to police intervention. (Representational) Aligarh: A retired Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) professor was allegedly duped of more than Rs 75 lakhs by fraudsters posing as Enforcement Directorate (ED) and putting her under ‘digital arrest’ for 10 days, police said on Sunday. An FIR was lodged on Friday…

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