In recent times, as the cases of cyber crime have increased in the country, at the same pace something like ‘digital arrest’ has also come to the fore. A large number of people are being cheated in this. The latest case is from Thane, Maharashtra, where cyber thugs took Rs 10 lakh from a 24-year-old air hostess.
Like most of the cases, in this also the fraudster called the woman posing as a government official and said that she was trapped in a money laundering case. By threatening the same, in the name of closing the case, the thugs got Rs 10 lakh transferred from him to their account.
According to the police, the air hostess living in Kalyan received a call from an unknown phone number on November 23, 2024. The caller told her that the parcel sent by him had not reached its location in Iran. When the victim told the caller that he had not sent any parcel, then the caller told him over video call that his name had come up in a money laundering case and told him to obey otherwise he would be arrested.
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After this the caller sent some links to his mobile number and forced him to transfer Rs 9.93 lakh before disconnecting the phone. After everything was done, the woman realized that she had been cheated and contacted the police.
Let us tell you that digital arrest is like mentally controlling someone and people who get trapped in it through a phone call call it terrible and even lose lakhs of rupees. Many such cases have come to light and are coming every day.
