Technical News Office – People in the country are taking full advantage of digital services. Most people learned to work online. From paying online to updating Aadhaar or filling up any form, people can now easily do their work online from home. But on the one hand, the Internet has made people’s work easier, and on the other, cyber thugs have also become smarter. Recently, many such cases have come to light where scammers have been digitally arrested for defrauding people. Now you must be wondering what is this digital arrest, so tell us what is this digital arrest.
What is digital arrest?
In fact, digital arrest is a new method of fraud in which fraudsters deceive people by pretending to be government officials. Along with this, posing as government officials, they make video calls to people, take them into confidence and get their demands for money met. They do this work in such a way that people are forced to give them money. This new method of fraud is called digital arrest.
These methods are used
Let us tell you that in this type of fraud, people are told that their name has been involved in drug trafficking. In such situations people are afraid. After that, the criminals pose as government officials and assure people that if they give them money, they will avoid jail. In this way, many people fall into the trap of these scammers and give them money. Aside from that, people are often told that someone close to them is in trouble. If someone’s child is involved in a police incident, we try to involve their parents by calling them.
Most frauds are committed while wearing a police uniform
According to reports, these criminals mostly wear police uniforms and cheat people through video calls. People are informed that a complaint has been filed against them. If they want to escape, they will have to pay money. Moreover, even highly qualified engineers and employees of IT companies have become victims of these frauds.
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