Retired bank manager stuck in digital arrest for 54 days, Rs 40 lakhs were stolen from his account, this is how the new cyber trap works

Digital Arrest Scam In Mumbai: A shocking case has come to light from Mumbai in which cyber thugs kept a retired bank manager living in Bhandup area in digital arrest for 54 days and defrauded him of around Rs 40 lakh while keeping him in mental captivity. Looking at this case, it can be understood that cyber thugs have now started playing with people’s minds.

The game of fear started with a phone call

It was informed that the fraud started with a call from an unknown number. The voice coming from the other end of the call introduced himself as an officer of the investigating agency and assured that your Aadhaar card and mobile number were being used for serious crimes. The initial conversation was normal but after a few minutes things started getting scary.

The conversation was transferred to another person, while that other person introduced himself as an officer of Mumbai ATS and NIA and this is where the real beginning of the fraud took place. The victim was told that his name was being seen in cases like Delhi bomb blast, money laundering and terrorist funding.

Fake FIR, video call and mental pressure

This fraud was not accomplished just by talking, they made the entire atmosphere look real by showing fake FIR numbers, fake government letters and people in uniform on video calls. In this case, the victim was kept on continuous video calls and phone calls so that he could not talk to anyone else and had no way of getting help.

Along with this, he was also threatened that if he told anyone about this, he would be immediately arrested. Due to which the victim, under fear and mental pressure, gradually started transferring his life savings to different accounts. In this fraud that lasted for 54 days, the swindlers defrauded about Rs 40 lakh.

After all, what is digital arrest?

Let us tell you that there is no legal process called digital arrest. This is just a new method created by cyber criminals, by which they loot people’s earnings and to complete this fraud, they start scaring people by pretending to be officers of Police, CBI, RBI or any government agency.

The fraudsters tell the victim that your name is appearing in a case and you will be kept in digital custody to investigate it. In which people are made to believe in this fraud by showing fake documents and fake court papers. In this way, the money is transferred by keeping the victim on continuous call.

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Government and police had already warned

After seeing such cases, the government and cyber experts have made it clear many times that there is no such thing as digital arrest. Even any government agency cannot arrest you over phone or video call and certainly cannot ask for money.

But even after being told so many times, people are falling into this trap because cyber fraudsters have made themselves more technical and smarter than before. In which they mislead people by creating real looking ID cards, fake offices and government environment and in this type of fraud, mostly elderly and retired people are made easy targets. In such a situation, keep in mind that if you ever get such a call, do not threaten to give money and do not be afraid if you are threatened with arrest, you have to disconnect the call immediately and contact the local police or cyber helpline.