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.

Fraudsters targeted a 61-year-old child specialist by telling him that he was under digital arrest and must not tell anyone about it, said a media report

Mumbai: A 77-year-old woman from Mumbai was kept under "digital arrest" for a month by cyber fraudsters who posed as law enforcement officials and made her transfer Rs 3.8 crore, claiming

As cybercrimes grow more sophisticated, the Union Government has intensified efforts to combat digital arrest scams and other online frauds. Through innovative measures like the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) and initiatives such as the Samanvaya Platform and Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre.

A 77-year-old woman from South Mumbai was kept under ‘digital custody’ for over a month by scammers who threatened her with arrest and duped her of Rs 3.8 crore. With cases of ‘digital arrest’ scams on the rise,

The ordeal began when the woman received a WhatsApp call claiming that a parcel she had allegedly sent to Taiwan had been intercepted by authorities.

For over a month, a housewife from Mumbai was placed under "digital custody" and defrauded of Rs 3.8 crore by scammers posing as law enforcement officers looking into a false money laundering case

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