Overview

• A Bengaluru software engineer lost ₹11.8 crore in a 'digital arrest' scam after being coerced by fraudsters posing as police and CBI officers.
• A Bengaluru homemaker was defrauded of ₹30 lakh over 11 days by scammers who threatened her with fabricated money laundering charges.
• In Mumbai, a 64-year-old man was conned out of ₹18 lakh by a similar scam involving fake TRAI and police officials demanding fund verification.
• Scammers use video calls, fake uniforms, and threats of legal consequences to manipulate victims into transferring large sums of money.
• Police have registered cases under the Information Technology Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, with investigations ongoing in these incidents.