Jaipur: A 25-year-old man in Jaipur fell victim to a “digital arrest” scam , where cyber fraudsters posed as officials from central agencies like CBI and ED, threatening to implicate him in a terror funding case. The youth was coerced into paying Rs 4.55 lakh over the course of eight days, only informing the authorities on Saturday.
DCP (West) Amit Kumar said that the victim's family filed a complaint on Saturday. The scam began on August 1, when the victim received a call from someone posing as a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) customer service officer, who informed him of a supposed issue with his credit card. When the victim denied any such problem, the call was transferred to someone claiming to be with Hyderabad Police.
A woman posing as a police officer accused the young man of being involved in a terror funding case, stating that his bank account had been used for this purpose. Despite the victim's denials, the woman insisted that money from his account had been sent for terrorist activities. Under the guise of an investigation, she collected his Aadhaar and bank account details, further intimidating him by claiming that the case was being handled by the apex court and that over 200 people were under suspicion.
She warned him that a preliminary investigation had begun against him and that he would soon be arrested. The fraudsters, seeing the young man under pressure, continued their deception by calling him from different numbers, each time posing as officials from var.
