A Noida family lost ₹1.10 crore to cybercriminals as a result of the Digital Arrest fraud.

Fraudsters posing as government authorities subjected a family in Noida to a five-day 'digital arrest', resulting in the loss of almost ₹1 crore, according to police on Monday. The new swindle, known as "digital arrest," entails crooks impersonating law enforcement personnel, such as customs inspectors or members of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Through video calls, these scammers threaten victims by falsely accusing them of crimes involving international packages that contain prohibited narcotics. Chandrabhan Paliwal filed a complaint on February 1st, claiming to have received a call from an unidentified number, according to police reports. The caller threatened to block his SIM card and claimed to be from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

Paliwal was approached shortly afterward by a second person posing as a Mumbai Cyber Crime Branch officer. A few minutes later, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber Crime) Preeti Yadav disclosed that a man posing as an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from Mumbai's Kolava Police Station made a video call.

Paliwal was falsely accused of extortion by the dishonest officer, who claimed that 24 criminal cases had been filed against him in various places. In addition, he claimed that he was being investigated for money laundering offenses by the CBI.

Paliwal's wife and daughter were also the targets of similar video calls, warning them that they would be arrested until they paid, which intensified the situation. Paliwal complied with the threats by transferring ₹1.10 crore in five days, according to Yadav. Authorities are carrying out more investigations to find and capture the scammers, and a formal case has been filed. The administration has frequently warned the Indian public not to fall for such frauds and emphasized that "digital arrest" does not exist.

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