Alert mom saves MBA son from digital arrest fraud
Lucknow: After spotting a phony digital arrest threat issued to her son, an MBA graduate, a vigilant mother prevented a cyber fraud effort. According to police, the affair started on Sunday when a young person clicked on a link in a message that promised Rs 2,500. He clicked the link, thinking it was a promotional deal. His cell phone was compromised shortly after.
He received an email within hours, allegedly from a central investigative agency. The letter threatened to put him under digital arrest if he disobeyed orders and accused him of being involved in a major financial crime. The communication included references to legal requirements, counterfeit official insignia, and frightening language. The victim's social media accounts were also compromised.
The young people were allegedly forced to pay Rs. 10 lakh and divulge private banking and personal information by the scammers.
For nearly two days, I was unable to eat, sleep, or perform any other tasks. In his complaint to the cyber cell, he stated, "No money transactions occurred because my mother handles all financial transactions and I didn't have a single penny in the account."
But on Wednesday morning, his mother detected irregularities in the sender's address, tone, and procedural claims after closely reading the email and thinking something wasn't quite right. She went to the cyber cell to file a complaint after preventing her son from answering any more.
She also requested that he keep the phone off and destroy the SIM card.
"We attempted to turn off the phone but were unsuccessful. "Even the attempts to modify the Gmail passwords were unsuccessful," she informed the cops.
According to cyber specialists, the episode is indicative of a growing trend in which scammers use links to first compromise machines before increasing pressure by threatening "digital arrest" via email rather than video chats.
Similar to an EXE file on Windows, an APK (Android Package Kit) is the file format used to install apps on Android phones. While APKs obtained through links, emails, WhatsApp messages, or other websites are frequently unverified, apps from the Google Play Store are validated. According to an officer, a malicious APK can conceal trojans, spyware, or remote-access tools under the appearance of reward apps or payment links.
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