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Delhi Police Foil Rs 1.53 Crore Digital Arrest Scam
18 Oct
Summary
- Delhi Police saved Rs 1.53 crore from digital arrest scams.
- Elderly victims were targeted by fraudsters impersonating officials.
- Proactive tracing of transactions prevented further financial loss.
Delhi Police have thwarted "digital arrest" scams in five states, saving victims from losing Rs 1.53 crore. The Financial Monitoring Cell's Proactive Victim Identification and Protection Team traced suspicious transactions and alerted potential targets.
Scammers impersonated officials like TRAI employees or IPS officers, threatening victims with arrest in fabricated money laundering cases. Many targeted victims, including a retired military officer and an Airports Authority of India employee, were persuaded to transfer large sums from their bank accounts.
In one instance, an 80-year-old cloth trader and his wife in Rajasthan were pressured to pay Rs 10 lakh after already losing Rs 18 lakh. The Delhi Police intervention, including counseling and linking them to state cybercrime helplines, prevented further losses.
Similar successful interventions occurred in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Gujarat, where victims were targeted with threats of NIA investigations and demands for significant sums, including fixed deposits. The total potential loss averted across these five cases amounted to Rs 1.53 crore.
