Digital detention: Man baited with ‘SC web link’, loses 32L

Mumbai: Amidst growing awareness of digital detention scams, fraudsters have continued to evolve their methods. Recently, a 49-year-old man from Kandivli, following a call, received a link that led to documents related to a money laundering “charge” against him. The link resembled the Supreme Court’s website, which scared him. Alarmed, he transferred Rs 32 lakh to scammers, later realising that the documents were fake. The cyber police registered an FIR on Jan 1. In another digital detention case, a vice-president with a private company was scammed of Rs 1.64 crore.

This is how the scam unfolded. The Kandivli man received a call last month, with the caller claiming to be a TRAI employee.