Bengaluru woman loses Rs 31.83 crore in months-long digital arrest scam involving fake CBI officers
By
Binu Mathew
BENGALURU: A 57-year-old woman here allegedly lost about Rs 32 crore in a sophisticated “digital arrest” scam that lasted over six months, following which a case has been registered.
Posing as CBI officers, the fraudsters enforced a “digital arrest” by holding her under constant Skype surveillance. They used threats of arrest to coerce her into sharing all financial details and to make 187 bank transfers.
