Digital arrest: Two senior citizens lose Rs 1.14 crore in separate cases
HYDERABAD: Two elderly residents of the city were duped of more than Rs 1.14 crore after cyber fraudsters, posing as law enforcement officials, trapped them in “digital arrest” scams.
In the first case, an 81-year-old retired employee lost Rs 60.2 lakh after fraudsters falsely accused him of links with terrorist organisations.
On December 3, he received a call from a man identifying himself as Raj Sharma from the “Data Protection Board of India”, who claimed the victim’s credentials were linked to the Popular Front of India and international terror groups, including ISIS.
