Digital arrest scam: Indians lost Rs 120 crore in first 3 months of 2024 to the fraud that PM Narendra Modi warned about in Mann ki Baat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned the nation about the rise in digital arrest scams during his recent Mann ki Baat address. In a shocking revelation, Indians lost Rs 120.3 crore in the digital arrest fraud during the first quarter of 2024. According to the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) data, around 7.4 lakh cybercrime complaints were received in the Q1, 2024. 46% of these digital frauds included digital arrests, trading scams, investment scams (task based) and romance/dating scams.