3 senior citizens duped of 48L in separate digital arrest scams

Hyderabad: Three senior citizens, including a doctor, a headmaster, and a retired govt employee, were duped of about 48 lakh in identical but separate ‘digital arrest’ cases registered at Cyberabad, Siddipet, and Hanumakonda this week. Fraudsters, posing as police and CBI officers, cheated the victims by threatening to arrest them in false cases.

On Aug 11, an 81-year-old retired govt employee from KPHB Colony received a call from an unknown number. The caller, posing as an official from the Mumbai police, told the victim that his Aadhaar was used to open a Canara Bank account for laundering. He was forced to share hourly selfies and transfer funds to a bank account given by them for verification of the amount.