Senior citizen loses Rs 45 lakh in digital arrest scam
Hyderabad: A 75-year-old retired LIC advisor from Saroor Nagar lost Rs 45 lakh after cyber criminals posing as law-enforcement officials, placed him under “digital arrest” and coerced him into transferring funds on the pretext of money-laundering verification.
He received calls on Nov 30 from two phone numbers, initially posing as telecom-security staff and later as Enforcement Directorate investigators.
