{"id":899523,"date":"2025-01-24T10:57:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T05:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=899523"},"modified":"2025-01-24T10:57:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T05:27:38","slug":"stay-vigilant-heres-how-to-spot-a-digital-arrest-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/01\/24\/stay-vigilant-heres-how-to-spot-a-digital-arrest-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Vigilant! Here\u2019s How to Spot a Digital Arrest Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cybercriminals exploit fear to defraud victims. The latest tactic to trick unsuspecting victims is to hinge on the existing sense of fear of law enforcement authorities such as the police or government authorities. The tactic, called \u2018Digital Arrest\u2019 scam, plays on people\u2019s fear of legal trouble and can convince people to fall prey to scamsters, when they are not aware of the warning signs. Digital Arrest scam is a type of impersonation fraud where scammers pretend to be law enforcement or legal authorities operating via email, text messages, or phone channels. They claim to have a warrant out for your arrest or that you are under investigation, typically for supposed online crimes or cyber offences. To resolve the issue, they\u2019ll demand immediate payment or personal information, often threatening arrest if you don\u2019t comply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cybercriminals exploit fear to defraud victims. The latest tactic to trick unsuspecting victims is to hinge on the existing sense of fear of law enforcement authorities such as the police or government authorities. The tactic, called \u2018Digital Arrest\u2019 scam, plays on people\u2019s fear of legal trouble and can convince people to fall prey to scamsters, when they are not aware of the warning signs. Digital Arrest scam is a type of impersonation fraud where scammers pretend to be law enforcement or legal authorities operating via email, text messages, or phone channels. They claim to have a warrant out for your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-899523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-live-mint","category-live-mint","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}