Digital Arrest: Digital arrest is a scam due to which many people lost their life's earnings in a second. Fraudsters find new ways to empty people's bank accounts in a jiffy. The condition of cyber security has become so bad that scammers cheat people of their life's earnings in a few seconds. Smart people avoid it, but those who are not aware, they get trapped in this scam and lose their capital. Today we will tell you about a new scam of digital arrest, knowing which you will become alert. So let us tell you what is the latest method of digital arrest and how people are cheated under it.

Due to digital arrest, people lost their lives along with money

The year 2024 has passed and many people have become victims of digital arrest in this year. According to a report, cyber fraud of about Rs 85 lakh crore has taken place all over the world including India, if we talk about India only, then every day Rs 60 crore is being defrauded through cyber fraud. During this time, scammers have come up with different methods of cyber fraud, in which not only people lost their money but also lost their lives. Last year, a man from Agra was digitally arrested by scammers with the help of WhatsApp, after which he was told a fake story and convinced that his daughter has been arrested in a prostitution case, after which he was blackmailed by demanding a sum of Rs 1 lakh.

A new method of digital arrest has come to the fore

Now a new method of digital arrest has come in the market, in which scammers are now ringing the doorbell of your house wearing uniform instead of making video calls, during this time they come to your house and scare you and say that your name has been found in such and such terrorist activity or they are trying to cheat you of money by accusing you of some other kind of crime. During this time he threatens to arrest you, due to which the victim gets scared and starts pleading, after this the scammers play their trick and ask for lakhs of rupees from the victim and offer to settle the matter, which naive people fall into. If someone comes to your house posing as a policeman, then first check their ID and then call the helpline number and call the police yourself.