As fast as digitalization has spread in India, cyber crime has also increased at the same pace. Cyber thugs keep chasing the agencies preventing cyber crime on the lines of ‘tu daal daal main pat pat’. The ways of digital thugs are also changing rapidly. Now these thugs have come up with a new way in which such people are being targeted who have a large amount of money. Actually, the name of this new business of digital fraud is digital arrest.
Cases of digital arrest are increasing rapidly these days. Through digital arrest, cyber thugs are easily making people their victims. Many people across the country have become its victims. Cyber experts keep giving many suggestions to avoid digital arrest. Experts have given some tips about the ways of cheating people through digital arrest, provisions of punishment and how to avoid it. Let us tell you about them.
What is digital arrest after all?
In digital arrest, a person is targeted and threatened online that an arrest warrant has been issued in his name through the government agency CBI or Enforcement Directorate, and he will have to pay a penalty or fine. In reality, there is no such thing as digital arrest, but due to the increasing crime of this kind, it is being given this name. In the last three months, 600 such cases have come up in Delhi-NCR, in which fraud of Rs 400 crore has taken place. Apart from this, many cases are not even reported. There are many such cases in which those who try to cheat are not successful. The organized gang of digital arrest has not been exposed yet, due to which the cases of digital arrest are increasing. The cases of digital arrest are increasing so rapidly that even the Prime Minister himself had to appeal to the people to be cautious.
What is the method of trapping
These digital thugs do not do any small fraud but cheat of crores, recently a retired engineer was cheated of Rs 10 crore in Rohini area of Delhi. By falling into the trap of these thugs, their lifelong earnings were looted. There are 4-5 ways of cheating in this. For example, by taking the name of a courier saying that the wrong goods have come in it. There are drugs in the courier, due to which you will get trapped. Such transactions have been done from your bank account which are related to financial fraud. The said person was kept under digital arrest for several weeks by saying that your parcel sent to China has been caught and your Aadhar card has been caught in it. Mostly those people are trapped who are educated and law-aware by showing the fear of money laundering, NDPS. Such people are intimidated and ransom is demanded from them through digital means. If there is no money in their accounts, then they are given loans. Many times, if they do not have loan taking apps, then those apps are also made to download. In many cases, digital arrest is kept for several days. Recently, a case came to light in Mumbai where an elderly woman was kept under digital arrest for a whole month. Three crore eighty lakhs were looted. A similar incident happened with a business woman from Delhi who was duped of 5 crores.
How can one avoid the case of digital arrest? Cyber experts give many tips to avoid fake arrest.
First of all, the caller should be identified. The name of the caller and the badge number of the agency should be asked and he should be identified through official channels.
These digital thugs adopt the tactics of threatening you so that you transfer money out of fear, so stay calm, do not do anything in a hurry.
If the caller tells you that an arrest warrant has been issued in your name, then contact the concerned agency. Do not give your financial details to anyone.
Keep in mind that no enforcement agency demands payment over the phone, nor do agencies ask for your financial details over the call.
If such an incident happens with someone, then he can report it in two ways. A complaint can be lodged through the cyber fraud helpline number or email. Apart from this, you can also complain to the local police. If you inform the police within an hour, there is a possibility of getting back the transferred money.
