Digital Arrest: Nowadays, as modernity has increased. Modern technology has come in every field. Due to which people have got a lot of convenience. At the same time, criminals have also benefited from this technology in committing crimes. Now criminals can make someone their victim even if they are sitting far away. People who are going online have less information about fraud. Cyber criminals trap those people and extort huge amounts of money. A new method of this fraud is digital arrest. What is digital arrest and how can you avoid it? Let us know.
What is digital arrest?
Legally, no term called digital arrest exists. This is a method of fraud. Who adopt cyber thugs. It directly means blackmailing, that is, through this the swindler blackmails his target. In digital arrest, someone takes you hostage at home through video calling. He is keeping an eye on you all the time. In cases of digital arrest, fraudsters pretend to be officers of a government agency or a police officer and make a video call to you. They tell you that your Aadhar card, SIM card or bank account has been used for some illegal activity.
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They threaten you with arrest and imprison you in your own home. Even make the background of your video call like a police station. The person who sees it gets scared and gets influenced by their words. After this they make false allegations and extort money by talking about bail. During this time, the criminals do not even allow you to leave the video call nor do they allow you to call anyone. Many such cases of digital arrest have come to light.
How can we avoid this?
Normally the police or any investigating agency will not call and threaten you. There is a legal process for this and it is completed under that. So if you get such a call to scare or threaten you. So immediately inform him to the police. If someone is calling you an officer of a particular agency like CBI or Income Tax Department. So you can call the number of that agency and give this information and ask for help from them.
And the most important thing is that when someone calls you and asks you about money transaction, then you should not do it at all. Do not share your personal information at all. Despite this, if cyber fraud happens to you, then call 1930 National Cybercrime Helpline and lodge a complaint immediately.
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