A 'digital arrest' involves cybercriminals using deception and fear to control a victim's digital communication and movement to extract money or information. Representative image.
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Udupi: In yet another case of digital arrest in the name of a parcel containing banned items, a woman has lost Rs 11,87,463 lakh.
In her complaint, Prameela (39) said that she had received a call from an unknown number on October 25. The caller informed her that a parcel sent by Wang Ming Zi to her contained 5 kg of clothes, 8 ICICI credit cards, and 700 grams of MDMA drugs, and that an FIR had been filed against her.
The caller then connected her to 'Bombay Cyber Crime Branch' where one fraudster introduced himself as Manish Kumar, a senior executive at DTDC Mumbai, instructing her to connect via Skype video call.
He directed her to download Skype from the Play Store and search for the link MCCDEPT2708@gov.in.
During the video call, he asked for her Aadhaar card, which she sent.
Subsequently, she received an arrest order containing her name, address, and Aadhaar number.
When asked about her account number and balance, she disclosed her account details. In the name of arrest, the man transferred Rs 11,87,463 from her account. Following a complaint by the victim, Shirva police have registered a case under the sections 316(2), 318(4), 351(2) of BNS, and 66(C), 66(D) of the IT Act.