Retired government doctor from Coimbatore duped of ₹98 lakh in ‘digital arrest’ scam
A retired doctor in Coimbatore lost ₹98 lakh to scammers who impersonated CBI officers and coerced her into a 'digital arrest' scheme. The incident highlights the rising prevalence of sophisticated cyber financial fraud in India.
Why it matters
The 'digital arrest' scam is an emerging threat that exploits fear and authority to defraud vulnerable individuals of large sums of money.
A retired government doctor from Coimbatore was duped of ₹98 lakh after scammers posed as law enforcement officers and put her in ‘digital arrest’ for a few days.
Police sources said the scammers, who posed as CBI officers, contacted the 67-year-old doctor via WhatsApp.
They told her that fraudulent transactions had been detected in her bank account and she was asked to transact the money in her account to them for a verification process, assuring her a refund. The woman sent a total of ₹98 lakh to different accounts given by the fraudsters in multiple transactions, following which they cut all contacts with her.
Coimbatore city cybercrime police registered a case based on the doctor’s complaint and launched an investigation.
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