Authorities warn against new digital arrest scam targeting internet users in Hyderabad

the authorities in Hyderabad have warned general public, especially those who spend a lot of time browsing the internet, to look out for Digital Arrest Scam.

Hyderabad: With scammers finding novel ways to cheat people online on a daily basis, the authorities in Hyderabad have warned general public, especially those who spend a lot of time browsing the internet, to look out for Digital Arrest Scam.

In this latest trick, criminals, pretending to be law enforcement officials, call people and create a sense of urgency. By employing scare tactics, fraudsters force individuals into paying money by threatening them of digital arrest, although there is no such legal concept.

“There is nothing like digital arrest in the law. If anybody tells you that you are digitally arrested, please report it to the cyber crime wing or the nearest police station immediately,” says Senior IPS officer and MD, TSRTC, V C Sajjanar on Thursday said.

Sajjanar warned people against falling prey to such cyber fraudsters, who threaten and extort money by claiming to have issued a digital arrest warrant. In a post on social media platform X, Sajjanar said cyber criminals are impersonating police, NCB, CBI, RBI and other law enforcement agencies. They extort money by convincing vulnerable people that they are under digital arrest.