You are under digital arrest! How fake cop scams draining victims’ bank accounts
The mobile phone has been weaponised by predators over the years to such a degree that folks can be forgiven for thinking they’re too savvy to fool. But this is happening—and to people who might think they should know better. Things are so bad that even Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought it up recently, asking people to be vigilant.
Anyone who watches TV or consumes social media will tell you that the last people they want to hear from are officials of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), income tax, or even the local police. Because they all know what happens after that. It’s this very terror that scamsters and bad actors are preying on.
Generally, the first approach is through a call alerting the recipient to a parcel from overseas that contains drugs, an Aadhaar card that’s been misused, a phone number linked to illegal activity, a family member caught committing a crime.
The callers demand compliance and manage to convince victims they're neck deep in trouble, convincing them of the dire repercussions they face.
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