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Economy and Finance

RBI considering a ‘Kill Switch’ to prevent financial fraud: Read how the mechanism to block banking transactions will work

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To combat rising digital scams like "digital arrests," the RBI is exploring a "Kill Switch" feature.
Crime

Digital Arrest scam: Frauds harass retired NRI couple for over 2 weeks, steal more than ₹14 crores of their savings

OpIndia Staff -
A retired doctor couple in South Delhi’s Greater Kailash lost nearly ₹15 crore to a "digital arrest" scam. Fraudsters posed as officials, keeping the victims under constant video surveillance for two weeks and coercing them into transferring their life savings into various accounts.
Crime

Mumbai: Woman loses ₹3.71 crore in digital scam with fake online court, fraud posing as ‘Judge Chandrachud’

OpIndia Staff -
A 68-year-old Mumbai woman lost ₹3.71 crore in a "digital arrest" scam. Fraudsters posed as police, CBI, and "Judge Chandrachud" in fake video hearings, claiming money laundering charges. She transferred savings for "verification" before realizing the cheat.
Crime

Lucknow Police prevents a major cyber fraud worth ₹1.5 crore, rescues a 75-year-old widow put on ‘digital arrest’ by cyber criminals

OpIndia Staff -
The fraudsters told the woman that she was linked to a large money laundering and terror funding network spread across Delhi and Kashmir.
Opinions

Digital scam in the digital age: How scamsters use various techniques to commit cybercrime and trap innocent people

Chandrani Das -
Indian citizens lost an estimated ₹22,812 crore (USD 2.78 billion) to cybercrime scam in 2024.
News Reports

Another digital arrest scam: Hyderabad family loses Rs 5.5 crore, kept under 24-hour digital surveillance for 17 days by fraudsters

OpIndia Staff -
The scammers claimed that the woman’s Aadhaar-linked phone number was implicated in money laundering and drug cases.
News Reports

Digital Arrest: Enforcement Directorate issues fresh advisory against the scam, shares gang’s modus operandi

OpIndia Staff -
ED filed a fresh prosecution complaint in the rampant cybercrime called 'Digital Arrest Scam'. ED registered a case in the scam after studying multiple police FIRs

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