Retired government doctor from Coimbatore duped of ₹98 lakh in ‘digital arrest’ scam

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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.

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.

Cybercrime officers said that the station received over 6,500 complaints of online cheating and reported loss to the tune of ₹48 crore so far this year.

Government portal www.cybercrime.gov.in or 1930 toll free number can be used to report cyber financial fraud and freeze fraudulent transactions.

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