The Cyber Crime Wing of the Tambaram City Police said it has unearthed a major ‘digital arrest’ scam by arresting two key suspects.
According to the police, P.K. Chandran, a victim of the scam, received a WhatsApp call from a fraudster posing as an official, who falsely claimed that he owed ₹1 lakh in SBI credit card dues. Shortly after, another individual impersonating a representative from the Delhi Cyber Crime Unit informed him that a money laundering case had been filed against him. Under the pretext of verifying his credentials to avoid arrest, he was deceived into transferring a total of ₹2.25 crore to various bank accounts provided by the fraudsters.
