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Digital Arrest Scam: Read the article below to find out what unfolded when a scammer posing as a police officer unknowingly dialled an actual officer working inside the Cyber Cell in Kerala.
The moment police officer (left) revealed his true identity to the scammer (right). (Pic credit: Instagram/@thrissurcitypolice)
The digital arrest scam is on the rise, and even though PM Modi warned Indians against it, people continue to fall for it. This, in turn, encourages scammers to carry on with their fraudulent activities. So, when one scammer dialled a number, he unknowingly connected with a police officer working in the Cyber Cell. What are the odds, right? The officer recorded the entire conversation and posted it on social media with a dash of humour.
“The tiger who caught the tiger,” reads the caption to the video shared on Instagram. The video opens to show a man posing as a police official asking his potential victim about his whereabouts. The officer tells the scammer that his camera is not working properly.
As the clip goes on, the scammer, unaware of his victim’s true identity, asks him to adjust the camera angle. The officer the positions the camera to reveal himself in full view and casually asks, “What do you do?”
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This moment left the scammer speechless as he was clearly unprepared for this twist (or maybe his script had simply run out). At a loss for words, all he could do was nervously laugh, unsure of how to respond to the situation.
“Ye kaam chhod do (Leave this work),” the officer advises the scammer.
He then drops the bombshell, “I have your address, your location, and everything. This is Cyber Cell.”
Watch the video below:
In October this year, a scammer carried out a similar scam. The scammer told Vijay Patel of Gujarat that his phone number had been linked to illegal activities, warning him to either appear at the police station in Lucknow or give his statement via WhatsApp video call. When Patel agreed to the video call, the scammer staged a “digital arrest”, falsely connecting him to a money laundering case and demanding he transfer all his funds, promising a refund if he was later found “innocent”.
