"Dr Tandon's Digital Arrest Scam"

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'You are under digital arrest': Inside a scam looting millions from Indians

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Indian neurologist Ruchika Tandon , 44 , was ensnared in a 'digital arrest' scam.

Under the pretence of digital arrest’, she was coerced to take leave from work, surrender daily freedoms, and comply with nonstop surveillance and instructions from strangers on the phone.

Indians lost over 1,200 m rupees to fraudsters impersonating law enforcement officials on video calls, threatening victims with arrest over fake charges.

Dr Tandon transferred her savings from half-a-dozen different bank accounts to accounts controlled by the scammers.

She thought she would be refunded after “government verification’s” callers disconnected the line after transfer was completed.

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay endured 28 hours under "digital arrest," as scammers claimed his defunct bank account had been used to launder money.

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