• Wednesday, November 27, 2024
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Digital arrest: IIT Bombay student duped by fraudsters

AN IIT Bombay student lost ₹729,000 (£6,812.06) after a fraudster posed as a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) employee and coerced him into paying the money by intimidating him under the pretext of ‘digital arrest’, police said on Tuesday.

‘Digital arrest’ is a new and growing form of cyber fraud in

Digital arrest