India, May 17 -- With cyber crime cases and impersonation scams witnessing a sharp rise across cities, actor Ankiita Bhargava recently found herself dealing with a frightening situation at her parents' home when two men posing as Crime Branch officers allegedly attempted to scam them. "They were impersonating Crime Branch officials from Ahmedabad and they had their homework well done. It was scary honestly," Ankiita tells us.

Recalling the incident, she shares, "The last person who stayed next to my parents' house had shifted to another building last year and knew them quite well. Now there's a single girl with a dog staying next door. These scammers first went to her house, gave her all the jargon and made her sign a handwritten paper i...