Bengaluru, Oct. 23 -- Cybercriminals are increasingly weaponising fear and impersonating law enforcement officials to extort money from unsuspecting citizens through so-called digital arrest scams, with artificial intelligence (AI) making such frauds more convincing and difficult to detect, SecurEyes CEO and co-founder Karmendra Kohli has cautioned.
Making it clear that there is no legal concept of a digital arrest in India, Kohli said fraudsters were exploiting the authority of police officers and investigating agencies to intimidate victims, isolate them from their families and pressure them into transferring their life savings.
A person cannot be lawfully arrested merely by being kept on a video call by someone claiming to be a police ...