What Is A Digital Arrest Scam? A Three-Month Case Shows How Fraudsters Trap Victims

News18 - Oct 2, 2026

Scammers posing as police and TRAI officials kept a Gujarat victim under "digital arrest" for three months. Here is how the scam works and how to spot it.

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Pinwheel named in Sifted’s Europe 250 fastest growing scale-ups

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ECI Reviews Electoral Rolls Under SIR: Missing Forms, Deaths, Shifting Duplicate Entries Under Check

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