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International Business Times
International Business Times
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India's 'Digital Arrest' Scammers Stealing Savings

India's 'digital arrest' cybercrime has become so rampant that PM Modi has issued warnings (Credit: AFP)

Within five hours while sitting at home in India, retired professor Kamta Prasad Singh handed over his hard-earned savings to online fraudsters impersonating police.

The cybercrime known as "digital arrest" -- where fraudsters pose online as law enforcement officials and order people to transfer huge amounts of money -- has become so rampant that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has issued warnings.

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