Digital House Arrest: What is digital house arrest? You will be imprisoned at home and your bank account will be cleared..

As the world is going digital, the method of online fraud has also changed rapidly. The Reserve Bank of India said in a report that bank frauds worth more than Rs 30,000 crore were registered in the financial year 2023. Recently, a similar issue was seen in Noida, in which scammers held a woman hostage at home and defrauded her of about Rs 5.20 lakh.

This is a completely new method of cybercrime, in which scammers call you by posing as a police, CBI, or customs officer and scare you and hold you hostage at home. This game of scam starts from here. This type of scam is called digital house arrest. Here we are giving you detailed information about this scam and ways to avoid it.

What is digital house arrest?
As its name suggests, in this the scammers call or video call the victim and hold them hostage. As we told you, scammers create such a setup in which it seems that they are talking to the police station. Cyber ​​criminals call the victim and say that wrongdoings have been done using your phone number, Aadhaar, or bank account. They confine the victim to their home by threatening them with arrest. They force them to pay money.

How does digital house arrest work?
We can understand the method of this scam from the recent example of Noida.

A woman living in Noida said that she received a call. This call was made by an employee of an international courier company. He told the woman that drugs were found in the parcel sent in her name.

When the woman said that she was not aware of any such parcel, they told her that they were registering a complaint with the Mumbai Cyber ​​Crime Branch. After this, the woman receives a video call, whose background is of a police station.

The person speaking as a police officer did not let the woman sleep the whole night on the video call and by threatening the woman, got about Rs 5.20 lakh deposited in different accounts. Click on the link given here to read the news.

How to avoid cybercrisis in this way?
To avoid any kind of cyber fraud, you should always be careful and alert. Here we are giving you information about some such measures, by which you can avoid such scams.

Alert and cautious: Whenever you receive such calls, first of all, you need to be careful. Along with this, be aware of the methods of online scams and fraud. You should also keep in mind that the government, bank, or any investigating agency cannot scare or threaten you on the call. You should disconnect the call and file a complaint against them.

Verify identity: Do not share information like personal or financial details on a call with anyone. If you have to send such information, then first verify the identity of that caller. As we have already told you the bank or any official institution does not ask you for PIN or personal information related to you on the phone.

Report suspicious activities: If you receive calls or messages from scammers in any way, then report them. Along with this, if you find anything suspicious in your bank account, then also complain about it. You can use the government portal Chakshu to report scam calls or messages.

Keep your device and account safe: To avoid online scams or digital fraud, it is necessary to keep all your accounts (from bank to social media and email) safe. Keep updating all your passwords and PINs from time to time and try to make them strong. Along with this, keep 2-factor authentication enabled for account safety. Along with this, keep all your devices updated with the latest software.