What is digital arrest and how you can protect yourself from this scam. Digital arrest is a new type of scam where a fake police officer calls you or video calls you and try to scam you that you have done something illegal on the Internet or you have ordered something from foreign country and that package has some illegal drug in it. So basically the scammers pretend to be a police officer and try to scam you so they can demand money or home arrest you. They can build up any story to scare you and demand bribe to remove your name form the case.The fake police officer can video call you from a set which can look very similar to a police station to make things look very real, they can play fake police siren in the background of a voice call to make things look very authentic.
They can tell you that they have arrested many people and you are next and they are coming to your home to arrest you to make things heated up real quick.Do not fall for these scams and always contact your local police for these things, Police never arrest digitally and these scammers are from neighbouring countries scamming people exploiting their fear.We get many news related to this scam that elderly people lost their money to this scam and people who are unaware of these things are more likely to get into this. These scammers are so smart that they can use Ai generated voice to make these things look more real. Stay safe and share this post with your friends and family.
