🚨 IMPORTANT ALERT – DIGITAL ARREST SCAM 🚨

🚨 IMPORTANT ALERT – DIGITAL ARREST SCAM 🚨

All colleagues are requested to note:

• There is NO legal concept called “Digital Arrest” in India.
• Recently, a retired Chief Postmaster General (77 years) was cheated of ₹22 lakhs by fraudsters posing as officials from the Ministry of Communications, Police and CBI using phone calls and video calls.

🔴 How the scam works

• Call claiming FIR against your mobile number
• Threats of arrest, national security cases
• Fake police/CBI officers on Google Meet
• Instructions to stay isolated
• Demand to transfer money for “verification”

❌ IMPORTANT

• Police / CBI never investigate through WhatsApp, Signal, Google Meet
• No department asks for money transfer for enquiry
• FIRs are not handled over phone or video calls

🛑 WHATSAPP “GHOST PAIRING” SCAM

Do NOT click messages like:

“Hey, I found your photo”

“Is this you?”

Even if it appears from a known contact. Clicking such links can allow hackers to take control of your WhatsApp without OTP.

✅ If you receive such a call/message

1️⃣ Disconnect immediately

2️⃣ Inform family members

3️⃣ Call 1930 – Cyber Crime Helpline

4️⃣ Report at cybercrime.gov.in

🙏 Please share this message with colleagues, pensioners, and family members—especially senior citizens.

Stay alert. Stay safe.