A woman in the Indian city of Delhi last week found herself under “digital arrest” – a form of scam in which victims make payments to criminals posing as law enforcement officers.

Delhi Police explained that the woman was called by people posing as officers from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) – India’s equivalent of the FBI.

The callers claimed that the woman’s husband had been charged with crimes. If she paid to secure his release, the charges would be dropped and the story would not reach the media.

The scammer coerced the victim into staying on the phone for six hours, claiming the long call was a “digital arrest.” The woman made a ₹200,000 ($2,384) payment and was preparing to make another when her husband walked through the door – at which point she realized she had been duped.

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Source: TheRegister