The number of wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital arrest cases in india appears to be growing at an exponential rate. The authorities, who have failed to stop these attacks, have been shaken by the recent instance of a mumbai woman who was scammed of ₹3.8 crore and placed under wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital custody for more than a month. A wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital arrest is a type of cybercrime in which the perpetrator poses as a government official or law enforcement officer to frighten the victim and extract money. Authorities are taking notice as the number of cases of these offenses has skyrocketed in recent years.
 
In the past ten months, the number of wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital arrest cases has soared over one lakh, costing the indian taxpayer ₹2,140 crore. The worrying increase in wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital arrests has become a major obstacle to our goal of creating a fully wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital India. A instance involving an IIT student who fell prey to such a fraud recently surfaced, with about ₹7 lakh being deducted from his account. This raises the question of whether anyone is protected from these kind of fraudulent actions.
 
No progress has been achieved in reducing the frequency of these frauds, despite the government' best efforts to halt such acts. On the other hand, despite the impending danger, the indian population is nonetheless becoming more dubious about the internet.
 
 

 

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