'Digital arrest' scams are big in India and may be spreading

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 …

[sanmigueelbeer]

Digital Arrest, pffft!

I've been "digitally deported" several times to the People's Republic of China for failure to pay my Australian taxes.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Digital Arrest, pffft!

Does that refer to being banished from the internet for making a post about Julian Assange?

[Paul Hovnanian]

Pay ...

... to get a husband released? Knowing my wife, I'd still be in a cell in French Guiana.

[Bebu]

Says a lot about Indian law enforcement

If the woman accepted implicitly that her husband would not be charged with an offence if she paid a "fee", it doesn't say much for the trust the people have in their law enforcement or the administration of justice generally.

Without respect for the rule of law a society is little better than anarchy. A point that shouldn't be lost to those not on the subcontinent.

[Clarecats]

Re: Says a lot about Indian law enforcement

There is a young people's movement in India which asks its members to swear that they will never ask for a bribe or accept a bribe. They don't ask them to swear they will never pay a bribe, because this might be the only way their grandmother gets medical treatment.