The Economic Times

Mangaluru man gets call about SIM card misuse; one mistake makes him lose Rs 2,07,04,600 in a few weeks

A 61-year-old man in Mangaluru was allegedly duped of over Rs 2 crore in a sophisticated digital arrest scam, where fraudsters posing as officials from agencies like the NIA and ED threatened him with fake criminal charges and arrest. The scammers falsely claimed his identity had been misused for illegal activities and pressured him through calls, fake FIR threats, and WhatsApp interactions, even accusing him of terrorism.