Digital arrest scam: How cybercriminals play mind games with their targets

The cyber criminals chose their targets whom they can easily scare Manish Pachouly | Published on :

`We write the script and the machine does the rest.’ This statement is not about a filmmaking process, but it is a modus operandi that cyber criminals use to create fear psychosis among their victims and dupe them.

This startling revelation was made by a young cybercrime accused to his lawyer during one of the meetings.

The revelation startled cyber law expert Advocate Pankaj Bafna, whose client was involved in a digital arrest scam. The accused explained how they play mind games with their targets.

“They pick up deep and authoritative voices from online platforms, preferably from interviews of policemen,” said Bafna, explaining that the accused then sync their own script with the vo