A 77-year-old Mumbai woman was trapped in a month-long "digital detention" by scammers pretending to be police officers.
The fraud began with a fake claim that her Aadhaar was linked to a money laundering case. Threatened with arrest, she was forced to stay on 24/7 video calls and transfer ₹3.8 crore into six accounts. The scammers returned ₹15 lakh to gain her trust and kept her silent by monitoring her location. Her daughter later uncovered the fraud, leading to police action and freezing of the suspects' accounts.