Digital Arrest Fraud In India: Psychological Manipulation, Cyber-Forensic Challenges, And The Need For A Coordinated Legal Response
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Dr. Surinder Kalyan, Associate Professor, School of Law, NIILM University, Kaithal (Haryana)
ABSTRACT
The rise of digital communication technology has revolutionized way in which economic activities, governmental governance systems social engagements take place. On flip side, rise in these technologies provides grounds for cybercriminals to come up with highly complex schemes of deception. Digital arrest is one of latest examples of fraudsters exploiting cyber space to defraud victims out of their assets through coercion and manipulation. Digital arrest scams involve individuals posing as policemen, customs personnel, officers from Central Bureau of Investigation or Enforcement Directorate and other regulatory authorities and accusing victims of committing illegal acts. They threaten victims of arrest, prosecution, confiscation of their property and ruin their reputation until latter transfers hefty sums of money purportedly to prove their innocence. The rise of digital arrest scam is an indication of how cybercrime, coercion manipulation have become a reality of modern era. This study aims to critically examine conceptual underpinnings of digital arrest scam, process by which victims are psychologically manipulated, evidentiary challenge involved in investigating such cases and legal adequacy of laws of cybercrime in India.
Keywords: Digital Arrest, Cybercrime, Cyber Forensics, Digital Evidence, Financial Fraud, Cyber Law, Psychological Manipulation, Online Scams.
