X User Counters Digital Arrest With His Smartness, Records It Live — WATCH

To make this fraud seem believable, the scamster told Patel to get to Lucknow Police Station within 12 hours or register his statement on a WhatsApp video call.

The video call kicked off with a WhatsApp video call in which the scammer was dressed in a police uniform and it seemed like he was sitting in a police station.

Source : X/@VijayGajera

The episodes of scams and frauds have been increasing recently and especially one in particular i.e., digital arrest is becoming more and more common these days. An X user encountered a digital arrest attempt but, he was clever and he escaped it. The episode started with a user named Vijay Patel getting a call from an unknown number informing him that his mobile numbers would be blocked in the next four hours as they were being used for harassment and financial fraud. 

To make this fraud seem believable, the scamster told Patel to get to Lucknow Police Station within 12 hours or register his statement on a WhatsApp video call. Like any usual person, he chose the second option as he knew about this fraud and wished to record it. 

Scam Unfolds

The video call kicked off with a WhatsApp video call in which the scammer was dressed in a police uniform and it seemed like he was sitting in a police station. Now at such a moment, anyone would think that this is real and not a scam but Patel knew about these tricks already. Watch how it begins here:

4. After receiving a WhatsApp call, I found a scammer in a police uniform and set up like a police station.

This is why most people start to believe that this is a real police case.

Watch this clip to learn how they started. pic.twitter.com/L3eYeQvia0

— Vijay Patel🇮🇳 (@vijaygajera) October 24, 2024

The scamster asked the man to show a 360-degree view of the room he was sitting in to ensure that he was alone. This was asked primarily to ensure that there would be no one else to save him. In the next step, the scamster inquired about Patel's Aadhar Card and started to lecture him about how it should be used to prevent it from being used illegally. 

Patel tweeted, "He politely gave instructions on guidelines for using an Aadhar Card and Meanwhile, they printed a document in the name of the Supreme Court and TRI to give it a more real look!"

He then wrote, "Here is the fake letter in which they used my name and Aadhar card number, which they asked me for at the beginning of this call, but they still made a spelling mistake!"

8. Here is the fake letter in which they used my name and Aadhar card number, which they asked me for at the beginning of this call, but they still made a spelling mistake!

Kya Scammer Banenge ye log! pic.twitter.com/kE8QpV5d7E

— Vijay Patel🇮🇳 (@vijaygajera) October 24, 2024

Then the scammer took things up a notch, Patel while describing it wrote, "Next step is very interesting, he used walky talky to inquire about me in the police headqouter! His tone changed, and he started to threaten me after the headquarter informed him to arrest me! Hear the whole conversation."

9. Next step is very interesting, he used walky talky to inquire about me in the police headqouter!

His tone changed, and he started to threaten me after the headquarter informed him to arrest me! Hear the whole conversation. pic.twitter.com/HVGYQJuFNl

— Vijay Patel🇮🇳 (@vijaygajera) October 24, 2024