Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Changing their techniques rapidly, cyber conmen are now exploiting the fear about the recent terror incidents to extort large sums of money.

It has come to the fore that conmen impersonating as officials of the ATS, NIA or Delhi Police Special Cell intimidate people by claiming that their mobile number, identification documents or cash transactions are linked to terror attacks.

In a recent case in Dhar district, a youth was kept under ‘digital arrest’ for three hours. The fraudsters told him that his number was involved in the Delhi blast and forced him to stay on video call while demanding personal details.

Following this incident, the Cyber Crime Branch has issued a high-alert advisory.

Scammers typically call victims and say, “Your number has appeared in th

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