India, June 30 -- In a deeply emotional and urgent LinkedIn post, an Indian-origin woman based in Singapore has shed light on the harrowing ordeal her mother faced as a victim of what is increasingly being recognised as a "digital arrest scam." The post, shared by Richa Goswami and now gone viral, offers a chilling insight into a highly sophisticated cybercrime operation that employs psychological manipulation to exploit vulnerable individuals-particularly elderly people living alone.

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Goswami began her post with a message: "This is the hardest post I've ever had to write. But I'm writing it because it could happen to your mother. Your father. ...