Hyderabad, March 20 -- In an unexpected turn of events, a scammer posing as a CBI officer faced a 'digital arrest' after being scammed by a caller in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

The Kanpur man, Bhupendra Singh, received a call from a scammer posing as a CBI officer. He told Singh he had obscene videos of him and demanded Rs 16000 to settle the case. If Singh refuses, a legal action will be initiated against him.

The make it authentic, the scammer sent Singh an image of an alleged complaint copy. Singh immediately checked the image using Google Lens and found out that it was fake.

Singh decided to teach the scammer a lesson. He weaved a story saying he needed Rs 3000 to release a gold chain he had

The scammer fell for it and transferred the...