The Cybercrime police in Tirupattur are looking out for an individual who created a faux WhatsApp account within the identify of District Collector D. Bhaskara Pandian and sought cash from folks.
After coming to know concerning the impersonation, a message got here from the official WhatsApp group of the district public relations workplace on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 warning the general public of attainable dishonest. The problem got here to mild after some folks instantly contacted the Collector to confirm whether or not the request was real or not.
The WhatsApp quantity used to contact folks, had the Collector’s photograph as its profile image along with his identify. The background of the image exhibits Ranipet district, the place he served as Collector earlier than this stint.
As quickly as the difficulty got here to the Collector’s discover, he urged the general public to be further cautious concerning the fraud. The district collector additionally introduced the difficulty earlier than the district police led by Albert John, SP. The district cybercrime police have begun an investigation after registering a case, police stated.