By Express News Service
ROURKELA: Sundargarh Collector Nikhil Pavan Kalyan has become the latest victim of cyber fraud network with a miscreant opening a fake Facebook account in his name to dupe gullible users.
The Collector on Friday evening came across the fake profile through which, the fraudster demanded a mobile phone from a local Facebook user.
Kalyan drew attention of the Sundargarh SP Soumya Mishra and got the account blocked. He said the account might have been opened three to four days back and cyber cell of Sundargarh Police is on the job of tracking the con man.
In a post in his original Facebook account, the Collector warned users of the fake account and urged them not entertain any demands.
“Seems that someone already tried to misuse the profile for favours! Request everyone, especially from Sundargarh and Rourkela, and all other places, not entertain any favour, monetary or otherwise.
“I don’t ask and will never ask. Its against my conscience”, he wrote on the social media site.
The Collector also shared screenshots of the Facebook chat between the con man and a user where the former is asking for a mobile phone.
The modus operandi of the miscreant involved using the fake Facebook profile to send friend request to trap people, who would immediately accept the requests thinking it was from the Collector.
It came to light that during chat through the fake account, the miscreants identifying himself as the Collector would ask for costly gifts or financial favours.
To influence the users further, the fraudster used to say that he was out of Sundargarh district and would return the money on return.
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