Meesho Employee Gets Scam Message For Payment From Person Posing As CEO
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Fortunately, Mr Saxena did not fall prey to the fraud and could identify that it was a fraudster and not his boss.
With rising technology, there has also been an increase in cybercrimes. Unfortunately, many people have fallen victim to these and the number has continued to grow in the past few years. An employee of the online shopping platform Meesho recently brought attention to a new kind of phishing used by fraudsters to deceive consumers by posing as the Chief Executive Officer of the business. Latest scam in the startup world - message from the CEO. pic.twitter.com/IIsZYYQsbx It's a flattering yet a pretty dumb con in the scheme of cons, and I don't think anyone falls for this. In case you were planning to, please don't! 😁PS: Only minor impressive thing these con artists seem to have accomplished is getting their hands on my current WhatsApp DP. https://t.co/59zQS0C9xC
Shikhar Saxena took to Twitter to share the same. In the screenshot, the scammer, pretending to be the Founder and CEO of Meesho, Vidit Aatrey, texted Mr Saxena asking him to make a purchase for a client. He even promised to reimburse him later. "I am currently on a conference call with a client and I need to provide this client with some gift. Can you confirm if you can make this purchase from Paytm? I will reimburse you," the message from the fraudster read.
Fortunately, Mr Saxena did not fall prey to the fraud and could identify that it was a fraudster and not his boss. Sharing the screenshot, he wrote on the microblogging website, "Latest scam in the startup world - message from the CEO."
