Surat: A fake Facebook page now created of senior state IPS officer and additional director general of police, CID crime (women cell), Anil Pratham, has been sending requests to friends asking for monetary help. Cyber frauds of late have been attacking senior officials and political leaders wityh similar modus operandi across the state.
Pratham immediately posted a message on his social media account warning people of the fictitious profile and has asked people to ignore the requests and report details.
In the fake profile photos of Pratham including one in the uniform has been used to dupe people. The profile has been locked disabling people from taking screenshots of the page. More than 100 people accepted requests for friendship thinking it to be Pratham’s account, while some were also sent messages with request of money.
“Some people have created a fake Facebook profile of mine and asking people for money,” said Pratham. “I already submitted an application to the cyber crime police who are looking into it.”
Ironically, on October 1 Pratham had put up a message alerting friends on his Facebook page about the ongoing racket of fake Facebook profiles that demand money. A month later he himself fell prey to these cyber frauds.