Assam: texts use display pic of guwahati top cop to dupe people

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GUWAHATI: Guwahati police commissioner Harmeet Singh has fallen prey to cyber fraud as some unidentified fraudsters were using his photograph and sending messages by impersonating him on


WhatsApp. The imposters used a photo of Singh as a display picture (DP) on WhatsApp while they sent messages to several people. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show


off your knowledge! The police commissioner said some scammers have copied his photo from the internet and are sending WhatsApp messages. “I request anyone who gets such a message to press


the Report & Block buttons available on WhatsApp. @WhatsApp it’s time you woke up to this scam, which is rampant” Singh tweeted. A few days ago some fraudsters used the photo of Dhubri


deputy commissioner, Anbamuthan MP, and sent messages to multiple persons demanding money. The fraudsters even sent messages to many of the deputy commissioner’s colleagues and asked them to


send some gift vouchers. The police are investigating both cases but no arrests have been made so far.