"Stuck, Please Send Rs 500" Even Chief Justice Not Spared From Scammer's Impersonation
As impersonation through social media becomes common to seize money from the users, a latest incident has proved that even the Chief Justice of India is not spared from the scammers. Recently, a social media user impersonated as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, DY Chandrachud, asked for Rs 500 to pay for a cab, saying that he was stuck in some place.
Interestingly, the message has been circled back to the Chief Justice himself, leading to the security department of the Supreme Court filing a cybercrime complaint with Delhi police against the accused handle.
The screenshots of the purported scammer’s message, asking for money “urgently to pay for a cab for attending an important collegium meeting, have been doing the rounds on social media. The message with several grammatical errors reads, “Hello, I am CJI, and we have an urgent meeting of the college, and I am stuck at Connaught Place. Can you send me Rs 500 for a cab? I will return the money once I reach the court.”
The handle also showed the name and display picture of the chief justice, Chandrachud. To appear authentic, the scammer, in a separate message, asks to send the money from the iPad.
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Since online transactions became widespread, with easy options available to send and receive money within seconds, the digital scams associated with the same have also increased. Many have lost even lakhs through the scam. Most of the users, perhaps, would have experienced a similar context in which scammers masquerading as their friends or relatives asked for money. Scammers even hack genuine social media accounts to commit the crime, making it appear more convincible.
The financial frauds are exponentially increasing in the country, with the Reserve Bank of India stating that at least 36,075 cases of scams through banks were reported the financial year 2023-24.
