CJI Chandrachud Impersonator: Scammer Posing as Chief Justice of India Requests INR 500 From X User, Supreme Court Files Cyber Crime Complaint

New Delhi, August 28: The Supreme Court of India has reportedly filed a cyber crime complaint against a scammer posing as Chief Justice of India Chandrachud. The SC filed a complaint after the message went viral on social media and CJI Chandrachud took a screenshot of it. The cybercrime complaint was filed in New Delhi against a social media handle that posed as the Chief Justice and asked for money for cab fare. 

According to a report by Hindustan Times, the complaint was filed by the security department of the Supreme Court of India after Sunday's viral message on social media about a fraudster posing as CJI Chandrachud. The scammer running his fraud account on X showing a profile picture of the Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud to lure people into giving him money. AT&T Down in US: iPhone Users Report Having Problem Accessing to Wireless Services, Telecom Giant Says Working on a Fix.

Kailash Meghwal, an X user, has been identified whom this fraud account holder of CJI Chandrachud asked to give 500 rupees to get a cab to attend a Collegium meeting. Besides, the scammer also promised the user to return the money after reaching the Supreme Court. The report said that as per the post on X, the imposter was "stranded" at Connaught Place (CP) in Delhi. 

The scammer's message read - "Hello, I am CJI and we have urgent meeting of the collegium and I am stuck at Connaught Place can you send me 500rs for cab?". The message, as suspicious as it looked, could not have come from the Chief Justice of India. However, such an incident forced the SC to file a complaint and bring down the impersonator for running cyber crime. Telegram Now Investigated by Indian Government Over Criminal Activities Amid Its CEO Pavel Durov’s Arrest in France: Report.

The report said that there had been many such incidents before when scammers posed as someone else to trick people into giving them money. It said a 42-year-old man, Ayub Khan, was arrested for posing as an inspector from the Delhi Police crime branch who fooled and scammed people of INR 4 lakh in March 2024.

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