‘Next level fraudsters’: Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma flags a scam

While the digital era has afforded us many conveniences, it has also led a rise in cyber-crime. The last few years have seen a rampant growth in internet frauds that range from phishing links to lottery scams. There have been innumerable incidents of people being scammed out of their savings after clicking on a suspicious link, sharing their OTP or other common mistakes. In fact, even high-ranking personalities have been targeted by conmen, as Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma revealed today.

Vijay Shekhar Sharma posted a screenshot of a message he received from someone claiming to be an American named Dr Larry Greens.

The message, full of grammatical and spelling errors, introduced ‘Dr Larry Greens’ of USA as someone looking for a partner in India to supply raw materials and urged the recipient to email drlarrygreens@gmail.com for more details.

Interestingly, the message from someone claiming to be an American was sent using an Indian phone number.