Fake Facebook account created in Bengaluru top cop’s name, monetary help sought

Bengaluru: Cybercrooks created a fake Facebook account in the name of city police commissioner B Dayananda recently and sent friend requests to different people, asking for financial help, citing an emergency.

However, none of the recipients responded to the messages and lost money to the fraudsters, who created the account with profile name ‘Dayanand Bannikal’ in Hindi. This is not the first time a fake social media account has been created in the name of Dayananda. Fraudsters download his images from the Internet, use them as profile and background photos, and create fake profiles. In Oct 2024, a similar fake profile was created.