Ex-PM’s son duped of Rs 7.8 cr by WhatsApp impersonator posing as him

Former Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Gujral, son of former Prime Minister IK Gujral, was defrauded of Rs 7.8 crore over four days.

The cyber criminals created a WhatsApp account using his profile picture and convinced an employee at his company to transfer funds across four separate transactions.

The scam unravelled when his daughter, alerted to the unusual demands, confirmed with her father that he had issued no such instructions.