Swindler deletes Chandigarh DSP’s fake Facebook profile

Chandigarh, September 7

The fake Facebook (FB) profile of a UT DSP has been deleted by the swindler before the cyber crime investigation cell could further investigate and trace the suspect.

A police official at the cell said they looked for the fake profile, but found it deleted.

“We need the URL (uniform resource locator) of the account to trace the suspect. However, the account was deleted, following which we could not get the URL,” the official said. A fraudster had created a fake Facebook profile of DSP Dilsher Singh Chandel and demanded money from people as financial help.

Fraudster sought money

A fraudster had created a fake Facebook profile of DSP Dilsher Singh Chandel and demanded money from people as financial help.

The fraudster created a fake Facebook profile of DSP (East) Dilsher Singh Chandel and sent friend requests to people. While some people accepted the request, others ignored it. Soon after a friend request was accepted, the fraudster started a conversation on the Facebook messenger and requested them for financial help. The suspect mentioned that the money could be transferred through Google Pay.

After getting such messages, people informed the DSP about friend requests being received by them followed by messages for financial help. The DSP then posted a message on his Facebook profile cautioning everyone about the fake Facebook profile created on his name. — TNS