Karan Tackeron scammers impersonatinghis managers
India, July 9 -- Karan Tacker recently became a victim of an online scam as some people impersonated his manager to dupe fans of money, in exchange for promising a meeting with him. As soon as the actor got to know about it, he filed a complaint with the cybercrime department and took to Instagram (see inset) on Monday to address the issue.
The 40-year-old shares that depite going public, the scammers still aren't stopping. Tacker tells us, "Since I put the post up, I have got hundreds of messages saying that the scammers are now getting in touch through other platforms like Telegram since they have been blocked on WhatsApp."
The scammers are also first ensuring if the person they are contacting, knows the actor personally or not. "If they say yes, then they don't respond further," he shares. While Tacker doesn't know of anyone falling prey to the scam yet, he is scared of how far the scammers can go, especially in the age of Artificial Intelligence. "Anything is possible and if they start falsely impersonating me, it's a big credibility issue. That's what I am trying to prevent. My primary concern right now is that no one should get scammed," he ends....
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