Another senior IAS officer has become the victim of the Amazon gift card scam. Anil Kumar B.H., Additional Chief Secretary, PWD, has filed a complaint with the Central Division of the Cyber Crime Police that his identity has been misused.
In his complaint, Mr. Anil Kumar said that an unknown person used his picture and name in the WhatsApp display picture and messaged officials and staff to promote the Amazon gift card and shared a link to make purchases .
This is the third complaint received by the Central Division Cyber Crime Police as fraudsters used the Chief Commissioner of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Tushar Giri Nath’s identity to sell Amazon gift cards to his social media contacts last Friday.
