‘Elaborate plan to steal money, personal data’: Journalist Nidhi Razdan on fake Harvard offer
The former NDTV anchor said the sophisticated phishing attack was meant to access her bank account, emails, medical records and other personal information.
A day after announcing that she was falsely
led to believe that she had been offered a teaching position at Harvard, journalist Nidhi Razdan on Saturday alleged the entire process was an elaborate plan aimed at “stealing my money and taking my personal data to misuse it”.
In a detailed account published in a blog on NDTV, Razdan said she fell for the sophisticated phishing attack, which comprised not only the exchange of phone calls and emails, but elaborate interviews, forged appointment letters, and “official” invitations.