A popular Indian news anchor has revealed how she fell victim to an elaborate online phishing attack disguised as a dream job offer from Harvard University.
Nidhi Razdan, 43, who is a household name in India, resigned from national broadcaster NDTV in June 2020 after 21 years, believing she was about to take up a lecturing post at the Harvard Extension School.
She had received several emails from people who she believed to be members of staff, accepted a job offer on official Harvard letterhead and had even taken part in a thorough virtual interview.
However Razdan later discovered it was a sophisticated ploy to trick her into providing acccess to personal information including her bank details, passport and medical records.
A top Indian TV journalist has described how she quit her job for a teaching post at Harvard University only to discover that the offer was a scam.Nidhi Razdan, a news anchor with the broadcaster NDTV
Read more about Senior TV journalist Nidhi Razdan files complaint with Delhi Police on Business Standard. Razdan filed the complaint with the Delhi Police on Monday regarding commission of cognisable offences including forgery, cheating, identity fraud and impersonation by unknown accused against her
Senior TV journalist Nidhi Razdan files complaint with Delhi Police over fake Harvard job offer A series of emails exchanged with those behind the alleged scam as well as other documents connected with the matter have been enclosed with the complaint. File photo of ex-NDTV journalist Nidhi Razdan.
New Delhi: Delhi Police s cybercrime cell will investigate a complaint received from senior TV journalist Nidhi Razdan who has said she was a victim of a phishing scam in which she was given a fraudulent offer of a position of Associate Professor at the Harvard University.
Razdan filed the complaint with the Delhi Police on Monday regarding commission of cognisable offences including forgery, cheating, identity fraud and impersonation by unknown accused against her. Earlier, she had filed a similar complaint with the Jammu and Kashmir Police on 16 January when she was in Srinagar.
Nidhi Razdan files phishing complaint with Delhi police
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January 19, 2021 23:51 IST
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Atul Thakur confirmed that the complaint was received at Greater Kailash Police Station
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Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Atul Thakur confirmed that the complaint was received at Greater Kailash Police Station
Delhi Police, on Monday, received a complaint by former television anchor Nidhi Razdan alleging that she has been a victim of a phishing scam in which she was given a fraudulent offer of a position of Associate Professor at the Harvard University.