I Am Nidhi Razdan, Not A Harvard Professor, But. I Am Nidhi Razdan, Not A Harvard Professor, But.
Updated: January 16, 2021 5:58 pm IST
Back in June 2020, I had announced on Twitter that I was moving on from NDTV after nearly 21 years to join Harvard University as an Associate Professor to teach journalism. I truly believed it was a terrific opportunity. But here I am, almost eight months later, devastated by the realisation that this entire process to hire me; my appointment to Harvard was all part of an elaborate and sophisticated phishing attack to access my bank account, personal data, my emails, my medical records, passport and my devices like my computer and phone. I wanted to write this piece to explain what happened to me and hope that it serves as a lesson to everyone else.
Scammers tricked Nidhi Razdan into quitting her job at NDTV in 2020
Senior Indian anchor Nidhi Razdan. PHOTO: TWITTER/@Nidhi
A senior Indian anchor Nidhi Razdan has lodged a complaint with police, claiming that she had become a victim of a sophisticated and coordinated phishing attack as she was tricked into quitting her job for an offer to join Harvard University.
Razdan who has worked for India s NDTV for 21 years said that she was to join the prestigious university as an Associate Professor of Journalism but after reaching out to senior authorities, she learnt about the scam.
“I did not, in fact, receive an offer by Harvard University to join their faculty as an Associate Professor of Journalism,” she said in a statement on Friday, released on Twitter.
The leading Indian television news journalist Nidhi Razdan said on Friday that she has been the victim of an elaborate phishing scam, after she was led to believe she had received a job offer to teach at Harvard University. The award-winning journalist had already quit after 21 years working as a news anchor at NDTV, one of the country’s top news channels, in June last year, announcing in a Twitter post that she was taking up a job at Harvard as.
How Nidhi Razdan of NDTV Was Conned with a Job Offer at Harvard University
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Nidhi Razan, who has been anchor at New Delhi Television (NDTV) for over 21 years, came out in the open to describe how she became victim of a very serious phishing attack. She was offered a post of associate professor of journalism at Harvard University, which later turned out to be fake.
In a tweet, Nidhi says, I have been the victim of a very serious phishing attack. I’m putting this statement out to set the record straight about what I’ve been through. I will not be addressing this issue any further on social media.