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On Thursday, a Twitter user shared a screenshot of a conversation with a suspected scammer who posed as the managing director (CEO) of online shopping site Meesho and requested to make an online payment. The alleged scammer, whose text came from an unknown number, using the official photo of Meesho's CEO as his display profile, asked Shikar Saxena, who apparently works for the company, if he could make a gift payment to a customer via via Payment "The latest scam in the world of startups: message from the CEO," Shikhar's tweet read as he shared the alleged screenshot of the chat. The text he received read: "Hello Shikar, are you available?" and the person identified themselves as "Vidit Aatrey, Founder and CEO @Meesho."
After the Twitter user responded with "Yes," the "scammer" said, "I'm currently on a conference call with a customer and need to get them a gift. Can you confirm if you can make this purchase from Paytm? I'll refund you.
The Twitter user was not a victim of the fraud, but instead shared the incident on the microblogging site. Many people in the comments section said that they are aware of the latest scam trend and shared their experiences.
Another user, whose Twitter bio says he is a Delhi-based software engineer, shared a screenshot of a similar conversation with a scammer posing as Snapdeal CEO Kunal Bahl.
"He's a flattering idiot but pretty dumb in the idiotic scheme, and I don't think anyone will fall for it. In case you want to, don't!" Bahl responded to the user's post, "PS: The only awesome thing that What the scammers seem to have achieved is to get their hands on my current WhatsApp DP," he added.
