Rajasthan Man Impersonates IAS Officer Tina Dabi, ¡®Seeks Amazon Gift Cards¡¯ On WhatsApp

A young man from Dungarpur, Rajasthan has been nabbed for reportedly attempting to deceive others of money and gift cards over WhatsApp by using images of IAS officer Tina Dabi, who is collector from Jaisalmer.

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The matter came to the fore when Urban Improvement Trust secretary (Rajasthan Administrative Service) Sunita Choudhary received a message seeking an Amazon gift card in Tina Dabi¡¯s name.

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Explaining further Choudhary said that she received a message from the fraudster¡¯s number in impeccable English on Monday evening, which led her to believe that it was actually Tina Dabi who had texted her.

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¡°I thought she had some work. However, the fraudster sought Amazon gift cards from me in the messages. But I don¡¯t use Amazon,¡± Choudhary told India Today.

¡°Still, to confirm, I called up Tina Dabi, who was shocked to hear about the incident,¡± she said.

Took up with police

After learning of the cheating attempt in her name, Jaisalmer collector Tina Dabi immediately informed the Superintendent of Police (SP) about the matter.

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The police swung into action and SP Jaisalmer traced the number with the help of a cyber team and found its location in Dungarpur district.

The officer then took up the matter with Dungarpur SP after which the youth using the number was caught. The arrested youth is now in police custody and is being questioned.

Jaisalmer district collector Tina Dabi has appealed to people to be wary of messages from unknown numbers. She also said has only one official number.

How was plan executed?

The youth first registered a phone number on WhatsApp and put up a display picture (DP) of IAS officer Tina Dabi.

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Pretending to be Dabi, he would then message unsuspecting people and ask for Amazon gift cards of various amounts. His modus operandi would seem genuine as his texts were in flawless English, India Today reported.

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