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Scam Alert : Fake MS Dhoni Scam Targets Cricket Fans Requested Money Online

Beware: Scam Alert - Fake MS Dhoni Requests Money Online

Anjali

Former Indian cricket team's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's retirement has been a matter of important debate. Still, lately a post regarding him is going viral fleetly, in which it has been claimed that Mahendra Singh Dhoni is stuck in Ranchi. He also said that he'd demanded Rs 600 online from a person to reach home safely as he'd forgotten his wallet. Still, fans have raised numerous questions about this post, so let's find out whether this post is true or false. What exactly is the case about?

Online frauds are on the rise, Cricket fans are being cheated. Users are being cheated online in the name of former Indian captain MS Dhoni using colorful social media platforms. lately, an incident came to light in this regard, in which a conman transferred a message to a person on Instagram and demanded money. In this message, the thus, claimed that he's MS Dhoni.

In the communication, the fraudster, who pretended to be Dhoni, said that he was stuck in Ranchi as he forgot his wallet. The online fraudster had transferred a message in the name of Mahi77i2 (Dhoni's sanctioned handlemahi7781) through Dhoni's fake account. In this communication, he has told me that, I need Rs600 to go home.

To pretend that the communication was real, the conman also transferred a selfie of Dhoni as evidence. This is how online fraudsters cheat people.