<ul><li>Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma shared a funny encounter with a scammer impersonating him on social media.</li><li>The scammer tried to extract sensitive information about Paytm funds by pretending to be Sharma and requested for contact details of company's finance head and to forward a suspicious .exe file.</li><li>In response, Sharma posted screenshots of the conversation on social media, highlighting the absurdity of the impersonation attempt.</li><li>In a related move, the Telecom Department introduced the ‘Financial Fraud Risk Indicator’ to combat cyber fraud and financial crimes by facilitating enhanced intelligence sharing with banks and financial institutions.</li></ul>

‘Impersonating myself to me’: Paytm founder shares hilarious exchange with scammer

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