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Published 13:51 IST, August 7th 2020

Karan Wahi alerts fellow actors about fake casting calls; talks about abusive comments

Actor Karan Wahi recently shared a screenshot to alert his actor friends about fake casting calls. He also talked about how these people abuse actors.

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Actor Karan Wahi recently took to his Instagram to share a screenshot of a fake casting call. The screenshot was posted by his friend and actor Aly Goni regarding fake casting call. In the screenshot, a girl is seen introducing herself as a casting director.

The screenshot further shows the alleged casting director giving an offer to the actor for a film project and later abusing him as he says to contact his managerial organisation Toabh Model Management. The girl also said that actors like these should commit suicide.  Karan Wahi tagged Mumbai police and wrote, “I hope all of you don’t get scammed by such people". He also went on to explain that this a fake casting call. He also wrote, “A girl who has been msging me and my actor friends and then gets her highs by abusing us.” (sic)

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Anuj Sachdeva targeted for fake casting call

Earlier, television actor  Anuj Sachdeva also shared how he got a fake casting call. The actor took to his Instagram to share screenshots of the same as he urged his fans and friends to spread the word and beware of such scams. Anuj Sachdeva posted a conversation between an imposter who messaged him. The imposter claimed to be a casting director from Red Chilli Productions.

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Anuj shared the conversation he had with the imposter. In the conversation when the imposter was claiming to be from a production house, he was confronted by the actor. Apparently Anuj Sachdeva had used Truecaller (a caller identification app) to get information about the imposter who contacted him claiming it was from Red Chillies Production.

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The actor attached the name and number as it displayed on the app. The actor sent him the screenshot of what his name reflected on the Truecaller app. Truecaller identified the number and the name of the person and reflected “Money Fraud Piyush”. Further, the location showed Kolkata. After Anuj Sachdeva sent the imposter a screenshot of what Truecaller showed, the imposter asked him why he was trusting an app. Anuj Sachdeva gave a response saying that he was trusting the app as the person is not his relative.

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Picture Courtesy: Anuj Sachdeva Instagram

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13:50 IST, August 7th 2020