Paytm founder calls out scamster impersonating him; shares screenshots of hilarious exchange

Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma took to X to share screenshots of a humorous exchange with an alleged scammer, who attempted to impersonate him in order to extract sensitive information about the company’s funds. Penning a post titled “Impersonating myself to me”, Sharma revealed the chain of WhatsApp messages in which the fraudster introduced himself as Vijay Shekhar Sharma and asked the real Sharma to save his “new” phone number.

The encounter, which left many netizens in splits, also spotlighted the darker side of the digital world,…