Hyderabad firm loses Rs 1 crore in WhatsApp impersonation fraudA Hyderabad-based private firm allegedly lost Rs 1 crore in a WhatsApp impersonation scam after an employee transferred the money to fraudsters posing as the company owner. On Tuesday, one of the firm’s employees received a WhatsApp message from an unknown person claiming to be acting on the instructions of the company owner. The message stated that Rs 1 crore had to be transferred urgently to clear a payment and included bank account details. Believing the request to be genuine, the employee transferred Rs 1 crore to the specified account. The matter was then brought to the notice of the company owner, who confirmed that no such instruction had been issued.