Imposter Alert!

Scamsters posing as Siddharth Roy Kapur and Ranveer Singh scout for bikini pics.

Being the CEO of a leading production house, Siddharth Roy Kapur is used to aspiring actresses trailing him at parties. But the situation took an illegal turn lately.

A source close to the producer told Mirror that there was a sudden deluge of aspirants approaching him at parties and asking him whether he had received the bikini pictures they had sent him through actor Ranveer Singh.

Kapur's legal team decided to investigate and they discovered an online hoax.

"A person posing as Ranveer Singh would talk to aspiring actresses on social networking sites about opportunities in films. Later, the person would tell the starlets that Siddharth has requested pictures, with specifications of images of them wearing bikinis. To prove authenticity, the imposter would forward the email conversation that purportedly happened between him and Siddharth. In fact, the imposter of Ranveer also assured the models/actresses that if they sent the required pictures, he will set up a meeting with Siddharth and they won't even need to audition for a role. Fake email accounts with the celebrity's names were created to fool the aspirants," the source explained the imposter's modus operandi.

Ranveer too was puzzled by the messages he received asking him about the images. Eventually he got in touch with Kapur to address the issue.

After Kapur's legal team collected enough evidence, a written complaint was filed with the cyber crime team in Mumbai and Ranveer too followed suit with a complaint.

Ranveer confirmed the incident, saying, "I've been plagued by the nuisance caused by imposters on social networking sites for some time now."

Kapur told Mirror, "Yes, this is extremely disturbing. We have filed a complaint with the cyber crime cell in Mumbai and the matter is currently sub-judice. I am just glad we got to know about this sooner rather than later, else this imposter could have duped many more people from the industry."