‘Sophisticated fraud’: Impersonators target academics and private universities with lure of government grants | Mumbai News
Mumbai: Academics have become the latest targets of ‘sophisticated fraud’. Impersonators claiming affiliations with leading IITs approach professors and universities with offers to collaborate on high-value projects worth crores falsely presented as being backed by Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF). Their ask: an upfront part payment, framed as necessary to ‘secure’ the collaboration and unlock…
