In this fast paced world running on the fuel of the magic of internet, anything and everything can possibly happen. Some people make billions, some unfortunate ones get locked out of their bitcoins, some find love and some sadly, fall prey to insane level of phishing attacks. Nidhi Razdan, one of the most famous faces in Indian media and NDTV’s ex-executive producer, hit the headlines last year when she announced that she was quitting the industry after 21 years of service after being offered a job at Harvard to teach journalism. She broke her silence today and surprised her followers on social media after confirming that it was in reality a ‘fake’ job offer and she ended up being a victim of a phishing attack.

I have been the victim of a very serious phishing attack. I’m putting this statement out to set the record straight about what I’ve been through. I will not be addressing this issue any further on social media. pic.twitter.com/bttnnlLjuh

— Nidhi Razdan (@Nidhi) January 15, 2021

Her Twitter feed is flooded with messages filled with regret and sympathy because obviously, this is no joke and indeed a personal sad news for anyone.

Vicious things are happening on the Internet! We have heard about phishing attack but not expected on that Level..
Power to Nidhi Mam@Nidhi @PrannoyRoyNDTV https://t.co/N77jN67zC3

— Neeraj mishra (@neeraj_nirab) January 15, 2021

This is shocking and am sure would be handiwork of someone not happy with your approach on political issues at NDTV particularly critical of this regime. https://t.co/dxMxdSkzZd

— Dinesh Dwivedi (@DineshDwivediSC) January 15, 2021

A crime is crime doesn't matter who the victim of it. This is worse. May be it's persons mistake but it didn't make perpetrators clean. People need to understand they shouldn't mock her.. Everyone does make mistakes in life. But humiliating & ridiculing them for it is not right. https://t.co/FQp4YIsd7p

— Lone Wolf 🖤 (@love_lonewolf) January 15, 2021

While some people indeed have wise words to share, there are a plethora of tweets which are trolling her and even urging her to join Whatsapp university.

it took seven months to figure this out? the nigerian prince obviously missed a mark... https://t.co/13lsT1OEgU

— Dylan Mohan Gray (@DylanMohanGray) January 15, 2021

Thank you for @Nidhi for setting yourself up as an example of WhatsApp university professor, earlier we used to have Whatsspp University students onmy https://t.co/D75ALQKHc7

— Thakur Vishal Singh (@vksingh805280) January 15, 2021

I am sorry babu. https://t.co/iW6qSF7I7V

— Harvard University (@havarduni) January 15, 2021

She has filed a complaint with the Delhi Police and we hope she finds out who tried to pull such a cruel prank on her. Nidhi shared the happy news of joining Harvard University around seven months ago. Many people are questioning the credibility of her research on this job offer and also wondering how the visa process was initiated without any credibility, but nevertheless, this is indeed a sad mockery of someone's profession. Nidhi has been working in the media industry for over two decades and is the daughter of former editor of PTI. Phishing attacks are a serious criminal offence and often lead to people losing a lot of valuable information to attackers. Here’s hoping that she can begin a new inning of her professional journey once again.

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