'Who ever this idiot is': Shriya Saran lashes out at imposter, asks them to 'get a life'

Mumbai: Actress Shriya Saran took to Instagram to lash out at her imposter, who has been contacting people on her behalf. Shriya asked the person to stop wasting time and shared the number used by them to defraud people. 

“Who ever this idiot is . Please stop writing to people and wasting time ! Unfortunately this is weird . I feel bad for wasting people time,” wrote Shriya on Instagram.  The screenshot shared by the actress showed that the imposter was using her picture as their profile picture. The actress went on to inform that the imposter had reached out to a few people that she admires. 

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"This is not me ! Not my number! On a lighter note the only good thing is , this crapy person is reaching out to people I admire and would love to work with! Very strange! Why would you, waste your time to do this? Go get a life , not someone’s impersonator (sic)," wrote the actress. 

Shriya repeated her concerns on her Instagram story. She cautioned everyone against the imposter. "Scam alert… Fake.. Getting calls from friends that someone is trying to impersonating me, kindly stay away from this fake number from any communications, work booking, strictly no payments," said Shriya. 

Fans of the actress took to the comments section to console her. One wrote, "Really sorry you’re having to deal with something this stressful, Shriya Ma’am. It must be so frustrating to see someone misuse your name and trouble people like this. You handled it with so much grace, and your real fans completely understand your feelings — no impersonator can ever come close to the warmth, dignity and that lovely smile you’re known for. More strength to you Ma’am." A second individual commented, "This person was texting me on REPEATI just knew it’s not you." 

Another person in the comments wrote, "Madam please share this number to Cyber crime or lodge complaint and they will take care of it."

Shriya was last seen in Retro, directed by Karthik Subbaraj and starring Suriya and Pooja Hegde.