“All Indian nationals are hereby informed that the Embassy of India, Abu Dhabi has no affiliation whatsoever with the twitter handle ‘@embassy_help’ and email ID ‘ind_embassy.mea.gov@protonmail.com”
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The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi has issued a warning against a new scam in which imposters using fake social media handles of the mission are duping Indian expats seeking help, especially for repatriation.
“It has been brought to the notice of the Embassy that some people are cheating innocent Indian nationals by sending messages and collecting money to arrange their travel from the UAE to India through the twitter handle ‘@embassy_help’ and email ID ‘ind_embassy.mea.gov@protonmail.com’,” the embassy said in an advisory.
The embassy said its official email IDs, Twitter handle, Facebook ID, telephone numbers etc. are mentioned on its website https://www.indembassyuae.gov.in/.
“All Indian nationals are hereby informed that the Embassy of India, Abu Dhabi has no affiliation whatsoever with the twitter handle ‘@embassy_help’ and email ID ‘ind_embassy.mea.gov@protonmail.com’,” the mission stated.
The embassy said its official email IDs, Twitter handle, Facebook ID, telephone numbers etc. are mentioned on its website https://www.indembassyuae.gov.in/.
“It is advised to cross check particulars of e-mail IDs and social media accounts of the Embassy from our website to avoid falling into the trap of unscrupulous elements. Kindly note that email IDs of all Indian Missions/Posts always end with the domain @mea.gov.in,” the embassy added, reported gulfnews.