Rajkummar Rao's PAN card used in loan fraud, his credit rating drops

Rajkummar Rao revealed on Saturday that he was a victim of fraud, with his PAN card being used to obtain a loan in his name. The actor claimed that his credit score had been harmed as a result of the scam. He has requested an investigation by the Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited (CIBIL).

Taking to Twitter, Rajkummar wrote, "#FraudAlert My pan card has been misused and a small loan of ₹2500 has been taken on my name. Due to which my cibil score has been affected. @CIBIL_Official please rectify the same and do take precautionary steps against this."

#FraudAlert My pan card has been misused and a small loan of Rs.2500 has been taken on my name. Due to which my cibil score has been affected. @CIBIL_Official please rectify the same and do take precautionary steps against this.

— Rajkummar Rao (@RajkummarRao) April 2, 2022

Rajkummar, on the other hand, has been a victim of fraud for the second time this year. In January, he spoke out about a phoney email sent in his name in an attempt to extort Rs. 3 crore.

He had uploaded a screenshot of the email on Instagram Stories. The actor wrote, “#Fake guys please be careful of such fake people. I don’t know anyone named Saumya. They are using fake email ids and managers to con people.”

According to HT, Rajkummar had shared the mail which read, “Hi Arjun, As per our last conversation to you and my manager Saumya, I hereby say that I agree to work in the said film titled Honeymoon package, which is being written by Mr Santosh Maskey and the director on the crew is Also Mr Santosh Maskey. As I am physically not present in Mumbai, I am sending this consent on mail."

"The process of signing and script narration, the hard copy of the mailed agreement would be done once we are in Mumbai. The agreement will come into effect only when the agreed signing amount of ₹3,10,000,00 (50% of the total fees) is credited to my bank account or as per My manager Saumya said you are giving me 10,00,00 in cash and 3,00,000,00 by cheque. I am comfortable on 6th of January for the narration in Hyderabad Ramoji Studio. You, director & Producer, are invited here along with all above the mail, Regards, Rajkumar Rao.”

Rajkummar's most recent film was Badhaai Do, in which he co-starred with Bhumi Pednekar.