Shriya Saran has started tweeting officially after an impostor posing as the celebrity actress made life difficult for her. Says an exasperated Shriya, This person, who was using my name and photograph to tweet, made them look like they had been posted by me. He was virtually a stalker as he was constantly monitoring my movements, which got me scared after a point.
The impostor, the actress says, seemed to know her every move and was constantly tailing her. And to make the account look as authentic as possible, he even uploaded pictures of any public function she attended on the micro-blogging site as soon as it had taken place.
However, what made it scarier for Shriya was that the impostor started invading her privacy and posted a few of his thoughts as hers. This created quite a few problems for the actress, as even her own friends thought it was her who was making those statements through that particular site.
Finally, a close friend of the actress came to her rescue and asked her to create her own account and start tweeting. This, the actress thought, was perhaps the best way to beat the impostor at his own game, as it would be difficult to close the fake account using the legal route. Says a relieved Shriya, ���������Now, I���������m glad that I have started my own account and have a real ID. I hope this will stop the stalker from misusing my name.
This incident is proof of the new phenomenon that has emerged in tinseltown of late ���������impostors posing as real celebrities on social networking sites. Due to this menace, many high-profile celebs like Trisha, Genelia,
Dhanush, Simbu and
Mohanlal have started tweeting.