While social networking and micro-blogging sites have enabled actors to interact with their fans, they are also increasingly landing them in trouble thanks to imposters who create fake profiles of them. While actresses like Nayanthara, Kajal Aggarwal, Samantha and Tamannaah had earlier become victims of such scams, of late, actors too are facing the heat.

Actors such as KAMAL HAASAN, SUDEEP, SHANTHNOO, VTV GANESH, etc are facing the heat of it for eg,

KAMAL HAASAN The Ulaganayagan already has an official social networking page managed by his online team but early this month, a fake micro-blogging page in his name created a flutter among his fans. Even celebrities like directors Shekar Kapur, SS Rajamouli, actors Nani and Kushbhu were led to believe it was his official id and mentioned it in their tweets. However, the actor's PR revealed that it was a fake profile and announced that they will be taking legal action against the person

SHANTHNOO The young actor has an active online presence and often interacts with fans on various online sites. However, he found out from a director that a person had opened a social networking page in his name and was conning people