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欺诈警告:OTT播放器的批准信可能是假的
创意产业中流传着伪造的带有热门OTT服务标志的内容批准书，欺骗了金融家。
ET已经访问了多封这样的假信件和电子邮件截图——包括商标和电子邮件id——表面上是他们对一些电视剧和电影的批准，包括预算和明星阵容。
因此，OTT服务的高管们现在接到了来自金融家和制作人的电话，要求确认已批准的项目，尽管此类虚假声明的数量正在增加。
塔尔瓦尔说，他已经接到了几位金融家和制片人的电话，询问MX Player是否已经批准或批准了一些节目。
一位不愿透露姓名的电影金融家告诉《经济时报》，他的公司收到了一份为一部名为《政治家》的政治惊悚电影筹集资金的请求，并声称这部电影得到了Netflix的“批准”。
“我们被告知Netflix已经向Green Apple公司的制片人Ejaaz Saiyed和Zarna Mistry签署了合作意向书。我们收到的意向书副本显示，Netflix已经批准了180万美元的独家独家金额，”他说。“我们检查了一下，发现这是一封假信。”
ET记者看到了这封信的副本，信上的日期是4月5日，据说是由Netflix实体制作副总裁泰·沃伦(Ty Warren)和首席内容官泰德·萨兰多斯(Ted Sarandos)签署的。
一位奈飞内部人士表示:“这封信中有愚蠢的错误……萨兰多斯去年7月被提拔为联合首席执行官，4月份订阅用户总数已超过2.08亿。”他证实这是一封假信。
Netflix印度他拒绝就此事置评。
绿苹果公司首席执行官赛义德表示，他的公司没有传阅这封信，也没有根据任何形式的意向书从任何地方或任何人筹集任何资金。
“有些代理人散布几乎所有人的这种真假信件奥特平台试着吸引制片人。你肯定也是从同一路线收到的。”他告诉ET。
Netflix联合创始人里德·哈斯廷斯(Reed Hastings)表示，Netflix专注于让自己的内容适合印度市场
网飞公司联合创始人里德·黑斯廷斯在财报发布后的电话会议上表示，印度和巴西是目前仅有的两个因新冠肺炎大流行而关闭内容生产的市场。
他说:“我们现在几乎每隔一天就会收到这样的信件和电子邮件……其中很多都是假的。”“有很多人想要投资电影/OTT系列，因为它具有吸引力，但也有太多的欺诈行为。”
在类似的情况下，一家OTT服务公司的高管收到了一封日期为5月29日的邮件截图，显示了这一点ZEE5已经批准了一部7集，耗资3500万卢比的电视剧。邮件还概述了条款和条件。
但是，所有人的姓名和电子邮件idZEE邮件中显示的员工是错误的，OTT平台的实际员工并不知道这样的节目或邮件。
ZEE发言人证实上述邮件是假的，并表示该公司在敏感商业信息交换方面有严格的内部流程，并遵循最高保密标准。他说:“公司谴责这种做法，并敦促其合作伙伴充分意识到这种不当行为。”
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ET has accessed multiple such fake letters and screenshots of emails\u2014complete with logos and email ids\u2014ostensibly giving their approval to some series and films, complete with budgets and star cast.
As a result, top executives across OTT services are now being bombarded with calls from financiers and producers seeking confirmations on approved projects even as the number of such fake claims are increasing.
<\/div><\/div>\u201cMany people are spreading such fake documents with the sole intention of scamming someone,\u201d said Gautam Talwar, chief content officer at MX Player. \u201cSuch people should be caught and put behind the bars. Criminal cases should be filed against them. There has to be some deterrent to stop them from even attempting such forgery.\u201d
Talwar said he has received several calls from financiers and producers seeking confirmation on whether MX Player has green-lit or approved some shows.
A film financier told ET on condition of anonymity that his company received a request to raise funds for a political-thriller movie titled \u2018The Statesman\u2019, claiming that it was \u201capproved\u201d by Netflix.
\u201cWe were made to believe that Netflix has given a letter of intent to producers Ejaaz Saiyed and Zarna Mistry of Green Apple Inc to go ahead with the project. The copy of the intent letter we received showed that Netflix has approved an amount of $1.8 million on an exclusive outright basis,\u201d he said. \u201cWe checked and it turned out to be a fake letter.\u201d
The letter, a copy of which was accessed by ET, was dated April 5, and was supposed to have signed by Ty Warren, vice president, physical productions, at Netflix, and its chief content officer Ted Sarandos.
Talwar said he has received several calls from financiers and producers seeking confirmation on whether MX Player has green-lit or approved some shows.
A film financier told ET on condition of anonymity that his company received a request to raise funds for a political-thriller movie titled \u2018The Statesman\u2019, claiming that it was \u201capproved\u201d by Netflix.
\u201cWe were made to believe that Netflix has given a letter of intent to producers Ejaaz Saiyed and Zarna Mistry of Green Apple Inc to go ahead with the project. The copy of the intent letter we received showed that Netflix has approved an amount of $1.8 million on an exclusive outright basis,\u201d he said. \u201cWe checked and it turned out to be a fake letter.\u201d
The letter, a copy of which was accessed by ET, was dated April 5, and was supposed to have signed by Ty Warren, vice president, physical productions, at Netflix, and its chief content officer Ted Sarandos.
<\/div><\/div>It mentioned that Netflix had 125 million subscribers globally.
\u201cThe letter has silly mistakes\u2026 Sarandos was promoted as co-CEO in July last year, and the total number of subscribers had crossed 208 million in April,\u201d a Netflix insider said, confirming it was a fake.
Netflix India<\/a> declined to comment on the matter.
Saiyed, CEO of Green Apple, said his company hasn\u2019t circulated the letter or raised any funds from anywhere or anyone based on any sort of intent letter.
\u201cThere are agents who circulate these kinds of true\/untrue letters from almost all OTT platforms<\/a> and try to lure the producers. You also must have received it from the same route,\u201d he told ET.
\u201cThe letter has silly mistakes\u2026 Sarandos was promoted as co-CEO in July last year, and the total number of subscribers had crossed 208 million in April,\u201d a Netflix insider said, confirming it was a fake.
Netflix India<\/a> declined to comment on the matter.
Saiyed, CEO of Green Apple, said his company hasn\u2019t circulated the letter or raised any funds from anywhere or anyone based on any sort of intent letter.
\u201cThere are agents who circulate these kinds of true\/untrue letters from almost all OTT platforms<\/a> and try to lure the producers. You also must have received it from the same route,\u201d he told ET.