Exporter duped of Rs 97 lakh in email fraud
3 May 2014 5:28 AM IST
When the exporter asked the company for his payment, the Chinese firm sent the exporter a message stating that they had paid the money to the exporter. When the exporter cross checked the facts, he found that his email account had been hacked by someone. The hacker had given the instruction to the Chinese firm to send the payment to a London-based bank. Economic Offence Wing of Delhi police has filed a case in this regard.
The complainant has alleged that he has been dealing with the Chinese firm for last two years. The complainant claims that Jollen, an official from the Chinese firm, had sent to the exporter an advance of $15,500 and the of balance of $1,60,980 was to come to the exporter’s bank account. On 3 March the exporter requested his client firm for the payment and he was shocked when he received an email from his client in which they sent a message stating that a sum of $ 1,59,215.20 has been sent by them to the exporter’s account of Mehta Brothers. However, no money was credited into the exporter’s account.
Later, when the exporter visited Jollen on 11 March he informed the exporter that the pending payment had been done. He checked up his email and had shown the exporter his emails of dated 18 and 24 February along with two more messages which he received from the exporters hacked email ID in which some body had given the instruction to the Chinese firm to send the payment to some UK, London Bank on 1 March.
Meanwhile when Millennium Post contacted the exporter in Khari Baowli, Delhi, the exporter refused to comment on the matter. ‘I am not interested in talking about the issue,’ he said. The police have filed a case under section 66/66D IT Act.
The complainant has alleged that he has been dealing with the Chinese firm for last two years. The complainant claims that Jollen, an official from the Chinese firm, had sent to the exporter an advance of $15,500 and the of balance of $1,60,980 was to come to the exporter’s bank account. On 3 March the exporter requested his client firm for the payment and he was shocked when he received an email from his client in which they sent a message stating that a sum of $ 1,59,215.20 has been sent by them to the exporter’s account of Mehta Brothers. However, no money was credited into the exporter’s account.
Later, when the exporter visited Jollen on 11 March he informed the exporter that the pending payment had been done. He checked up his email and had shown the exporter his emails of dated 18 and 24 February along with two more messages which he received from the exporters hacked email ID in which some body had given the instruction to the Chinese firm to send the payment to some UK, London Bank on 1 March.
Meanwhile when Millennium Post contacted the exporter in Khari Baowli, Delhi, the exporter refused to comment on the matter. ‘I am not interested in talking about the issue,’ he said. The police have filed a case under section 66/66D IT Act.
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