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Udupi: E-mail Hacker Dupes Manipal University, Foreign Student

  •   Wed, Mar 14 2012 10:42:34 AM

Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (SP)

Udupi, Mar 14: A case of hacking an e-mail and swindling of money through a fake account, and causing loss to the remitter, has surfaced. A complaint in this connection has been filed by Manipal University with Manipal police station.

It transpires that a student named Fayaz Akeel Mohammed Ali from Kenya had registered himself for BDS course of Manipal University. He had remitted US$ 22,420 along with Rs 94,000 towards fee and other payments. Manipal University had received these remittances. But because of visa complications, the student was unable pursue his dental course in the university.

He had requested for refund of the amount. Accordingly, the university said it had remitted the money to Fayaz on January 14 this year, through the email id, Farmohammadali@hotmail.com. Fayaz contacted the university on January 26, to remind it that the money it had refunded, had not reached him.

The finance department officials, who checked the records, found that the money had been diverted to an account maintained by Neelesh Singh Tomar with ICICI Bank’s branch near Juhu Church in Mumbai. The officials also found that the account was fake. The complaint alleges that the miscreants, who have hacked the email, had swindled the money in question.

The policemen have taken up investigation.
  

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  • Rudolf, Loretto/Mumbai/Mangalore

    Wed, Mar 14 2012

    Dear Austin, even if one were to assume that the e-mail was hacked and operated by the scamsters how come the sending party transfer the money without confirming the name of the recipient like how it is done in NEFT and RTGS facility in which case even a slight mismatch in the name will not make the transfer effective!! In this case the account holder's name is totally different and the bank branch is located in India itself whereas the student was corresponding from Kenya?

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  • austin, mangalore

    Wed, Mar 14 2012

    Rudolf
    This works as follows. The hacker somehow gets to the emails going between the student and the university. Then he creates a fake email ID in the student names and emails instruction to the university to remit the money to his bank account. Money moves through the proper bank channels but the instructions are sent via email. Such fraud recently happened with one of our customer, where their emails were hacked and they were instructed to send money to a different bank account. The customer got suspicious and phoned the other party, then only realised the fraud. Never send bank account details via email. There are special software to track these details. Other alternative could be SMS's the bank details. Do not know how safe is this.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Loretto/Mumbai/Mangalore

    Wed, Mar 14 2012

    I cannot digest the means by which the fraud was conducted. In the first place how can one remit money through email??? Can anyone in IT sector explain how it could have been done???

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