Udupi: Entrepreneur gets cheated of Rs 26 lac through fake email account

Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (SP)

Udupi, Mar 20: A person from the city has filed a complaint in the town police station here, relating to a case in which he was defrauded to the tune of US$ 49,500 (around Rs 26 lac). The amount in question was remitted through internet banking transaction on the basis of information conveyed through a fake email account.

The complainant, Ashok Shetty, says that he had entered into an agreement with a Chinese company for the supply of a polishing machine. He had received a proforma invoice issued in the name of Great Champ International Trading Ltd for US$ 49,500, from a person named Kailey Li Yu, on January 22 this year. Shetty was asked to remit the entire amount in advance.

Thereafter, the same person sent another proforma invoice in the name of Anmol Trading Company on January 28, seeking immediate remittance of money to an account maintained by the company in Hong Seng Bank Ltd, as the company will remain closed for two weeks in connection with the Chinese New Year celebrations. Shetty says he had, accordingly, arranged for the remittance as sought, through HDFC Bank Ltd.

Later, Shetty reminded the company about non-receipt of the machine, but got the reply that his remittance was not received. He later came to know through the bank that the money sent by him was credited to the account of Singh Harvinder, Hong Kong. 

Shetty has sought initiation of action against the concerned, who have defrauded him by hacking the email account of the company, for the recovery of the amount sent by him.