Beware of Frauds
I would like to bring to light a case of fraud which happenned with me yesterday at mumbai.
I am a passout of College of Technology, Pantnagar , Uttaranchal and am currently working with TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES Mumbai
Yesterday, on 24th October 2005, I got a call from a person named Shyam Sunder who claimed to be an alumnus of mine. He said he has been working with Microsoft at Sydney Australia and has come down to India for his VISA stamping and had come to bangalore and from there to Mumbai. His wallet has been picked up and he needs some help to get back to Bangalore.I asked him various questions like the professors and other things and he satisfied me. Then I transferred Rs 8000/- to his ICICI Bank A/c 004701530996 at Koramangala-Bangalore branch which was his old salary bank account with no money in it.
He promised to return the money by today morning by transferring it to my ICICI Bank A/c from where I had made the transaction.
But today morning I got anxious and searched for that man Shyam Sunder on Internet and found that he has duped few other people in the same manner.
In this mail I have copied the matter I found on net and also writing the URLs for the same.
I went to ICICI Bank, Goregaon Branch at Mumbai regarding the same but the Manager there , Ms. Sarita Nair said that the bank cannot take any action against that person and they cannot tell me anything about his as he is there customer.
I have lodged a complaint with police
Let's see what happens
http://www.alumniuce.com/messages/msg30.html
http://abhaga.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, September 21
Beware of Fraud !
I am pasting the mails I sent to IITK friends today. Please spread the word, as it appears that some other cases of receiving similar phone calls have also come into picture.
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Hi all,
This is really embarrassing but also important. There is this who called me up under the name Shyam Sunder, claiming to be a passout of 1996 batch. He said he has been working in Sydney Australia and has come down to India to interview with some company in Chennai. His wallet has been picked up and he needs some help to get back to Bombay.
I was a little suspicious in the beginning so I asked for some identity proof. His ICICI account showed the name Shyam Sunder. On google, I found out that there indeed was a alumni named Shyam Sunder in 1996 batch. The page which showed his name didn't open (it timed out). So I fell for the bait and transferred money to the account. He promised to contact me back on reaching Bombay.
After I had made the transfer, I just out of curiosity again tried to load that page and lo ! Shyam Sunder from 1997 batch (MSc. Chem) actually died in 2002 from blood cancer !!. Details are on the 1996 webpage since he joined the institute along with them. Then I searched for that ICICI account number and found this:
http://m.1asphost.com/alumniuce/message.asp
This guy has been doing this for sometime now I guess. If only I would have searched for the account number first !! But please spread the info. Since he will definitely try to contact others also.
Is there some public place where this information can be posted so that it turns up quickly on google? I will put it up on my blog. Please do so on your blogs also. I am also going to file a complaint with ICICI Bank about the misusage of this account but I don't think much can be done on that front.
This whole episode has been quite disheartening !
Regards,
abhaga
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Hi all,
This reminds me that I forgot to mention the account number in the last mail. It is 004701530996, Koramangala Branch, ICICI. Please make this information as visible as possible.
About the phone number, I guess he may have similarly pleaded somebody that he has lost everything and needs to make some urgent calls and used the phone since I got the call from a Chennai local number: 91-44-52163430.
I talked with ICICI customer care. They have asked me to lodge a written complaint and said that bank will "follow up the case" which amounts to nothing I guess but I will file the complaint nonetheless. Cyber Crime Branch people want me to come down to the branch between 10:00 and 5:00 on weekdays to "discuss" the matter with them. I will see if I can manage that.
Regards,
abhaga
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Important Message!
Importance: High
University College of Engineering, Burla
Posted on (mm/dd/yy): Tue 8/9/2005 12:06 PM
Be aware of this fraud!
Name: Shyam Sunder
ICICI Acct. No. – 004701530996
Branch: Kormangala, Bangalore.
Read the following mails, to know more about what this guy had done last weekend. Request you all to be careful, whenever you extend any kind of help to anybody. Please ensure, your effort of help is not going to the wrong persons or is not being misused! This is just one of the thousand ways, people can cheat you. You need to take care of your money!
Please share this information with your friends, so that they don't fall prey to such frauds.
Hi All,
I want to inform you a very shocking incident happened with me last saturday.
I got call on my mobile from Mr. Shyam Sunder of 1995 batch passout, Mechanical Engg as told by him.He told me that he is working in Sydney in a Telecom company(name I forgot), He is in Bangalore for two weeks for an interview of Telstra(another telecom company of Austarlia). The interview was in Mumbai, He had been to Mumbai for the interview,he lost his wallet there..with all money and credit/debit cards.He has not a single penny to return back to bangalore(I stay in b'lore).So he wants me to help..some money (2.5k)to transfer to his ICICI bank account,he will come to bangalore and return it(he has cheque book in his room in b'lore to pay as he told)..He talked to me for 10-15 mnts..told he got my cell no from alumni website..also told few of our Prof. name..he also told his Roll no as 91UCE001.
I was almost convinced..to help a fellow unicollegian..as he was in such a situation.He gave me his Account no...etc..
I went to the near by cafe try to find his name in alumniuce, I could not found.Also alumni website was not accesible at that time(only there I have updated my cell no) due to bandwidth issue. then I call Mr. Sitansu Joshi..thanks..he gave cell no of Mr. Subhash Chandra of 1995 batch mechanical passout.I talked to him..he confirmed no such Shyam sunder was there in his batch.Thanks a lot to Mr. Subhash chandra also.
Then I searched all the 400/500 mebers present in Alumniuce yahoo group datbase.I found another Mr. Sanjay Agrawal as Roll no 91UCE001.
So I decided not to transfer.As I had already added his account no as payee in my ICICI bank account..the name was same as in shyamsunder..but god knows who was that fellow..trying to cheat me.He must have done a lot of home work before calling me..as gave the details..of our college and faculties..also the role no..Its not imppossible for a outsider to collect data from the alumni website..bt still I would suggest to be care ful.
Its good to have a alumni network and contact details of all handy..bt cann't we check some authentication in our website to enter the database to avoid such incidents.
Hi all,
ya about the phone no. problem, now I’ve made some change in the page.
Bhai, Some interesting thing happened on Saturday. Some ‘Anonymous’ person had made calls to many UCEians at mumbai/pune & had introduced himself to be an UCEian of 95 batch & faked a story that he had been for the Microsoft interview & now has lost his purse & is in need of money.
When asked to come to our room & collect it, he said, ‘it’s pretty urgent. Can u make internet fund transfer to his icici account?’. He doesn’t know oriya. He said, he doesn’t know anyone of his batchmates at mumbai. When asked about his parents, he said none of his family members are in India.
Uske baat se to, jabardast fraud lag raha tha. Anyway, it seems he got the phone nos. from the alumniuce site.
Now, I jus’ browsed thru the alumniuce log book, I’ve doubt on this member:
Detailed Log (Latest on Top)
Sl.No. Date Login Name Activity
14. 8/6/2005 11:53:31 AM samsun Login to alumniuce from Host: 202.88.211.207 Address: 202.88.211.207.
15. 8/6/2005 11:52:33 AM samsun Login to alumniuce from Host: 202.88.211.207 Address: 202.88.211.207.
16. 8/6/2005 11:51:32 AM samsun Updated profile
17. 8/6/2005 11:50:03 AM samsun Login to alumniuce from Host: 202.88.211.207 Address: 202.88.211.207.
18. 8/6/2005 10:31:43 AM samsun Login to alumniuce from Host: 202.54.22.245 Address: 202.54.22.245.
19. 8/6/2005 10:31:42 AM samsun Login to alumniuce from Host: 202.54.22.245 Address: 202.54.22.245.
Hi,
His name shown in Account was SHYAM SUNDER only.
He also made the same story as made to Mr Prasanna. Only the company name was changed to Microsoft.
I want the details regarding him so that I can lodge a complain in the Police Station.
I am a passout of College of Technology, Pantnagar , Uttaranchal and am currently working with TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES Mumbai
Yesterday, on 24th October 2005, I got a call from a person named Shyam Sunder who claimed to be an alumnus of mine. He said he has been working with Microsoft at Sydney Australia and has come down to India for his VISA stamping and had come to bangalore and from there to Mumbai. His wallet has been picked up and he needs some help to get back to Bangalore.I asked him various questions like the professors and other things and he satisfied me. Then I transferred Rs 8000/- to his ICICI Bank A/c 004701530996 at Koramangala-Bangalore branch which was his old salary bank account with no money in it.
He promised to return the money by today morning by transferring it to my ICICI Bank A/c from where I had made the transaction.
But today morning I got anxious and searched for that man Shyam Sunder on Internet and found that he has duped few other people in the same manner.
In this mail I have copied the matter I found on net and also writing the URLs for the same.
I went to ICICI Bank, Goregaon Branch at Mumbai regarding the same but the Manager there , Ms. Sarita Nair said that the bank cannot take any action against that person and they cannot tell me anything about his as he is there customer.
I have lodged a complaint with police
Let's see what happens
http://www.alumniuce.com/messages/msg30.html
http://abhaga.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, September 21
Beware of Fraud !
I am pasting the mails I sent to IITK friends today. Please spread the word, as it appears that some other cases of receiving similar phone calls have also come into picture.
--
Hi all,
This is really embarrassing but also important. There is this who called me up under the name Shyam Sunder, claiming to be a passout of 1996 batch. He said he has been working in Sydney Australia and has come down to India to interview with some company in Chennai. His wallet has been picked up and he needs some help to get back to Bombay.
I was a little suspicious in the beginning so I asked for some identity proof. His ICICI account showed the name Shyam Sunder. On google, I found out that there indeed was a alumni named Shyam Sunder in 1996 batch. The page which showed his name didn't open (it timed out). So I fell for the bait and transferred money to the account. He promised to contact me back on reaching Bombay.
After I had made the transfer, I just out of curiosity again tried to load that page and lo ! Shyam Sunder from 1997 batch (MSc. Chem) actually died in 2002 from blood cancer !!. Details are on the 1996 webpage since he joined the institute along with them. Then I searched for that ICICI account number and found this:
http://m.1asphost.com/alumniuce/message.asp
This guy has been doing this for sometime now I guess. If only I would have searched for the account number first !! But please spread the info. Since he will definitely try to contact others also.
Is there some public place where this information can be posted so that it turns up quickly on google? I will put it up on my blog. Please do so on your blogs also. I am also going to file a complaint with ICICI Bank about the misusage of this account but I don't think much can be done on that front.
This whole episode has been quite disheartening !
Regards,
abhaga
--
Hi all,
This reminds me that I forgot to mention the account number in the last mail. It is 004701530996, Koramangala Branch, ICICI. Please make this information as visible as possible.
About the phone number, I guess he may have similarly pleaded somebody that he has lost everything and needs to make some urgent calls and used the phone since I got the call from a Chennai local number: 91-44-52163430.
I talked with ICICI customer care. They have asked me to lodge a written complaint and said that bank will "follow up the case" which amounts to nothing I guess but I will file the complaint nonetheless. Cyber Crime Branch people want me to come down to the branch between 10:00 and 5:00 on weekdays to "discuss" the matter with them. I will see if I can manage that.
Regards,
abhaga
Message Board Home
Important Message!
Importance: High
University College of Engineering, Burla
Posted on (mm/dd/yy): Tue 8/9/2005 12:06 PM
Be aware of this fraud!
Name: Shyam Sunder
ICICI Acct. No. – 004701530996
Branch: Kormangala, Bangalore.
Read the following mails, to know more about what this guy had done last weekend. Request you all to be careful, whenever you extend any kind of help to anybody. Please ensure, your effort of help is not going to the wrong persons or is not being misused! This is just one of the thousand ways, people can cheat you. You need to take care of your money!
Please share this information with your friends, so that they don't fall prey to such frauds.
Hi All,
I want to inform you a very shocking incident happened with me last saturday.
I got call on my mobile from Mr. Shyam Sunder of 1995 batch passout, Mechanical Engg as told by him.He told me that he is working in Sydney in a Telecom company(name I forgot), He is in Bangalore for two weeks for an interview of Telstra(another telecom company of Austarlia). The interview was in Mumbai, He had been to Mumbai for the interview,he lost his wallet there..with all money and credit/debit cards.He has not a single penny to return back to bangalore(I stay in b'lore).So he wants me to help..some money (2.5k)to transfer to his ICICI bank account,he will come to bangalore and return it(he has cheque book in his room in b'lore to pay as he told)..He talked to me for 10-15 mnts..told he got my cell no from alumni website..also told few of our Prof. name..he also told his Roll no as 91UCE001.
I was almost convinced..to help a fellow unicollegian..as he was in such a situation.He gave me his Account no...etc..
I went to the near by cafe try to find his name in alumniuce, I could not found.Also alumni website was not accesible at that time(only there I have updated my cell no) due to bandwidth issue. then I call Mr. Sitansu Joshi..thanks..he gave cell no of Mr. Subhash Chandra of 1995 batch mechanical passout.I talked to him..he confirmed no such Shyam sunder was there in his batch.Thanks a lot to Mr. Subhash chandra also.
Then I searched all the 400/500 mebers present in Alumniuce yahoo group datbase.I found another Mr. Sanjay Agrawal as Roll no 91UCE001.
So I decided not to transfer.As I had already added his account no as payee in my ICICI bank account..the name was same as in shyamsunder..but god knows who was that fellow..trying to cheat me.He must have done a lot of home work before calling me..as gave the details..of our college and faculties..also the role no..Its not imppossible for a outsider to collect data from the alumni website..bt still I would suggest to be care ful.
Its good to have a alumni network and contact details of all handy..bt cann't we check some authentication in our website to enter the database to avoid such incidents.
Hi all,
ya about the phone no. problem, now I’ve made some change in the page.
Bhai, Some interesting thing happened on Saturday. Some ‘Anonymous’ person had made calls to many UCEians at mumbai/pune & had introduced himself to be an UCEian of 95 batch & faked a story that he had been for the Microsoft interview & now has lost his purse & is in need of money.
When asked to come to our room & collect it, he said, ‘it’s pretty urgent. Can u make internet fund transfer to his icici account?’. He doesn’t know oriya. He said, he doesn’t know anyone of his batchmates at mumbai. When asked about his parents, he said none of his family members are in India.
Uske baat se to, jabardast fraud lag raha tha. Anyway, it seems he got the phone nos. from the alumniuce site.
Now, I jus’ browsed thru the alumniuce log book, I’ve doubt on this member:
Detailed Log (Latest on Top)
Sl.No. Date Login Name Activity
14. 8/6/2005 11:53:31 AM samsun Login to alumniuce from Host: 202.88.211.207 Address: 202.88.211.207.
15. 8/6/2005 11:52:33 AM samsun Login to alumniuce from Host: 202.88.211.207 Address: 202.88.211.207.
16. 8/6/2005 11:51:32 AM samsun Updated profile
17. 8/6/2005 11:50:03 AM samsun Login to alumniuce from Host: 202.88.211.207 Address: 202.88.211.207.
18. 8/6/2005 10:31:43 AM samsun Login to alumniuce from Host: 202.54.22.245 Address: 202.54.22.245.
19. 8/6/2005 10:31:42 AM samsun Login to alumniuce from Host: 202.54.22.245 Address: 202.54.22.245.
Hi,
His name shown in Account was SHYAM SUNDER only.
He also made the same story as made to Mr Prasanna. Only the company name was changed to Microsoft.
I want the details regarding him so that I can lodge a complain in the Police Station.
posted by The Incoherent Dreamer at 10:30 PM
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