- विज्ञापन -
A Chennai-based businessman nearly lost Rs 2 crore due to a sophisticated cyber scam that involved a spoofed email. Agrigo Trading Private Limited was tricked into transferring $238,500 (approximately Rs 2 crore) to a fraudulent account set up by the scammers.
The fraudsters sent an email that mimicked legitimate supplier correspondence, using the address [email protected], which was crafted to look like a continuation of an existing email thread. The message included a fake pro-forma invoice and provided detailed bank account information for the transfer.
On 26 September, believing the email was genuine, the company’s general manager processed the payment via NEFT from their State Bank of India (SBI) account in Chennai to a Regions Bank account in the United States. The scam came to light on 27 September when the businessman contacted the real supplier and discovered the email was fraudulent.
Realizing they had been deceived, the company promptly lodged a complaint with the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. The State Cyber Crime Investigation Centre swiftly registered a case under the IT Act 2000 and BNS 2023.
