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Sir:
I am narrating an incident which happened during 25th June and 10th July to me and my Company. On behalf of my company I sent a PO to our new supplier in Philippines for Virgin Coconut Oil The supplier sent back the PO duly signed as an acceptance and also attached a Proforma Invoice and Certificate of Analysis. Since I found in the Proforma Invoice the Bank Details including the name of beneficiery were different from our supplier, I sent a mail asking for a clarification. The supplier confirmed that since their dollar account is in the name and bank details mentioned in the invoice, the payment should be remitted accordingly and that all their shipping documents will be provided from that company. Accordingly we made the remittance of USD 1,27,908.00 To our surprise we came to know on 5th July that my email was hacked (and similarly our suppliers') and the amount has gone to an unknown party in Hongkong. We desparately tried through mails and phone calls - our Bankers Axis Bank, Karur, the bank - China Construction Bank, Hong Kong, Cyber crime Dept. Hong Kong and Cyber Crime Dept. Chennai.
While none acted swiftly on the issue, ultimately after a lapse of 10 days Chennai Cyber Crime Police accepted our complaint. Hereagain no action seems to have been taken so far even today 21.07.2014. We were told by the Chennai Cyber Crime Police that Indian exporters targetted and they have lots of such complaints. There are lots of foreign exchange being looted by unscrupulous elements and it is not only the Indian Exporters but also the Indian Government is loosing the foreign exchange. Will the Government take any suitable action to safeguard the interests of Indian Exporters? Now what should we do to get back the money.? Please advise.
regards,
J. C. Sekhar
jayceyes@yahoo.com
Mobile: +919500007356"
Chandrashekharan Enterprises
Chennai, India
Free Member, Joined :02/10/2003
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Cyber Crime:
Currently, there is just one cyber crime unit functioning under the Central Crime Branch of the Chennai. Last year, the Chennai city police’s cyber cell registered a total of 1,209 complaints, including against hacking, online fraud, data theft, cyber stalking and notably, abuse through social media. There are too many complaints and we don’t think you should rely solely on this one forum to seek redressal. Why don’t you contact the CBI to quicken the investigation? Even recently The CBI has arrested a private person at Chennai in a case relating to offences of alleged Cyber crime offences for the purpose of stealing Microsoft’s product keys as well as cheating unsuspecting consumers.
To combat computer-related crimes, the CBI has the following specialized structure:─
(i) Cyber Crimes Research and Development Unit (CCRDU);
(ii) Cyber Crime Investigation Cell (CCIC);
(iii) Cyber Forensics Laboratory;
(iv) Network Monitoring Centre.
The CCRDU is charged with the responsibility of keeping track of the developments in this ever-growing area.The CCRDU is primarily involved in the following tasks:−
(a) Liaison with the State Police Forces and collection of information on cases of Cyber Crime reported to them for investigation and to find out about the follow-up action in each case;
(b) Liaison with software experts to identity areas, which require attention of State Police Forces for prevention and detection of such crimes with a view to train them for the task;
(c) Collection of information on the latest cases reported in other countries and the innovations employed by Police Forces in those countries to handle such cases;
(d) Preparation of a monthly Cyber Crime Digest for the benefit of State Police Forces;
(e) Maintenance of close rapport with the Ministry of IT, Government of India and other organizations and Interpol Headquarters,. Lyon for achieving its objective of giving the needed thrust to collection and dissemination of information on cyber.
You could seek the help of international organizations such organization is the IC3.
The IC3 was established as a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) to receive Internet related criminal complaints and to further research, develop, and refer the criminal complaints to federal, state, local, or international law enforcement and/or regulatory agencies for any investigation they deem to be appropriate. The IC3 was intended, and continues to emphasize, serving the broader law enforcement community to include federal, as well as state, local, and international agencies, which are combating Internet crime and, in many cases, participating in Cyber Crime Task Forces.
Since its inception, the IC3 has received complaints crossing the spectrum of cyber crime matters, to include online fraud in its many forms including Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) matters, Computer Intrusions (hacking), Economic Espionage (Theft of Trade Secrets),
Online Extortion, International Money Laundering, Identity Theft, and a growing list of Internet facilitated crimes. Since June 2000, it has become increasingly evident that, regardless of the label placed on a cyber crime matter, the potential for it to overlap with another referred matter is substantial. Therefore, the IC3, formerly known as the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (Internet Fraud Complaint Center), was renamed in October 2003 to better reflect the broad character of such matters having an Internet, or cyber, nexus referred to the IC3, and to minimize the need for one to distinguish "Internet Fraud" from other potentially overlapping cyber crimes.
The IC3's mission is to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding the rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime. The IC3 gives the victims of cyber crime a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of suspected criminal or civil violations.
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