Scammers pose as UPEIDA officials, attempt Rs 6.5 cr bank guarantee fraud
LUCKNOW, July 22 -- An FIR has been lodged in Lucknow after a cyber fraud case surfaced involving forged documents and fake email IDs, where scammers allegedly posed as officials of the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) to target Indian Bank's Lalbazar branch in Kolkata with a fake bank guarantee of Rs 6.5 crore.
According to Subhrodeep Chatterjee, branch manager of the Kolkata-based branch, the fraud began on January 20 when the bank received an email, seeking confirmation of a Rs 6.5 crore guarantee which had never been issued.
On February 3, Delhi Police contacted the bank and issued a formal cybercrime notice, seeking clarification on the documents. Chatterjee then filed a complaint at Bhowanipore police station in Kolkata, but since UPEIDA is based in Lucknow, the case was transferred to Gomti Nagar Police Station, where the FIR was registered.htc...
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