25/01/2012
SUB: Request to take quick action against being the victim of online scam.
Sir,
I am Karamvir Singh, s/o S. Mohinder Singh, resident of Fatehgarh Churian Road, Near Taj Palace, Near Ice Factory, Near 5km. Amritsar Milestone, Nangli, Amritsar, Punjab, India [Pin Code-143001]. Mobile: +91-9501266499. I have been a victim of an internet fraud. So, I want to make complaint against it. The events started in the following order.
1. I encountered an email on my email address karam.sep29@gmail.com from cocacola2012lotoclaims@w.cn on Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 6:30 AM representing The Coca Cola Bottling Company claiming that I have won the (£500, 000, 00GBP) on the COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTION.
A following word file was attached with the email.
PO Box 1010,Liverpool
L70 1NL,United Kingdom,
Ticket number (2PYUK2011)
Ballot number (UK: 51322010/111
The Coca Cola Bottling Company Plc Official Prize Award Winner Notification.
Dear Guaranteed Award Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the 1st of December, 2011 by Coca-Cola in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won (£500, 000, 00GBP) each on the COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTION
However the results were released on the (7th of December, 2011) and your email was attached to ticket number (2PYUK2011) and ballot number (UK: 51322010/111) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of (29,031) E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from data base of the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. This Lottery is approved by the British Gambling Board and also Licensed by the International Association of Gambling Regulators (IAGR).This is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.
In ORDER to claim your winning prizes, You are required to fill the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of THE COCA COLA COMPANY for verification and then you will be directed on how to claim your wining amount of (£500, 000, 00GBP) Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds.
Please you are advised to fill the form below and send it immediately to the claim manager for verification through email below for prompt collection of your winning fund.
Claim manager Name DR.J.T WALTER
E-mail: cocacola2012lotoclaims@w.cn
Tell No: +44-701-071-5891
Fax Number: +447017038466
Fill The Form Below:
1. Full Names
2. Residential Address:
3. Phone & Number Mobile:
4. Fax Number:
5. Occupation:
6. Company:
7. Sex:
8. Age:
9. Nationality:
10. Country:
11. Marital Status:
12. Ballot No:
13. Ticket No:
14. Winning E-mail id:
15. Religion:
Past Winners From Our Coca Cola Company Promotion Lottery 2010.
Sir. Muhtar Kent
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
The Coca-Cola Company Plc United Kingdom.
Accept my hearty congratulations once again!
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Muhtar Kent.
Note: we shall pay your claims through Bank or through diplomatic system Delivery, please contact our helpdesk urgently by phone or email for confirmation. Please quote your winning ballot number and ticket number for security reason.
MRS.JESSIE TAYLOR
Management
Prof. Alex Kingston and Dr. George Williams,
Directors in Coca Cola Company Plc Online Promo England UK,
You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public
especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).
From The Coca Cola Promotion Company Plc England UK.
Kindly Contact Your Claims Agent DR.J.T WALTER through This
Email: cocacola2012lotoclaims@w.cn
Claim Your (£500,000.00) Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Now.
.
NOTE: If you are not the rightful owner of this E-mail Address
Please don't reply to this message, for any double claim will lead to
Disqualification of this Award. Be Warned!!!
2. I replied to the above email by filling the above asked details.
3. Then I received the following email on Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 4:36 PM from cocacola2012lotoclaims@w.cn email address.
4. PO Box 1010,LiverpoolL70 1NL,United Kingdom,England.Tel Number: +44-701-071-5891Fax Number: +44-701-749-5637E-mail:cocacola2012lotoclaims@w.cnATTN: KARAMVIR SINGH! YOUR DELIVERY DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWED:AGENT'S NAME: MR. LARRY SMITHDEPARTURE TIME : 19/01/2012ARRIVAL TIME/RECEIVING DAY : 20/01/2012 CONSIGNMENT CONTENTS:1. WINNING AMOUNT: {500,000 GBP}2. CERTIFICATE OF WINNINGS {HARD COPIES}3. ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING CERTIFICATE {AMLC} 4. A BRAND NEW HP LAPTOP.5. A LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION FROM THE FINANCIAL SERVICE AUTHORITY{F.S.A}6. A FUND RELEASE ORDER{F.R.O}We congratulates you once more for been one of our lucky winners on the COCA-COLA INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION UK. We cease this avenue to inform you that our Delivery agent will be arriving in your country according to the above date.NOTE: Our delivery agent has been assigned to assist you with all the formalities except for any financial requirements that might be involved during the process of transfering your Winning Fund into your personal account OR Airport requirements.Hence, you are requested to co-operate with our delivery agent as to enable him run your transaction in a smooth and more legit manner as he will be spending only 48hrs in your country. Our delivery agent (Mr.Larry Smith) will be departing on the 19th of January, 2012 from UK and will arrive INDIA on the 20th of January, 2012. All your information have also been given to him including your contact number to enable him establish contact with you on his arrival.From the sources of information that has been elicited out so far from your country, we were made to understand that the parcel will attract some Custom Clearance Charges / Registration. At such, You are requested to comply with the agent on the call of your Airport Clearance Charges / Registration to enhance proper facilitation of your Winning delivery.NOTE : YOU ARE TO SEND HIM YOUR PHOTOGRAPH COPY 4 X 4 SIZE. VIA EMAIL: (diplomatlarrysmith@london.com) HE WILL USE IT TO IDENTIFY YOU WHEN HE WILL COME TO YOUR RESIDENCE TO DELIVER YOUR WINING PARCEL TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. Enclose is a scan copy of your win parcel and the International Passport of Diplomat Larry Smith for your recognition when he arrive your home address. We the Coca-Cola Company has taken the full responsibility of his Flight toll and flow to ensure smooth and safety delivery of your Fund, and we look forward to seen your co-operation and incase of any obstruction Or necessities, always feel free to contact us on the above office number.Thanks & RegardsDR.J.T WALTER .Promo - ManagerWARNING:...Note: Any unclaimed prize will be returned to the treasury of COCA-COLA COMPANY . You are advised to keep your winning details strictly to yourself and not share it with any individual or firm to avoid confiscation of your prize. "COPYRIGHT 2012 COCA-COLA ONLINE PROMOTION ALL RIGHT RESERVED"* * D I S C L A I M E R * *This message is confidential and intended for the named addressee (s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by E-Mail return and then delete this message from your system. You should not copy or use it or disclose its contents to any other person. If any part of this message is illegible or if you suspect that the message may have been intercepted or amended, please contact the sender. We cannot accept any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of this message without further investigation.
5. Following to photographs were attached with the above email for the identification.
WINING PARCEL DELIVERY
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OF DIPLOMAT LARRY SMITH
6. Then I sent my photograph to the diplomatlarrysmith@london.com (mentioned in above email).
7. Then I received a call on 20/01/2012 in the morning from +918447839278. I man who spoke in English claimed that he is Mr. Diplomat Larry Smith, and he has reached New Delhi Airport. He said that he has been send by The Coca Cola Bottling Company and he has my 1. WINNING AMOUNT: {500,000 GBP} 2. CERTIFICATE OF WINNINGS {HARD COPIES} 3. ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING CERTIFICATE {AMLC} 4. A BRAND NEW HP LAPTOP.5. A LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION FROM THE FINANCIAL SERVICE AUTHORITY {F.S.A} 6. A FUND RELEASE ORDER {F.R.O} but he has been stopped by custom department. So, I have to pay the amount of 11,850 to the custom department, so that he could be released and come to my city to give me my winning parcel. I asked him to pay that amount himself and take it from me when he comes to me. But he said that he doesn’t have the Indian currency, so I only would have to clear the custom charges. So, I discussed the situation with my father and we decided to pay the money. I called him to send me the details where should I send the money.
8. He messaged me the following details on 20/01/2012 at 10:49:47 am.
STATE BANK OF INDIA.
H.SOMOKANTA SINGH
a/c no. 32020091645.
Pan no. - CWNPS7932N.
He wrote, “ Deposit 11,850rs for custom tax charge of your winning parcel & cal me. Dlp smith.”
9. After that I and my father went to the Branch of SBI Bank near Fatehgarh Churian Road By-pass and deposited the amount of Rs. 11,850 to the above mentioned account. Following is the receipt of the payment.
10. After this he messaged me, “Go and send the scan copy of payment slip and ur id prove to customnunit2@hotmail.com and diplomatlarrysmith@london.com.
11. I send him following scanned copy of my PAN CARD as my id proof.
12. After that he called me and said that he has cleared the custom formalities. Then he asked me to give him the details of my bank account so that he could transfer the winning amount of 500,000 GBP to my account.
I sent him the details via message on 20/01/2012.
13. After this I got a call from a land line number of Delhi i.e. +91132075938 claiming that they are speaking from RBI office and they have received a cheque of 500,000 GBP in the name of KARAMVIR SINGH. The person who called himself Ranjit Singh, told me that RBI have send me the email regarding this and asked me to complete the formalities online.
14. I found the following email from info@e.in-rbi.org.in address. And the following form was attached and I was asked to fill it.
15. According to the above mail, I had to pay the conversion and the transfer charges as follows. (This Payment is for converting your foreign win cheque into India valid Bank Draft before this department will have the legal right to credit or transfer sum to your account in India Rupees.)
CREDIT ADVERT CHARGES = RS. 29,000
CONVERTION CHARGES = RS. 10,500
TOTAL AMOUNT TO BE PAID BY YOU = RS.39,500
to the following account.
ACCOUNT NAME : PAWAN KUMAR.
ACCOUNT NO : 31954563526
PAN NO : BQIPK4335D
IFSC CODE : BIN0060336
BANK NAME : STATE BANK OF INDIA
16. I confirmed from them that it was the last time I had to pay to them for this process and they agreed. Mr. Diplomat Larry Smith asked me to go ahead. I still didn’t realize that it was a fraud.
17. I opened http://www.inrbi.org.in/en/account_verification.html link and saw that it was a page of RBI website.
So, seeing this I was sure that everything is true. So, I went to the same bank again to deposit the asked amount. The bank employee told me that it’s not possible to deposit more than 25,000 of amount in one account on the same day. I called that land line number of RBI and told them the problem. That person said to me that he will send me another account and asked me to send 25,000 in the PAWAN KUMAR’s account and the rest of 14,500 in another account.
18. I received am SMS immediately from the number of Mr. SMITH and a same SMS from one more number, i.e. +918750544057, which Mr. SMITH later claimed that it is his driver’s number.
19. The other account details are:
PARDEEP BALWAN.
AC/NO. 32053691011.
SBI BANK SAVING ACCOUNT.
BRANCH- MOHINDER GARH HARYANA.
PAN:NO- CFCPB 1728 S.
20. So, I did as he asked me to do, and deposited the amount of 39,500 in the two accounts.
Following are the receipts.
21. I sent the above scanned copies to the email ids of RBI and Mr. SMITH.
22. The time was 5:00pm by then, so the man on the landline number told me that it’s time to close the office. So, the rest of the process will be done on the next day, i.e., 21/01/2012
23. Meanwhile the man who called himself Mr. Smith and acted as the agent of COCA COLA COMPANY, kept on saying that he will not leave Delhi till I don’t confirm that the money has been transferred in my account.
24. Mr. Smith kept himself in contact with me in the evening also, so that I do not panic. He told me that someone named Jessica is the in charge of the British Embassy in New Delhi. She is handling his stay there, and she is also aware of the process going on.
The NEXT DAY starts……. (21/01/2012)
25. I called RBI at around 9:00am that they have send me the link on my email id, through which I had to open my account using the credentials they have mailed me and make the transfer of money to my account myself. But I did not receive any mail. I told them about it and then Mr. Smith asked me to give another email id. So, I gave him another i.e. karam_sep29@yahoo.co.in. Later I realized that they tried to change the password of my email id, which they could not do because I have applied SMS security on my Gmail account.
26. Then I received the following email from the RBI website on my new (yahoo) email id.
27. I opened the http://www.in-rbi.org.in/en link and entered the details sent to me in the above mail, and saw that my account was opened in the RBI.
Seeing this I was sure that it was not fake. They told me that I have to click on [Click here to make transfer] and money will be automatically transferred to my account.
28. When I clicked on it, a new page opened where I had to fill the details of my account. I filled that form and clicked on TRANSFER.
29. Here I saw another restriction. A new column was opened, which demanded a COT Code.
30. I called the RBI again, and asked about it and they sent me the following mail in which they asked me that I will have to pay the minimum COST OF TRANSFER
REQUIRED PAYMENT FOR YOUR C.O.T CODE:
Cost of C.O.T: 145,570 INR
31. I could not doubt the process because every mail was having the stamps of RBI, they were coming from the website of RBI, the person was using land-line telephone of Delhi, and even that number got switched off after 5:00pm.
32. Moreover, I had already deposited the amount of 51,350.
33. This COT mail contained the pressure that the time was less because it was Saturday, and RBI will get closed by 2:00pm. So, I could not investigate much. I had that thing in my mind that the account in RBI can’t be fake. So, I asked them the details where I had to deposit the money.
34. Then I received following SMS at 10:47:51 am from Mr. Smith, who was acting intermediate between me and RBI:
NAME: AMAN ENTERPRISES
A/C. 661505110570
PAN. AZOPK 6995M
ICICI BANK
CURRENT ACCOUNT
IFSC CODE: ICIC.0006651
I received four more SMSs after this for telling me to make the payment fast.
He and the fake RBI person claimed that the money is going to be transferred in my account immediately after I get the COT Code, which is going to be released after I clear the COT charges.
35. I went to HDFC Bank, Fategath Churian Road, Amritsar Branch, with my father, withdrew about 1,50,000 money and deposited in the above account at the ICICI Bank , Mall Road, Amritsar Branch.
36. They asked me to send them the receipt and I sent them the following.
37. Then I received the mail from RBI which contained the COT code. I thought the process was complete.
A
38. I entered the above COT code and saw the following option in the next page.
39. Seeing this I realized that I have been betrayed by a professional gang.
40. I called them and the RBI person said that its time to close the office now. He told me that he will talk to his seniors and then tax code will be released. He assured me that I’ll not have to pay even a single penny more. He told me to wait till Monday.
41. But I understood that it was a big planned fraud and I had been a victim of it.
42. I still waited till Monday.
43. Mr. Smith called me and said that he will talk to his embassy in charge Jessica and ask her if he could come to my city to deliver the other things on Sunday. I asked him to tell Jessica to talk to me also, so that I could enquire about the process.
44. In evening, I got a call from another number, +918447809764, a female (claimed to be Jessica) who also spoke in English language, talked to me and told me that Mr. Smith cannot come to me until I confirm the transfer of the money, because he have to take my the signature on after the transfer.
45. We had few conversations on Sunday.
MONDAY starts…….. (22/01/2012)
46. I called, Mr. Smith in the morning. He told me that he was in the shower.
47. The telephone number of RBI remained switched off till 10:00 am.
48. Then I received a call from RBI, he told me to check my mail in which they have sent me the details regarding the TAX CODE.
49. I did not pay this amount.
50. After doing some investigation in details, I discovered that they are using dummy website of RBI.
51. The original website is, http://www.rbi.org.in/home.aspx but they have made the ditto duplicate copy of this website with the address http://www.in-rbi.org.in/en
52. This is a serious case and they should be caught as early as possible. It is very dangerous that someone is using the name of RBI and COCA COLA to befool the people and take money from them using this way.
53. Following are the contact numbers, email ids, websites, bank accounts used by them:
CONTACT NUMBERS: (As per what they claimed to me)
1. +918447839278 – Diplomat Mr. Larry Smith
2. +911132075938 – Ranjit Singh (RBI Office)
3. +918750544057 – Smith’s Driver
4. +918447809764 – Jessica Alex (British Embassy)
EMAIL IDS:
1. cocacola2012lotoclaims@w.cn
2. diplomatlarrysmith@london.com
3. customnunit2@hotmail.com
4. info@e.in-rbi.org.in
WEBSITES:
1. http://www.in-rbi.org.in/en/
BANK ACCOUNTS:
1. STATE BANK OF INDIA.
H.SOMOKANTA SINGH
A/c no. 32020091645.
Pan no. - CWNPS7932N.
2. ACCOUNT NAME : PAWAN KUMAR.
ACCOUNT NO : 31954563526
PAN NO : BQIPK4335D
IFSC CODE : BIN0060336
BANK NAME : STATE BANK OF INDIA
3. PARDEEP BALWAN.
AC/NO. 32053691011.
SBI BANK SAVING ACCOUNT.
BRANCH- MOHINDER GARH HARYANA.
PAN: NO- CFCPB 1728 S.
4. NAME: AMAN ENTERPRISES
A/C. 661505110570
PAN. AZOPK 6995M
ICICI BANK
CURRENT ACCOUNT
IFSC CODE: ICIC.0006651
I request you to investigate the above complaint thoroughly, as early as possible, so that the defaulters are caught, and help me recover my money.
I also request you to give the orders to freeze the above mentioned accounts so that they could not befoul anyone else, and track them from the above mentioned emails (IP ADDRESSES) and their contact numbers.
I also request you to look into the serious matter of the use of dummy RBI website, which is a serious attack on the nation’s pride.
Complaint Holder:
Karamvir Singh
S/o S. Mohinder Singh
Mobile: +919501266499
Email ids:
karam.sep29@gmail.com
karam_sep29@yahoo.co.in
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