Spoofed emails dupe co. of $35,000

Mumbai | Tuesday | 14th May, 2019

Summary:

On April 23, Desai received a mail from Dhanani's mail id which had details of the invoices, interbank account number and SWIFT code. On checking emails, Desai realised that from April 23 to April 26, someone had spoofed Dhanani's mail id and gave his bank details to get the money meant for the machine," said a police officer. After realising that he has been duped, Desai on the behalf of his company lodged a police complaint on Friday. "On April 18, Desai placed the order of the required machine to Dhanani over email and he also marked the emails to the concerned executives of the Chakan plant and his company. Desai forwarded the details to the finance head and managing directors of his company who processed the payment on April 26..