Hi Everyone,
My name is AK Singh, and I'm a postgraduate, tech-savvy professional. I want to raise the concern of all members of the corporate fraternity on a serious issue of fraudulent employment offer emails under the goodwill of reputable companies like Tata Group, L&T, Deloitte, PSU companies, Kingfisher, etc., to name a few. You will be surprised to know that I have a collection of 100+ such forged emails under the names of many big companies.
I recently came across a TOI article stating that cyber crimes have increased by 123% compared to the previous year (2012-13) and have reached up to 24,000+ crores in India for 2013-2014. The matter is more serious than we think, and out of those 24,000 crores, 30% are cyber frauds involving employment and job offer/lottery emails. I already brought such incidents to the notice of a few companies last year, and the reply I got was that an FIR had already been registered and a notification was put on the website. However, even after a year has passed, I haven't come across any news pertaining to the arrest of any such fraudster.
It's disturbing, and I feel sorry for the victims of such cyber crimes. An unemployed youth or a corporate aspirant opens an email with so much hope, and the fraudsters hit their bull's eye.
After interacting with members of the HR fraternity of a few Indian companies, I came to know that even IT or ITES companies are unable to tackle the issue. So, I thought of sharing this issue with all of you and discussing possible solutions.
After taking input from all of you for a month, I'll be preparing a report and sending it to the government for consideration.
Also, I am attaching herewith one of the most recent fraudulent emails I received for a job in one of the companies of the TATA Group. See, analyze, discuss, and enlighten us with solutions to catch the fraudsters. I have already traced the email IP and ISP and have sent a mail to the company.
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This is the mail:
From: <star-tm@hrddepartment.in>
Date: Wed, Jul 9, 2014, at 8:47 PM
Subject: [FWD: Att-Int-See]
To: [Email Removed For Privacy Reasons]
Your resume has been selected by (Tata Motors). I have attached your Appointment Process letter with this email. Kindly see the attached file for more details. You can send an email to the Company H.R. Department email id: (career@tatamotorslimited.com).
Note - You can call during official working hours, Monday to Saturday, 8 AM to 4 PM.
Thanks & Regards,
Tata Motors Ltd
And this is what I was able to trace:
At Wed, 09 Jul 2014 08:17:11 -0700, the email sender [Email Removed For Privacy Reasons] sent you an email from the IP address 1.187.200.96 located in India.
Email Sender: [Email Removed For Privacy Reasons] [more info]
IP address: 1.187.200.96
IP address country: India
IP address state: n/a
IP address city: n/a
IP address latitude: 20.0000
IP address longitude: 77.0000
ISP of this IP: Idea Cellular
Organization: Idea Cellular
See the whole attachment of the forged offer letter below:
I am giving my LinkedIn ID as a source to reach out to me: Arakanshu Singh - India | LinkedIn
Thanks and Regards,
Arakanshu Kumar Singh
Regards
"Clear Communication, Avoids Confusion"
From Singapore, Singapore
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5My name is AK Singh, and I'm a postgraduate, tech-savvy professional. I want to raise the concern of all members of the corporate fraternity on a serious issue of fraudulent employment offer emails under the goodwill of reputable companies like Tata Group, L&T, Deloitte, PSU companies, Kingfisher, etc., to name a few. You will be surprised to know that I have a collection of 100+ such forged emails under the names of many big companies.
I recently came across a TOI article stating that cyber crimes have increased by 123% compared to the previous year (2012-13) and have reached up to 24,000+ crores in India for 2013-2014. The matter is more serious than we think, and out of those 24,000 crores, 30% are cyber frauds involving employment and job offer/lottery emails. I already brought such incidents to the notice of a few companies last year, and the reply I got was that an FIR had already been registered and a notification was put on the website. However, even after a year has passed, I haven't come across any news pertaining to the arrest of any such fraudster.
It's disturbing, and I feel sorry for the victims of such cyber crimes. An unemployed youth or a corporate aspirant opens an email with so much hope, and the fraudsters hit their bull's eye.
After interacting with members of the HR fraternity of a few Indian companies, I came to know that even IT or ITES companies are unable to tackle the issue. So, I thought of sharing this issue with all of you and discussing possible solutions.
After taking input from all of you for a month, I'll be preparing a report and sending it to the government for consideration.
Also, I am attaching herewith one of the most recent fraudulent emails I received for a job in one of the companies of the TATA Group. See, analyze, discuss, and enlighten us with solutions to catch the fraudsters. I have already traced the email IP and ISP and have sent a mail to the company.
Sharing with you...
This is the mail:
From: <star-tm@hrddepartment.in>
Date: Wed, Jul 9, 2014, at 8:47 PM
Subject: [FWD: Att-Int-See]
To: [Email Removed For Privacy Reasons]
Your resume has been selected by (Tata Motors). I have attached your Appointment Process letter with this email. Kindly see the attached file for more details. You can send an email to the Company H.R. Department email id: (career@tatamotorslimited.com).
Note - You can call during official working hours, Monday to Saturday, 8 AM to 4 PM.
Thanks & Regards,
Tata Motors Ltd
And this is what I was able to trace:
At Wed, 09 Jul 2014 08:17:11 -0700, the email sender [Email Removed For Privacy Reasons] sent you an email from the IP address 1.187.200.96 located in India.
Email Sender: [Email Removed For Privacy Reasons] [more info]
IP address: 1.187.200.96
IP address country: India
IP address state: n/a
IP address city: n/a
IP address latitude: 20.0000
IP address longitude: 77.0000
ISP of this IP: Idea Cellular
Organization: Idea Cellular
See the whole attachment of the forged offer letter below:
I am giving my LinkedIn ID as a source to reach out to me: Arakanshu Singh - India | LinkedIn
Thanks and Regards,
Arakanshu Kumar Singh
Regards
"Clear Communication, Avoids Confusion"
From Singapore, Singapore
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