Indrajit Basu Sikkim- North East India Government Order Scam
Today I’m going to write about a scammer from Kolkata/ North
East goes by the name Indrajit Basu it could be a different Basu for others.
This man contacts manufacturers around India by addressing himself as a liaising
agent for various government department in North East India.
In our case this man contacted us regarding Vacuum oven
purchase for Sikkim government polytechnic. He contacted us by phone and he had
technical background and knowledge about the equipment. So, this guy said there
is a government order for 12 Vacuum Ovens and the tender needed to be submitted
before 8th of December 2021 . So, to purchase tender form around 17,700 Rupees
needed to be given.
I got the red alert and asked him to pay himself and said once
he gives us the receipt, we will transfer the money I also said its due to a lot
of scams that’s going around.
He was angry, phoned me and said he have no intention to
scam anyone he’s 65 years old senior citizen (He sounded like an old man speaking
good English). A man should trust another man and said the importance of “trust”.
So, to make sure we has real I asked for a video conference he said he
cannot do it. After sometime he called and said his colleague will contact me
and I can talk with him. Then a guy named Pankaj Sharma contacted me on WhatsApp
(+91 9734250748) then we decided to the video call. He was wearing a yellow hoodie
rubbing his hand saying it’s cold in Gang Tok, even though he had a suspicious
face he was talking really well (again good English). I managed to take a screen
shot which is attached below.
Even though we had some suspicion we thought to go ahead and pay the money . Because if this deal can be done it will be a new
opening for us in Sikkim and this will be a great business opportunity for now
and future.
As a reader You might be wondering “Why?” “What were you thinking?
““How can someone transfer money to an absolute stranger...?”
Well. My thought was why would somebody contact us regarding Vacuum Oven( Something which have no connection with common people) ? Why would somebody who speaks so well having knowledge do a scam? How can a scammer start a current account with SBI?
After some thought we decided to take a gamble and transferred the money and contacted to tell him we transferred
it. He said he will check and get back. (I was surprised as he took the call) Even
after making the transfer there was contact for a two weeks and I really
thought he was genuine person because if money was his only target, he could have
just blocked me or try not pick the call. All this happened before 15th of November
But things started to
get messy as December was approaching as the expected tender form didn’t reach
us, every time he picked the phone, he said its processing and tender is dispatched
via courier. I started to call him and his friend Pankaj from 20th of
November from then there was no answer to calls or messages. That’s when I realized
these guys where professional frauds and I have been scammed.
The Bank account they used was SBI current account in
Kolkata its such a shame that state owned banks are used for these kinds of
scams.
BANK:
: STATE BANK OF INDIA
CURRENT ACCOUNT NO:
39736486110
BRANCH : LAKE TOWN
CITY : KOLKATA
STATE : WEST
BENGAL
IFSC CODE:
SBIN0001506
MOBILE NO: +91-90838
28510
Thanks alot for the info. We too was contacted by this guy and same story but different product. I really appreciate you writing about this. Really a life saver!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for the info. This fellow is a fraud ibasu22@gmail.com. He called us repeatedly and was asking the tender form amount. When we asked his Aadhar or GST he did not give just shared his pan card - AVFPB5629L. We got suspicious on him and searched in net and you guys made our day. Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteAlso find the below mail what we received from that person.
Indrajit Basu
Attachments
Oct 10, 2022, 2:40 PM (3 days ago)
to me
Sir,
Greetings of the day,
In continuation to our telephonic discussions, and as desired I am appending below the details of my bank account:-
May it please be noted that there will be no 4th bidder in this tender and it is 100% assured that L 1 among 3(three) bidders as sent by you will be favored with the order.
As discussed and agreed upon, I am appending below the details of my account where you can transfer/deposit Rs.17,700/- ( Rs.5000/- x 3 + 18% GST) towards the cost of 3 (three) tender documents, which are as follows.
NAME : M/s. INDRAJIT BASU
BANK: : INDUSIND BANK
CURRENT ACCOUNT NO: 201003996493
BRANCH : LAKE TOWN
CITY : KOLKATA
STATE : WEST BENGAL
IFSC CODE: INDB0000909
Our office address: C/O Indrajit Basu, Wandgi Mansion, Development area, Near Tashi Namgyal School, Gangtok, 737103 Sikkim,
Tenders along with two copies Receipted Challan (Money Receipt in duplicate) will be sent to your address by courier .
Please inform me over phone after Transfer of the amount, so that I could do the needful in purchasing the Tender documents.
It will be much appreciated if you kindly provide me with the transaction id after transfer.
May it please be noted that I will charge commission @3% on the basic value of the equipment to be payable immediately after receipt of 100% payment from the end user, you can apply TDS while paying commission..
Regards
BASU
MOBILE NO: +91-90833 01508
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