My name is S.Rajesh. I got an sms on my mobile no.9840695068 on 04-11-10 that I am selected for a DVD player from Philips Electronics, and was asked to log on to www.diwaligift.org with a note that the last date for log on is 07-11-10. I visited the website and was directed to register my self (name, age, DOB and address) and so i did. Today I got another sms saying that my name and address been registered successfully and was asked to logon to www.philipsofindia.com to get the confirmation of the delivery information. Another sms followed within 5mins saying that the login time is upto 12.30, after which the gift will be cancelled. So I logged on to this Web site (www.philipsofindia.com) and read the contents. I was asked to pay Rs.440/- as Consumer Service Tax, which was to be deposited in SBI a/c no 20074921028 (a/c name Swapon Roy), after which, it was instructed to fax deposit slip to 01143852002. Here, I got suspicioius about this entire theme and tried to contact the fax number to find the genuinity, and as doubted, this number did not got connected. Then I searched the internet about this fax number and came to know that many people have been cheated with similar sms for different products, but in all cases, the account number and name of the account holder are same. Many people have paid and tried to fax the deposit slip to the fax number, which never got connected. My sincere request is to find the culprit and put him behind the bars. I was cautious enough and thus was not trapped, but most of the people may not be that cautious and paying Rs.440/- is not a huge amount, but if we see the overall picture, if on an average 1000 people from whole of India is paying this money, it amounts to Rs.4.4 Lacs and doing this for 10-15 days would lead to a money laundering of around Rs.50 - 60 Lacs, which is a huge amount. My mail is [email protected].
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