02-10-2008, 08:21 PM
[center]<b>Moron Citu falls prey to cyber fraud</b>[/center]
New Delhi, Feb. 4: Someoneâs laughing all the way to the bank while Citu is crying foul.
A cyber fraud has left the CPMâs trade union front poorer by Rs 24,000, and enraged Citu seniors now want the government to find the culprits and bring them to book.
They have written to external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee and the Indian high commission in London, seeking urgent redress.
What made Citu register with an unknown organisation hosting a conference on âglobal warming and climate changeâ remains a moot question, though.
A while ago, Citu received an email invitation from an entity that called itself the International Development Organisation (IDO). It said the IDO was hosting the âInternational Conference on Global Warming and Climate Change (GWCC 2008)â in London from February 22-25, 2008.
The venue: Hyde Park Hotel, 15 Sussex Place, Hyde Park, London W2 2SX, the United Kingdom.
The contact person: Ms Stella Gray.
The participation terms: register (at registration@idorg .org), wire a sum of £300 for board and lodge âand the hosts would be pleased to send you a round ticketâ.
âThe IDO has set up an access fund to support the travel costs and all-round air fare cost for participants who are unable to raise sufficient funds on their own. All participants, however, will be expected to fundraise for their hotel bills in the UK, which will not be waived,â the mail said.
Citu responded with alacrity. Central working committee member P.K. Ganguly was nominated to participate and an amount of Rs 24,000 wired from the trade unionâs Canara Bank account on Delhiâs Bhagwan Dass Road.
Someone smelt a rat when realisation dawned that the hosts were not sending a round ticket, only offering to reimburse the fare once the participants reached London.
âFirst they said they would send the tickets to us. But a mail last week said they would reimburse the fare,â Ganguly said.
âWe investigated and found that the whole thing was a fraud.â
The trade unionâs boss, M.K. Pandhe, has now sent out a âcatch-themâ plea to the government, but it may be too late; the cash has already bolted from Cituâs coffers.
New Delhi, Feb. 4: Someoneâs laughing all the way to the bank while Citu is crying foul.
A cyber fraud has left the CPMâs trade union front poorer by Rs 24,000, and enraged Citu seniors now want the government to find the culprits and bring them to book.
They have written to external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee and the Indian high commission in London, seeking urgent redress.
What made Citu register with an unknown organisation hosting a conference on âglobal warming and climate changeâ remains a moot question, though.
A while ago, Citu received an email invitation from an entity that called itself the International Development Organisation (IDO). It said the IDO was hosting the âInternational Conference on Global Warming and Climate Change (GWCC 2008)â in London from February 22-25, 2008.
The venue: Hyde Park Hotel, 15 Sussex Place, Hyde Park, London W2 2SX, the United Kingdom.
The contact person: Ms Stella Gray.
The participation terms: register (at registration@idorg .org), wire a sum of £300 for board and lodge âand the hosts would be pleased to send you a round ticketâ.
âThe IDO has set up an access fund to support the travel costs and all-round air fare cost for participants who are unable to raise sufficient funds on their own. All participants, however, will be expected to fundraise for their hotel bills in the UK, which will not be waived,â the mail said.
Citu responded with alacrity. Central working committee member P.K. Ganguly was nominated to participate and an amount of Rs 24,000 wired from the trade unionâs Canara Bank account on Delhiâs Bhagwan Dass Road.
Someone smelt a rat when realisation dawned that the hosts were not sending a round ticket, only offering to reimburse the fare once the participants reached London.
âFirst they said they would send the tickets to us. But a mail last week said they would reimburse the fare,â Ganguly said.
âWe investigated and found that the whole thing was a fraud.â
The trade unionâs boss, M.K. Pandhe, has now sent out a âcatch-themâ plea to the government, but it may be too late; the cash has already bolted from Cituâs coffers.