In yet another incident of cyber crime related to PGI, the email ID of one of its doctors has been hacked.
In his complaint to the police, Prof A. Rajwanshi, head of cytology and gynaecological pathology department, alleged that the hacker had been sending fake mails through his IDs (arvindrarajwanshi@hotmail.com and arvindrarajwanshi@gmail.com) to doctor’s acquaintances and relatives living abroad demanding money on the pretext that he (Prof Rajwanshi) was not well and needed financial help.
“Dr Rajwanshi is being treated and caught somewhere in Malaysia and is in dire need of money”, say the fake mails.
His contacts have been asked to deposit a sum of $ 5,000 with H. Mankotia at an address of Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. The hacker has also instructed the recipients to send the money through Western Union.
The matter came to light when Professor Rajwanshi started getting calls from acquaintances from various countries, including the USA, France, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and many cities of India, enquiring about his health.
When the doctor enquired about the source of information, he was told about the fake emails. The doctor cancelled his mail IDs and complained to the police.
The doctor said his Singapore-based acquaintance Minni Pang had also lodged a complaint with the Singapore police, which has also swung into action.
“After getting curious calls, I tried to open my mail accounts but I could not open these”, said Professor Rajwanshi.
The complaint has been referred to local cyber crime investigation cell. Recently, the mail of PGI director K.K. Talwar was also hacked.
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