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“As per the agreement, we were supposed to make a 30 per cent advance payment and on May 11, the Chinese company shared their account details in an email communication,” read the complaint. However, the same day, Refractory Shapes Pvt Ltd received another email, this time from a different ID—baile@huaomaterial.com.hanwhas.com. “We were asked to transfer the advance amount to another account with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China,” the complaint read.

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The company transferred Rs 9.82 lakh and shared the transaction details on the same email ID for confirmation. However, when it did not receive any response, the company contacted the general manager of Triple H China Limited, who told them that they had not received any payment. Andheri cops suspect that someone within Triple H China Limited shared the private communication details with the fraudsters, who then created an almost identical email address to dupe the Indian company.