Raj Hinduja He had a fraudulent check mailed to me as an investment that caused Bank of America to close my account. Wanchai Hong Kong

Raj Hinduja of Hinduja Investment Group in Hong Kong contacted me by email wanting to invest $50 million in my project. He said he was referred to me by Ashmore. $450,000 was needed to pay his lawyers and broker for services and to present a compliance package to the court in Hong Kong so that his funds that are in a Swiss Bank in Hong Kong can be released and sent to my company in the United States. Hinduja said he would raise the $450,000 himself from “family friends.”

Shortly thereafter he told me that a Paul Goldsmith would be sending the $450,000 to me so that I could pay Hinduja’s lawyers and broker. I was to wire most of the funds to Ever Sun Industries at Hangseng Bank in Hong Kong, Account # 7876-2260-4883. After exchanging emails, Goldsmith emailed me that he sent me a check for $450,000. It didn’t arrive and I found that it had an incorrect Canada Post tracking number. Weeks later I received from him in the mail an impressive-looking check from a major plastic manufacturing company for $450,000 and I deposited it at Bank of America. The check was rejected by the issuer’s bank, Fifth Third Bank of Evansville, Indiana, as “Altered and Fictitious.” Bank of America closed my account even though I had nothing to do with the fraud. I called the issuer of the check as well and they confirmed that the check was fraudulent and forged.

The scam: Hinduja and Goldsmith expected me to wire $450,000 to him before their phony check could get either posted or rejected. Some innocent entrepreneurs might fall for this. I, of course, would not send anything until the check cleared, which it didn’t. Raj Hinduja uses LinkedIn where he calls himself an accredited investor. There is a legitimate Hinduja Group, a multi-national financial conglomerate with headquarters in Mumbai and London. Raj Hinduja is obviously cashing in on that name without having any connection to them. His company “Ever Sun Industries” is obviously a ripoff of Eversun Industrial Group in Hong Kong, manufacturer of sunglasses.

Raj Hinduja’s contact information on his emails: Raj Hinduja, Fund Manager, Hinduja Investment Group, Hong Kong, TagNr: PX7288109HG, E-mail: hindujaInvestment@gmail.com, Tel: +852 8192 6755, 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong