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Nigerian Nationals Held For Cheating People Of lakhs
Nigerian Nationals Held For Cheating People Of lakhs
Six people have been arrested, including five Nigerian nationals, for allegedly duping people out of lakhs of rupees by befriending them on social media and asking them to pay custom duty in order to receive expensive gifts.
DCP (South) Chandan Choudhary said on Friday that the racket was discovered after a 62-year-old professor filed a complaint earlier this month.
The complainant had received a friend request on Facebook from a woman claiming to be from the United Kingdom. She soon shared an overseas mobile number with him and they began talking on WhatsApp.
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“She said she’ll gift him expensive mobiles and gold-plated wristwatches. In order to make the complainant believe her, she sent videos of the products being packed and receipts of parcel delivery,” Ms. Choudhary said.
A few days later, the professor received a call from someone claiming to be from the Excise Department, claiming that customs duty must be paid before the parcel could be released. According to the DCP, he ended up paying this person Rs. 27 lakh.
When the complainant realized he had been duped, he filed a complaint.
The police arrested four Nigerians following an investigation and technical analysis of the overseas mobile number. Nigerian national John Chuhukwuma Onyema and his Indian wife Nirupama were also arrested based on their information.
“The couple revealed that they used to hire a woman to talk to the victims on social media and used to further pose as Excise Department officials and threaten victims into paying duty charges into their shared bank accounts to release the gifts,” the DCP added.
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