10 Nigerians Held For Lottery Fraud In India

Cyber crime police of the Crime Investigation Department (CID), on Tuesday, arrested 10 Nigerian nationals, who allegedly duped people in the name of lottery.



Police in India also seized laptops, mobile phones, Internet data cards, etc. from the accused.

All the accused are residents of Chandhansar Gaon, Virar East, Thane district, Maharashtra. After the arrest, they were brought to Hyderabad, police said.

According to police, this type of cheating is known as Nigerian lottery fraud. In this case, a person belonging to Nizamabad district lodged a complaint with cyber crime police station on 25 February 2012, stating that he was cheated by some online fraudsters, who communicated to him that he had won an international lottery.

According to newindianexpress.com, the culprits extracted `27 lakh from him in the name of processing charges, customs duty etc, to claim the prize amount. They made their victim deposit amounts in various bank accounts, opened under fictitious names.

A case was registered under the IT (Amendment) Act, 2008, and various sections of IPC.
After investigation lasting over a year, Indian police managed to bust the racket and arrested 10 persons on Tuesday. During the course of interrogation, the accused confessed that they have been involved in the fraud for a long time.

Those arrested include Emakpor Nestor, Ifeanyichukwu Charles Benkuty, Akpevwe Francis, Ukulor Emmanuel Tamara.

Posted: at 17-04-2013 08:53 PM (12 years ago) | Hero

no wonder
na dem as usual . their name tells it all

Posted: at 17-04-2013 09:31 PM (12 years ago) | Grande Master

ACCORDING TO HISTORY, DURING 1912S,60S,TILL 1983 NIGERIA WAS A GREAT NATION, UNTIL THE LEBANESE AND ENGLISH PEOPLE TEACH US SCAM. I WONDER WHY ITS CALLED NIGERIA SCAM ALL OVER THE WORLD INSTEAD OF UK,USA,LEBANESE SCAM. GOD HAVE MERCY ON US ( NIGERIANS)

Posted: at 18-04-2013 03:45 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

ok naw

Posted: at 18-04-2013 04:36 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

 

Posted: at 18-04-2013 04:54 AM (12 years ago) | Hero

Nigerians are causing problem all over..... fraud is a virus that has entered into most nigerians that cannot be cure............hmmmmmmm

Posted: at 18-04-2013 05:28 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

I hear

Posted: at 18-04-2013 06:55 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

I see..

Posted: at 18-04-2013 07:12 AM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero

thanks my brother, the so called wise ones dont know this,

Posted: at 18-04-2013 07:53 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

go and fight bokoharam anumanu.

Posted: at 18-04-2013 08:03 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming