The arrested Nigerians
Hmmm......Two Nigerian men have been apprehended in far Asia where they were reportedly living on internet fraud and impersonation.
Indian Police have arrested two Nigerians from their house in New
Delhi, India for duping a man of the sum of 71,500 Indian Rupees through
Facebook after pretending to be a female US soldier.
The Nigerian fraudsters identified as Christ Williams alias Donald
and Johnson Peace Obukokwo alias Marshal, looted Rs 1.5 crore from the
bore-well technician from Hyderabad, Sai Prasad.
The ‘US soldier’ wanted to entrust 5.6 million dollars to the
victim Sai Prasad. In the scam that went on for around a year, the
Nigerians pretended to be RBI, customs and bank officials. They
extracted money in the name of customs clearance charges other charges.
Sai Prasad deposited lakhs for 14 months thinking that he would get
the US dollars. Prasad paid Rs 1.5 crore from his savings and by taking
huge loans. He had worked in Gambia for five years.
“In December 2015 Sai Prasad received a friend request from the
fake FB profile of a US woman soldier in Iraq. She told him that she
had deposited USD 5.6 million with Red Cross. She told him that she
wanted to give the money to him,” said inspector K.V.M. Prasad.
The fraudsters later called Prasad pretending to be a man named
Williams. Sai Prasad was told that Delhi customs had arrested Williams
and he had to pay Rs 71,500. Sai Prasad deposited the cash.
Finally, the crooks called Sai Prasad to Delhi and told him that
they had got the box released. They introduced themselves as friends of
the US soldier and showed him some dollars.
They told him the dollars were masked as black paper, and a
chemical had to be used for washing the currency and make it dollars.
They then took Rs 13.6 lakh from him to buy the chemical.
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