Two
Nigerian men were arrested on Friday, September 30th by a joint team of
Delhi and Goa Police for cheating several people after befriending them
on social networking sites.
The suspects identified as Chukwuma Collins, 35, and Nicodemus Obinn, 27, used to
befriend people on Facebook and then ask for money to send "necessary
items" to their family members in UK.
Police said that the two used to cook up stories about the poor
conditions of their family members living in western countries and ask
the victims to help them with money. After receiving the money they broke all contact with the victims.
Both have been involved in several cases of fraud and an FIR was registered against them in Goa cyber crime cell.
Bridget Fernandes
Rai, a victim made a complaint to Goa Police, claiming to have been cheated of around Rs 8 lakh by the duo.
She said that she had befriended Collins on Facebook and after a few
days of chatting he started calling her.
Rai told the police that Collins started referring to her as his
sister and asked for Rs 8 lakh to transfer some money and jewellery
through a courier to his relatives. He claimed that the courier was
stuck in legal processes at the customs department in Goa and he needed to get it delivered quickly as his wife had expired.
Rai
agreed to transfer the money to his account. As soon as the money was
transferred, Collins disappeared. After some time, Bridget received a
call from the custom department, which raised questions regarding the
parcel she had sent, and realised that she was duped.
"A team from Goa Police approached us in Delhi after a technical
surveillance pointed to role of some people operating from here. A joint
team was formed to track the accused. The duo was arrested from Mahavir
Enclave in south Delhi," said Ravindra Yadav, joint commissioner,
crime.
Collins and Obinn confessed to their crime and disclosed that they had
cheated several others in a similar way. Three laptops, seven data cards, 36
SIM cards and 26 mobile phones, three USB pen drives, were recovered from the duo.
During interrogation, the duo claimed that they had arrived in India
five years ago for business and then started cheating people using
different techniques. Both accused were produced in a Dwarka court and
taken on a transit remand by Goa Police.
Source: Times of India
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