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2 Nigerians held for online lottery scam
2 Nigerians Held for Online Lottery Scam, Fake Lottery Racket. The accused have been identified as Patrick Okwuokenye, 31, and P Festus Iteh, 28, of Malaviya Nagar in New Delhi. They confessed that they have conned people by using fake e-mail IDs.
- They sent mails to victims about a lottery win
- They duped three Hyderabadis of Rs 49 lakh
- Huge money sought as processing fees
Hyderabad: After a sustained operation, city police has busted a fake lottery racket and arrested two Nigerians. Seven mobile phones, two laptops, 13 national and international SIM cards, two Nigerian passports and two data cables have been recovered from the duo.
The accused have been identified as Patrick Okwuokenye, 31, and P Festus Iteh, 28, of Malaviya Nagar in New Delhi. They confessed that they have conned people by using fake e-mail IDs.
Addressing a press meet, Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma said that on October 28, following a complaint by one Mahender Patel, a case was registered against Asha Kiran Mateti of Kukatpally.
The complainant alleged that Asha had made him believe that she was going to receive $20 million (Rs 125 crore) that she won though a lottery, promised to pay 2.5 per cent of the foreign fund to the complainant. She requested him to arrange money to process receipt of the funds. Believing her, Mahender and two others paid Rs 49 lakh. But soon, it turned out to be a big racket and Patel realized that he was duped. That was when he approached the police.
When taken into custody, Asha revealed that she received an e-mail from one Richard, stating that she was a winner of lottery prize of $20 million. She was asked to deposit Rs 15 lakh as processing fee in various accounts. She informed Patel about it; and he along with two others paid her Rs 49 lakh.
Of that amount, she transferred Rs 15.5 lakh to various accounts set up by the accused, said the Commissioner.
But nothing came through. The police who were approached by Patel took up the case and sent a team to Delhi, which arrested the two Nigerians.
Another person called Michael, also a Nigerian, who was believed to be the ringleader was on the run. Efforts were on to nab him, the Commissioner said, asked people to beware of dubious emails.
