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Nigerian gang cheats youth of 35 lakh
The Cyber Crime Police busted a Nigerian gang for lottery fraud of Rs 35 lakh. The gang had lured an engineering graduate and collected money under different heads in 25 instalments during a period of 40 days. According to police, the accused were identified as Peter Austin alias Jay Ebohon (claimed RBI Manager), 29, Steffi Ebohon, wife of Jay Ebohon, 24, both residents of Kondapur,
Hyderabad: The Cyber Crime Police busted a Nigerian gang for lottery fraud of Rs 35 lakh. The gang had lured an engineering graduate and collected money under different heads in 25 instalments during a period of 40 days. According to police, the accused were identified as Peter Austin alias Jay Ebohon (claimed RBI Manager), 29, Steffi Ebohon, wife of Jay Ebohon, 24, both residents of Kondapur, Ebohon Felix Omonuwa (claimed Security Officer), 26 and Uzonicha Daniel Iwenwanne, 26, both residents of Hydershahkot. They were residing in the city since 2011 and were engaged in export business of shoes and clothing.
The victim, Md Vasiuddin, 23, was tempted after receiving an email stating that he was a lucky winner of lottery worth GBP 6,00,000 (about Rs 6 crore). When the accused contacted on the mobile numbers furnished in the mail, he was congratulated and convinced to be the lucky winner. Later, he was asked to follow a procedure to claim the winning amount. After convincing him, the accused started extracting money on different pretexts including registration charges, tax and customs clearance, High Court certificate, approval from Ministry of Finance, Bombay High Court Affidavit, RBI Processing Fees and Opening of Online Account.
“During a period of one month from November to December 2014, on the instructions of the accused the complainant has deposited Rs 35 lakh in about 16 different accounts in various States of the country furnished by the accused. On preliminary enquiry most of the accounts found to be opened by furnishing fake id proofs,” said DCP Detective Department CCS G Pala Raju.
The police, which seized Rs 4 lakh from two different banks in the State, are also verifying if the existing 16 accounts in other States has the remaining amount. They also wrote to their counterparts in other States for investigation. The DCP asked the people to be aware of the fraudsters, who are coming up with new strategies.
“Currently a new kind of trap is being laid with the name of Nokia Lottery. They claim that the remaining shares of Nokia after merger with Microsoft are being won by lucky winners,” he explained. The police asked the denizens to be careful when the phone rings with +92 (Pakistan) and +44 (Nigeria) codes.
