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Ex Nigerian cop among 3 held for online fraud
In a curious turn of event, one of the three Nigerian online fraudsters arrested by Cyber Crimes Police of Cyberabad in New Delhi for duping several people in the name of fake lottery, happens to be a former police officer of Nigeria. In early June, a woman from Malkajgiri was woken up by an SMS alert which stated that her mobile number had won Rs 3.6 crore in Samsung Lottery and asked her to provide her address and bank details to receive the prize money.
The accused cheated hundreds of gullible people by sending them messages, intimating that they had won huge prize money in online lottery
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Hyderabad: In a curious turn of event, one of the three Nigerian online fraudsters arrested by Cyber Crimes Police of Cyberabad in New Delhi for duping several people in the name of fake lottery, happens to be a former police officer of Nigeria. In early June, a woman from Malkajgiri was woken up by an SMS alert which stated that her mobile number had won Rs 3.6 crore in Samsung Lottery and asked her to provide her address and bank details to receive the prize money.
She was elated over the news and sent details as sought by the sender of the SMS over email. The very next day, she got a mail from James Morgan, the so-called director of Samsung Company, confirming the winning of lottery. He told her that the RBI officials of India would contact her for smooth transfer of lottery amount in her bank account.
Later, she received an email from [email protected] confirming the lottery and suggested her to deposit money in different bank accounts on pretext of clearance of Income Tax, anti-terrorist certificate, customs clearance and so on. Accordingly, she deposited a total of Rs 10.55 lakh expecting the lottery money. When the fraudsters kept on asking her to deposit money continuously, she got suspicious and approached the Cyber Crimes Police Station in Cyberabad.
On receipt of the complaint, ACP S Jayaram, registered a case under relevant IPC Sections and Information Technology Act and entrusted Inspector Mohamad Riyazuddin to investigate the case. The investigators identified that a gang of Nigerian fraudsters were operating from Mahaveer Nagar area in New Delhi.
A special team went to New Delhi and nabbed three Nigerians - Odidi Onoriode Walsh, 31, Nkemachor Anthony, 33, and Wzenwaobasi Gospel Ikenna, 28, and seized five laptops, 10 mobile phones, eight Internet data cards, 53 active SIM cards and cash of Rs 1,50,000 from their possession. The accused were brought to Hyderabad on a transit warrant issued by CMM Tis Hazari Court in New Delhi.
From the analysis of the laptops and mobiles, it came to light that they contacted 99,584 persons through SMSes and emails by informing them that their mobile number had won the lottery and some of them fell into their trap and got cheated. It is learnt the accused landed in India on a business visa in 2013 valid for two months only. Later, they created fake Indian visas of multiple entries and pasted on their passports.
If any local policeman (in New Delhi) asked them about their travel documents, they used to show the fake visa pasted on their passports and managed to stay illegally. The accused were produced before the XVI ACM at Miyapur, which remanded them to judicial custody. The case is being investigated by Mohammad Riyazuddin under the supervision of S Jayaram, ACP and Dr Naveen Kumar, OSD, Crimes. The victims are advised to contact the investigating officer over mobile number 9490617437.Cyberabad Police Commissioner C V Anand appreciated the efforts of the investigating team in nabbing the accused.
