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6 Nigerian nationals heldfor cheating loan seekers
The Cyberabad Cyber Crime Police on Saturday arrested six Nigerian nationals for cheating a city resident to a tune of Rs 51 lakh on the pretext of securing Rs 3 crore loan
Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Cyber Crime Police on Saturday arrested six Nigerian nationals for cheating a city resident to a tune of Rs 51 lakh on the pretext of securing Rs 3 crore loan.
Urieto Usesele (23), kingpin of the gang, has been overstaying in India since 2011. With the help of his roommates, identified as James Omonbeleghan(26), Ogbeifun Abel Inegbenoise (24) and Omobhude Onuwabhagbe Collins (24), he had sent e-mails to the people, who applied for loans through online.
After receiving response from a person, they made calls and claimed to be calling from Kason Financial Service, a private financing company, established in New Delhi and convinced the loan seeker to deposit money in their bank accounts towards processing fee and various taxes.
Recently, they duped the wife of a techie working in Dubai to a tune of Rs 51 lakh. They lured the victim to deposit money in bak accounts of Henry Ominunu (32) and Wisdom (26), Nigerian nationals, staying in Gurgaon.
On tracking the mail ids and phone numbers, the accused were arrested from Bangalore and Gurgaon and seized from them Rs 30,000 cash, four original passports and one fake passport, five laptops, 14 mobile phones and other computer peripherals used to commit the fraud.
Cyberabad DCP (Crimes) B Naveen Kumar, in a press note, on Saturday advised the people not to fall prey to any mails, advertisements and phone calls from the strangers.
