Cyber Crime: Three Nigerians among six arrested in India
Six persons including three Nigerians have arrested in India for cheating two businessmen to the tune of Rs. 3.60 lakh, the Hindu has reported.
According to the report, Cyber Crime police said, Raju Jembiya and C Sadashiva came in contact with a person, who claimed to be Terry Joseph, a hotelier from Nigeria through a social networking site.
Joseph told the duo that he planned to start a restaurant in India and convinced them to join in as business partners.
In June, Joseph informed them that he had sent an initial investment of one million dollars through a parcel and asked them to collect it.
To make them believe he provided them invoice number and reference code and told them that he paid all transit charges, Joint Commissioner of Police, Detective Department, T Prabhakar Rao said.
Customs clearance charges
However, a person by the name, Daniel called up Sadashiva and asked him to deposit Rs.1.60 lakh towards customs clearance charges in seven different accounts.
After the duo deposited the money, Daniel asked them to come to Mumbai to collect the parcel.
As Sadashiva and Raju went to Mumbai, another person Damodar Rajput met them and collected Rs.2 lakh for handing over the parcel.
After taking the money, he switched off his mobile phone, the official said.
Realising that they were cheated, the duo came back to city and lodged a complaint with the Cyber Crime Police who with the help of their Mumbai counterparts caught the three Nigerians and also the three Indians who helped them.
