Nigerian held in India for duping businessman
Crime Investigation Department (CID) sleuths of Andhra Pradesh have arrested a Nigerian national for duping a Kurnool-based businessman to the tune of Rs 1.79 lakh in the name of a Samsung lottery, reports The Times of India.
According to the report, the victim is K Venkateswar Reddy, a tiles businessman from Kurnool.
In January, Reddy received an SMS saying that he won $1 lakh in US Samsung lottery, CID, SP, Kanti Rana Tata said.
When Reddy contacted the SMS sender, he asked Reddy to deposit money in a bank account as processing fee of the lottery amount.
Reddy deposited Rs 1.79 lakh in the bank accounts mentioned by the fraudster between January and April, but he became suspicious and lodged a complaint with the CID police in May.
By tracking communication between Reddy and the fraudster, the CID sleuths nabbed Nigerian national Ebagua Michel alias Jef Morgan from Sector-57, Sushant Lok-3, Gurgaon, Haryana on June 25.
On interrogation, Michel confessed that he had committed the offence by sending bulk SMSes to various persons stating that they won lotteries, awards and prizes.
Police seized a laptop, a mobile phone and several SIM cards from his possession. He was brought to Hyderabad on a prisoner transit warrant (PTW) on Sunday and remanded in judicial custody.