Cyber crime police of the Crime Investigation Department (CID), on Tuesday, arrested 10 Nigerian nationals, who allegedly duped people in the name of lottery. Laptops, mobile phones, Internet data cards were seized from them.
Someone from the Nizamabad district lodged a complaint with cyber crime police station on 25 February 2012, stating that he was cheated by some online fraudsters, who communicated to him that he had won an international lottery.
According to newindianexpress.com, the culprits extracted `27 lakh from him in the name of processing charges, customs duty to claim the prize amount. They made their victim deposit amounts in various bank accounts, opened under fictitious names.
Indian police managed to bust the racket and arrested 10 persons on Tuesday after almost a year of investigations. During the course of interrogation, the accused confessed that they have been involved in the fraud for a long time.
Those arrested include Emakpor Nestor, Ifeanyichukwu Charles Benkuty, Akpevwe Francis, Ukulor Emmanuel Tamara.
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