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Indian Gurugram Police’s cybercrime department said it has arrested a 38-year-old Nigerian man identified as Daniel Gozie for allegedly defrauding a woman of Rs 1.73 lakh after he posed as a
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Indian Today reports that five mobile phones that were used in the fraud have been recovered from the suspects who are both members of the same gang police said it busted on May 11, 2023.
City police said that it arrested six people on May 11 including four Nigerian nationals, for making fake profiles of wealthy Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) on a matrimonial website as part of a racket to dupe women on the sites.
The victim’s complaint was filed on March 31, 2023. She connected with a man on a matrimonial website who introduced himself as Shiva Jadhav, a project manager at ’Diamond Construction Limited’ in Turkiye.
She said in the police complaint that the "accused talked to me regularly and after some days he told me that he was sending a gift parcel for me, which contained some gold jewellery and other items."
The victim said a woman contacted her claiming to be calling from the Mumbai airport, adding, "She told me that a parcel has arrived from Shiva Jadhav in my name and to get this parcel I have to deposit Rs 38,500 as tax."
The victim said that even after depositing the amount in a bank account shared by the woman, the victim kept getting calls asking for more fees to receive the parcel. A total of Rs 1,73,000 was taken from her.
An FIR was filed at Cyber Crime Police Station, South Gurugram based on the victim’s complaint and the accused were arrested on Thursday.
Gurgaon ACP (Crime) Varun Dahiya, said, "During interrogation, the accused revealed that they contact women through social media and matrimonial sites and befriended them after posing as high-ranking government officials, businessmen and doctors in foreign countries."
According to the ACP, after winning their trust, the victims are told that they will receive a gift parcel at which point another member of the gang, posing as a government tax or customs officer, calls the victim.
Dahiya said, "The arrested woman revealed that she had got the money transferred after posing as a customs officer. The accused Nigerian used to provide SIM cards and bank accounts to commit fraud."
The police ACP said that the suspects are currently in police custody and being questioned.