Indian police bust sophisticated online scam, arrest two Nigerians for allegedly duping man of N18m

 

The extraordinary cyber cell of Kashmir Police in India, has captured two alleged Nigerian fraudsters for scamming a man of Rs 36.35 lacs in an online scam.

The suspects recognized as Isioma Steven and Collins, were captured from Delhi on Wednesday, July 27.

As per Cyber Police Kashmir, a complaint was from an occupant of Baramulla in regards to online fraud.

The victim came into contact with a female Facebook client, T. Jessica, who was impersonating herself as a purchase manager of a prestigious pharmaceutical company.

After days of chatting on Facebook, the woman persuaded the complainant to begin a business of kandu nuts, palm seeds, and sea nuts. As the female fraudster was impersonating an official of a pharmaceutical company, she prevailed in her game plan to motivate the complainant to invest into the business.

The lady guaranteed the casualty that the nuts are esteemed extremely high in the drug market attributable to their medicinal advantages.

Projecting herself as a well-wisher of the person in question, the female fraudster sent details of a contact in India specifically Jyoti T Kandu from whom he (casualty) can buy the nuts.

Without knowing the plot behind the fraud, the Kashmiri man invested a large amount of Rs 36.35 lakh by moving the sum to various bank accounts of fraudsters for buying 50 packets of kandu nuts.

On getting theshipments of 50 packets of kandu nuts, the complainant got a fake call from the Mumbai Custom office wherein the complainant was directed to deposit more cash to have the ability to sell the kandu nuts to pharmaceutical company.

This created uncertainty in the mind of the complainant who attempted to contact the provided contact details to confirm the facts however he got no response and felt cheated/duped by the Facebook user.

The complainant then, at that point, moved toward Cyber Police Station Kashmir Zone Srinagar and lodged a complaint. Likewise, a case (FIR No. 23/2022) under applicable sections of law was enrolled in Cyber Police Station Srinagar, and the investigation was set into motion.

According to the spokesperson of Cyber Crime, "during the investigation, it was found that the fraud had been done by the fraudsters under a highly technically built setup and accordingly the digital footprints of the accused persons involved in the commission of offence were tracked by analysis of bank accounts that have been used for siphoning money of the complainant".

 

"Besides, CCTV footage and analysis of suspect phone numbers by employing high-end technical investigative skills were also carried out", he said.

 

Subsequently, two Nigerians were found involved in the offences and were tracked at Vashist Park Sagerpur New Delhi.

 

 

After assiduous efforts and with the assistance of Delhi Police, a cyber police team was successful in nabbing the duo. They were identified as Isioma Steven and Collins, residents of Delta Agbor in Nigeria, and at present living at Vashist Park in Delhi.

 

The rented accommodation was raided and thoroughly searched. During searches, incriminating material including 14 cell phones of different make and models, a laptop, 14 SIM cards, a Wi-Fi router, a Wi-Fi dongle, six debit/credit cards, and 45 packs of kundu nuts/palm nuts were recovered from their possession, the spokesman said.

 

Investigation into the case is going on in full swing and more recoveries and arrests are expected, he added.