Nigerian among four held for online fraud

New Delhi, June 27

Four people, including a Nigerian national, were arrested here for allegedly defrauding people online by taking money for delivering "gifts" worth millions of pounds that never materialized, police said Saturday.

“On interrogation, the accused narrated a well-knit plan of cheating the public through e-mails by offering them handsome gift packs in foreign currency. Once their mail was replied, they would contact that person over mobile phone and then ask the person to deposit money in their account,” a senior police officer said.

That was the last the people lured by the scheme saw of their money or of the non-existent "gifts", the officer added.

Sokat Ansari, Maqsod Alam, Mahmood Alam and Charles Osaren Khoe Jegede were arrested on a complaint filed by one of the victims, Kalpana, who paid nearly Rs.70,000 to get "gifts" worth 750,000 pounds after receiving an e-mail about it.

“The mastermind behind the scam was Brian Smith, another Nigerian national, who was operating from Mumbai. He left for Nigeria few days ago,” the officer said.

Six ATM Cards, blank cheques of various banks, a laptop, four mobiles phones, six SIM cards and Rs.74,500 and $3,800 in cash were recovered from the four arrested men, police said.

Last updated on Jun 27^th, 2009 at 20:10 pm IST--IANS

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