Cyber crime branch Bhopal have busted a three to six member gang from Delhi involved in duping victims in the name of providing expensive gifts and clearance of their gifts from customs by developing friendship over facebook; among the accused a Nigerian national has been nabbed, gang has duped to the tune of Rs 1 crore from victims. Police have recovered laptop, mobile phones and SIM cards from their possession.
A complaint was lodged by the victim Pawan Agrawal regarding cheating by accused posing as female and duping to the tune of Rs 11.22 lakh in the name of clearing gifts from customs department. In the investigation it was found that the victim had deposited money in 8 different bank accounts.
Based on the details accused were tracked in Delhi and three were nabbed and were identified as Solomon Wazeeri of Nigeria, Ishant Maahe of Tilak Nagar Delhi and Jitendra Singh of Uday Vihar Delhi. Accused revealed modus operandi that victim was trapped over facebook by luring him posing as female by Solomon and later in the name of expensive gift which is stuck with customs department victim would be trapped to shed money. The victims were asked to transfer money in fake bank account by Nigerian national Soloman who would pose as official of customs department.
