Nigerian man arrested for fraud in India
- A Nigerian man from Delta state, Omeleze Fred was nabbed by India police for defrauding his 'lover'
- Omeleze had around 500,000 mobile phone numbers and 100,000 emails of Indians on his laptop
- He duped his last victim of around N7.4million naira and also falsified his visa in order to remain in the country
Police in India has arrested a Nigerian man for defrauding his Indian lover by impersonating an American citizen.
According to reports in Times of India, the Cyber Crimes Police station, Cyberabad East has arrested one Omeleze Fred of Delta state for cheating a woman by falsely claiming to be an American national falsely and promising to ‘settle’ with her.
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Fred had caught the lady victim who was not named by introducing himself as one ‘Benson’, an American national serving in Afghanistan and after several conversations, he told her that he wanted to come to India and settle with her by investing his savings, which he told was about five million US dollars.
The victim later received a call from a lady who introduced herself as a manager in the customs department of the airport in New Delhi and said that ‘Mr. Benson’ was apprehended by the customs department for bringing US Dollars and gold and diamond jewellery. Fred (still posing as ‘Benson’) also called and informed her that if she pays the taxes as told, the customs officer would release his money and jewellery which they would spend in their future life.
Believing him, the victim transferred N7.4million (Rs.2.5 lakh) in the bank accounts provided by the accused. Later she realized that she had been duped and reported to the police which swung into action.
Omeleze was brought to Hyderabad and was remanded to judicial custody on Wednesday.
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Police said Omeleze lived in Mehrauli, New Delhi and preliminary investigation showed that he arrived in India in 2012 and was staying in different localities in New Delhi. After his original visit visa expired two months after arriving in India, he prepared a fake Indian visa sticker and pasted it on his passport to rent a house.
Omeleze, who was reportedly arrested with a whopping 500,000 (5 lakh) mobile numbers and 100,000 (one lakh) email IDs of Indians found on his laptop, created several Facebook profiles by putting photos of smart looking Americans and used it to chat with Indian women online after searching for their profiles.
Meanwhile, just some days back, two Nigerian men were arrested by police in India for reportedly dealing in drug trade.
According to report in India’s Mail Today, the duo of 23-year-old Kenneth Jideo and 27-year-old Obuneme Victor were arrested by police in Bengaluru for selling cocaine to college students.
Source: Legit.ng
