Nigerian National Dupes People making shocking use of Facebook, UP STF arrests from Delhi!
(13/10/2017) Delhi :
Social media platform of Facebook, bank accounts of North-Indian residents, voice calls by Indian girls and fake promises of handsome returns made for the ingredients of a Tech-savvy Nigerian National who used a blend of all this to commit fraud over unsuspecting individuals in India.
UP STF today successfully nabbed and arrested a Nigerian national named Frank for indulging in cyber malpractices and duping people through fraudlent promises.
A case against Frank was registered at Tonk Police station in Rajasthan by victim Mitthan Lal who accused that former has duped him of 1.55 Lkah ruppes after getting in touch with him through Facebook and promising exchange of dollars in return. Mobile numbers purchased and being used from Uttar Pradesh were used by accused to get in touch with the victim and hence Rajstahn Police informed UP STF with the details of the case.
A team under the supervision of UP STF (Addl SP) Cyber Crime Triveni Singh was formed to investigate the matter.
Cyber crime cell of UP STF investigated the case and traced the accused at a Delhi location. Combined teams of Rajasthan Police and UP STF raided the spot and arrested Frank.
His modus operandi was to lure unsuspecting individuals through Facebook by using FB messenger. It has also come to light that fraudsters also used Indian girls to make calls faking in as RBI or Bank representatives to get account details of the selected victims.
The gang also used North Indian residents with foreign sounding names to open bank accounts and get amount transferred in them to assure victims about their dealing with a genuine “Foreigner”. The actual account owners were also paid a commisison of 10% for the same.
The accused is being probed to get more information about his mind boggling illegal operations.
