Nigerian among three held for on-line lottery fraud

Man duped of three lakhs after tricked in a lottery of Rs 5 crore

PTI | September 17, 2010



A Nigerian national was among three persons arrested for allegedly duping a man of nearly Rs three lakh after tricking him into believing that he had won an online lottery of Rs 5 crore, police said today.

Frank Nawabu, a Nigerian national residing in Mumbai, Anil Kumar of Kolkata and Sujit Kumar of Bihar were arrested by the Ambala Police from Dhaula Kuan in Delhi.

A police spokesman said the accused informed S K Kohli, the complainant, through e-mail recently that he had won a lottery of Rs 2.5 crore in England and that he should deposit a particular amount in some accounts to facilitate transfer of the lottery money.

Kohli deposited Rs 2,90,000 in accounts mentioned in the mail on different dates. But when the accused demanded more money from Kohli, he got suspicious and informed the police, they said.

Following a probe, police arrested the trio who were today remanded in eight-day police custody by a court in Ambala.

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