A few months ago, a Nigerian gang tricked a young woman from Vadodara by posing as an American citizen and a chemical engineer from the UK. The scammers initially communicated with the woman, claiming that they would be coming to Assam for work. They trapped her with false promises and, over time, started demanding money under various pretexts.

The fraudster claimed that he needed money to purchase machinery in Digboi, Assam, and the woman transferred money to him. Later, the scammers asked for more money, pretending to need funds to release her parcel from the airport. In total, the woman transferred ₹2.62 lakh. However, when the demands continued, she grew suspicious and reported the incident to the Cyber Cell.

Following the complaint, Vadodara Cyber Cell Police Inspector B N Patel and his team conducted a technical surveillance operation and kept a watch on a flat in Burari, Delhi. There, they arrested three Nigerian nationals: Lezuo Obio, John and Gibril Mohammed from Sant Nagar, Burari, Delhi, originally from Nigeria and Engbulle Ikenta from Unitech Horizon House, Greater Noida, UP, originally from Nigeria. The police seized three mobile phones from them.

During the investigation, it was revealed that the scammers had created over 500 bank accounts and had conducted transactions worth approximately ₹15 crore. Additionally, around 900 complaints were registered against these accounts across states on the national cyber portal. 

Now the investigation is ongoing for the same and more details are awaited.

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