New Delhi: The Delhi Police has busted a gang involved in an e-mail lottery scam after arresting a Nigerian national and his Indian woman accomplice.
The Nigerian national Obaseki Prince and the woman from Manipur Boni Sushila James were arrested from outside the IGI airport on February 24 following a probe into a complaint filed by one Rakesh. Rakesh claimed he was cheated of Rs.90,000 after the accused told him that he had won a 7.5 lakh pound lottery.
Prince allegedly specialised in sending fake spoofed emails through "nationwidebank@englandmail.com". "The location of the sender is difficult to find in such spoofed e-mails. The lottery promised a windfall to the victim. Once hooked, the victim was asked to send information to an e-mail account generated by Prince," said Ashok Chand, DCP (crime).
The Nigerian national Obaseki Prince and the woman from Manipur Boni Sushila James were arrested from outside the IGI airport on February 24 following a probe into a complaint filed by one Rakesh. Rakesh claimed he was cheated of Rs.90,000 after the accused told him that he had won a 7.5 lakh pound lottery.
Prince allegedly specialised in sending fake spoofed emails through "nationwidebank@englandmail.com". "The location of the sender is difficult to find in such spoofed e-mails. The lottery promised a windfall to the victim. Once hooked, the victim was asked to send information to an e-mail account generated by Prince," said Ashok Chand, DCP (crime).
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