Patrick Okwuokenye and Festus Iteh were arrested in Delhi last week, Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma told reporters today.
One Mahender Patel of Hyderabad had complained to Mahankali Police here on October 28 that a woman called Asha Kiran told him and two others that she was going to receive USD 20 million as lottery prize and would give them 2.5 per cent of the amount if they paid her Rs 49 lakh which she had to deposit as processing fee for the prize money.
"After she responded to the e-mail, the accused asked her to deposit some money as 'processing fee'. She told Patel about this, who alongwith two others paid her Rs 49 lakh. Out of this, she transferred Rs 15.5 lakh to various accounts set up by the accused," said Sharma.
A person called Michael, also a Nigerian, who is believed to be the ringleader, is yet to traced, he added.