Nigerian arrested for duping woman of Rs 2 crore

A Nigerian national has been arrested here for allegedly cheating a woman of Rs two crore on the promise of selling her a chemical to convert black paper strips into US dollars after befriending her on Facebook.
With the arrest of one Aikhomun A Kelvin from Khirki Extension in Malviya Nagar here, police claimed to have busted an international gang, which cheated people after befriending them on Facebook by using fake identities and posing as British nationals.
Police said it recovered a United Kingdom passport, a driving license issued by Federal Republic of Nigeria and a yellow card in which his name was mentioned as Idemvdian Osemudiamen, all of which appear to be fake.

Police also seized a refrigerator, one LED TV, one laptop, one music system, one Airtel set-up box and other items which were allegedly purchased with the cheated amount.
The gang lured its victims, preferably women, in several ways after befriending them and had also engaged some Indian women to pose as custom agents to gain confidence of the target, a senior police officer said.
He also said the gang has some Indian people working for them and used their accounts for depositing the money they get from their victims.

In the case of the woman, who was cheated of Rs two crore, she had received calls in November 2013 from a woman claiming to be a customs official. She told that her friend Michael, the alleged gang-leader, has been detained at the Indira Gandhi International Airport and if she releases Rs 70,000 he will be released.

After the victim paid the amount, on various occasions the "fake" customs official called her up and induced her to deposit money in different accounts on some or the other pretext, the police said.
Later in February 2014, she was asked to go to Bengaluru where accused Kelvin allegedly impersonated himself as Egobia Bobby and convinced her to buy a chemical, which would convert black paper strips into US Dollars, police said.
In June 2014 the accused had again called the victim and convinced her to pay Rs 95 lakh for giving her the chemical.
When in January 2015, he again asked for Rs 9.7 lakh for the chemical, she realised she had been cheated of Rs two crore by then and lodged a complaint with the police who apprehended Kelvin after she identified him as the person who had taken her money.