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Two arrested for duping 'gullible' women using facebook

According to police, the accused are 'experts' in creating fake Facebook profiles projecting themselves as rich, smart and sauve Europeans or American nationals. The accused would then send out friend requests to gullible women, preferably single, who are selected by extensive browsing.

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Delhi police arrested a Nigerian national  along with a woman from Nagaland for allegedly  duping several woman across the country who used to befriend many women on Facebook claiming to be British national. The arrests come after  a complaint by a woman in Kolkatta whom the accused had allegedly duped of around seven lakh rupees.

The accused have been identified as David Chibunna, a resident of Nigeria and Tsenyani who hails from Nagaland. 

According to police, the accused are 'experts' in creating fake Facebook profiles projecting themselves as  rich, smart and sauve Europeans or American nationals. The accused would then send out friend requests to gullible women, preferably single, who are selected by extensive browsing.

According to their latest victim,she had received a friend request on her Facebook account from one Lewis Williams, allegedly a resident of London, UK. 

“The complainant  used to have voice calls and chats over Whatsapp, Viber with the accused who had introduced himself as Williams and was using a UK phone number for interactions. The accused made plans to visit India to meet the complainant  and  visit places of tourists’ interests. He booked flight tickets for London – Delhi via Dubai and further from Delhi to Kolkata to meet the complainant,” said a senior police officer.

The complainant had been provided with the flight itinerary of Williams over her mail account. On April 6 after Williams had landed in Delhi, the complainant received a call from one Nikita Singh, who introduced herself as a customs agent and informed the complainant that Williams had been detained upon arrival as he was found carrying Rs 1,00,000 GBP of undeclared cash along with other incriminating articles.

“The said customs agent made Williams speak to the complainant who also requested for help in getting out of the customs issue. Over the next few days, both of them kept asking for varying amounts of moneys to be deposited in one or the other bank accounts on different pretexts like RBI clearance, FEMA violations, customs duty etc. and in the process, made the gullible complainant pay 6,70,752 rupees in different bank accounts of India,” the official said. Realising that she was being duped, the woman then officially lodged a complaint with the Kolkatta police.

Acting on a source input, the team  conducted multiple raids thereby detaining one African national along with Tsenyani. Sustained interrogation  of the suspects revealed their involvement.
Various International SIM Cards along with laptops containing the incriminating mails, chat logs apart from other bank account documents  have been recovered from the possession of the arrested accused persons.

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