Mumbai: After emails and phishing scams, Nigerian conmen are now using matrimonial
websites to find their victims. In two separate
raids conducted over two days, cops in
Mumbai and Hyderabad have caught 10
Nigerian conmen who duped women by
promising to marry them, convincing them to deposit huge amounts of money in their bank
accounts and then ran away. In Mumbai, two conmen managed to cheat at
least 12 women to a total tune of Rs 2 crore
before one of the victims reported them to the
cops. The Hindustan Times reports that the woman, 48, had paid the conmen Rs 1.01
crore, of which she had taken Rs 50 lakh on
loan, before she realised that she was being
conned. She then complained to the
Commissioner of Police after which officers
from Crime Branch Unit 11 traced the conmen to a rented flat in Malwani and arrested them
on 13 October.

Crime Branch officials told The Hindustan Times that the two conmen duped women not only in Mumbai but also in Bangalore,
Kolkata and Chennai. Their modus operandi
was to upload a photo of a South Asian man
and pose as a British national of Indian origin.
They used the profile to befriend the women,
following which they convinced them to deposit money into several bank accounts
over the next few months. They would then
disappear. Other than women, the conmen also
victimised job seekers, falsely promising them
well-paying jobs abroad in exchange for
money, according to The Hindustan Times.

In Hyderabad, a Nigerian national cheated a
school teacher, 32, of Rs 5.4 lakh before she
caught on to the scheme, reports The Times Of India. The victim reportedly told the police that she had been approached by a man
called Garry Phillips who saw her profile on a
matrimonial website. He pretended to be an
American Caucasian male working in Delhi. He
established a rapport with her between
February and August, and though they never met, he convinced her he wished to marry
her. Cyber crime cops told The Times Of India that one day, Garry claimed that he was
returning with Rs 50 crore worth of gifts for
her from his US trip but he had been caught
by customs officials at Delhi airport. He told
her that if she didn't deposit the money in
multiple accounts, both of them will go to jail. The victim deposited the money and then
never heard from Garry again.

The Times Of India report states that based on the victim's complaint, the police busted
the racket and arrested eight Nigerian
nationals from Dabri in New Delhi on 8
October. One of the arrested men was Udunna
Chukwuma Collins, who had posed as Garry.


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Cc: lalasticlala

wicked Nigerians, giving us bad names .. that was why my indian girlfriend left me

lol
boys dey vex

why is the money not expressed in dollars? what is crore?

Hmmm..****checks names and walks out of thread***