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Daily News & Analysis
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
2 Nigerians held for fraud, brought to Vadodara
They had defrauded a youth of Rs1.17 lakh in a lottery scam run via email
Maulik Buch. Vadodara
The Delhi police handed over custody of two Nigerians accused of fraud to the Vadodara on Monday. The Nigerians had defrauded a Vadodara youth of Rs1.17 lakh in a lottery scam run via email.Alpesh Suthar, a resident of Manjalpur in Vadodara, works as an accountant at a plant in Ahmedabad. He received a mail in his Yahoo account on January 5 from a certain 'UK National Lottery of England' that he had won a lottery worth 1.70 lakh pounds. He was asked to fill up an online form and mail it to an email id to receive the amount. Alpesh took the bait; filled up the form and sent it back. Next day, he received a mail from TNT Courier service that he was asked to deposit Rs27,800 in a medical store account in a branch of ICICI Bank. On receiving the mail, he deposited the amount in the account.Two days later, he received another mail which stated that he would have to urgently deposit Rs61,000 in the same account as the parcel of 1.70 lakh pounds was too heavy. He again deposited the money in the account. He then received a mail which said that the parcel was despatched and he could collect the parcel from his Indian agent, whose a mobile number was mentioned. He contacted the person who said that he had to pay Rs30,000 as charges to the Delhi customs. Peeved, Alpesh declined to pay any more money, and informed the police in Vadodara. In the mean time, the Delhi police bust the Nigerian racket and nabbed two persons, Abraham Fest Osifha, and Desmand Odiugilly. Their interrogation and records from their mobile phones revealed they had been in touch with Alpesh of Vadodara. The DCB cops meanwhile presented an application for a transfer warrant for the Nigerian accused. The Tis Hazari court in New Delhi then ordered the handing over of the culprits to the Vadodara police. After their arrival in Vadodara, Desmand Odigilly and Abraham Osifa were presented in the chief Judicial magistrate's court where the DCB police took custody of the two accused for detailed investigations.
Daily News & Analysis
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
2 Nigerians held for fraud, brought to Vadodara
They had defrauded a youth of Rs1.17 lakh in a lottery scam run via email
Maulik Buch. Vadodara
The Delhi police handed over custody of two Nigerians accused of fraud to the Vadodara on Monday. The Nigerians had defrauded a Vadodara youth of Rs1.17 lakh in a lottery scam run via email.Alpesh Suthar, a resident of Manjalpur in Vadodara, works as an accountant at a plant in Ahmedabad. He received a mail in his Yahoo account on January 5 from a certain 'UK National Lottery of England' that he had won a lottery worth 1.70 lakh pounds. He was asked to fill up an online form and mail it to an email id to receive the amount. Alpesh took the bait; filled up the form and sent it back. Next day, he received a mail from TNT Courier service that he was asked to deposit Rs27,800 in a medical store account in a branch of ICICI Bank. On receiving the mail, he deposited the amount in the account.Two days later, he received another mail which stated that he would have to urgently deposit Rs61,000 in the same account as the parcel of 1.70 lakh pounds was too heavy. He again deposited the money in the account. He then received a mail which said that the parcel was despatched and he could collect the parcel from his Indian agent, whose a mobile number was mentioned. He contacted the person who said that he had to pay Rs30,000 as charges to the Delhi customs. Peeved, Alpesh declined to pay any more money, and informed the police in Vadodara. In the mean time, the Delhi police bust the Nigerian racket and nabbed two persons, Abraham Fest Osifha, and Desmand Odiugilly. Their interrogation and records from their mobile phones revealed they had been in touch with Alpesh of Vadodara. The DCB cops meanwhile presented an application for a transfer warrant for the Nigerian accused. The Tis Hazari court in New Delhi then ordered the handing over of the culprits to the Vadodara police. After their arrival in Vadodara, Desmand Odigilly and Abraham Osifa were presented in the chief Judicial magistrate's court where the DCB police took custody of the two accused for detailed investigations.
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