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Daily News & Analysis
Saturday, March 01, 2008
2 Nigerians held in Delhi had duped Vadodara youth
The arrested persons were involved in running an illegal lottery
Maulik Buch. Vadodara
Delhi Police on Thursday arrested two members of a Nigerian gang involved in running an illegal lottery through email. During preliminary investigation, a cellphone number, belonging to one Alpesh Suthar of Vadodara, was recovered from one of the accused.According to Vadodara crime branch sources, Suthar had lodged a complaint against some persons who duped him with Rs1.18 lakh in the name of winning a lottery through email.The two members of the gang have been identified as Abraham Fest Osifha, and Desmands Odiugilly.The sources further said Suthar, an accountant in a private company and the resident of Jaideep Society at Manjalpur, received a mail in his Yahoo, a website, account on January 5 from the UK National Lottery, England, saying he had won a lottery worth 1.70 lakh pounds. He was asked to fill up an online form and mail it to a given email ID to receive the amount. Suthar filled up the form and sent it to the ID. After two days, he received another mail from a courier service, asking him to deposit Rs27, 800 in an account of ICICI Bank. Suthar deposited the account next day.After a day or two he again received a mail asking him to deposit Rs61,000 in the same account, saying the parcel of 1.70 lakh pounds was too 'heavy'. He again somehow managed the amount and deposited it. After that he was informed through a mail that his parcel had already been sent and now he had to collect the parcel from an Indian agent, the sources said. Suthar contacted the person who demanded Rs30,000 as the damage charge at the Delhi customs. He deposited the amount but refused to pay the air freight charge for coming to Vadodara, saying he himself would come to Delhi to receive the parcel. When he reached Delhi, the agent did not meet him. Not only that, no one contacted him after constant follow-up.The sources further said that beleaguered Suthar returned Vadodara and lodged a complaint with the crime branch. On Thursday, the crime branch got the information that Delhi Police have arrested two members of the illegal lottery gang and recovered a cellphone number belonging to that of Vadodara. During further inquiry, it was revealed that the number belonged to Suthar.Crime branch inspector Kaushik Pandya said that very soon a police team would go to Delhi and bring the two accused to Vadodara to recover the amount.
Daily News & Analysis
Saturday, March 01, 2008
2 Nigerians held in Delhi had duped Vadodara youth
The arrested persons were involved in running an illegal lottery
Maulik Buch. Vadodara
Delhi Police on Thursday arrested two members of a Nigerian gang involved in running an illegal lottery through email. During preliminary investigation, a cellphone number, belonging to one Alpesh Suthar of Vadodara, was recovered from one of the accused.According to Vadodara crime branch sources, Suthar had lodged a complaint against some persons who duped him with Rs1.18 lakh in the name of winning a lottery through email.The two members of the gang have been identified as Abraham Fest Osifha, and Desmands Odiugilly.The sources further said Suthar, an accountant in a private company and the resident of Jaideep Society at Manjalpur, received a mail in his Yahoo, a website, account on January 5 from the UK National Lottery, England, saying he had won a lottery worth 1.70 lakh pounds. He was asked to fill up an online form and mail it to a given email ID to receive the amount. Suthar filled up the form and sent it to the ID. After two days, he received another mail from a courier service, asking him to deposit Rs27, 800 in an account of ICICI Bank. Suthar deposited the account next day.After a day or two he again received a mail asking him to deposit Rs61,000 in the same account, saying the parcel of 1.70 lakh pounds was too 'heavy'. He again somehow managed the amount and deposited it. After that he was informed through a mail that his parcel had already been sent and now he had to collect the parcel from an Indian agent, the sources said. Suthar contacted the person who demanded Rs30,000 as the damage charge at the Delhi customs. He deposited the amount but refused to pay the air freight charge for coming to Vadodara, saying he himself would come to Delhi to receive the parcel. When he reached Delhi, the agent did not meet him. Not only that, no one contacted him after constant follow-up.The sources further said that beleaguered Suthar returned Vadodara and lodged a complaint with the crime branch. On Thursday, the crime branch got the information that Delhi Police have arrested two members of the illegal lottery gang and recovered a cellphone number belonging to that of Vadodara. During further inquiry, it was revealed that the number belonged to Suthar.Crime branch inspector Kaushik Pandya said that very soon a police team would go to Delhi and bring the two accused to Vadodara to recover the amount.
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