ARREST OF A NIGERIAN NATIONAL IN AN ONLINE LOTTERY FRAUD

This is a case of online lottery fraud popularly known as Nigerian Fraud wherein a Sri K.Venkateswara Reddy r/o  Kurnool town, A.P, lodged a complaint in Cyber Crime PS, CID, AP, Hyderabad that he was cheated by some unknown online fraudsters in the name of winning an online lottery and extracted an amount of Rs.1,79,500/- on the pretext of processing fee, currency conversion charges etc.  Basing on the complaint a case vide Cr.No.6/2015 U/s.66-D IT Act 2000 and Sec.420, 468, 471 IPC of Cyber Crime PS, CID, Hyderabad and the investigation was taken by Sri K.Sivaji, Inspector of Police, Cyber Crime PS, CID, Hyderabad.

Sri Kanthi Rana Tata, I.P.S., SP, CCPS, CID, stated that during the course of investigation, based on technical data and on credible information, the Inspector of Police along with his team proceeded to Gurgaon, Haryana and arrested the prime accused Nigerian national Mr.Ebagua Michel @ Jef Morgan on 25-06-2015 at Sector-57, Sushant Lok-3, Gurgaon, Haryana.  During the course of
interrogation, the accused voluntarily confessed that he committed this offence by sending bulk SMSs to various persons of India stating that they have won lotteries / awards / prizes and asked them to send their details for claiming prize amount.  Believing the said SMS as genuine, the complainant fell prey to such SMS and he was asked to deposit amounts on various false pretexts ie., Processing Fee, Income Tax, Customs Duty etc for delivering the prize amount and in this case Mr.Venkateswara Reddy paid an amount approximately Rs.1,79,500/- into various bank accounts given by the fraudster from where he siphoned the same amounts.

In pursuance of his confession, the material objects said to have been used in commission of offence ie., Laptop, Mobile Phone, SIM Cards etc were seized from his possession and remanded him to judicial custody.