Nigerian held for duping bizman of 1.38cr

Lucknow: Cyber cell of Lucknow police arrested Nigerian man Esowanne Emeka and his two aides Edward Pradhan and Chetan Nimbu, from Delhi on Sunday. The gang had duped a man of Rs 1.38 core on the pretext of sending a parcel. Police officials said that the gang has duped over 100 persons across the country using the same modus operandi.
DCP Central Zone, Aparna Rajat Kaushik, said that the cyber cell got involved in the case after a Madeyganj resident Naveen Singh Samuel lodged an FIR of being duped of Rs 1.38 crore.
The victim, in his FIR, alleged that he had got a call on August 4/2022 and was told that a parcel from Poland had been sent in his name.“The caller introduced himself as John, a custom officer. The victim contacted Dr Felix Warsaw of Poland. Dr Felix told the victim that he was very much influenced with the religious events which the victim had been organising and uploading on YouTube and that he was sending the parcel as a gift to the victim. After this, the ‘custom officer’ called the victim and told him that the parcel contained one million pound and gold. The ‘custom officer’ asked the victim to pay taxes and fees, and took Rs 1.38 crore in different bank accounts,” the victim said. Police said that Emeka had been staying in India illegally ever since his study visa expired. TNN