HYDERABAD: The Cyber Crime sleuths of the Crime Investigation (CID) department on Saturday arrested Nigerian and Cameroon nationals for indulging in online fraud by swindling Rs 80 lakh from a person.
According to CID officials, one K Mahender, resident of Yerraguntla village in Anantapur district of AP, lodged a complaint with Cyber Crime police, CID, AP, Hyderabad, stating that he was cheated by some unknown online fraudsters in the name of providing job abroad and extracted `80 lakh on the pretext of processing fee and visa charges.
Based on the complaint, police registered cases and took up investigation.
The Additional DGP, CID, AP, Ch Dwaraka Tirumala Rao, said during the investigation, the teams identified the location of accused and went to Pune, Maharashtra and arrested two persons - a Nigerian national Denis Kelvin and a Cameroon national Nsoh Bless Che at Undri village near Pune.
“The accused voluntarily confessed that they have committed this offence by sending bulk SMSes to various persons of India luring them to provide jobs abroad. Believing the SMS to be genuine, the complainant fell prey to such SMS and was asked to deposit amounts on pretexts such as processing fee, visa charges etc and in this case the victim Mahender paid an amount of `80 lakh into various bank accounts given by the fraudsters from where they siphoned off the same amounts,” Dwaraka Tirumala Rao said.