Two Nigerians Arrested For Defrauding 20 Women On Instagram

Two Nigerian nationals were detained in India on suspicion of defrauding at least 20 women out of crores of rupees after befriending them on Instagram.

On Monday, May 29, 2023, a squad from Gurugram’s Manesar Cyber Police Station detained the suspects, named Ebuka Felix and Chukwuka Ewere, at their apartment in Delhi’s Nilothi.

During interrogation, the accused disclosed that their gang had five members, all of whom used Instagram to target women.

The accused were nabbed after a woman filed a complaint alleging that she was duped out of Rs 1.80 crore by a man she met on Instagram last year.

According to authorities, the victim reported the incident to Manesar authorities Station on April 10.

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According to her complaint, the man described himself as a British Airways pilot living in the United Kingdom.

“The accused talked to me regularly. One day last year he said he was sending a gift parcel for me which contained an iPhone, jewellery, and other items. Later, on December 6, a man called me saying a parcel had arrived in my name and I had to pay Rs 35,000 in tax to get it,” the woman said in her complaint.

The victim placed the money in the man’s bank account, but she was still being solicited for more money by her so-called friend, who demanded it in the name of various costs such as ‘United national anti-terrorist clearance’ or other penalties, according to police. According to authorities, by the time she discovered it was a scam, she had paid the man Rs 1.80 crore.

Police seized a checkbook, 16 bank passbooks, 25 ATM cards, seven mobile phones with as many SIM cards, one laptop, one scooter, and Rs 10,000 cash from their possession.

Both were brought before a city court and placed on a four-day police remand.

‘The two are also the members of the same gang which was busted by police on May 11. We have taken them on police remand and are questioning them,” said Varun Dahiya, ACP, Crime.

Inspector Naresh Kumar, SHO of Manesar Cyber Station, stated that the Nigerians disclosed that three women are also members of their gang.

“All three are from Mizoram. The women after committing the crime used to return to Mizoram. We have intensified their search,” he added.