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Four Nigerians arrested for cheating

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Press Trust of India Belgaum

Boma Bobmanuel Awantaye, Courage Ikponmwoba, Osayande Kelvin Okungbow and Roland Agbode Oboh were arrested in Banaswadi area in the city, police said.

The four used to inform people through e-mails that they had won an e-lottery worth five lakh pounds and ask them to deposit huge amounts of money in their accounts in public sector banks.

They were nabbed on a complaint by a man named K B Naukudkar, who deposited Rs 1.23 lakh to the SBI account of one of the accused, but found he did not get the "prize money", police said.

  

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First Published: Jul 28 2012 | 7:05 PM IST

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