The cyber cell of the Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh police busted an online fraud racket by arresting a Nigerian national from Delhi today for allegedly duping more than 100 people of lakhs of rupees, an official said.
The Nigerian, along with a female accomplice who is absconding, would befriend people on social media sites posing as US citizens and tell them that they were coming to India, Triveni Singh, Additional Superintendent of Police (UP STF), said.
They would then trick their victims into sending them money saying that they were facing problems with Customs, Singh said.
The accused had recently duped a resident of Jaipur and a few others from Uttar Pradesh by sending them mails of fake money transfers and then seeking duty charge on those transactions while impersonating as tax officials, Singh added.
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