With the arrest of four Nigerian nationals from Mumbai, Jammu police today claimed to have busted a gang of online fraudsters cheating gullible people in various parts of the country.
"We received a complaint from one Naveen Anand who informed us that he had responded to an advertisement of an imported car on an e-commerce website," SSP Jammu Uttam Chand told reporters here.
He said that Naveen who thought the deal was genuine deposited an amount of Rs 5 lakh in the account numbers given by the accused.
"When Naveen sought the delivery of the vehicle he was being avoided after which he registered a complaint with the police," SSP said.
He said that after the police initiated an investigation, it was revealed that a gang of Nigerian citizens operating in Mumbai was cheating the people of various parts of the state.
"A team of Jammu police was sent to Mumbai where with the help of Mumbai police, it traced four accused and arrested them," he said.
He said that the accused have been identified as George Tobechukwo, Frank Uzor, Ifeani Uzoechi and Grace Okalika.
"All of them have been brought to Jammu on a six-day transit remand," he said.
He said that the police recovered two passports of two different countries Nigeria and Ghana from Uzor.
"The passports have same photographs but different names," he said.
