| Posted on: 2012-01-10/01:35:54 | India - Fraud & Cyber Crime News | Fraud Complaints/ |
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A Nigerian national, who cheated a city contractor by promising him more than £25 lakh (Rs20.28 crore), has been arrested by the Ulsoor police. Johnson Emmanuel, 34, was caught on Brunton Road while he was handing over fake British currency notes to the email scam victim, police said. KR Jayachandra Reddy, a resident of Brunton Road, alerted the police when he noticed something odd in the way the Nigerian arrived in the city to hand over the British currency notes. It all began on August 10, 2011, when Reddy got an email from Paul Anderson saying he had won a lottery and he would be awarded with £25 lakh. In his greed to make easy money, Reddy replied to Anderson thanking him for the mail and seeking his directions to proceed further. Anderson asked him to send details of his bank account number, phone number and address. Reddy mailed him the details and Anderson made a couple of phone calls to him. He told Reddy that he should initially pay some money as service and customs charges to get the lottery money. Reddy readily agreed and he was asked to make payments in 42 different accounts in various banks. Blinded by the lure of fast money, he started paying them. The last transaction was on December 28, 2011. Reddy even went to Mumbai to meet Anderson. But when he reached Mumbai, Anderson refused to meet him, police said. Early this month, Anderson told Reddy that a person would arrive at his home to personally hand over the lottery money. All details were worked out.On January 6, Emmanuel arrived at Majestic by a KSRTC bus and called Reddy who was surprised. He was expecting him to arrive at the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA). As per the arrangement with Anderson, he had also sent his car to the airport to pick up the visitor. When he told Emmanuel that his car was waiting for him at BIA, the Nigerian took a BMTC Volvo bus and went to the airport from where he came to Reddy’s house. Meantime, Reddy had alerted the police and the Nigerian was arrested while he was handing over the fake currency notes to Reddy. Police said the bank accounts under 42 different names have been frozen. We will check how much money is left in these accounts and, if possible, return it to Reddy,” said the police. |
| Source: E T | Location : Bangalore |
