A Nigerian man has been arrested in India for swindling Rs 17 lakhs from a woman by promising her a work visa to Canada.
The arrested man identified as
Moses, is a DJ residing in Bengaluru since 2014.
A team led by Wayanad Cyber
Police Station Inspector Shaju Joseph nabbed the accused from Bengaluru on
Christmas Eve.
According to officials, Moses
used the personal details provided by the woman on a private website to commit
the fraud.
Last October, the woman
provided her personal information while searching for a medical coding job.
After collecting her personal
details from a website, the accused dropped emails and tried to contact the
victim through WhatsApp by posing as a visa agent.
He earned her trust after he
showed proof of her details on an immigration site and the flight ticket he
booked for her to Canada.
Based on his assurances, she
transferred Rs 17 lakhs to his account.
But as Moses kept asking for
more money, the girl grew suspicious and filed a complaint at the Wayanad Cyber
Police Station.
The police have retrieved Rs 6
lakh from the accused so far. They located Moses using his device's IP address
and tracing his online purchases.
The DJ artist is known to have
engaged in several online frauds over the years.
Moses conducted only a single
DJ event in an entire month. He dedicated the rest of his time to his
fraudulent activities.
Officials have seized several
devices in his possession.
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