A 26-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested by the police in Delhi, India for allegedly duping a woman of over N1.4m after befriending her on Facebook.
According to the Cyber wing of the Kerala police, the accused was arrested on Saturday, May 6, 2023.
The police said, the Nigerian national, using a fake name on Facebook, befriended the woman in early 2021 and on August 15 of the same year, told her that a gift worth ₹30 crore has been sent to her as their Independence Day gift.
Later, the woman received a call claiming to be from a diplomatic officer from Mumbai Customs and asked her to deposit ₹22,000 to a bank account as Customs Duty.
Police said the woman was threatened to deposit more money in the following days and in July 2022, she approached the police with a complaint.
The cyber cell traced the accused to Delhi and arrested him.