Hyderabad: A 30-year-old pharmaceutical firm employee who mortgaged her gold jewellery with IIFL Gold Loans and also borrowed huge sums from her colleagues to fulfil her dream of working in the UK was duped by cyber fraudsters who cheated her in the name of a job in a UK-based oil firm of Rs 6.5 lakh. Cyberabad police arrested a Nigerian named Chidiebere Vincent, 37, staying in Delhi, for the fraud.
Police said the victim, who was working for a leading pharma company in Hyderabad since 10 years, got an offer via the email ID kcadeutagrecruitment@gmail.com on November 19 and November 20 from KCA DEUTAG. They later contacted her on the phone and asked her to contact one Tony More Travelling Limited for visa processing. She contacted them and paid around '6.5 lakh through online transfer into accounts in private banks in Delhi. “After the money was deposited the travel agency told her that documents had been dispatched by Goodwill Service and were in the custody of the Customs at the Delhi Airport, and asked her to pay Rs 65,000 to get them released,” officials said. Police found the email which she received from the suspects resembled the name of the UK firm.
She deposited money in Axis Bank, Canara Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank. Police traced the suspect to Delhi and arrested him. Police also seized five mobile phones, 110 SIM cards, two pen drives, two data cards, one laptop, five debit cards, a passport and other documents from him. They said a gang of six Nigerians were behind the racket. A hunt is on for them down.
