Chukwuma Collins, 35, and Nicudemus Obinna, 27 have been arrested by Indian authority for defrauding several people on social networking sites.
The two Nigerians would deceive people on Facebook asking for money to send to their stranded family members in UK.
The Indian Police said that Collins and Obinna used to cook up stories about the poor conditions of their family members living in western countries and ask the unsuspecting victims to help them with money. After receiving the money, they break all contact with the victims.
The authorities had received a complaint from a woman, Bridget Fernandes Rai, who alleged to have been scammed of around Rs 8 lakh by the duo. Bridget said that she was sent a friend request on Facebook by Collins which she innocently accepted and after a few days of chatting he started calling her.
She explained to the police that Collins started addressing her as his sister and demanded for Rs 8 lakh to transfer some money and jewellery through a courier to his relatives. He claimed that the courier was stuck in legal processes at the customs department in Goa and he needed to get it delivered quickly as his wifi had expired. Bridget agreed to transfer the money to his account. Immediately the money was transferred, Collins "vanished", Bridget alleged.
The Police investigated the allegation, tracked down and arrested the duo.
They confessed to their crime and revealed that they had cheated several others in a similar way. Three laptops, data cards, 36 SIM cards and 26 mobile phones were recovered from them.
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