Four men including two Nigerian nationals were arrested for allegedly duping money from people on the pretext of sending them gifts and later calling them for money to get their gifts released by posing as excise officials, police said on Tuesday. The accused have been identified as Sachin Rai (36), Zigmi Lama (29) and two Nigerians Smith Henry (36) and Wisdom Okafor (35), police said. Police said that the accused created fake profiles on Facebook and approached people for friendship through social media platforms. After that they start chatting with them through International WhatsApp numbers. According to police, once they gain confidence of the victims, they offer partnership in their business and in the meantime, they offer them parcel of valuable items as gifts. Later, they approach the victim saying they are excise department officials calling from the Airport Authority. Then they demand money to get their parcel released, and immediately withdraw money from the ATM machines after receiving the money in their accounts from the victims. A detailed probe was initiated after a 62-year-old woman registered a complaint and was duped of Rs 27 lakh using the same modus operandi, police said.
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