New Delhi : Three Nigerian nationals were arrested at Delhi's international airport, just before they were to fly out of India, for allegedly cheating many Delhites in a lottery scam, police said Monday.Sleuths of Delhi Police's Crime Branch Sunday arrested the trio - identified as Obinna Emmaeml, Okey Ammezi and Ubagu Austin - from the Indira Gandhi International Airport for allegedly duping mainly south Delhi based people of millions.
According to police, they used to send emails from accounts lottery3@won.com, uk_lotto_office12@yahoo.co.uk and master12@planet.nl, informing the recipients that they had been selected in a 'Euro-Afro-Asian Sweepstakes Lottery Programme' held in Britain or Amsterdam or China and had won amounts ranging from Rs.10 million to Rs.20 million. The trio won their victims' confidence by telling them that the lottery programme was promoted and sponsored by the Sultan of Brunei or Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc, police said.
"The victims were asked to deposit a bank draft of $525 in a foreign bank account if they wished to draw their prize. The victims were further demanded of $2,500 towards 'clearance and delivery taxes'," Deputy Commissioner of Police A.S. Cheema said.
"Till now we have come to know of five victims and more people are expected to approach us after the trio's arrest. Further investigations are underway," he added. Police said two laptop computers with an extra hard disk, forged visa documents and six mobile phones were recovered from them. (IANS)