Three Nigerians arrested at Delhi airport

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 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.
21/05/07 India eNews.com

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