New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested four people, including a Nigerian national, for allegedly duping a man in a fake foreign parcel scam in which the victim was promised a consignment containing US dollars and gold.A Nigerian woman allegedly made calls posing as a US-based official to lure the victim. Police said the accused were part of an organised cyber fraud syndicate operating across Delhi, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Seven mobile phones used in the crime were seized during the operation.The case came to light after a complaint was lodged on March 31 at the cyber police station in south-west district. Police said the complainant was contacted through messages and phone calls by a woman posing as a US resident. After gaining his trust by establishing a personal relationship, the woman claimed she had sent a parcel in his name, containing US dollars and gold.DCP (South-West) Amit Goel said, “The victim was then persuaded to transfer money on various pretexts, including obtaining a money declaration certificate, booking flight tickets, paying customs clearance charges and securing the release of the purportedly seized parcel. Believing the claims, he transferred Rs 1.4 lakh through multiple UPI IDs and bank accounts.”During investigation, police analysed digital evidence, financial transactions and technical data, tracing the money trail from Delhi to Telangana and finally to Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.Police first arrested Deepak Kumar, 22, from south Delhi’s Maidan Garhi. Based on further leads, Konda Sagar, 33, and Azmeera Vinod Kumar, 30, were arrested in Telangana. The fourth accused, identified as 22-year-old Nigerian national Simeon Miracle Chinonso, was arrested from Visakhapatnam.According to investigators, Deepak, Sagar and Kumar allegedly arranged and supplied mule bank accounts to cyber fraud networks in exchange for commission, while Chinonso posed as immigration officials, customs officers and other officials to convince the victims to pay.
