The India police in Delhi have arrested two Nigerians for allegedly cheating several Indian women on matrimonial applications.
The police, who identified the suspects as, Alex, 30, and Ibeh, 45, stated that they impersonated marine engineers and rich IT professionals to deceive women on the app and extort money from them on the pretext of clearing customs fees for gifts.
According to Delhi police on Sunday, the Nigerians have been in the business of theft for several months before they were arrested.
Indian police said “The accused, Alex (30) and Ibeh (45), have been cheating women for months in the name of sending/receiving gifts. The matter came to light when a 24-year-old woman, a resident of the President Estate area, alleged she lost Rs 4 lakh.”
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Pranav Tayal, DCP (New Delhi), said, “The woman told us she met a man named Aman Arora on a matrimonial site. He said he was a marine in the UK. They started talking on WhatsApp and the man told her he was coming to Mumbai to meet her.”
Tayal stated that Alex was nabbed with the phone that was used during the offence. During interrogation, he disclosed he came to India three years back on medical visa. He and his accomplices had no work and started cheating people by faking marriage proposals or in the name of sending expensive gifts.
“They created fake profiles on social media posing as residents of the UK. They would then contact Indian women on apps and propose to them for marriage. After luring them with their fake lifestyle, they would take money on the pretext of custom clearances,” added Tayal.
He said the men worked with other gang members who were Nigerians, and cheated multiple women.
Searches were being made on them and their phones were being analysed to trace more victims.