Gurugram police arrested three Nigerian nationals for allegedly defrauding people through various means, including by posing as women on social media platforms. At least 19 mobile phones, one laptop and 18 Indian and international SIM cards were recovered from their possession.
According to the police, on April 25, 2025, a man filed a complaint with the CyberCrime Police Station, West, that he had met a girl on the social media platform Instagram, and they started communicating.
The girl told him that she had arrived in India and she needed Rs 69,900 as registration fees to exchange his cheque for Indian currency at the Mumbai airport.
He then transferred the money to the bank account she had provided. After she asked for more money, he realised he had been cheated. Based on this complaint, a case was registered at CyberCrime West Police Station and an investigation was initiated.
While investigating, the police team arrested three Nigerians accused in this case from Noida late at night on Thursday. The accused were identified as Chinedu, James Sunday, and Jules Cacau, all residents of Nigeria. They were produced in court and police took them on one day of police remand.
“During interrogation, it was revealed that the accused James Sunday entered India illegally via Bangladesh in 2022. Accused Chinedu entered India on a study visa in 2018, and accused Jules entered India on a study visa in 2017. The accused not having any visas or passports and relevant sections of the Passport Act and the Foreigners Act have been added to the FIR,” a senior police officer said.
“The accused used to talk to people living in India using girls’ IDs on social media platforms and by gaining their trust, they used to ask them to come to India to meet them and then commit the fraud by getting the money transferred in the name of registration fees for exchanging money into Indian currency and in the name of anti-money laundering. We are questioning the accused,” said the spokesperson of Gurugram police.
