Guwahati: Four foreigners from Pune were arrested by the Mumbai Cyber Police on Thursday for defrauding people out of millions of rupees under the guise of offering them jobs and visas to the US.
According to police officials, a guy reported the group after they conned him out of Rs. 26 lakh. The four accused were later arrested through a trap set by the police.
“The police team recovered 13 mobile phones, 4 laptops, passports of different countries and three internet routers from them. The four accused are from different countries in Africa namely Zambia, Ghana, Namibia and Uganda,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Cyber Police Balsingh Rajput.
The DCP claimed that the accused had a history of duping the victims by mailing US visas by mail with an ID that looked like it belonged to the American Embassy and demanding payment into a different person’s bank account.
“The shocking thing is that after the arrests, the police found mail IDs of more than 2 lakh people and personal mobile numbers of more than 1 lakh 4 thousand people. It was further revealed that all the four accused carried out everything with complete planning and had a team which was given different tasks,” said Rajput.
According to the DCP Cyber Police, the police are investigating the situation and trying to figure out how many people the four suspects have defrauded.
More information is awaited.