Kanniyakumari District Cyber Crime Police have arrested a Nigerian in connection with online fraud involving ₹51.60 lakh extracted from a 61-year-old woman.
When the 15-year-old granddaughter of Margaret of Kappiyarai was attending an online class, she received an e-mail on August 14, 2020, from one Jeniffer Williams of London claiming that she, who was critically ill, had decided to give her savings of $3.90 million dollars to the poor. Since she had selected Ms. Margaret for giving the huge amount, Jeniffer Williams asked the woman to pay an amount in a particular account “towards payment for Reserve Bank of India” for receiving the huge sum.
As Ms. Margaret received a few ‘RBI-sealed documents’ through e-mail, she deposited money on various occasions to the account number given by Jeniffer Williams. When she realised that she had been cheated, Ms. Margaret had already paid ₹51.60 lakh, and she filed a complaint with Superintendent of Police V. Badri Narayanan, who deputed a special team to investigate the case.
