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Nigerian national arrested from Bengaluru for defrauding woman of ₹18 lakh in Kalpetta

A Nigerian national was arrested from Bengaluru for swindling a woman in Kalpetta of ₹18 lakhs by promising her a work visa to Canada.

The police identified the arrested as Ikkenna Moses, a Nigerian national who has been working in Bengaluru as a digital jockey programmer for the past many years. A special team of police with the support of the cyber police tracked down the man and arrested him from Margovanahally.

The woman had uploaded her data for a job abroad through online job sites. After collecting the data, Mr. Moses contacted the woman in October through a fraud email address and WhatsApp number.

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