Friday, July 4, 2025 - A Nigerian national has been arrested for duping a woman through a matrimonial website in India.
A team of Faridabad Cyber Police arrested Musa Ali on
Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
The accused was produced in a city court on Thursday and sent
to judicial custody, police said.
According to the police, a woman had filed a complaint that
she got in touch with a man, who said that his family lived in Brazil and he
lived in Germany, through a matrimonial site.
Later, they started talking on WhatsApp, and he said that he
would soon shift to India with his family.
On April 9, the accused allegedly said that he was sending
jewellery, US dollars and clothes to her as gifts.
On April 11, she allegedly received a call from a person who
said that he was calling from the Customs Office and she would have to pay a
tax of Rs 37,500.
The caller allegedly also said that if she did not pay the
money then the items would be deposited with the Customs Department, she added
in her complaint.
"When I checked by entering the number on the tracking
link, the courier was showing at the Delhi Airport Customs Office. I deposited
Rs 37,500 in the account mentioned but after some time, I got another call and
was asked to deposit Rs 98,700, and I deposited but did not receive any
courier," as the woman said in her complaint.
The cyber police team arrested the Nigerian accused from
Delhi's Mehrauli on Wednesday, police said.
"The arrested accused was identified as Musa Ali Ikeja
of Nigeria and was currently residing in Mehrauli, Delhi. During interrogation,
it was revealed that the accused's partner used to talk to girls through
matrimonial apps... and get money deposited in their accounts. After which the
accused used to withdraw the money from the ATM and give it to his partner. The
accused had been living in India since November 2022. He was sent to jail after
questioning," said the spokesperson of Faridabad Police.
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