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3 Nigerian Students in Raipur Defraud Crores: Money Sent Abroad, Transactions Made Through Other People’s Accounts; 62 Others Arrested

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The Raipur police have successfully busted a major cyber fraud racket involving Nigerian students and several Indian nationals. The accused used various tactics to defraud people, including opening mule bank accounts and using them for illegal transactions. The police have arrested 62 people and recovered a significant amount of money. The article also provides tips on how to avoid becoming a victim of cyber fraud.

Three Nigerian students studying at a private university in Raipur have been arrested for defrauding crores of rupees.  

These accused opened bank accounts, indulged in fake share trading, invested in cryptocurrency, and cheated people under the pretext of Google review tasks, Telegram tasks, and bank KYC.

To curb cyber fraud, the Cyber Shield operation is being carried out in the Raipur range. In this, the police have achieved a major success. Along with the three Nigerian students, 62 other accused, including 8 women, have been arrested in various cyber fraud cases. According to police, this time action has been taken after investigating the mule bank accounts.  

Police said that they had information that most of these accounts were being used by other people for transactions of cyber fraud money. In return, they used to pay money to the account holders on a monthly or commission basis. Based on the location and technical input of these accused, the police started the crackdown.

Three Nigerian students studying at a private university in Raipur turned out to be fraudsters. They had also sent the defrauded money abroad. The police have arrested Bashir Suleman, Amin Garba, and Abdul Aziz from the hostel. Apart from this, the police have also made arrests from other states.

These accused opened bank accounts, indulged in fake share trading, invested in cryptocurrency, and cheated people under the pretext of Google review tasks, Telegram tasks, and bank KYC. 1435 complaints reached the police of different states in this regard.

A complaint was received on the portal of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre operated by the Central Ministry of Home Affairs. In this, there were many mule accounts opened in the account of a Small Finance Bank, in which the defrauded amount from different states had reached. A case was registered in this matter at Civil Line police station. 47 accused were arrested in this.  

 

\Precautions to avoid cyber fraud or crime

 

Do not share your account details with anyone.

Do not disclose your ATM number or four-digit PIN.

Always keep your social media platform password strong.

Avoid sharing your personal information on social sites if not very necessary.

If someone calls, emails, or messages you for bank details, do not share the information.

Keep changing your ATM or Gmail, Facebook, Instagram passwords after a few months.

Manish Tiwari

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