Staff Reporter :
Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested five cheats and three Nigerians in the capital on Friday.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) sources said, the arrested have been identified as Md Biplab Lasker, Md Harunur Rashid alias Kamal, Md Rezaul Islam, Md Kawsar
and Md Shawkat Ali. The three Nigerians are Chukwa Emmanuel, Ubenna, Michael Boumneme alias Eugene and David alias Ucennia Nicholas.
In the primary interrogation, the detained admitted that they were involved in fraudulence activities. The cheats used to call the targeted people over mobile phone or sent text messages saying that they had won lotteries.
Then they were asked to remit money so that lotteries could be handed over. In the message, names of few US citizens were mentioned to catch the amount. After receipt of money, the cheats stopped transaction and disappeared. They couldn’t be traced because the address so given was fake, a DMP press release said.
They carries the fraudulence activities with the aid of local agents.
The local agents used fake addresses of the business firms that nobody could recognize them. The criminals expert with IT knowledge targeted businessmen, teachers, wage earners and students.
Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested five cheats and three Nigerians in the capital on Friday.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) sources said, the arrested have been identified as Md Biplab Lasker, Md Harunur Rashid alias Kamal, Md Rezaul Islam, Md Kawsar
and Md Shawkat Ali. The three Nigerians are Chukwa Emmanuel, Ubenna, Michael Boumneme alias Eugene and David alias Ucennia Nicholas.
In the primary interrogation, the detained admitted that they were involved in fraudulence activities. The cheats used to call the targeted people over mobile phone or sent text messages saying that they had won lotteries.
Then they were asked to remit money so that lotteries could be handed over. In the message, names of few US citizens were mentioned to catch the amount. After receipt of money, the cheats stopped transaction and disappeared. They couldn’t be traced because the address so given was fake, a DMP press release said.
They carries the fraudulence activities with the aid of local agents.
The local agents used fake addresses of the business firms that nobody could recognize them. The criminals expert with IT knowledge targeted businessmen, teachers, wage earners and students.
