Three men believed to Nigerian nationals have been arrested in Pakistan for allegedly defrauding residents of Faisalabad to the tune of Rs20 million ($125,699.99).
The men, who were reported to have been running a scheme for over a year, were arrested on Friday, November 6, 2020.
Reports indicated that, the suspects befriended men on Facebook under the pretext of being women and stole their money.
A man lodged a complain to the Pakistan police that an amount of Rs3 million had been stolen from him. The FIA Cyber Crime Cell is investigating the case.
One of the suspects during questioning, indicated that, they stole women’s pictures off Instagram and made fake Facebook accounts. They then chatted the men up and eventually told the men they wanted to invest their money for them.
“We told them we want to send money to them and need their information, like their name, address and other things, he explained. We then make a receipt with their name on it and call him and tell them their parcel has arrived and that they need to make a payment in a Pakistani account.” he said.
