Three Nigerians and a Zambian have
been arrested in Pakistan for sending scam mails with the aim of defrauding the
recipients.
According to the report monitored by
a Pakistani newspaper, The Express Tribune, a team of the Federal Investigation
Agency (FIA) National Response Centre for Cyber Crimes (NR3C) on Sunday
arrested the trio of Chibuke Afaamu Ohaka, Donatus Maduabuchi Ogbuagu, Emeka
Obowu, who are Nigerians, and a Zambian, John Chongo alias Kasmir for
defrauding people.
FIA Punjab Director, Usman Anwar ,
while briefing newsmen, said the suspects would send emails to people telling
them that a rich old man or a woman was about to die and wanted to donate money
to the poor in Pakistan.
“They would then obtain money saying
that some legal charges were needed to transfer the donation from abroad,”
Anwar said. He said Kasmir had arrived in Pakistan on July 7, 2010. He said
being a Zambian national, Kasmir did not need a visa for Pakistan although he
could not stay in the country for more than three months.
He had overstayed in Pakistan, Anwar
said. He said Obowu had failed to produce documents justifying his stay in
Pakistan.
He told the FIA that he had lost his
passport.
Ogbuagu came to Pakistan in August
2014 from India on a visit visa. “Now his passport carries a fresh visa
allowing him to stay for 360 days in Pakistan. The visa is suspect,” the
director said.
Anwar said Ohaka had produced a
National Aliens Registration Authority (NARA) card for refugees but that, too,
required verification.
Two laptops and seven cell phones
have been recovered from the arrested people. He said a crackdown had been
launched against such scammers and more people would be arrested soon. He
cautioned people against falling for such scams in the future.
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