Earnest Ucheuna Ughabuga (31) and Anthony Obinawa (27) were caught following investigations into a tip off by the Kolkata police. Another man from West Bengal living in West Delhi, who allegedly operated the bank account in which money was transferred, is absconding.

The Kolkata police’s Detective Branch sought the help of the police here after they received a complaint from one Sunanda Banerjee, who was allegedly duped of Rs 1.22 lakh after being told she had won a lottery of US$ 50,000.

“The Kolkata police have received over 30 such complaints in the past fortnight. They sought our help after finding the trail led to Delhi,” Satyendra Garg, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) said, read more

Spanish Police Bust Nigerian Lottery Scam

MADRID, Spain (April 17, 2008) – Spanish police have arrested 87 Nigerians they say are linked to a scam which embezzled millions of dollars out of Americans and Europeans by sending letters saying the recipients had won the lottery.
The fraudsters sent around 15,000 letters every day telling people they had won up to 3 million euros (US$4.8 million) in the Spanish lottery, but asking winners to pay official costs to release their prize, police said on Thursday.
In this way they swindled 20 million euros out of 1,200 people at an average payout of 18,000 euros per victim.
“As they sent an average of 15,000 letters every day, only 20 or 30 people had to fall into the trap for their earnings to be very high,” a source close to the case told El Pais newspaper.
Police estimate the total amount of money swindled by the ring could be as much as €170 million euros, as the majority of victims were too embarrassed to admit they had been taken in. Similar scams are run via emails.

To see the sample of such emails click here.

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