Monday, December 24, 2007

Nigerian frauds strike again

Fairytales also have villains, don't they? Well then even our fairy tales have their share of villains and today we present as many as two parties that were involved in fraud. Nigerians are known for their smart acts of deception over e-mail offering lotteries. They did that again to a lady in from Uttaranchal. The 21 year old fell for an e-mail that claimed to be sent by the UK government and informed telling her that she had won a lottery of 2 crores. The Nigerians kept asking the victim Shweta Mendola to pay up small amounts and she ket doing that believing that one day they would pay her two crores. After she had paid off 21 lakhs, she was given fake currency notes. The Nigerians got a little more greedy and asked her to pay another 4 lakhs which resulted in an FIR by Shweta Mendola. Two of the Nigerians have been arrested and the others are at large.

Now, the story takes the most interesting turn from here. Shweta Mendola also had stolen the money from her employers Ananda Spa. Of course she did it with the good intention of returning it back after receiving her 2 crores. Ananda Spa has given her 15 days to return the money or face action.

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