The Nigerian 419 scams are on the rise in India. An email is sent which states that a Nigerian businessman has some money and property which are unclaimed. The emails are made to look authentic. The email states that there are some charges for transferring the unclaimed amount to your bank account.

All the details like bank name, account no, name of the account holder are given in the email to make the user believe that it is a trusted source. The user is asked to transfer a certain amount for the transport expenses.

The moment the user makes a transfer, the sender of the email vanishes. The details given are generally fake, there by leaving no traces. The users are duped. The main aim of these fraudsters is to obtain the money from the users. The email is or to millions of people with different email accounts asking them to deposit the money for transfer expenditure. These frauds generally are originated and commissioned by Nigerians so they are popularly known as NIGERIAN FRAUDS OR NIGERIAN 419 SCAMS.

The Chief Judicial Magistrate of a district in India has sentenced two nigerians who were guilty of the email fraud. The Nigerians have duped a doctor by asking him to deposit processing charges to transfer the unclaimed property of a Nigerian businessman.

INDIA SENTENCES NIGERIANS FOR CYBER FRAUDS

Report by Sai Sushanth