Hyderabad/Mumbai, Apr 26 (PTI) Five Nigerians and a local woman have been arrested for allegedly cheating a Hyderabad-based B Tech student to the tune of Rs 18.73 lakh by luring him through an email that claimed he had won a prize money of 7.5 lakh pounds, police said today.
They were apprehended from the metropolis by Hyderabad Police with assistance from their Mumbai counterparts.
Believing them, the victim, G Amit Kumar, deposited Rs 18.73 lakh in cash on different occasions since March to get the reward money, which he never received.
In the first week of April, the 19-year-old realised he had been cheated and lodged a complaint with Hyderabad's Cyber Crime Police Station. The student had arranged money by withdrawing from his father's Provident Fund, police said.