Four foreigners pose as US Embassy officials to dupe Mumbai woman of Rs 26 lakh, arrested

Four foreign nationals from Zambia, Uganda, Namibia and Ghana have been arrested from Pune for allegedly impersonating US Embassy officials and duping a woman from Mumbai of Rs 26 lakh by promising her a job in the US.

The four accused – two men identified as Greenwell Ndhlovu (26) from Zambia and Tosin alias Kofi Onkor Don (32) from Ghana as well as two women, Dorcus Nakabuuka (22) from Uganda and Secilia Nghinasheni (27) from Namibia – were arrested on November 22. The police are looking for others involved in the racket.

The Mumbai Cyber Police has found 2 lakh email IDs and 1.04 lakh cellphone numbers from the four accused. Thirteen cellphones, four laptops and three routers used for the crime have been seized.