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Major lottery scam busted, Nigerian arrested
A Nigerian national allegedly involved in organised crime, deceiving Sri Lankans assuring them that they are eligible for lottery winning prizes was remanded till July 18 by a Colombo Court yesterday.
The suspect Clinch Christian was arrested by CID sequel to a complaint made by a businessman in Wellawatta. The businessman said he received a SMS saying “You won 750,000 pounds in the ESPN cricket board mega lottery, to get prize send your name/address/phone number/email/age/occupation to [email protected]”.
The Sri Lankan businessman had sent his details via an email message. In reply, the businessman had received an email massage stating the winning prize would be delivered to him via a courier service. The email message had requested the businessman to pay 1000 US$ as service charge and further asked him to pay the amount to an agent who come to meet him at a hotel in Colombo.
Thereafter, the businessman had paid 1000 US$ to a person who introduced himself as the courier service agent at a Colombo hotel last July 7. Following the transaction, the businessman had made a complaint with CID stating he realized he had been deceived by the foreigner who collected money at the hotel.
The CID who conducted investigations into the incident arrested the suspect who involved in the incident and produced before Colombo Fort Magistrate. When the suspect Clinch Christian produced before Magistrate Kanishka Wijeratne, he was ordered to be remanded till July 18. The CID complained the suspect could be involved in organized crimes and further charged he was staying in the country without visa. (By Lakmal Sooriyagoda)
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