A 29-year-old Nigerian national was arrested from west Delhi’s Tilak Nagar for allegedly duping more than 100 women from across India by posing as a UK-based Korean businessman on a language exchange app.
Stephane alias Dominic, was picked up from his rented accommodation, the police said on Monday, September 29.
Explaining his modus operandi, police said Dominic used an app, which helps users practise languages by chatting with native speakers around the world, to target single women and gain their trust.
He would then claim to be stranded at immigration with large-value cheques or documents pending clearance.
His associates would impersonate officials over phone calls to demand money, which victims would transfer digitally.
Dominic would allegedly introduce himself as Duck Young, a Korean jewelry businessman settled in the UK, and would lure women with false promises of personal relationships and business partnerships, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam said.
