Click to play videoDehradun: It's a script tailor made for Bollywood — an unsuspecting 22-year-old from a small town in Uttaranchal wires over Rs 21 lakh to a group of Nigerian fraudsters through a bank account with hopes of winning a lottery worth Rs 2 crore.
But the twist in the tale is that the victim also stole the money from her employers.
Uttaranchal Police have arrested three Nigerian nationals and a lady from Mizoram for duping Shweta Mendola, an employee with the Ananda Spa and resorts.
DIG Gharwal Range, Ashok Kumar says, "The girl was under the impression that if she paid up the money, she would be able to pay her employers back."
Shweta, working with the finance section of the resort, received an email claiming to be from the UK government saying she had won a lottery, but this was followed by persistent demands for small amounts of money which she paid.
Finally she was given bundles of fake currency and was told that the solution will make the money usable. However, by this time Shweta had siphoned off over Rs 21 lakh of Ananda Spa resort's money for paying the Nigerians.
She finally filed an FIR on December 22 when there was a further demand for Rs 4 lakh from the con men.
"I myself have been cheated though I admit I have made a mistake," Shweta now says.
Two members of the Nigerian gang however, are still missing. Meanwhile, authorities at the Ananda Spa have given Shweta 15 days time to return the money before they take legal recourse.
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