The Criminal Investigation Department busted an online fraud and nabbed two Nigerians who were operating from a rented house in Hiregondanahalli on Thursday.
But three others, including a woman, escaped by jumping from the second floor of the building.
The gang used to place online classified advertisements on websites offering high-end cars and expensive gadgets. "They would offer a Rs. 10 lakh car for Rs. 2 lakh," said an investigating officer.
The gang would cook up a story that the car has been parked at the international airport and ask the buyer to pay Rs 80,000, including parking and other fees, to the officer in charge of the airport security to get the vehicle released. They would also give a bank account number to transfer the money. Once the money was transferred, they would switch off their mobile phones, the officer said.
The gang had allegedly cheated at least five persons of Rs. 7 lakh in the last few months. Most of their bank accounts were in the north eastern States, including Manipur and Mizoram. They would lure poor and illiterate people with money and use their IDs to open bank accounts. They would also procure SIM cards with the help of the stolen IDs.
A cyber crime team led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Savishankar Nayak tracked them down on Thursday. Officials seized a laptop. The arrested persons are Enega Chelian (28) and Anova Achoka (31). They claim to have come to the city on business visas two years ago, but there are no documents to substantiate their claim, sources said.
The gang used to place online ads offering high-end cars and expensive gadgets
