Photos of 3 Nigerians and Others Arrested in Vietnam for Defrauding People More than $1.3m

The Nigerians and their gang of fraudsters in prison uniform

Three Nigerians were arrested yesterday with their Vietnamese gang of fraudsters for cheating more than 100 victims around the country out of more than $900,000.

Three Nigerian men and other members of their gang have been arrested by Vietnamese Police for allegedly conning people out of more than $1.3 million.

It was learnt that the gangs tricked the victims by informing them they had won grand prizes or gift packages from abroad but had to pay some money as fees for collecting the prize or bribing police and customs officers since the gifts were of big value. They used bank accounts created with stolen or fake ID cards to collect the money.

fake credit cards and ID cards seized by the police

44-year-old Michael IkeChukwu Leonard, was arrested by Ho Chi Minh City Police on Tuesday with three Vietnamese accomplices for cheating more than 100 victims around the country of more than VND20 billion ($900,000) over more than a year.

30-year-old Ihugba Augustine Chinonso, and 31-year-old Onu Chinonso Peter, and five Vietnamese were also arrested for tricking many victims into paying VND10 billion since late last year.

One victim from the central city of Da Nang said she had lost more than VND2.1 billion. She had been promised a gift package that contained more than a million dollars from a family friend overseas.

Anothet victim from Hanoi who works for a domestic airline, borrowed money to pay nearly VND3.5 billion to receive a prize worth $1 million from a UK company. He said he got a lot of emails, all in English, and he was trusting because it had all "seemed very professional."