Nigerian Arrested In Sri Lanka For Duping Woman He Met On Facebook

A Nigerian National, who had befriended a married woman in Sri Lanka via facebook and later lured her into giving him Rs 4.3 million, has been arrested in Malabe.

Sources revealed that the woman, who was from Badulla, had been seduced by the suspect on facebook. He had allegedly promised to give her valuable presents after showing her photos of gold jewellery and other valuables and had won her heart.

The suspect had then informed the victim that in order to release the parcels containing these valuables, a customs duty amounting to Rs4,360, 000 needed to be deposited in three accounts. The woman had readily agreed and deposited the money.

The suspect was identified as 22-year-old Benson David, a student at a reputed private institute of higher studies while the 38-year-old complainant woman is a married mother of one whose husband is employed abroad.

Her husband had been remitting about Rs 100,000 every month to her while he was abroad.

At the time of the arrest the suspect had a total of Rs1.8 million in his bank account. He was produced before the Passara Magistrate yesterday and was remanded until the 22 on the orders of Magistrate Rasanjana Jayasekera.