New Delhi Apr 23 PTI Four men including an African were arrested here for allegedly duping people on the pretext of sending them expensive gifts police said on SaturdayThe accused have been identified as Ben Ali Diarra a native of Cte dIvoire Vishal Singh 25 and Kamal Lohar 32 both residents of Shakur Basti and Saurav 31 a resident of Uttam Nagar they saidOn February 21 Vijay Kumar a porter lodged a complaint alleging that he received a call on January 12 and the caller told him that a parcel had come in his name from the UKThe caller told Kumar that he would get rich overnight once the gift is released from the airport and asked him to send Rs 160500 for its clearance The complainant believed the caller and transferred the money in three instalments they saidAfter he transferred the money it was immediately withdrawn through ATMs and the number from which Kumar was receiving the calls was switched off they addedThe accused used to cheat people through the same modus operandi the police saidPolice conducted raids and arrested Vishal from Shakur Basti Based on information shared by him Kamal and Saurav were arrested At their instance Diarra was arrested from Burari a senior police officer saidDiarra was living in Burari for the last two-three years He met Saurav at a shop and the two became friends the police saidDiarra had asked the other three accused to share details of bank accounts where he could deposit money In return he paid them some money they saidThe money that was deposited in these accounts was handed over masterminds of the racket who have been identified as Chino Achoo and Obina all residents of Nigeria and currently living in Burari they saidTwo ATM cards seven mobile phones and a laptop were recovered from the accused the police said PTI NIT NIT DIV DIV