To help India implement a smooth demonetization process and fight against black money, a Nigerian prince offered to deposit 16 lakhs to everyone’s bank account, our own Nandan Singh reports from India’s capital New Delhi. However, it was also reported that the central government declined the offer suggesting it could very well be a scam of some sort.
“We received an email from a Nigerian prince a few days back. He was looking to transfer a few hundred million US dollars. As he explained in his email, he cannot claim the entire sum himself because of his noble status in a foreign country,” revealed Manish Gupta, who works at Delhi government’s Fraud Investigation Unit, “For some reason, his email went directly to our spam folder, fortunately we were able to retrieve it,” Mr. Gupta looked puzzled on why such an important email was delivered straight to the spam folder.
Going one step further, Mr. Gupta did his own calculations and found out that with this kind of money every Indian would get around 16 lakh rupees. “It was even a better deal than what we got during our general elections in 2014. We instantly forwarded the email to our higher authorities, and frankly, we all were really excited about the outcome,” he explained “Apparently we were wrong, the central government refused to take this offer, they did’t even respond,” he said in a dejected tone.
Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal demanded an explanation from Central government, “This was our chance, and we ruined it again. Central government must explain why this offer was rejected. Prime minister should immediately resign taking responsibility.” he twitted, somehow managing more than 140 characters in his tweet.
Only time will tell if the same Nigerian prince will make another similar offer!
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