New Delhi, July 20 -- The Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested seven members of a cheating syndicate, including five Indians and two Nigerian nationals, who had been operating a nationwide scam using fake lottery and gift schemes, police officials said on Sunday.

According to DCP (Crime Branch) Vikram Singh, the gang duped people by offering fake lottery tickets and prizes, often by impersonating women or foreign businessmen on social media platforms like Facebook and Messenger.

"Five Indians and two Nigerians of a cheating syndicate operating nationwide have been arrested... They used to gain people's confidence by offering fake lottery tickets, gift or prize schemes, or by impersonating a woman," DCP Singh told ANI.

The gang collected ...