Authorities in Faridabad, Haryana, India, have arrested a 38-year-old Nigerian individual named Samuel Ogun, also known as Stepney Derrick, for allegedly deceiving numerous women out of millions by presenting himself as a wealthy businessman on matrimonial websites and social media.
Ogun is accused of creating fictitious profiles to lure women who are searching for marriage partners. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cybercrime) Shavya Goyal, he utilized appealing photographs and fabricated information to foster trust, portraying himself as an international businessman living abroad.
After establishing contact, Ogun would slowly ensnare his victims in emotional relationships before promising marriage.
He would eventually provide fake flight tickets and receipts for parcels, claiming that he was on his way to India to meet and wed them.
The scam escalated when he would assert that his luggage or parcels were held up in customs, requiring an immediate payment for their release.
Victims, convinced by Ogun's fabricated tales, transferred significant amounts into various bank accounts, with financial losses reaching into the lakhs and crores.
Besides the matrimonial deceit, Ogun is also believed to be involved in another scam where he allegedly offered nonexistent loan services, promising swift approvals at appealingly low interest rates.
Ogun was taken into custody following investigations into two complaints filed against him at the Noida cybercrime police station. One victim reported a loss of nearly Rs 56 lakh, while another was defrauded of approximately Rs 1.3 crore.
Connections to similar fraudulent activities have emerged in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, leading police to suspect that Ogun may have carried out further frauds across multiple states.
On Thursday, March 19, 2026, law enforcement recovered five mobile phones, a laptop, a tablet, a Wi-Fi router, several SIM cards, foreign currencies, numerous passports under different identities, and various forged documents from his residence.
Investigators stated that Ogun utilized multiple fraudulent identities and various nationalities on his passports to escape detection. Whenever one identity became compromised, he allegedly traveled abroad to acquire another before returning to India.
Digital evidence suggests that he was simultaneously in contact with 15 to 16 different women under various aliases. The devices confiscated during Ogun's arrest are undergoing forensic evaluation for further leads.
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