A resident of Bhimavaram in West Godavari district was lured into paying Rs 15.88 lakh to claim prize money of 700,000 pounds from a non-existent ‘Microsoft lottery’ It is the 54th case this year registered at the Cyber Crime Police Station in Andhra Pradesh. The total number of such cases across the state was over 150, according to the state crime investigation department. Most cases of ‘Nigerian fraud’, it was impossible to recover the money because, “they send the money to their home countries the same day through hawala”
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2010/12/three-cyber-crimes-week-in-andhra.html