Abiodun (32) and Himakshi Hazarika (27), a native of Assam, were arrested during a raid at their residence in the city three days ago, police said.
Himakshi came in contact with Abiodun while working in a call centre at Delhi. They enlisted the help of another Nigerian Prince Mike to make a duplicate passport and arrived here.
Their modus operandi was to send SMS to the people informing them that they have won a lottery and need to deposit a certain amount in an account to get the prize money.
Some people filed a complaint after they failed to get the 'lottery' prize, following which investigations were launched.
Police said Abiodun came to Delhi from Nigeria in March 2007. He was allegedly involved in international credit card racket here and was imprisioned. He was recently released on bail.
Prince Mike is absconding and a hunt is on to nab him, police said.
They duo rented a house at HRBR layout by giving a residential address of Tamil Nadu, police said.
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