The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Ibadan Office has arrested thirty-four suspected internet fraudsters
at 21, Sawmill Road, Awa-Ijebu, Ogun state.
The
suspected cyber criminals who are between 19 and 37 years of age include
Twenty-three students of Olabisi
Onabanjo University, out of which nine were ladies who
allegedly claimed to be girlfriends and or neighbors of some of the suspects;
one from the National Open University of Nigeria and twelve others are
non-students.
The
Commission got wind of their activities through series of intelligence alleging
that the suspected fraudsters engaged in fraudulent activities of obtaining
money by false pretences through sending emails to unsuspecting victims mostly
in the United States of America while others were engaged in romance scam on
several dating sites.
At the point
of arrest, EFCC operatives recovered over three hundred SIM cards from them.
Other items recovered from the suspects include: different models and brands of
exotic cars, 18
laptops (nine
being of Apple brand), 50
telephones (21 iPhones) and
two bags of fetish objects (juju) from them.
Several
documents containing false pretences were also recovered from the suspects.
Suspects
would be charged to court accordingly as soon as the investigation is
concluded.
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