IgbereTV reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a gang of fraudsters who specialise in exploiting personal data of foreign-based Nigerians to defraud their friends and relations back home.

EFCC made this known in a statement that four of the gang-members - ‘Hon.’ Oladipupo Adebayo, Bimbo Bilewu, Ibrahim Odunayo and Oyeleye Oluwatosi – are currently in the EFCC custody. Others are still at large.

EFCC had launched a manhunt on the suspects after receiving a petition from one Prof Godwin Ekhaguere.

The professor of Mathematics, who retired from the University of Ibadan, alleged in the petition that the gang defrauded him of sums totalling N565,500 (Five Hundred and Sixty-Five Thousand, Five Hundred Naira). He also alleged that the fraudsters made him to part with MTN recharge vouchers worth N36,000 (Thirty-Six Thousand Naira) in the deal.

According to him, he only realised that he had been scammed after he managed to reach his friends on the phone, who denied sending anyone to him. That prompted the petition.

It was in the course of investigating the allegations that the Commission arrested Bilewu at an ATM point where he went to cash the money sent to him by one Pastor Osuji.

Incidentally, Osuji was also a victim of a crime similar to that which the Commission was investigating.

The gang’s patterns of operation are similar in nature. One of them would call their would-be victim with the impression that he was an old-time friend, now based abroad. He would claim that he has a mouth-watering gift to be sent through someone who is allegedly coming home for an event. The victim would then be handed over to the ‘home-bound’ member. He would be the one to make all sorts of requests ostensibly to clear some obstacles to delivering the consignments from the foreign-based ‘relation’ or ‘friend’, as the case may be.

Investigations into the gang’s operations revealed that they have a mobile application used in making a local number appear foreign to the call recipient.

They also use unregistered SIM cards to make their calls in order to blur out chances of tracing their real identities.

Another trick to evade arrest, according to investigations, was to open bank accounts in other people’s names and take over the ATM cards from them. They direct their victims to pay into such accounts and use the ATM cards to withdraw the cash.

The suspects have owned up to the allegations against them, and are now helping the Commission in further investigations into crimes of similar nature.


http://igberetvnews.com/1090697/efcc-arrests-4-defrauding-american-lady-forging-efcc-documents-photos/

The level of fraud amongst our youth is on a different level now and it baffles me the government isn't doing much about it..... production should be encouraged @ all level without police harassment.....and Nafdac should be easier to register.... let's just copy China we can still save our future leaders.

The second guys barehead would have been used as a placard. I hope they enjoyed the money to the fullest before being caught because I don't feel sorry for them.

Next level fraudsters..

The last one's name is quite funny

Afonja OP why are you posting pictures of Igbos and Edos when in fact the suspects are yoruba? This is how they use propaganda to scatter the brains of minority tribes in Nigeria against Igbos for half a century. Afonjas, stop this evil you are doing, I say stop it! ‘Hon.’ Oladipupo Adebayo, Bimbo Bilewu, Ibrahim Odunayo and Oyeleye Oluwatosi

Efcc Dey work pass DSS I swear

Efcc why not our politicians that has stolen the past , present and future of Nigeria....I stand with yahoo boys

Them no dey tire. Say no to crime

Interesting

Hahaha these guys mad gan o

The names mentioned and the names on the placards are not the same, why??

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please help my life

https://www.nairaland.com/5493454/

Person name Remember ?

He forgot oo

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solmusdesigns:



Greedy American pigs,

Nigerian teenagers enslaving and recolonising them

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EFCC may be comprised, but to me, I see great effort from them suppression dangerous tadpoles from becoming threatening frogs.

There seem to be no end soon on internet frauding

ursullalinda:
The level of fraud amongst our youth is on a different level now and it baffles me the government isn't doing much about it..... production should be encouraged @ all level without police harassment.....and Nafdac should be easier to register.... let's just copy China we can still save our future leaders.

Politicians/Political Class/Elite defrauding at the top vs youths defrauding at the bottom......

Any difference?....

Bloody thieves! I hate yahoo boys.

Op you well so?



Why gives us different names and different photos?

Nothing boys wont do for the bad. Too bad

Nawa

jakezebrax:
Afonja OP why are you posting pictures of Igbos and Edos when in fact the suspects are yoruba? Afonjas, stop this evil you are doing, I say stop it! ‘Hon.’ Oladipupo Adebayo, Bimbo Bilewu, Ibrahim Odunayo and Oyeleye Oluwatosi

May be suppliers dont work on weekends in your area

REMEMBER AKPOBOME lool

ursullalinda:
The level of fraud amongst our youth is on a different level now and it baffles me the government isn't doing much about it..... production should be encouraged @ all level without police harassment.....and Nafdac should be easier to register.... let's just copy China we can still save our future leaders.

lol. You said the government isn't doing much? may be government should send EFCC to every young man's house to arrest them

okay

What is the reason those four images were posted there? None of those four were the culprits. The culprits were Oladipupo Adebayo, Bimbo Bilewu, Ibrahim Odunayo and Oyeleye Oluwatosi.

I hope we get to Remember Remember Akpobome..

Some names sha