Operatives of the Abuja Head Office of EFCC have apprehended seven internet fraudsters at the Sunshine Estate, Gwarinpa.
They are: Asuquo Happiness, Agboje Lucky, Emmanuel Ochuko Okume,
Lucky Ijire, Karo Ijire, Chinaka Chijoke Promise and Ibrahim Adiat.
The suspects, who were arrested on June 11, 2019, had in their
possession a Toyota Camry 2018 and a Toyota Corolla, as well as mobile
phones.
Investigations into their nefarious activities, which spanned
months, revealed that they specialized in stealing people’s identities
on social media, particularly FaceBook and Instagram.
They then use the stolen identities to create fake profiles, using
same to establish fraudulent relationships, with the aim of defrauding
their victims.
Some of the aliases used to perpetrate online fraud, include, James
Bord, Tom Clanson, Paul Hanson, Clinton Maher, Richard Jordan and David
Morgan.
One of them uses phishing as his modus operandi where he sends out
bulk messages and malware with viruses, which when the target clicks on
the message, they are able to gain access into their victim’s
information.
Another claims he goes to the “dark web” to buy hacked logins to
look for any business transaction and double cross the transaction using
another account.
One of the suspects confessed to creating over 20 social media
accounts. They further confessed to having at various times made $5,479,
$4,900, $1,500, $2,500, $7,000, $27,000, which were received through
Western Union, Bitcoin, exchangers, and through Nigerians based outside
the country, who have offshore accounts.




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