Photo Of Pastor Nabbed For Marriage And 4Million Naira Scams

A 32-year-old cleric, Pastor Abel Benard Aniude of Trimphant Kings Assembly, Enugu, has been nabbed by police detec­tives in Enugu for allegedly duping a 25-year-old lady, Ojiaku Chiamaka of N4 million.

The pastor was said to have wooed Chia­maka on facebook in December 2013 and promised her marriage. Using preparations for the marriage as a bait, the clergy alleg­edly swindled the lady over N4 million.

He was arrested by police detectives at his No 42 Odudukoko street, Gariki Awku­nanaw, Enugu State on April 13 following complaints filed by the victim.

Woman Pays N390,000 For Anointing Oil To Wash Her Private Part With In Lagos

A self-acclaimed pastor, John Ojebe, 50, has been charged before an Oshodi Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly obtaining N390,000 from one Hawo Umoru under the pretense of selling her Adonai oil to wash her private parts with.
Ojebe was also said to have conspired with two others, now at large, to commit felony, to wit obtaining money by false pretence and stealing N390,000 belonging to the victim.

27-Year-Old Nigerian Man Dupes 70-Year-Old German Internet Lover Of N3m

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have apprehended a 27-year-old Internet fraudster, Sunday Onyena Chidiebere, after he allegedly duped a 70-year-old German Internet lover, named Marie, of 14,250 euro (about N3,063,750).

Chidieber was nabbed by the operatives of the anti-graft agency in Abuja on March 26, 2015, when he went to claim the money.

EFCC nabs Yahoo boy who duped American woman $2000

An Internet fraudster popularly called Yahoo-Yahoo Boy, Benjamin Akugbe, has been nabbed by anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and successfully recovered the sum of $2000 he collected from an unsuspecting American woman, Margaret Sanders, in a romance sting that got the 0Sherman, Texas, USA based woman believing she had found love, only to realise she has been scammed.

Photo : Dismissed Sergeant Dupes Nigerian Police N40million

A suspected Boko Haram member, who feigned madness, narrowly escaped arrest at Buni Yadi town in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe on Tuesday. The Commander, 27 Task Force Brigade, Damaturu, Colonel Usman Yusuf, gave the order to arrest the supposedly madman when he was sighted in one of the dilapidated buildings in the deserted town.

As troops advanced to carry out the order, the suspect, who wore a white garment with an unkempt hair and chanting some incantations, disappeared.

EFCC to Arraign Bukola Saraki’s Aide, Cousin for N371m Contract Scam

Olatunji Moronfoye

A former Senior Special Adviser on Millennium Development Goals to Bukola Saraki, ex-governor of Kwara State, and incumbent Commissioner for Information in the Abdulfathah Ahmed administration, Prince Olatunji Oyeyemi Moronfoye,  will on March 19, 2015 be arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC before a Federal High Court, Ilorin Kwara State, for offences bordering on abuse of office, awarding contracts to his cronies, embezzlement, diversion of public funds, and money laundering.

Video: Woman Sends $1.4 Million to an Online Boyfriend She's Never Met in Africa

Dating can be tricky. A woman named Sarah has sent $1.4 million to a man she fell in love with online.

Though they’ve been “dating” for the last 17 months, Sarah has never met “Chris Olsen” in person.

Sarah will be on the Dr. Phil show on March 3 to hopefully meet Chris face to face, but she told the talk show host she’s pretty sure he’s not a scammer.

Fred Ajudua Beats EFCC Over $1.69m Fraud Charge,Free At Last

One man who had made the headlines is Fred Ajudua who was once called the biggest fraudster in Nigeria,he was arrested in 2002 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

He was alleged to have duped two Dutchmen of $1.69m which he and his alleged partner Charles Orie claimed helped facilitate government contracts worth $18m.

EFCC Arraigns 60 year old Man for N37.5million Scam

Find the EFCC Press statement below...

A 60-year-old man, Vincent Odionu was on Monday September 29, 2014, arraigned before Justice M.A. Onyetenu of the Federal High Court, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 2-count charge that borders on stealing, forgery and impersonation.

Two held for defrauding foreign investor N1.155b

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested two men who allegedly defrauded a foreign investor of the sum of $7.9, equivalent of N1. 155b.
The suspects Mr. Victor Uadiale and Captain Nnaji Everest were said to have been arrested separately in connection to the scam.

According to the EFCC spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, Uadiale, the principal suspect, was the arrow head of the international syndicate, alleged to be versed in defrauding international businessmen seeking investment opportunities in Nigeria.

Nigerian Man In UK Arrested For N57 Million Romance Fraud

Two men in the UK have been arrested and found guilty of perpetrating a dating scam and one of them is a Nigerian.

The Mirror reports that 37-year-old Adewunmi Nusi and Monty Emu, 28 have been convicted of money laundering after illegally obtaining £220,000 (N57,810,815.37) from vulnerable women who were looking for love.

Hackers rob Nigerian bank of N6.3billion

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is on the trail of a group of computer hackers, who had stolen N6.28billion, about $40million, from a Nigerian bank.

At the head of the IT thieves is Godswill Oyegwa Uyoyou, who worked in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) department of the unidentified bank.

He is now on the run, according to a report in a weekly newspaper. Uyoyou allegedly conspired with others and hacked into the bank’s computers, disbursing the funds to various accounts as they pleased. Uyoyou, who hails from Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, is said to have carried out the massive heist over a short period of time.

EFCC Arraigns Three Former Bankers for N16.9m Scam

Three former bankers with a new generation bank,  were on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 arraigned before Justice Akindavid Oladimeji of  Osun State High Court, Ile-Ife on separate charges,  all bordering on failure to exercise due diligence, forgery and conspiracy to commit fraud involving a sum of N16,891,100 (Sixteen Million, Eight Hundred and Ninety-One Thousand, One Hundred Naira)

Billionaire businessman is executed in Iran for bank scam

A billionaire businessman has been executed in Iran for his part in a $2.6 billion state bank scam following the largest fraud case since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, also known as Amir Mansour Aria, was put to death at Evin prison, just north of the capital, Tehran, according to Iran's state television.

EFCC Docks Two Bankers for N7m Securities Scam

 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 arraigned two staff of Ecobank Plc, Ekpe Sunday and Denis Joseph James alongside Ecobank, before Justice I. L Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on a 2-count charge bordering on conspiracy, fraudulent diversion of funds, forgery and impersonation to the tune of N7, 067, 576.55(Seven Million, Sixty Seven Thousand, Five Hundred and Seventy Six Naira, Fifty-Five Kobo only).

US crackdown on Nigeria’s ‘Yahoo boys’

The United States has dealt a major crackdown on Nigeria’s Yahoo gang, with arrests of 16 people in several US cities, Canada and South Africa.

Most of the people arrested were Nigerians.

The suspects were arrested on charges that they took part in a fraud that used stolen information to get money and goods and then ship them to South Africa and Nigeria, according to documents unsealed in federal court in Gulfport, Mississippi Tuesday.

Buhari Responds To Adopted Son Scam Allegations

 

Contrary to a report that went viral on Sunday that an adopted son of General Muhammadu Buhari was arrested by the EFCC over a N20m scandal, the ex general’s camp has debunked the story, saying Buhari has no adopted son.

Earlier on Sunday, the EFCC said it arrested a man who claimed to be Gen. Buhari’s son over alleged N20m fraud.

EFCC Arrests Buhari's Son For N20million Scam

Mohammed Buhari, an adopted son of former military Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over an alleged N20Million Naira fraud.

Alleged N25B Scam: Court Summons Former Edo State Governor Igbinedion

Justice J. Liman of the Federal High Court, sitting in Benin-City, Edo State, has ordered a former Governor of Edo State, Mr. Lucky Igbinedion to appear before him, in furtherance of his trial for money laundering, misappropriation and abuse of office.

The judge gave the order on Wednesday in response to an application filed before the court by counsel to the EFCC, Mr. Rotimi Jacob, SAN, seeking an order of the court summoning the former Governor to appear before it.

Police Arrest Man For Defrauding US Lover Of N56m

The Police Special Fraud Unit, SFU, has arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly operating an internet fraud syndicate that specializes in defrauding unsuspecting wealthy foreign women who are in dire need of husbands.