The spokesman lamented how employees tried to use antics to shut down power supply to enable some of the suspects to escape arrest The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned hotels in Nigeria to stop allowing internet fraudsters also referred to as ‘Yahoo boys’ to congregate in their facilities. EFCC gave the warning … Read more
Another Nigerian has landed in FBI custody over internet fraud. EKOHOTBLOG reports that a Nigerian national residing in Boston, United States, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, to his role in online fraud schemes. Macpherson Osemwegie, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud before U.S. District Court Judge … Read more
“Unfortunately, some parents support these youths in internet fraud. They say it’s oyinbo money. How does that turn to be your money?” The Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Command, Usman Muktar, has lamented the high rate of cybercrime, popularly calls ‘yahoo’, among the youths and called on parents and … Read more
He said their recent arrest on Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island area of the state followed credible Intel about their alleged involvement in romance scam… The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested two nightclub owners for alleged internet fraud in Lagos State. The suspects – Boniface Odenigbo Amandianeze and Olasunmbo Olawale Winfunke – … Read more
Kingsley, owner of Glass House – a club in the Abule Egba area of Lagos, was arrested along with other suspects Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a club owner, Emeka Kingsley. The EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a … Read more
The request, actually a scam email, used the name of two employees of Imperial Construction… A Nigerian man accused of stealing about $700,000 from the city of Fort Worth, Texas, through a phishing email scam, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Fifty-year-old Gbenga Fadipe had pleaded guilty to theft of property greater than … Read more
2020 saw the emergence of scams exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has released its annual report. The 2020 Internet Crime Report includes information from 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime — an increase of more than 300,000 complaints from 2019—and reported losses exceeding $4.2 billion. State-specific statistics have also been … Read more
They were arrested during an operation by operatives of the EFCC in the early hours of March 9 at a Hotel on Governor’s Road in the Ikotun area of Lagos. The Lagos Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 25 suspects for their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud. EFCC’s Head … Read more
A Federal High Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, presided over by Justice Mohammed Abubakar on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, convicted and sentenced Ridwan Lekan Garuba and Agbabiaka Idris Adebayo to five months and four months in prison respectively for internet fraud. The convicts had pleaded guilty to the separate one-count charge preferred against them by … Read more
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 14 persons following series of intelligence on their alleged fraudulent activities. They were arrested at 1004 Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday February 4, 2021. The suspects are Akin Abiola Daramola, Stephen Augustine Terungwa, Oluwateru Abiodun Samson, Jeffrey Imariagbe … Read more
A new bombshell and eye-opening interview with one of countless international scammers getting rich off American relief efforts makes it painfully clear just how carelessly the US government is throwing money around in the name of COVID-19 relief. In a Zoom session with the camera turned off, Mayowa describes how he scoops up US unemployment … Read more
The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 21 persons for their alleged involvement in internet fraud. The suspects include Shittu Yakubu, Akinsola Afeez, Adeniyi Joseph, Opeyemi Wahab, Idris Sunday, Lawal Moshood, Jubril Yusuf, Olusegun Mohammed, Adekunle Adesanya, and Damilola Abijide. Others are Sola Adio, Oladipo Ademola, Damilola Adewale, … Read more
Cars, phones and laptops are some of the items recovered from the suspects. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday disclosed that it had arrested two lecturers of Kwara state college of health technology, Offa, over their alleged involvement in internet fraud. In a statement on Monday, EFCC zonal public relations officer, Gbenga … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Lagos Zonal Office, has arrested Adedamola Adewale a.k.a Adeherself and five others for alleged internet fraud. The commission disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday adding that the five suspects were apprehended in different areas of Lagos during a raid by operatives. The statement reads thus “While Adewale, … Read more
Nigerians have become notorious for obtaining money illegally from unsuspecting foreigners via the internet otherwise known as yahoo yahoo, ponsi schemes and many more. In a bid to curb this growing menace, local and international anti-graft agencies work together to continually uncover these schemes, fish the culprits out of hiding and apprehend them, but with … Read more
Justice J. K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, has convicted and sentenced two brothers to five years imprisonment for obtaining money under false pretences. Read Also: Nigeria Crash Out Of FIFA U-17 World Cup The duo are Otojareri Governor Lucky (a.k.a Sam Lewis) and Otojareri President Mayor (a.k.a John Jacob Carison). Their offences … Read more
A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, Wednesday, convicted Ojo Ayomide for internet fraud and sentenced him to three months imprisonment. Ayomide’s road to jail began when the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, investigated his alleged involvement in internet fraud. The anti-graft spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren disclosed this in a statement, in … Read more
Ten Nigerian nationals have been arrested from a house in west Delhi’s Mohan Garden in India from where they had allegedly been befriending Indians on social media and swindling them, police said on Wednesday. The deputy commissioner of police, Dwarka district, Anto Alphonse, said the arrested Nigerians, aged between 26 and 28, could not produce … Read more