792 arrested in huge raid – swindled Europeans out of money
Police in Nigeria have raided a luxury building in the country's largest city, Lagos. A total of 792 people have been arrested, suspected of having deceived North Americans and Europeans via chats that there was love or lucrative business opportunities to be found. Instead, the victims were swindled out of money, writes Reuters.
Among those arrested are 148 Chinese and 48 Filipino citizens. The raid also secured computers, phones and vehicles.
Nigerians were trained in how to speak like foreign women
In the large internet fraud ring that has been uncovered in Nigeria, Nigerians collaborated closely with foreign citizens, writes the Nigerian newspaper The Nation.
A spokesman for the EFCC, which works against economic crime, says that Nigerian residents were recruited by foreign citizens. They then received two weeks of training on how best to swindle Europeans and Americans. They were trained, among other things, on how best to pretend to be women from other countries.
They were also allegedly provided with technology and user accounts that showed they were in Germany or Italy.
“Foreigners are taking advantage of our country’s unfortunate reputation as a haven for fraud to establish themselves here and hide their heinous criminal activities,” the spokesperson says.
Police in Nigeria have raided a luxury building in the country's largest city, Lagos. A total of 792 people have been arrested, suspected of having deceived North Americans and Europeans via chats that there was love or lucrative business opportunities to be found. Instead, the victims were swindled out of money, writes Reuters.
Among those arrested are 148 Chinese and 48 Filipino citizens. The raid also secured computers, phones and vehicles.
Nigerians were trained in how to speak like foreign women
In the large internet fraud ring that has been uncovered in Nigeria, Nigerians collaborated closely with foreign citizens, writes the Nigerian newspaper The Nation.
A spokesman for the EFCC, which works against economic crime, says that Nigerian residents were recruited by foreign citizens. They then received two weeks of training on how best to swindle Europeans and Americans. They were trained, among other things, on how best to pretend to be women from other countries.
They were also allegedly provided with technology and user accounts that showed they were in Germany or Italy.
“Foreigners are taking advantage of our country’s unfortunate reputation as a haven for fraud to establish themselves here and hide their heinous criminal activities,” the spokesperson says.
Inga kommentarer:
Skicka en kommentar