A 31 year old Nigerian man, Adio Opeyemi Micheal (pictured above) has been
arrested by the EFCC for duping a 75 year old dutch woman of €200,000 in
an internet romance scam. Find the EFCC press statement below...
"For swindling a 75 year old woman of 200,000 Euros in a romance scam, a
31-year-old confidence trickster, Adio Opeyemi Michael, an indigene
of Owu LGA of Ogun state, has been arrested by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC. The victim, a certain
Jeanet De Jonge, is a Dutch national." Continue...
Adio allegedly met the victim on the ‘Net log’ dating site and pretended
to be a 41-year-old American citizen, working as a chef in a Nigerian
restaurant and needs a wife. The profile attracted Jeanet and, in no time, began sending him money through Western Union and Money Gram.
"She was sending me money monthly, ranging from $800 to $900 from
June 2012, through Western Union Money transfer and Money Gram to the
extent that Western Union blocked her from sending money to me in
Nigeria. So she requested that I should go to London to enable her send
me money there. I contacted a friend of mine in London called Osas
Odiah, so that he can receive the money and send to me here in Nigeria.
She first sent €2000 to my friend’s account in London, and later to my
Keystone bank account, which was actually a Forex Trade account. We
started using this account when we discovered that my friend was not
remitting all the money sent by Jeanet to me,” the suspect revealed.
Investigations
further revealed that the suspect collected the various sums under the
pretext that he was going to use the money to perfect his travel plans
and obtain the required documents that would enable him travel to
Holland to join or visit Jeanet. But his inability or refusal to honour
the invitation from Jeanet prompted the petition to EFCC.
The suspect will be arraigned in court as soon as investigation is concluded.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
4th September, 2014
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