Yahoo Boy buys land,honda prelude car with scam proceeds

 Hi .

This is an item from the newspapers. It’s tragic to note that some fellows have no conscience. This guy bought a car and a plot of land with the proceeds of his scam Can you believe that? Well, read on and get the details for yourself.

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alan–(www.elovedeceptions.com)

In a related development, a young man has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimess Commission (EFCC) for allegedly defrauding an Australian. Lawal Adewale Nurudeen, 27 years, is believed to be a part-four student of Surveying and Geoinformatic Engineering at the University of Lagos . He is said to have claimed to be married with three children.He is currently being held at the commission’s detention facility in Lagos.
He was arrested on 7th November this year while stepping out of the FedEx/Red Star Express branch, Lagos . He had gone to the courier firm to retrieve a parcel containing a lap-top computer sent to him by his 55 years old Australian “fiancée” – Rose Sumner. Sunday Tribune learnt that they both met earlier this year on the internet; specifically on the site – www.chinesekisses.com. Nurudeen was said to have presented himself to the lady, a widow, as Mr. Benson Lawson, a 57-year old Briton and an Engineer who was only in Nigeria on an assignment. Equally, he was said to have sent a phoney photograph of a white man of about his claimed age to the Australian.
The lady, it was further learnt fell for the trick and a relationship began between them. He was said to have professed love and affection for the old lady. He was alleged to have equally promised her marriage as soon as he gets back to his home country.
Few months into the cyber relationship, it was furthered learnt, “he started making some demands to her. And she obliged him since he claimed to love and wanted to marry her. “He made a request that he would like to come to Australia . He sent a fake British passport to her and demanded some money which she sent in thousands and hundreds of US dollars. “The suspect again, asked for USD 60,000 to fund an engineering project here in Nigeria . Again, she obliged him. When the victim was expecting him there in Australia , he cooked another lie.
On the day he was to arrive Australia , the victim, Rose received a call from someone in Nigeria who claimed to be Dr. Saheed Bakare. The caller claimed that her fiancée was involved in a ghastly motor accident on his way to the airport here in Nigeria and that they needed some money to fund a major operation that would save his life” a source in the commission said.
He was said to have later sent a photograph of an accident scene to the lady, claiming that to be the accident in which he was involved. Although the Australian was unaware that Nurudeen also played the role of the said Dr. Bakare, she was said to have became curious at that stage and later handed the photograph to her son for investigation with a view to ascertaining whether or not an accident actually occurred. The said son whose name was kept in secret, however found out after hours of search on the internet, that “the picture was downloaded by Nurudeen from the internet. It was an accident picture in a case represented by one Peter young, an attorney based in the United State, back on 13th June 2002”, the EFCC source further said.
Realizing that she had fallen for a scam, Rose was said to have promptly reported the matter to the Queensland Police command in Australia. The command later referred the case to an official in its Computer Crime Unit, Mr. Read Brendan, who in turn wrote a petition to the EFCC, stating the victim’s case.
Startled by the details of the alleged crime, the commission was said to have promptly assigned a team to unveil the face behind the said Eng. Lawson. As part of its strategy the team, it was learnt encouraged the victim to “play along”. She was advised later to inform the said Engr. Lawson that he had sent him a lap-top through Fed EX/Red Star. And as his luck would have it, Engr. Lawson walked into a trap set for him by the EFCC operatives, who had positioned themselves within the courier firm’s premises. On his way out, having picked up the package, he was apprehended.
On interrogation, Nurudeen was said to have been remorseful, claiming that he had no intention of duping the lady as he actually was emotionally attached to her. When asked how he was able to retrieve all the money sent to him without attracting the suspicion of bank’s officials, he was said to have claimed that he usually present different driver’s license each time he went to cash the money which were often sent through Western Union Money Transfer.
He was also found to possess seven different e-mail addresses. According to the source, Nurudeen stated that “he used the money to buy one Honda Prelude car, a plot of land (which he bought at N650,000), and that he invested another N200,000 (in an undisclosed business). All the money, it was learnt was swindled out of the Australian within four months. Head, media unit, EFCC, Lagos Mr. Wilson Uwuigiaren confirmed.

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Police arrest internet conman

Hi.

here is another story from the newspapers in australia about how a woman was rescued from a scam. she lost quite some money to the scammer, but at the end, he was caught.please read on and make your comments.

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alan

www.elovedeceptions.com

A Gold Coast woman who was swindled out of $47,000 in four months by a Nigerian con artist was the victim of an online romance scam, according to police.

Nigerian authorities today arrested a 27-year-old man after a coordinated investigation with Queensland Police, charging the man with fraud-related offences.

Queensland police said a 56-year-old Gold Coast businesswoman began an online relationship in July with a man named Benson Lawson.

She believed he was a British engineer who travelled the world, but in reality she was communicating with a calculated conman who swindled her out of a large sum of money.

Superintendent Brian Hay from the Fraud and Corporate Crime Group said the woman had become so convinced the romance was legitimate, and was now paying the ultimate price.

“This woman was simply looking for a relationship, looking for a partner in life, and it cost her somewhere in the order of $47,000,” Superintendent Hay said.

“Quite frankly, the poor lady feels humiliated and embarrassed, she is angry and frustrated, and of course is left with a broken heart.

“She has suffered greatly and there’s no doubt what she feels will carry far beyond the events of today and the last four months.”

The conman came up with a number of complex excuses for needing money, which was sent to several overseas locations, including the United States.

“Each time there was a twist in the story and a different reason for the money to be sent, always with a promise of coming to meet her,” Superintendent Hay said.

She was bombarded with declarations of undying love and affection which turned out to be cleverly veiled lies and deceit, he said.

The big sting came when the woman’s love interest was on his way to Australia to meet her.

An e-mail later arrived from a Nigerian doctor, who said the man had been involved in a serious car accident while on his way to the airport.

Authorities had recovered a passport and airplane ticket and a diary containing her contact details, with the word “love” written underneath.

After sending pictures of a mangled car, wedged beneath a truck, the doctor pleaded for money to pay for medical bills.

“At the moment Benson is in a coma and very unconscious and needs urgent attention in order to commence further treatment,” the e-mail read.

“We expect your urgent response in order to save his life.”

Superintendent Hay said the e-mail was a cowardly play on emotion, and was sent with an horrific photograph of a car accident the woman believed had involved her love interest.
If not for the actions of her suspicious son, she may have sent money to assist with the fictitious treatment.

However after conducting an online search, her son found the same photograph of the car accident and discovered it had originally appeared on the internet years earlier.

The family contacted police, and an investigation led to the man’s arrest today.

Police believe he had accomplices all over the world, and have not ruled out other victims in Australia.

Superintendent Hay said things could have been much worse, revealing the man had earlier asked for $US60,000 to fund an engineering project.

“We’re talking about an intelligent, articulate woman who ordinarily in business circumstances would not be conned,” he said.

“There will always be discrepancies, but people get to the point where they want to believe something to be true and therefore make excuses.”

He appealed for anyone involved in an online romance to be cautious and never send money to someone they have never met.

“Please give us a call and we will make the time available to talk to you about your situation, and hopefully save you from embarrassment and the loss of thousands and thousands of dollars,” he said.

“If you are ever asked to send money, don’t. Contact the police, get independent advice and listen to that advice.”

6 Yahoo Boys Jailed 12 Years

Hi. This is a piece from the papers in nigeria today.
it really appears that the authorities are serious about stopping internet scams.
What do you make out of this?
please read on.

alan

www.elovedeceptions.com

Six cyber scammers, Bashir Omilogun, Shittu Ahmed, Saliu Ahmed, Oladipupo Wasiu, Dopemu Rasheed and Fatai Ganiu, who defrauded Mrs. Christine Gombert, a French citizen of 17,406 US Dollars have been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by Justice Joseph Oyewole of the Ikeja High Court.

The six men pleaded guilty to a twelve-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretence and forgery filed against them by the EFCC.

EFCC prosecutor, Barrister Kayode Oni, told the court that on 17 September, 2006, Mrs. Christine Gombert wrote the EFCC that Mr. Bashir Omitogun collected several sums of money from her under the pretence of using it to finance an NNPC contract awarded to him.

The prosecutor told the court that EFCC commenced investigation into the matter and found out that the six accused collected several sums, totalling 17,406 dollars from the petitioner under false pretence.

He also told the court that the first accused also forged a driver’s licence number A2559910 and two Nigerian international passport and presented it as genuine to officials of the Western Union Money Transfer to collect money from the petitioner.

The defence counsel urged the court to have mercy on the accused, saying they pleaded guilty on their own volition to save the time of the court.

He added that the accused had shown remorse for their action and pleaded with the judge to temper justice with mercy.

In his ruling, Justice Oyewole accepted the guilty plea of the accused and found them guilty as charged. He, however, reiterated that justice must take its course to deter others from committing the same offence.

He sentenced them to one year imprisonment each on the twelve counts without option of fine. The sentences will run concurrently and the judge ruled that the sentence shall commenced from the first day of their arraignment in court which is 31 July, 2007.

–kayode fabunmi, the news.