Yahoo Suspect Nabbed

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here’s another news item from the newspapers in Nigeria on scammers being arrested. Please read and leave your comments. regards

alan

By Astro Jewoola

Two years after he was involved in a $200,000 scam, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos zone have finally arrested Mr. Blessing Ezeh Chinasa, 34.

He allegedly obtained the money through Western Union Money Transfer and MoneyGram in April, 2005 from the United States of America and the Netherlands through Miss Linda’s accounts in those countries.

According to the petition sent to the anti-graft agency by Linda, “Blessing contacted me saying that he was a member of a charity organisation soliciting for assistance, either in cash or kind, which he claimed would be transferred to the poor and physically challenged persons.”

She stated further that Blessing solicited for large sums of money to process certain funds and, “I gave him what he requested for, through the Western Union Money Transfer and MoneyGram.”

When the anti-graft commission questioned Ezeh, he made some confessional statements. He said: “I am an auto parts dealer but equally neck deep in Yahoo-Yahoo business. A Togolese introduced me into it. He also introduced me to Linda.

“However, Linda did not know my true identity, I introduced myself to her as Barrister John, working for Nafis Law Associates.

“My e-mail address is madamjoyfoundation@yahoo.com with phone No. 08037232304 and 01-474362.”

Trouble emanated between Ezeh and his Togolese friend when he played a fast one on his friend.

An EFCC source told Mid-Week Crime Watch that at least $5,850 has already been recovered from the suspect.

Student Convicted of Posing as CBN Governor to Scam Woman in $27,000 Case

 Hi. this is another recent news item from the papers in Nigeria.hope you find it interesting.  regards. alan.(ps-get more information at www.elovedeceptions.com)

A 200-level student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Muniru Adigun, has been sentenced to seven and half years imprisonment by an Ikeja High Court presided over by Justice Monike Obadina.

The accused, who was standing trial with another accused person, Emeka Ekeh over a five-count charge of conspiracy to obtain money by false pretences and forgery levelled against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), pleaded guilty to the charge while his accused counterpart Emeka, pleaded not guilty.

The EFCC prosecutor, Mr. Kayode Oni, told the court that the accused, who operated with the name of the CBN Governor, Professor Charles Soludo, together with the second accused, conspired to obtain 1,300 US dollars under false pretence from one Vicky Deschene, an American citizen, as processing fee for the transfer of 27,000 US dollars to her in the United States.

The sum was claimed by the accused to have been recovered from a Nigeria fraudster that obtained the sum of 33,000 US dollars from the American.

The prosecutor also told the court that the accused also forged a Union Bank Nigeria Plc’s draft in the name of one Douglas Schrether for the sum of 750,000 US dollars purported to have been issued by the bank.

The defence counsel , Mr. Tunde Adesanya, pleaded with the judge to tempter justice with mercy and that the accused was influenced by his friend and has shown remorse for his action.

The judge, while giving her ruling, said she accepted the guilty plea of the accused and convicted him as charged. She said the accused should have concentrated on his studies at the university to earn a degree and livelihood through lawful means, but because he had shown remorse for his action, she would be lenient with him.

She, however, sentenced him to 18 months imprisonment for each count without option of fine. The sentence will run concurrently.

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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

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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.