A
25-year-old man, Olamide Adeyemi, has been arrested for posing as a woman on
social media to defraud a USA citizen identified as Daniel Nix.
Adeyemi was
arrested along with his alleged partner in crime, Salami Olaide. They were
arrested by a team of policemen led by Inspector Lawal during patrol duty along
Opebi linked bridge, Ikeja area of Lagos State.
The Lagos
State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bala Elkana, while confirming the
incident, explained that the police team, while on a ‘Stop and Search’ duty
intercepted a Toyota Corolla marked KSF 462 FT, with three occupants; two boys
and a girl.
He said: “A
distress call was put across to the Area F Commander, an Assistant Commissioner
of Police (ACP) Akinbayo Olasoji, when the suspects were proving difficult. Another
two patrol teams were sent to check the situation. Also, when a search was
conducted on them, the policemen recovered some substance suspected to be hard
drugs. The suspects were eventually taken to the station and another search was
conducted on their bags and some charms were found with them.”
The suspects
in their statements admitted being involved in cyber fraud. They also confessed
to have defrauded a lot of people.
Olamide
confessed that he defrauded his victim, Daniel Nix from California USA by
posing as a 35-year-old lady called Sharon. Nix thought he was actually
chatting with a woman. The suspect further revealed that he started playing the
game last year. He also admitted that Nix has sent him $300 USD and one iPhone,
which he received and sold.
Elkana said:
“Investigation revealed that the suspects are into cybercrime. Olamide has a
Facebook account, which he opened, posing as a female. He uses the name Sharon.
One of his victims is Daniel Nix from California, USA, whom he defrauded of an
iPhone and US dollars. Olaide on the other hand, has an online platform known
as Grant. He operates under the name Frank. He used to pose as an agent of the
company responsible for giving loans and assistant to people online. Once a prospective victim who required their
services fills the application form online and pays the registration fees, he
will block the victim. There are lots of innocent Nigerians who are victims of
such fraud. There is no evidence so far, linking the female arrested together
with the two male suspects, to their nefarious activities. The victims of such
frauds are enjoined to report at Area F Command Headquarters, Ikeja with
evidence of transactions between them and the suspects. The suspects will soon
be charged to court.”
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