Tag: Romance Scam
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Police arrest 2 over romance scam in Abuja
The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre said it has arrested two suspects for criminal conspiracy, identity theft and romance scams in Abuja. ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer, made this known via a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the arrest of the suspects was in furtherance of the matching order…
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U.S. court jails Nigerian for $2.5m romance scam (Photo)
A United States court in the Northern District of Oklahoma on Friday sentenced a Nigerian, Afeez Adebara, to four years in prison. Adebara bagged the jail term for managing a group of money launderers in an online romance scam that defrauded multiple victims, including elderly individuals across the U.S., and caused losses of at least…
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Kwara Lecturer bags 6 months jail term for romance scam
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court on Friday sentenced a 38-year-old lecturer, Adebisi Ademola, to six months imprisonment over his involvement in love scam. Ademola, who teaches at the State College of Health Technology (Health Tech), Offa, was among the 33 suspected internet fraudsters arrested on Sept. 14, 2020, in Offa Local…
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Kwara varsity student faces trial for romance scam
A student of Kwara State University, KWASU, Malete, Atoyebi Ayodeji Blessing, was on Friday arraigned on one count charge bordering on romance scam and related imternet fraud before Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. He was arraigned by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…