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Post by Frazzle on Sept 12, 2022 17:24:49 GMT
Two Siblings, One Other in Jail for Cybercrime in Ilorin Justices Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin and Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin have convicted two siblings - Shekoni Kayode Taofeek and Shekoni Habeeb Damilare, alongside Adegbe Thankgod, for offences bordering on cybercrime and retention of proceeds of unlawful activities. They were convicted on Thursday, September 8, 2022 after pleading guilty to two count-charges bordering on retention of proceeds of unlawful activities, based on their arraignment by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC. While Taofeek and Damilare were convicted by Justice Yusuf, Thankgod was jailed by Justice Sani. Visit our website: www.efcc.gov.ng for more stories.
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Post by Frazzle on Sept 14, 2022 11:11:23 GMT
Ilorin Court Jails Musician, Two Others, 20 Years for Cybercrime. Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, has convicted and sentenced a Lokoja- born musician, Onojah Emmanuel Samuel, and two others to twenty years imprisonment for offences bordering on cybercrime. Samuel was convicted on Monday, September 12, 2022 alongside Victor Atsumbe Kadiyamo and Jejelowo Segun after pleading guilty to separate count charges, bordering on internet fraud. They were arraigned by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC. Visit our website: www.efcc.gov.ng from r more stories.
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Post by Frazzle on Sept 14, 2022 11:35:45 GMT
Two Internet Fraudsters Bag Five Years in Kaduna Justice Nasiru.U. Sadiq of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna, has convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters to five years, six months imprisonment for internet- related offences and cheating. The fraudsters: Peter Uzorchukwu Sharon( a.k.a Drew Mason) and Peter Prince John, were jailed on Monday, September 12, 2022 after pleading guilty to one- count separate charge, bordering on internet fraud and cheating by impersonation, upon their arraignment by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC. Visit our website: www.efcc.gov.ng for more stories.
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Post by Admin on Sept 14, 2022 18:02:02 GMT
20 and 5-year sentences? Good for them!
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Post by Frazzle on Sept 14, 2022 18:22:48 GMT
Admin Hopefully their justice system is not like ours and those sentences will not be dropped to 3 and 5 days
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Post by Frazzle on Sept 15, 2022 10:48:56 GMT
EFCC Arrests Two Owners of Yahoo Schools and Seven Others in Benin Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 arrested two owners of yahoo schools : Internet Fraud Coaching Centre (a.k.a HK) and seven suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City, Edo State. The yahoo school owners, Osagie Ogiemwonyi and Onukwugho Favour and seven of their "students" were arrested at their centres following actionable intelligence worked upon by the Commission. The seven others are Destiny Ohikwugbe, Chata Okoro, Ighodaro Omede, Ehigie Idemudia, Lawrence Daniel, Raymond Ogiemwonyi Oghosa and Henry Philip Items recovered from the suspects include a Mercedes Benz GLK, Lexus 350, phones and laptops. Visit our website: www.efcc.gov.ng for more stories.
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Post by Frazzle on Sept 15, 2022 16:59:03 GMT
EFCC Arrests “Driver” For Alleged $17.5m Advance Fee Fraud In Lagos Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a suspected fraudster, Olabanji Aluko, for an alleged $17.5m advance fee fraud. Aluko, who claimed to be a driver, was arrested on Wednesday, September 8, 2022, at a popular eatery in Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos, where he had arranged a meeting with a petitioner, Col. Remi Abdulrahman Adeyemo (retd.). Adeyemo, in his statement to the EFCC, claimed that he received a phone call from a man, simply identified as Ojo, who claimed to have known him some years back. Ojo, according to him, claimed that his son had initiated a divorce process in the United States of America, USA, and wanted to sell his properties to avoid losing them to his wife in the end. He further alleged that Ojo requested his assistance regarding receiving the said sum, being proceeds of the sale of his son’s properties in the US, allegedly assuring him that the money would be shipped from the US, through a company, Loomis International, New York, and that a code would be sent to him, which he would present before he could take possession of the said sum. Adeyemo also claimed to have received another call, where he was told that he would have to pay the sum of $5,700, being the cost of local handling charges, in order to receive the money. Suspecting that Ojo was up to some foul play, he reported the case to the EFCC. The EFCC, working on the intelligence, swung into action, which resulted in the arrest of the suspect while he was about to hand over the fake bills to the tune of $17.5m to the petitioner. The suspect will soon be charged to court. Visit our website: www.efcc.gov.ng for more stories.
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Post by Frazzle on Sept 15, 2022 19:04:18 GMT
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Post by Frazzle on Sept 21, 2022 17:15:55 GMT
EFCC Arrests Man for N14 million Employment Scam Operatives of the EFCC have arrested Hassan Babangida Hassan for alleged criminal conspiracy, employment scam and forgery. He was arrested in Kano, on Wednesday, September7, 2022 based on alleged fraudulent claims of being an employment agent that could secure jobs for applicants in different ministries and parastatals. He allegedly defrauded an applicant, Usman Rilwan, of the sum of N14,950, 000 (Fourteen Million, Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira), in the guise of getting a paid job for him. Rilwan alleged that he paid the suspect the money as a “facilitation fee” to “process” the offer of the job. Hassan allegedly issued his victim an appointment letter, which , upon presentation was discovered to be fake Visit our website: www.efcc.gov.ng for more stories.
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Post by Frazzle on Oct 13, 2022 16:39:44 GMT
Kano Court Jails Three Fraudsters Six Years Justices Nasiru Saminu and Usman Na’abba of the Kano State High Court, have convicted and sentenced the trio of Almustapha Nasir, Isma’il Salisu and Yakubu Shuaibu Abdullahi to six years imprisonment, for retention of proceeds of crime and fraudulent misappropriation. They were jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charge, preferred against them by the Kano Zonal Command of the EFCC. Nasir and Salisu are among six youths arrested in Katsina and Kano states, for fraudulently colluding and stealing the sum of N15 million belonging to Nasir’s grandmother, through theft of her Subscriber Identity Module, SIM, card. They allegedly made withdrawals and cash transfers from her bank account. Abdulahhi, on his own part, dishonestly misappropriated the sum of N1.2million a petitioner paid him to be converted to American dollars. While Nasir and Salisu were convicted by Justice Saminu on Thursday, October 6, 2022, Abdullahi was jailed by Justice Na’abba on Wednesday, October 5, 2022. Visit www.efcc.gov.ng for more stories
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Post by Frazzle on Oct 14, 2022 17:49:27 GMT
Court Sends Three Internet Fraudsters to Prison in Benin Three internet fraudsters, Daniel Chidube Emeka, Ukazu Henry Chikwudi and Akputu Collins, were on Tuesday October 11, 2022 convicted and sentenced to seven years imprisonment. They were jailed by Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City. Their conviction was based on their arraignment by the Benin Zonal Command of the EFCC separately on a one- count charge of impersonation and obtaining by false pretence. Visit www.efcc.gov.ng for more stories
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Post by Frazzle on Oct 20, 2022 14:17:47 GMT
Fake EFCC Operative Arrested for Defrauding Belgian €45,000 Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a 29-year old Ume Ifechukwu Clinton for impersonation, computer related fraud, obtaining by false pretence and money laundering. Clinton was arrested on October 18, 2022 at No 46 Atoke Gbadebo Street, Isheri, Lagos, by operatives of the EFCC, following a news story published by an online portal: foundation for investigative journalism narrating how Clinton defrauded Axelle Mahieu, an educator working as a caregiver in Brussels, Belgium. The victim was surfing through her Facebook page in November 2021, when she saw that someone had sent her a message. The message was from Ume Ifechukwu Clinton, who introduced himself as “a friend of a friend”. As they continued chatting in the following days, Clinton told Mahieu that he was an official of the EFCC, with a fake Identity Card and Nigerian Passport as proofs. After several months of video calls and gaining Mathieu's trust, Clinton allegedly proposed a cryptocurrency business to her, assuring her of huge profit and secured capital. After convincing the Belgian, Clinton ended up defrauding her of €45,000. Visit www.efcc.gov.ng for more stories
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Post by Frazzle on Nov 26, 2022 20:21:11 GMT
Cyber – Fraud: Seventeen Convicted in Oyo, Ogun The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of seventeen internet fraudsters before Justices Bayo Taiwo, Ladoke Akintola, and Mohammed Owolabi of the State High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State and Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu of Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta, on a separate one count charge each. The jail terms range from two to nine months community service, and one year in prison. The convicts are Oduola Kunmi Ireola, Igbamidun Joshua Olamiposi, Ismael Fatai Olatunji, Osundele Oladapo Daniel, Olawale Isaac Adeleke, Olorunyomi Idowu Babatunde, Aneh Ojonimi, Olaide Iyanuoluwa Sadare, Akintola Babatunde Rasheed, Jamiu Babatunde Salam, Aluko Abayomi Oluwadamilare, Bello Ridwan Ayobami, Maleek Michael Ibrahim, Arasi Oluwaseun Tobi, Ganiu Fawaz Olalekan, Bello Ayoinde Olamilekan and Abiodun Taiwo Kareem. They all pleaded ‘guilty’ to the one count charge filed against each one of them by the EFCC. Consequently, prosecution counsel, Modupe Akinkoye, Oyelakin Oyediran, Oluwatoyin Owodunni, Musa Galadanchi, Abdulrasheed Suleiman, Mabas Mabur, and Samsudeen Bashir reviewed the facts of the cases and urged the courts to convict and sentence the defendants as charged. Osundele was convicted and sentenced to one year imprisonment while Arasi, Ganiu and Ibrahim bagged nine months jail term each. Also, Akintola was convicted and sentenced to nine months community service, Oduola, Jamiu, Aluko and Bello to six months community service each while Igbamidun and Kareem bagged five months community service each. Furthermore, Olatunji was convicted and sentenced to four months community service, Ayorinde to two months community service while Olorunyomi, Ojonimi, Sadare were convicted and fined N100, 000. 00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) each and Adeleke to N150, 000 .00 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) fine. Justice Bayo Taiwo ordered that Osundele Oladapo Daniel pay the sum of $16, 671. 00USD in restitution and forfeit one white colour Toyota Venza car worth N7million to the Federal Government of Nigeria. Other convicts were also ordered to restitute their victims and forfeit all items recovered from them the government. Visit www.efcc.gov.ng for more stories
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Post by Yastreb on Feb 9, 2023 7:26:17 GMT
A small business owner on holiday nearly fell victim to a phone scam, but avoided ruin at the very last minute.
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Post by Yastreb on Apr 5, 2023 14:20:23 GMT
Genesis Market: Popular cybercrime website shut down by police
One of the world's biggest criminal marketplaces used by online fraudsters to buy passwords has been closed down in a global law enforcement crackdown. Genesis Market sold login details, IP addresses and other data that made up victims' "digital fingerprints". Often costing less than $1, the personal information let fraudsters log into bank and shopping accounts. Law enforcement agencies around the world were part of the co-ordinated raids, including the UK. During a series of raids, the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested 24 people who are suspected users of the site. They include two men aged 34 and 36 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, who are being held on suspicion of fraud and computer misuse. Law enforcement agencies from 17 countries were involved in the raids, which began at dawn on Tuesday. The operation was led by the FBI in the US and the Dutch National Police, working alongside the NCA in the UK, the Australian Federal Police, and countries across Europe. Globally, 200 searches were carried out and 120 people were arrested. On Wednesday, anyone logging onto the Genesis website saw a message which read: "Operation Cookie Monster. This website has been seized." Genesis Market had 80 million sets of credentials and digital fingerprints up for sale, with the NCA calling it "an enormous enabler of fraud". "For too long criminals have stolen credentials from innocent members of the public," Robert Jones, director general of the National Economic Crime Centre at the NCA, said. "We now want criminals to be afraid that we have their credentials, and they should be," he added. Dutch police have launched a portal on their website, where the public can check whether their data has been compromised. Genesis Market operated on the open web, not just the dark web. Set up in 2017, it was notable for its user-friendly, English-language interface. It was a one-stop shop for login data that enabled online fraud. Users could buy login information, including passwords, and other pieces of a victim's "digital fingerprint", such as their browser history, cookies, autofill form data, IP address and location. This allowed fraudsters to log in to bank, email and shopping accounts, re-direct deliveries and even change passwords without raising suspicion. Login information on sale included passwords for Facebook, PayPal, Netflix, Amazon, eBay, Uber and Airbnb accounts. Criminals buying the information were even notified by Genesis if the passwords changed. Genesis provided its customers with a purpose-built browser which would use the stolen data to mimic the victim's computer so it looked as if they were accessing their account using their usual device in their usual location. So the access did not trigger any security alerts. "It was a very sophisticated website, very easy to use, with a wiki [website that can be modified or contributed to by users] telling you how to use it, and accessible on the open web and the dark web," Mr Jones said. "So you didn't need to be a sophisticated cyber actor to get into this. You just needed to be able to use a search engine, and then you could start committing crime." Depending on how much data was available, a victim's information would sell for less than $1, or for hundreds of dollars. While Genesis users were mostly accessing it for fraud, the data on sale could also be used for ransomware attacks - where hackers block access to data and demand payment to release it. The individual's data that led to the 2021 hack of gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) sold for just $10. Businesses also had their information sold on the website, which facilitated fraud, mobile phone number hacking and ransomware attacks. Will Lyne, head of cyber intelligence at the NCA, said Genesis was "an enormous enabler of fraud" and one of the most significant marketplaces for buying login information. The NCA believes there were about two million victims worldwide with tens of thousands of them in the UK. Many victims would first know something was wrong when they saw fraudulent transactions on their account, or if they were lucky, they got a message saying someone had logged in as them. Tens of thousands of criminals are thought to have been using Genesis, with several hundred users in the UK. They could search for potential victims by country, and see what data was available before they made their purchase. Internet users who want to avoid fraud are advised to keep their computer and phone operating systems up-to-date, to use two-factor authentication (2FA) and strong passwords such as ones involving three random words. They are also being urged to consider using a password manager.
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Post by Penfold on Nov 30, 2023 8:37:23 GMT
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Post by Frazzle on Dec 5, 2023 3:53:29 GMT
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Post by Frazzle on Dec 20, 2023 16:29:45 GMT
Ibadan Court Jails Investment Fraudster 75 Years Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, on Thursday, December 14, 2023 convicted and sentenced Olaniyan Gbenga Amos to seventy five, 75, years imprisonment for multiple investment fraud. He was convicted alongside his firm, Detorrid Heritage Investment Limited. They were prosecuted on 35-count count charges by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, bordering on obtaining by false pretences, contrary to Section 1(1) (a) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006. Count 35 of the charge reads: “That you Olaniyan Gbenga Amos and Detorrid Heritage Investment Limited on or about the 20th of February, 2020, at Ibadan, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, with intent to defraud obtained the sum of N1,540,000 (One million, Five Hundred and Forty Thousand only) from Akinlabi Qasim Dada, when you falsely represented to him that the money was meant for registration and investment with Crime Alert Security Network with a promise of 30% return on investment in six weeks (30 working days), which representation you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence of obtaining money under false pretence contrary to Section 1(1) (a) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006.” Another Charge reads: “That you OLANIYAN GBENGA AMOS and DETORRID HERITAGE INVESTMENT LIMITED on or about 27th of August, 2020, at Ibadan, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud obtained the sum of N170,000 (One Hundred and Seventy Thousand Naira) only from Alhaji Mukaila Odunayo, when you falsely represented to him that the money is meant for registration and investment with Crime Alert Security Network with a promise of 30% return on Investment in 6 weeks (30 working days), which representations you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence of obtaining money under false pretence contrary to Section 1(1) (a) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006.” The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charges when they were read to him. In view of his plea, EFCC Counsel, Sanusi Galadanchi opened the case on February 17, 2022 and called six witnesses, tendered eight exhibits and closed the case on January 24, 2023. At the end of the prosecution’s case, the defendant filed a “no case submission” which was overruled by the court. Consequently, the defendant opened and closed his case by calling three witnesses. Thereafter, Justice Taiwo reserved judgment in the matter till December 14, 2023. At the resumption of the trial on Thursday, December 14, 2023, Justice Taiwo convicted and sentenced the defendant to fifteen (15) years imprisonment on each of counts 27, 32, 33, 34, and 35 but discharged and acquitted the defendant on counts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ,8, 9; 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19; 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29; 30 and 31 respectively. Furthermore, the court ordered that the sentence should run concurrently and the defendant should also restitute the victims. Amos has three other ongoing trials before Federal and State High Courts in Ibadan, Oyo State. The convict’s journey to the Correctional Centre began when he was arrested and arraigned before Justice Bayo Taiwo on December 14, 2021 by the EFCC. He swindled several individuals through fake investment ventures that led to the loss of money to the tune of over N1 billion by investors. Amos deliberately reneged to meet up with the agreements he made with his investors, by not paying the agreed “Return on Investment” to those who invested in “Crime Alert Security Network”, a security investment programme under the umbrella of his firm. x.com/officialEFCC/status/1737175646869012543?s=20
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Post by Gerald Croft on Dec 21, 2023 1:54:19 GMT
^ If the sentences are running concurrently then that means the total is only 15 years, not 75.
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Post by Yastreb on Feb 10, 2024 10:27:24 GMT
Derby postmaster saves elderly man from being scammed
A postmaster's quick thinking helped prevent an elderly man from having his money stolen by a scammer. Ravi Kadam said he became concerned when a customer came to the Park Farm Centre Post Office in Derby, holding an envelope containing his bank card. The postmaster became suspicious and quizzed the man, who said he had been called because his bank card had been "cloned" and needed returning. Mr Kadam stopped the scam attempt, which he described as "disgusting". 'Something wasn't right' The man, Mr Kadam said, had been told to send his card to a private address in London that was not associated with any business. Mr Kadam, who has run the post office in Allestree for about six years, told the man not to send the bank card, and explained the bank would only write to a person if there was a problem and would never ask for details or for a card to be sent over. He told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: "This customer is a really nice man and I felt something wasn't right. "People often come in to say they've had a call from the bank or someone knock on their door. It really is disgusting. "These people have worked really hard all their lives and for these scammers to target them and try to steal their money is awful." The incident led to an "action day" - involving police, trading standards and council officers - being held on Wednesday at Park Farm Shopping Centre and Blenheim Parade, where shoppers were warned about scammers and told how to report suspicious phone calls, text messages or emails. Allestree councillor Ged Potter said: "We wouldn't have known about the incident if the man had not gone to the post office and told the postmaster he was asked to send his card. "If he sent the card himself without going to the post office, he could have lost a lot of money."
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Post by johninsd on Mar 3, 2024 20:42:44 GMT
Have anyone ever done or considered using scanners’ computers to send messages(s), if possible, from their accounts to their local police departments and politicians by text and/or email denigrating the recipients and teasing them about not doing anything to shut down the scammer’s operation, while including information on the scammer’s whereabouts and identities? Maybe this would anger the authorities enough to act. I am not a scambaiter, just someone who enjoys scambaiter videos. Thanks.
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Post by Linoline on Mar 3, 2024 21:11:13 GMT
Taking over a scammer's computer without his consent is considered hacking and that's illegal, so I don't think you will find someone who will confess doing this.
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