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N20,000 Bounty Announced For Information Leading To Arrest Of Fraudster
Nigerians have become notorious for obtaining money illegally from unsuspecting foreigners via the internet otherwise known as yahoo yahoo, ponsi schemes and many more.
In a bid to curb this growing menace, local and international anti-graft agencies work together to continually uncover these schemes, fish the culprits out of hiding and apprehend them, but with the successes recorded in the fight against internet fraud, it seems to keep expanding as various techniques spring up daily.
One common method used to dupe social media users is the NAIJA GET HELP INVESTMENTS scam. A platform that supposedly gives you double of your investment.
NAIJA GET HELP INVESTMENTS scheme invites people to invest a certain amount and then have it tripled in 45 minutes. At the expiry of this time, the investor is asked to make a further deposit to access their return on investment. Once this extra deposit is made, communication would seize as the investor would be blocked on the social media platform, losing all conversation evidence, and having no way to contact the fraudster.
A victim with name withheld has placed a N20,000 bounty for information leading to the arrest of a fraudster who defrauded her hard-earned cash recently.
According to her, she became a victim of the fraudster after she responded to an advert made on ‘Get Help Naija Investment’ and invested the sum of N20, 000 with the hope of recouping a N40, 000 profit.
Watzapp profile picture of the alleged scammer
The fraudster whose account details had the name: Ako Thomas, later renege on his promise of sending N40, 000 and insisted that she had to send him an additional N20, 000 for the profit to be sent. It was at this point that she knew that she had fallen prey to criminals.
Account number sum of N20,000 was deposited
Talking about her experience, the victim said: “I was told to bring N20k, that I will get N40k. It was from a reputable group, Get Help Naija Investment. I sent the money, only for him to say I should bring another 20k. After I said what of the investment I did, he started shouting on me that if I don’t pay another 20k, that I will not get my money.”
The fraudster who runs different bank accounts with UBA and Ecobank has since hacked her WhatsApp account, threatened her with a voice note on WhatsApp, and sent death threats to her.
The female victime said she only fell for the scam because she had bills to pay, and has now announced a N20, 000 reward for anyone that can provide information leading to the arrest of the fraudster and his group to ensure that no one else falls victim to the group.
Anyone with information about the fraudster can reach out to Eko Hot Blog on: 0806 580 2172. The payment will be made as soon as the fraudster is arrested.
By Zaccheaus Ukhueleigbe and James Ogunjimi
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