A graduate of Ladoke Akintola University of
Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State in Nigeria, Babatunde Fatai, who is about to begin the
mandatory national youth service programme, said he posed as a genuine lover to
defraud foreign women and men whom he met on dating sites.
Fatai, who has been arrested by the Oyo State
Police command for various Internet crimes, including hacking into bank
accounts of many people in and outside Nigeria, had once been arrested for
robbery and arraigned in court but granted bail.
He was arrested with the sum of N2.4m by men of
the command’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad in his Ogbomosho hideout. Also in his
possession were: a Honda CRV with number plate KWL 280 CN, a Nissan Altima car
with number plate KJA 963 CA, a Ford saloon car with number plate KRD 837 DQ
and a Toyota Camry saloon car with number plate LSR 418 DJ.
Fatai said he had been in the Internet fraud
business for a long time but could not remember how much he had fraudulently
collected from his victims.
He said, “It is not easy to do Internet fraud. It
takes painstaking effort.
“At times, I would go to dating sites to woo both
men and women. I would make sure they fall in love with me by regularly sending
love and romantic messages and even calling them until I deceived them into
giving me their account details.
“At times, I would send fake emails to bank
customers making it look like it emanated from their banks. Then I would ask
them to change their password, PIN or other bank account security details.
“They would be required to input the old and new,
but as soon as I get the old password, I would use it to hack into their
accounts, transfer the money to the person I’m dating abroad, who would later
send it to me through another means,” he explained.
Source: Olufemi Atoyebi ll Punchng.com
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