Internet fraudsters reveal how they lure women on dating sites
Author(s): Patience OgboPolicemen attached to the Apapa Division have arrested five men for alleged armed robbery.
The suspects however denied the allegation, arguing instead that they are internet fraudsters, who specialise in defrauding unsuspecting women through dating sites and Facebook.
The suspects were nabbed at the Harvesters Hotel along Ojoo Road in Ajegunle area of Lagos State after the police tracked a
Blackberry Bold 5 phone that was stolen during a robbery at Senator Muse Street Apapa on June 4.
The police revealed that the armed robbers stole laptops, wrist watches, phones, cash and other valuables.
Police investigation revealed that an unidentified lady got the phone from her boyfriend, one of the suspects identified as Desmond Ozore, who claimed to be a drop-out from the Lagos State University.Police identified other suspects as Solomon Mibien, Nelson Mbabie, Jamiu Adigun and Akeem Apejoye. The suspects were lodging at the hotel when they were arrested.
Narrating how they defraud women, Nelson Mbabie, a drop-out from the Imo State University, said they visit various dating websites where they entice divorced foreign women and lure them with marriage.“We are not armed robbers . We do not know anything about the robbery but we are internet fraudsters. We have been staying in the hotel for the past two months and we spend N5000 per night. We have to stay in the hotel because we need constant electricity to keep in touch with our target women. We hunt vulnerable women on dating sites. We also use Facebook to get our victims, who are divorced.
“We chat with them constantly because If we stay away from the internet for too long, our target will become suspicious so we need constant electricity. We usually pretend to be white men working in Nigeria. We use false picture of white men and we claim to be working on a big project in Nigeria. Our targets are divorced lonely women and we tell them to send us money to offset our hotel bills and other needs. We promised to pay them when we visit them in their countries. We also promise to marry them and that’s the part they love. Sometimes, they send us 500 dollars or more.”
On how he got the BB phone, Ozore said; “I bought the phone for N26,000 from Mibien. I never knew it was stolen so when I heard that my girlfriend had been arrested because of the phone, I voluntarily turned myself in to the police. The police asked me to take them to Mibien. That is how all my friends got arrested because they were all at the same hotel,” Ozore said.Mibien however denied being an armed robber. He said, “I bought the phone for N25,000 from a friend. I have gone to his house with the police, his family said he has not been around.”
Also both Adigun and Akeem said they are neither fraudsters nor armed robbers.
“I was not in Nigeria when this robbery took place. I school in the USA and I came back to Nigeria on June 25th for our long break. I came to visit Nelson in the hotel. Adigun is a furniture maker. He escorted me to the hotel but the police arrested us.”
Police say that occupants of one of the two houses robbed identified Adigun and Nelson as members of the gang that raided their house.
Blackberry Bold 5 phone that was stolen during a robbery at Senator Muse Street Apapa on June 4.
The police revealed that the armed robbers stole laptops, wrist watches, phones, cash and other valuables.
Police investigation revealed that an unidentified lady got the phone from her boyfriend, one of the suspects identified as Desmond Ozore, who claimed to be a drop-out from the Lagos State University.Police identified other suspects as Solomon Mibien, Nelson Mbabie, Jamiu Adigun and Akeem Apejoye. The suspects were lodging at the hotel when they were arrested.
Narrating how they defraud women, Nelson Mbabie, a drop-out from the Imo State University, said they visit various dating websites where they entice divorced foreign women and lure them with marriage.“We are not armed robbers . We do not know anything about the robbery but we are internet fraudsters. We have been staying in the hotel for the past two months and we spend N5000 per night. We have to stay in the hotel because we need constant electricity to keep in touch with our target women. We hunt vulnerable women on dating sites. We also use Facebook to get our victims, who are divorced.
“We chat with them constantly because If we stay away from the internet for too long, our target will become suspicious so we need constant electricity. We usually pretend to be white men working in Nigeria. We use false picture of white men and we claim to be working on a big project in Nigeria. Our targets are divorced lonely women and we tell them to send us money to offset our hotel bills and other needs. We promised to pay them when we visit them in their countries. We also promise to marry them and that’s the part they love. Sometimes, they send us 500 dollars or more.”
On how he got the BB phone, Ozore said; “I bought the phone for N26,000 from Mibien. I never knew it was stolen so when I heard that my girlfriend had been arrested because of the phone, I voluntarily turned myself in to the police. The police asked me to take them to Mibien. That is how all my friends got arrested because they were all at the same hotel,” Ozore said.Mibien however denied being an armed robber. He said, “I bought the phone for N25,000 from a friend. I have gone to his house with the police, his family said he has not been around.”
Also both Adigun and Akeem said they are neither fraudsters nor armed robbers.
“I was not in Nigeria when this robbery took place. I school in the USA and I came back to Nigeria on June 25th for our long break. I came to visit Nelson in the hotel. Adigun is a furniture maker. He escorted me to the hotel but the police arrested us.”
Police say that occupants of one of the two houses robbed identified Adigun and Nelson as members of the gang that raided their house.
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