LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian conman who duped women out of almost £200,000 in “romance frauds” has avoided deportation after judges ruled his wife and children could not be properly cared for by his home country’s health system. Emmanuel Jack, 35, was jailed for three years in 2014 after he tricked six women he met…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Toronto resident who lost $355,000 in a romance cryptocurrency fraud was able to recover some of those funds after the man allegedly behind the scam was arrested in Nigeria. The Toronto Police Service (TPS) was first notified of a crypto scam in the fall of 2021 and began working with various…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A newly elected chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area in Anambra State, Franklin Nwadialo, has been arrested in Texas, United States, for allegedly running a $3.3 million romance scam. In a statement on its website on Tuesday, the US Department of Justice announced that the 40-year-old was arrested by the Federal Bureau…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Christine Brown, a British national and a victim of internet fraud was on Monday, August 28, 2023 presented with the sum of $26,000USD by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Brown expressed gratitude to the Commission for its efforts which she said, has brought some succour…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Romance scams have always been around, but they got worse during the pandemic, and fraudsters continue to use social media and dating sites to find victims. “He seemed like an extremely nice person and age-wise and whatever, we seem to connect that way and have a lot in common,” Nancy said. CTV…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, Lagos, has arrested a female graduate, Chioma Atuonah, for allegedly defrauding a 50-year-old German of $220,000, after promising to marry him. The spokesperson for the unit, SP Eyitayo Johnson, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday, said the suspect lured the victim on Instagram…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 40-year-old Nigerian man, Charles Emeka Obije pleaded guilty in the United States District Court in St. Paul to conspiracy to commit international money laundering he made from online romance scams and other schemes. Obije, a resident of Duluth, Minnesota, helped launder more than $350,000 in stolen proceeds from online romance scams…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21 (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight Nigerian men accused of an internet dating scam have been charged in a South African court after a massive international operation involving the FBI and Interpol. Authorities in the US, where the investigation originated and most of the alleged victims are based, have applied for their extradition. They are accused of…