Tag: Cyber crime

‘Ogun State has highest number of yahoo-yahoo boys’, says Governor Abiodun

Aminu Imam

The Ogun State Government has admitted that it parades the highest number of internet fraudsters known as ‘yahoo-yahoo’ boys in the country, with a declaration that it is determined to stop the menace. Governor Dapo Abiodun made the disclosure on Friday, while speaking at the launch of OP-MESA, a joint security outfit, explaining that the reason behind the rate was the existence of a high number of institutions in the State. The Governor explained that, because of this, his administration has concluded arrangements for the establishment of a State Commission…

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Lekki, Lagos now headquarters of Internet fraud – EFCC

Aminu Imam

Nigerias anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has said that Lekki, the fast-developing upper middle-class area of the Lagos metropolis, is emerging as the new hub of Internet scammers. This was contained in an statement, on Friday, by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, titled, Lekki, now a hotbed of cybercrime. The Commission said it arrested 402 suspected Internet fraudsters in Lekki between April and June 2021, noting that 64% of the suspects benefitted from dating scams to the tune of N8, 310,000; $349,290; 900; 10 and Cryptocurrency,…

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FBI declares 6 Nigerians as ‘Most Wanted’ for cyber crime

Aminu Imam

The FBI in the United States of America, has declared six Nigerians most wanted for cyber crimes. The Nigerian were declared wanted for cyber crime involving a $6 million swindle of over 70 U.S. businesses. Their names were given as Michael Olorunyomi, Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh, Alex Afolabi Ogunsakin, Felix Osilama Okpoh, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode and Nnamdi Orson Benson. They were accused of executing a business email compromise scheme that defrauded over 70 different businesses in the U.S., resulting in combined losses of over $6 million.

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