Posted by News Express | 21 December 2019 | 1,353 times
A cyber fraudster (Yahoo
Boy), by name Onyebuchi Nwalozie Julius, has been arrested by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, for impersonating
the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Godwin Emefiele.
Onyebuchi a native of
Ngor-Okpala in Imo State, who claims to be involved into Estate Management,
confessed under interrogation, that he impersonated the Central Bank of
Nigeria, CBN Governor, Dr. Godwin Emefiele with email account: emefilegodwin586@yahoo.com and
defrauded one Mr. Omar Es, Sh Deeb. He suspects whose speciality is Business
Email Compromise BEC, said his modus operandi involves searching for email
addresses via Google search and sending convincing emails to prospective
victims.
Onyebuchi was arrested
on December 6, 2019, at Owerri in Imo state. At the point of his arrest, the
following items were recovered from him: A HP Laptop Envy with serial number
CND62544TZ; HP Laptop with serial number SCD8022CSF; iPhone X; Nokia phone,
ECOWAS International Passport-55389766, Drivers Licence and a Toyota Venza with
registration No. LSR 23 FQ.
An analysis of the HP
Envy Laptop revealed quite a number of scam mails sent by Onyebuchi to one of
his victims, an Arabian Omar Deeb, with bogus contract proposals purported to
have emanated from CBN, while he posed as CBN Governor.
Onyebuchi successfully
defrauded Mr. Deeb who remitted funds, thinking he was actually dealing with
the CBN Governor Dr. Godwin Emefiele.
Though Onyebuchi confessed
to have benefited as much as N4.5million from his criminal enterprise,
investigation into the matter. (Vanguard)
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