2 Nigerians arrested for running romance scam in Korea
- 2 Nigerians living in Korea have been arrested for scamming Koreans
- The suspects reportedly scam people through online romance site
- They reportedly duped both men and women of the sum of 640 million won ($571,000)
Two Nigerians have been arrested in Korea for belonging to a group of online scammers who duped male and female Koreans of over 640 million won which is about N179 million ($571,000).
According to the Daejeon Police Agency’s Cyber Bureau, the two men were indicted for running romance scams targeting Koreans via social media.
Legit.ng gathered that they were reportedly part of a large syndicate operating the same scam all over the world.
Their accomplices, based outside of Korea, set up fake Facebook profiles and sent friend requests along with affectionate messages to their targets.
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Forty-one Korean victims - 28 of whom were men and 13 women - have been identified with each one losing between 2 - 130 million won to the scammers.
Lee Sung-seon, chief of the Daejeon Police Agency’s Cyber Bureau said: “One should have second thoughts when accepting friend requests from an unknown foreign person on social media.
“Putting too much personal information on social media can make you vulnerable to such fraud.”
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Meanwhile, two Nigerian women identified as Grace Akintaro and Victoria Nwogu, were arrested for fraud.
Akintaro, 24, was said to have posed as a woman named Amanda Jenson, and had connected with several men looking for relationships online.
She succeeded in getting over £100,000 (about N45 million) from those unsuspecting men. Nwogu, 22, was said to have gotten £3,490 (about N1.5 million) from Akintaro for playing a small part in the scams.
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Source: Legit.ng
