The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has
arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Ikechukwu
(surname name withheld), for obtaining $100,000 from a
Dane, Hengamesh Misepasi, in a love scam.
The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson
Uwujaren, said in an electronic mail on Saturday that the
suspected fraudster was arrested by operatives of the
commission at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in response to a
petition from the Nigerian Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
Uwujaren said that the suspect who met the Dane online
had conned his unsuspecting victim by posing as an
American business executive on a business trip to Nigeria.
The arrested fraudster was said to have proposed marriage
to the lady after which he started making monetary
demands to her.
The EFCC Spokesman said that the fraudster who told his
victim that he was having issues with government officials
requested for a loan from her.
Ikechukwu was also said to have convinced her to partner
with him in a non-existent timber business.
Uwujaren said, “The suspect allegedly met the victim online
in February 2013 and falsely represented himself as an
American business executive on business visit to Nigeria.
“ In the course of the internet affair, Ikechukwu promised
his victim marriage and later began to make monetary
demands on her, using various excuses.
“Once, he told her that he had problems with government
officials and requested for a loan. He later cajoled her into
partnering with him on a phantom timber business.”
Uwujaren said that Ikechukwu made a demand for
$100,000 from the Dane ostensibly to enable him to travel
to Denmark to meet her but was arrested while trying to
withdraw money he received from the victim through
Western Union.
He said that the suspect would be arraigned in court on
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