been arrested by the EFCC for duping a 75 year old dutch woman of
€200,000 in an internet romance scam. Find the EFCC press statement
below...
"For swindling a 75 year old woman of 200,000 Euros in a romance scam,
a 31-year-old confidence trickster, Adio Opeyemi Michael, an indigene
of Owu LGA of Ogun state, has been arrested by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission EFCC. The victim, a certain Jeanet De
Jonge, is a Dutch national." Continue...
Adio allegedly met the victim on the 'Net log' dating site and
pretended to be a 41-year-old American citizen, working as a chef in a
Nigerian restaurant and needs a wife.The profile attracted Jeanet and,
in no time, began sending him money through Western Union and Money
Gram.
"She was sending me money monthly, ranging from $800 to $900 from June
2012, through Western Union Money transfer and Money Gram to the
extent that Western Union blocked her from sending money to me in
Nigeria. So she requested that I should go to London to enable her
send me money there. I contacted a friend of mine in London called
Osas Odiah, so that he can receive the money and send to me here in
Nigeria. She first sent €2000 to my friend's account in London, and
later to my Keystone bank account, which was actually a Forex Trade
account. We started using this account when we discovered that my
friend was not remitting all the money sent by Jeanet to me," the
suspect revealed.
Investigations further revealed that the suspect collected the various
sums under the pretext that he was going to use the money to perfect
his travel plans and obtain the required documents that would enable
him travel to Holland to join or visit Jeanet. But his inability or
refusal to honour the invitation from Jeanet prompted the petition to
EFCC.
The suspect will be arraigned in court as soon as investigation is concluded.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
4th September, 2014
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