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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has carried out its largest single-day operation against cryptocurrency and romance sc+m networks, arresting 792 suspects in Lagos.

In a press conference on Monday, December 16, 2024, EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said the arrests took place at a seven-storey building in Victoria Island, Lagos.

Uwujaren said the suspects include 114 Chinese nationals, 40 Filipinos, two Khazartans, one Pakistani, and one Indonesian.

He said the foreigners were using the building to “train Nigerians on how to initiate romance and investment sc+ms”.

The EFCC spokesperson added that the foreigners created fake profiles for their Nigerian accomplices to engage in romance and cryptocurrency sc+ms.

Uwujaren said all the floors of the seven-storey building were equipped with “high-end” desktop computers, adding that over 500 sim cards of Nigerian telecommunications operators were recovered.

Uwujaren said the suspects are being held in custody with valid remand warrant, adding that they will be arraigned soon.

“Their Nigerian accomplices were recruited by the foreign kingpins to prospect for victims online through phishing, targeting mostly Americans, Canadians, Mexicans, and several others from European countries,” Uwujaren said.

“They usually arm them with desktop computers and mobile devices and create fake profiles for them.

The Nigerian accomplices are equally provided with logs that allow them access to foreign communication lines and victims, which they chat with on WhatsApp, Instagram and Telegram.

They are also assigned WhatsApp s linked to foreign telephone numbers, especially from and Italy.

Their jobs are to engage victims in romantic conversations and phantom business and investment discussions to trick them to shop on the purported online investment shopping platform called www.yooto.com. For those who show interest, activation fees for an on the platform starts from $35,” he noted.

Unemployed youths on display looking for shortcut to success...

na wa o ..Yahoo Industry ...

Sad west hate work
They love anything shortcut

Yoruba people are too lazy. They like enjoyment but they don't want to work. See as these whites are using them to scam.

Christmas chickens for efcc, for those who know.

Koneheaded structures owanmbe don pafuka 😁😁😁

This news should be on eveeh media space. Let the world see how Chinese and Pakistan are doin internet fraud in Nigeria. The people spoiling the name of Nigeria should endeavour to carry this news on their page. No be we bad

This news may redeem the already battered image of Nigeria 🤭

I believe they are mostly loan app sharks

cr7lomo:
I believe they are mostly loan app sharks

Why do you think so. I'm curious sir

Yahaya bello is walking free

Are you sure these aren't the clowns behind most loan apps.... Hold them well abeg

Chilipepper:
Yoruba people are too lazy. They like enjoyment but they don't want to work. See as these whites are using them to scam.

Will you keep quiet!!!

Yahoo yahoo is a national problem, every Nigerian is involved, if you’re not, your brother is involved, your husband might be involved, your sisters might be involved, your daddy GO is into it as well, our government is involved, even EFCC might be involved in yahoo as well if care is not taken…

Stop making it look like scam is only done by a particular region

Mugu44:
Sad west hate work
They love anything shortcut

but south east love work n that's y they are d most jailed tribe in d world

Don't forget that Thai police described them d scum of d earth

This is the only arrest efcc is always having 100 percent success rate

MASSIVE HARVEST

Mugu44:
Sad west hate work
They love anything shortcut

Fish brain you should have wait for the names of the Nigerian before comment

Maybe naira will get value...

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