- A Nigerian man has reportedly scammed a White man in Benin, Edo state, by selling a bakery belonging to another White man to him
- This development has prompted the arrest of suspected fraudsters in the state by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad
- The fraudster reportedly sold the bakery for the sum of N25 million
Men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) are said to be making arrests in Benin, Edo state, after an internet fraudster reportedly sold a bakery belonging to a White man to another White man.
NAIJ.com notes that the bakery was said to have been sold to the unsuspecting White man for the sum of N25 million after the fraudster reportedly took the victim round bakery.
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This was disclosed by a Twitter user with the handle @ani_nomso on Thursday, May 31. He said that the development has prompted the Edo state police command to engage in the arrest of suspected internet fraudsters.
He tweeted: “A Yahoo boy in Benin sold a bakery owned by a White man to another White man. The Yahoo boy actually took the White Man round the bakery like its his own. SARS in anger are picking boys around the area. As far as you are breathing, you are a thief."
See tweet below:
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that a young man identified as Leeroy Egebe was arrested and arraigned in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Warri, Delta state for duping a Swiss woman of N81m.
He was arraigned on 8-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money from a Swiss woman by false pretense.
His troubles began when his lover, Vivian Varotto-Guigoz, a citizen of Switzerland, petitioned the EFCC alleging that she met Egebe who claimed to be an Italian living in the United Kingdom, on a social dating site called Badoo.
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Source: Naija.ng