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Danish Man Goes To West Africa To Arrest Yahoo Boys

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Victim’s Story: Danish Scam Victim Goes To West Africa To Arrest Yahoo Boys Who Duped Him Of 15,000 Euros

A Scam Victim’s Story about what never to do, even though in this one case it turned out well. This story could have gone terribly wrong. Scammers (Yahoo Yahoo Boys) are not toys, on their home ground they can be deadly.

The police of Imo State in Nigeria, have arrested some fraud boys who defrauded a Danish man identified as Jeanette Brunsma, of €15,000 (GHC 83,000) after the man came down to Nigeria to effect their arrest himself.

The suspects identified as Nicholas Lambert 22; Collins Njoku 22; Bright Chukwuezi, 23; and Chukwuemeka Ononiwu, 27, are all believed to be university undergraduates in one of the state’s universities.

Photos Only Available Of Two Of The Scammers

According to the state Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi, 11 laptops and 20 phones of different brands were recovered from them when they were arrested.

Dasuki Galadanchi said the suspects engaged in “advanced fee fraud, otherwise known as Yahoo-Yahoo to defraud the Dane.”

He said: “After defrauding Brunsma of the €15,000, the suspects made a fresh demand of €1,500.

“The prime suspect, Lambert, met the scam victim on Facebook, bearing a fake name, Johnson Mills, in order to commit the crime.”

Explaining how the suspect scammers were arrested, the Commissioner of Police said the victim flew into the country and lodged a complaint at the state command headquarters which led to investigations by the police.

He said the victim’s statement was followed with “a digital construction analysis,” which led to the arrest of the suspects within 24 hours.

“The suspects; Nicholas Lambert, aka Johnson Mills of Onumonu Street, Owerri; Collins Njoku of Umudim Umuduruonyeoma, in the Ikeduru Local Government Area; Bright Chukwuezi of Umudim Umuduruonyeoma and Chukwuemeka Ononiwu also of Umudim Umuduruonyeoma, were arrested on September 3, 2018,” the Commissioner revealed.

“They were arrested by a combined team of operatives of Scorpion Squad and Monitoring Unit of the command for advanced fee fraud,” he added.

The main suspect scammer claimed to be a US Army Sergeant by the name of Johnson Mills (Nicholas Lambert) serving in Kabul, Afghanistan.

His accomplices claimed to be Red Cross agents, were arrested together with Lambert in Imo State.

“We swooped on them at their hideout in Umuodu Mbieri, in the Mbaitoli LGA after the victim lodged a formal complaint to the police.”

“The suspects have made useful statements to the police, confessing to have defrauded Jeanette Brunsma of Ringwey 10,Weiloo, Netherlands, of the sum of €15,000.”

“The exhibits recovered from the suspects include 11 laptops and 20 phones of different brands.”

The prime suspect scammer, Lambert, admitted he committed the romance scam.

He said: “I met Jeanette on Facebook; I claimed to be a US soldier to defraud him of €15,000. After the initial payment, I demanded another €1,500, after which I was arrested by the police in my hotel room. He said the other suspects were not aware that he made another demand on the Dane”.

Needless to say, this was one of the lucky ones who not only survived the experience but managed to obtain an arrest!

We never recommend going to Africa to attempt this due to the dangers!

What were you thinking going to Africa to meet someone you have never met?

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  1. A Victim's Story: Danish Man Goes To West Africa To Arrest Yahoo Boys Who Duped Him Of 15,000 Euros - 2018 3
    Rochelle October 15, 2018 at 12:51 am - Reply

    I hope my scammers will be arrested too have already reported them to FBI, they are located in Togo where I send money to Nwadike Justus Madu and Anyamele Shadrach Daniel

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These articles, about the Psychology of Scams or Victim Psychology – meaning that all humans have psychological or cognitive characteristics in common that can either be exploited or work against us – help us all to understand the unique challenges victims face before, during, and after scams, fraud, or cybercrimes. These sometimes talk about some of the vulnerabilities the scammers exploit. Victims rarely have control of them or are even aware of them, until something like a scam happens and then they can learn how their mind works and how to overcome these mechanisms.

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