In a daring move reminiscent of a well-scripted movie, a 26-year-old Nigerian, Udochukwu Ugochukwu Simeon, has taken his fraud tricks to the door-step of the nation’s anti crime agency, the EFCC.
The commission arrested Udochukwu Ugochukwu Simeon, who created fake e-mail addresses of the agency and used same to defraud unsuspecting victims.
The 26-year-old suspect created an Outlook email account of the Commission, “efccnigeria.org.ng@outlook.com” and a webmail, info@efcc-nigeria.org.ng which he used to impersonate the EFCC.
Investigation by the Cybercrimes Unit at the Commission’s headquarters, Abuja indicates that the suspect also uses the two fake e-mail accounts to send messages to his victims.
While doing so, he posed as an officer of the Commission, trying to help the victims recover their stolen monies.
Before his arrest on 21 April, the suspect had received over $3,000 from some of his victims.
Ugochukwu’s activities amount to forgery, identity theft, impersonation and cybersquatting, said EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren.
He will be charged to court upon the completion of the investigation, Uwujaren said on Wednesday.
