Malaysian police authorities have arrested a group of five Nigerians using the country as base of fraudulent operations, against foreigners.

The Nigerians, aged between 27 and 31, were arrested on Friday in Nilai by police following several months of intelligence gathering and investigations, Malaysia’s NewStraitsTimes has reported online.

According to the report, the country’s Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Datuk Syed Ismail Syed Azizan said the syndicate was believed to have cheated various victims abroad of RM1.86 million.

The syndicate’s modus operandi had been to advertise the sale of surgical gloves on the Internet using the masthead of a well-known Malaysian firm, which had a global reputation in the industry.

“The syndicate had altered the contact details to differ from that of the original company as they planned to cash in on the firm’s reputation and standing in the global glove making industry,” said Syed Ismail.

“The surgical gloves offered by the syndicate were significantly cheaper than the current market prices. Victims from countries like Libya, Romania, Bulgaria and Kazakhstan were intrigued by the discounted prices.”

It is understood that contact between the victims and syndicate members were through the phone or emails. Once an order had been placed, a downpayment of between 10 and 30 per cent of the total value was required.

“The money was transferred into local bank accounts here and withdrawn immediately by the syndicate members. However, the order never reached the victims abroad, prompting them to lodge reports at Malaysian embassies and commissions,” said Syed Ismail.

Before long, Malaysia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, known also as Wisma Putra, was inundated with complaints from their embassies abroad. It is learnt that as of Nov 12, police had a total of 49 complaints from individuals and corporate firms abroad.

Investigations revealed that the five men had entered Malaysia on student visas. When they were arrested, police seized numerous mobile phones, laptops and modems in the raid.

The five have been remanded until Nov 20 to facilitate investigations.

In a separate case, police also arrested eight Nigerians, aged between 22 and 28, at two locations in Subang Jaya on Oct 31 and Nov 1 for credit card fraud which cost banks thousands of ringgit in losses.

“The suspects had cooperated with another African syndicate which provided credit card details, including the three digit security code. They paid US$20 (RM60) for every successful card detail,” said Syed Ismail.

He said, with the credit card information, the syndicate then made online purchases such as branded handbags and electronic items.

http://www.naijaurban.com/malaysia-arrests-13-nigerians-fraud/

It would have been nice to know their names, so we know WHAT kind of ethnic stats I could come up with.
Na Igbo people full Malaysia.
No surprises there.

Callotti: It would have been nice to know their names, so we know WHAT kind of ethnic stats I could come up with.
Na Igbo people full Malaysia.
No surprises there.

Does the ethnic really matters here? What should matter is the soiling of the already batterd image of Nigeria, I know some couples of young yahoo-yahoo guys in Lagos that does similar scam, all they do is to put up fictitious advertisement of non existing products on Alibaba, Craigslist and e-bay with a forwarding Malaysian address.

Scamming cut across tribe and ethnicity, Russian babes are not left out.

Maxymilliano:
Does the ethnic really matters here? What should matter is the soiling of the already batterd image of Nigeria, I know some couples of young yahoo-yahoo guys in Lagos that does similar scam, all they do is to put up fictitious advertisement of non existing products on Alibaba, Craigslist and e-bay with a forwarding Malaysian address.

Scamming cut across tribe and ethnicity, Russian babes are not left out.

It matters to me.
They are Nigerians yes!
But where from Nigeria?
So I can explain to the white people at my job the different tribes in Nigeria.
Now they know "OLA" is Yoruba and "CHI" is Igbo and "OSA" is Bini. . . . .and so on and so forth.

TO HELP THEM WITH PROFILING WHEN IT COMES TO UNDERSTANDING THE GOOD, BAD AND UGLY NIGERIANS ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!!

Yes! Scamming cuts across tribes, BUT SOME ARE MORE NOTORIOUS THAN OTHERS!!!! It is good to name and shame them!!!!

Callotti:

It matters to me.
They are Nigerians yes!
But where from Nigeria?
So I can explain to the white people at my job the different tribes in Nigeria.
Now they know "OLA" is Yoruba and "CHI" is Igbo and "OSA" is Bini. . . . .and so on and so forth.

TO HELP THEM WITH PROFILING WHEN IT COMES TO UNDERSTANDING THE GOOD, BAD AND UGLY NIGERIANS ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!!

Yes! Scamming cuts across tribes, BUT SOME ARE MORE NOTORIOUS THAN OTHERS!!!! It is good to name and shame them!!!!

The first thing that will strike your white friends is the nationality and not the tribe, and eif I may ask, what tribe are more notorious when it come to scamming? Just asking tho 'coz I thought it to be a national malady.

Maxymilliano:
The first thing that will strike your white friends is the nationality and not the tribe, and eif I may ask, what tribe are more notorious when it come to scamming? Just asking tho 'coz I thought it to be a national malady.

You will be shocked as to how much they know about the tribes in Nigeria.
DO YOU KNOW THAT EMPLOYERS NOW HIRE NIGERIANS BASED ON TRIBES.
You think they are not paying attention?
The reason SOME NIGERIANS can only go so far! THEY KNOW NIGERIANS BETTER THAN WE KNOW OURSELVES.
Do not say I told you!

Callotti:

You will be shocked as to how much they know about the tribes in Nigeria.
DO YOU KNOW THAT EMPLOYERS NOW HIRE NIGERIANS BASED ON TRIBES.
You think they are not paying attention?
The reason SOME NIGERIANS can only go so far! THEY KNOW NIGERIANS BETTER THAN WE KNOW OURSELVES.
Do not say I told you!

Quite agree with you but to some extent, the few whites I encountered sometimes ago in San diego knows no shi.t about the tribes here except for some coloured and their assessment about tribes in Nigeria are not too accurate.

You missed out on my earlier poser, which tribe is notorious for scam?

Maxymilliano:
Quite agree with you but to some extent, the few whites I encountered sometimes ago in San diego knows no shi.t about the tribes here except for some coloured and their assessment about tribes in Nigeria are not too accurate.

You missed out on my earlier poser, which tribe is notorious for scam?

That is just like asking me which country is more notorious for crimes in Africa? Nigerians.
What NIGERIAN tribes are MOST notorious for crimes? YORUBA AND IGBOS!
I believe in statistics.