419 victim rescued

25 September 2008

Cops free Swedish man from Nigerians who lured him to SA

Two Nigerian men were arrested and the Swedish man they allegedly kidnapped was rescued unharmed in Johannesburg, police said yesterday.

Kenth Sadaaki Suzuki was apparently lured to South Africa by a group of Nigerians after he fell for the so-called 419 scam, police spokesman senior Superintendent Vishnu Naidoo said.

Suzuki was made to believe he would be part of an investment opportunity with a company known as Jeffdon Properties.

“The men met their victim at 8am on Tuesday at the OR Tambo International Airport and transported him to a house in Rosettenville where they robbed him of all his belongings. They bound his hands and legs and held him against his will,” Naidoo said.

The men then demanded a ransom of 20000euros (about R235000) from Suzuki’s wife and family.

Head of the police’s detective services Commissioner Rayman Lalla got a call from Sweden about the kidnapping and went into action. The perpetrators were tracked down, arrested and Suzuki rescued unharmed.

The Nigerians have been linked to three other cases in which they allegedly kidnapped Americans as part of the same scam.

The men are also being investigated for their possible involvement in other cases. The two will appear in the Kempton Park magistrate’s court on charges of kidnapping, extortion, intimidation and assault soon. – Sapa

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How the hell do People fall for 419 scams. They e-mail me garbage all the time and I just delete it after reading the first line.

If it sounds too good to be true, IT PROBABLY IS!!!!