*Godwin Nwaofor had a 'suckers list' of target victims to send bogus letters

*The letters were sent by a ‘lottery agent’ targeting mainly American pensioners informing them they had won the Australian Lottery

*He received around £1million from the scam and blew the money on luxury cars, gold jewellery and expensive champagne at top nightclubs in London

*Nwaofor helped another Nigerian, Frank Onyechonam nicknamed nicknamed ‘Fizzy’ for his love of vintage champagne and jailed for eight years in 2014

*Judge Richard Hone QC had little sympathy for Nwaofor, who broke down in tears at Central Criminal Court as he was jailed for seven years

A conman funded a playboy lifestyle by cheating pensioners out of their life savings.

Godwin Nwaofor, 36, kept a 'suckers list' of potential victims to send bogus letters saying they had won the Australian Lottery.

The Nigerian national received around £1million from the scam and blew the money on luxury cars, gold jewellery and expensive champagne at top nightclubs in London.

Nwaofor was a ‘willing and enthusiastic lieutenant’ to the mastermind of the con, another Nigerian, Frank Onyechonam, who was nicknamed ‘Fizzy’ for his love of vintage champagne.

Onyeachonam was jailed eight years last year, after he was exposed as the chief player in the scam.

He drove a Maserati and fired bubbly corks across exclusive private members clubs as he lived a life of fantastic luxury on his victim’s life savings.

The scam started with a bogus letter to a vulnerable pensioner telling them they had won the Australian Lottery.

The letters were sent by a ‘lottery agent’ targeting mainly American pensioners informing them they had won a life-changing prize and requesting a modest sum to release the funds.

Believing they had won, victims were hooked into paying fees to release their ‘winnings’ through an agent who would demand ‘activation fees’ to release their cash.

In some cases, dupes set up businesses in an attempt to receive their winnings and became unwitting money mules laundering cash from other victims.

Nwaofor, a father of two, regularly switched addresses to avoid being caught.

One victim, a 76-year-old woman, who believed she had won $1.85m, tried to track down Nwaofor after the FBI told her she had fallen victim to a scam.

She flew to the UK and went to the address she had for Nwaofor, but found that he had already moved on to another address.

Judge Richard Hone QC said the evidence in the case, at Central Criminal Court, against Nwaofor was ‘overwhelming’ and showed him to be a proven liar.

‘You have a tendency to be dishonest in your dealings with landlords, agencies, the police, HMRC, and car hire firms’, he said.

‘You also moved addresses regularly to ensure your whereabouts remained a mystery.’

Police identified 406 victims from two notebooks found at Onyeachonam’s Canary Wharf penthouse when he was arrested.

They seized Louis Vuitton shoes, Gucci handbags, a collection of expensive watches and dozens of designer shoes, as well as 5,000 pictures of Onyeachonam flaunting his wealth at exclusive upmarket venues including the Guvnor Bar in Docklands, east London.

One picture shows him showering a friend with champagne, in others he poses with scantily clad blondes or waves wads of £50 notes.

There was also evidence of extensive communication with Lagos resident Ese Orogun, nicknamed the ‘chairman’, who is thought to be the global mastermind of the fraud.

He lives in a private gated community, is a ‘celebrity’ in the Nigerian capital and drives multiple supercars, including a Maserati and a Porsche.

Detectives fear the scale of the fraud could even mushroom to £30million if all the details discovered in notebooks and emails can be traced to victims.

Nwaofor moved to the UK in January 2006 from Nigeria and soon married a German citizen.

He has two children with her, aged six and six-months-old.

He broke down in tears as he was jailed for seven years this morning, but the judge said he did not believe the remorse was genuine.

‘Just as a crocodile sheds its tears while devouring its prey, so the copious weeping in court is not hypocritical remorse but tears of frustration that in spite of your careful concealment, you have been well and truly rumbled’, the judge told him.

‘This Australian lottery scam has brought penury and debt to your victims who were ruthlessly milked of their hard earned savings.’

The judge said although ten victims were traced by prosecutors as having fallen for Nwaofor’s scam, but that was probably the ‘tip of the iceberg’.

‘Vast sums of cash you used to fund a luxury lifestyle, with top of the range hire cars, large watches, gold jewellery, expensive nightclubs’, said the judge.

‘It shows you made the best part of £1m yourself.’

Nwaofor, of Camberell Green, south London, was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud, converting criminal property, and acquisition of criminal property.

He will serve half his sentence in prison and the remaining part on licence and will also now face confiscation proceeds.

Onyeachonam, of Canning Town, east London, was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud between January 2005 and December 2012.
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Godwin Nwaofor, 36, kept a 'suckers list' of potential victims to send bogus letters suggesting they had won the Australian Lottery



The scam started with a bogus letter to a vulnerable pensioner telling them they had won the Australian Lottery. Pictured is Nwaofor being fed Grey Goose vodka from the bottle



The Nigerian national received around £1million from the scam and blew the money on luxury cars, gold jewellery and expensive champagne at top nightclubs in London. Pictured is Nwaofor in a Ferrari
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Nwaofor, of Camberell Green, south London, was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud, converting criminal property, and acquisition of criminal property


Onyeachonam, nicknamed 'Fizzy' for his love of Champagne led the life of an international playboy

Pictured is a property in Nigeria, owned by Frank Onyeachonam who was jailed for eight years in 2014

Onyeachonam, of Canning Town, east London, was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud between January 2005 and December 2012. Pictured is a Porsche car he owned


Pictured is Frank Onyeachonam's nicknamed 'Fizzy' displayed in bank notes


Onyeachonam was jailed eight years last year, after he was exposed as the chief player in the scam. Pictured is champagne found at his home


They seized a collection of expensive watches, Rolex pictured, and dozens of designer shoes, as well as 5,000 pictures of Onyeachonam flaunting his wealth at exclusive upmarket venues including the Guvnor Bar in Docklands, east London

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3221046/Nigerian-conman-cheated-pensioners-5m-life-savings.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Everyday 4d thief...lucky u g0t just few years d0e

Waoooo

Most of us see rich folks without knowing how the wealth came out. We don't even bother to ask how the money was made. Especially the girls, all the wanna see is money without caring about the source.


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See him useless face thief

Christ...

Got lucky.. But felt life would continue that way

Ode oshi....

That is sad!

Old news but Igbo which way sef. Ife nke a obuzi ala zi

Drug anyi nwa
Now yahoo Ndi ofe mmanu anyi nwa!

Living large at the expense of another person's life savings. BTW today is my birthday show your guy some love

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It doesn't pay at d end

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Seven years is quite small....
Woe to those who attribute criminal activities committed in Nigeria to the inabilities of the government to provide employment .This case clearly shows that criminal acts is a personal decision. Unemployment will not forgive me if i relate this wickedness to it.

Haba!!! Pensioners for that matter Very painful!!!
Could lead to their death sef


Wondering what is going on in his kids mind.


But that his sandals fine oooo

Igbo again

Most hardworking frauds!

How market?

Northocracy:
Total Northernization is the way! Nigeria must have a similar ideology, Nigeria must speak with one voice, Nigeria must be homogenous, Nigeria must be Northernize! Northernization is not equal to Islamization, Northernization is not equal to Hausa-Fulani. Northernization is for anyone, Any tribes, Everyone who wants to cooperate with the strongest power in Africa, It is a balance between the West(Britain/America) and the Middle East powers(Saudi Arabia/Iran). You can't win against Northernization, Rather than fighting against it fight for your stake and benefit in it. Just like what the Western powers are doing in the Iranian deal, and what Black Americans did in America. There are tired of fighting against it, they rather seek to benefit from it.

The north is the most backward and underdeveloped region in nigeria. Even though their ppl love leadership for personal enrichment.

Northerners r d one drawing nigeria back into mud age as a matter of fact

.why this goddamn nigga writing like goat..

Get rich or die trying

Awon omo Igbo yi sha