The FCT Command of Directorate of State
Services (DSS) has alerted members of the
public on the new style of operation by
fraudsters who specialised in getting
women unclothedness through animation and
sent to their targets.
The Director of the command, Mr
Abubakar Bubuche said this while
presenting two suspected fraudsters to
newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja.
He warned members of the public to desist
from sending their sensitive photographs
to the Internet so that criminals would not
use them against them.
He said: “This is to inform the general
public about the activities of a criminal
syndicates’ style of operation include
among others, the use of computer
animation to strip their victims and put
their nude pictures on facebook and other
social media platform.


“The gang calls up their potential victims
and orders them to pay certain amount of
money to a given account numbers or
have their personal pictures edited and
posted nude on the internet,”he said.
Bubuche said several complaints prompted
the Service to swing into action which
eventually led to the arrest of two people
in connection with the internet fraud.


He said the suspects, 35 and 22 years
respectively, were arrested in Maiduguri by
operatives from the Command.
“The public may wish to note that this
syndicate has diverse membership with
various professional skills, especially in the
ICT,”he said.
Babuche called on FCT residents to be wary
of fraudsters and promptly report such
cases and suspected persons to the
security agencies.
He reiterated the Service’s resolved to
discharge its duties with every sense of
responsibility and commitment.