Police nab students, who allegedly impersonated customs officers auctioning cars

Posted By: Precious Igbonwelundu


Three students of Ambrose Ali University (AAU), Ekpoma and Auchi Polytechnic both in Edo State and a 21-year-old man have been arrested by the police for alleged impersonation of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and swindling of social media users.

Proposer Oricha, 19, of Business Administration Department, 21-year-old Samuel Taye, 400 level, Ordinary National Diploma (OND) Electrical Engineering student, Shaka Sumaila and Sunday Aliyu were arrested by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police’ (IGP) Intelligence Response Team (IRT) at Ekpoma.

According to the police, the suspects, who usually posed as Customs officers on Facebook and other social media platforms, defrauded Nigerians several millions of naira in the guise of selling auction vehicles.

It was gathered that their arrests followed series of complaints to the office of the IGP Ibrahim Idris on their activities.

Two IRT teams and operatives of the Tactical Intelligence Unit (TIU) were said to have been deployed to Edo State after several days of analysing on ground intelligence.

The police said the suspects confessed to the crime and explained their modus operandi.

Recovered from the suspects’ mobile phones and laptops were pictures of genuine Customs officers, account numbers they used and correspondence between them and their victims.

In his confessional statement, Aliyu said he has sold five cars. I received N50,000 for Toyota Camry, 150,000 for Toyota Corrolla, N35,000 for Gulf, N50,000 for Toyota Venza and N100,000 for the fifth car but I can’t remember the make.

The Customs is not aware I am doing this. We use accounts given to us by Samuel Taye.

http://thenationonlineng.net/police-arrest-four-customs-impersonators-fraud/

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It's Children of Usman Dan Fodio. over!

Ncan enugu branch reporting.

It's AWOL

Only greedy people get scammed. How can a normal person pay 50k for venza? 50k for camry? They're scamming their fellow greedy people

Look at this ones.

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Bad desperate hustles

They will now rot in prison. Nawaoo.

This is cool. They should beam their searchlight on nairaland too. So many scammers in different forms. From 'fixed' match sellers to data resellers.

Hmm

None cone head arrested anyway benin is not too far from potopoto republic

The guys no get money to sort that's why...

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lofty900:
Only greedy people get scammed. How can a normal person pay 50k for venza? 50k for camry? They're scamming their fellow greedy people

I think this was the amounts he received as his own share after selling the vehicles not actually the amounts he sold the vehicles.

My understanding tho

As much as I don't condone fraud, custom officers are not exactly symbols of good morals..

See what these fools sent me last week. I actually thought I was dealing with the officials of the Nigeria customs not until they sent me a personal account number for me to pay 85k into for clearance.

wazobia

Those that fell for this cheap scam should be flogged. Their mumu no be for here

lofty900:
Only greedy people get scammed. How can a normal person pay 50k for venza? 50k for camry? They're scamming their fellow greedy people

Bro, i just weak for some people

SexyNairalander:
booked

venza N50,000


Toyota company:

you must be a twitter guy

JideAmuGiaka:



I think this was the amounts he received as his own share after selling the vehicles not actually the amounts he sold the vehicles.

My understanding tho

Not his share but total amount paid for each of the vehicle, see below. It looks like each of them are operating solo.

In his confessional statement, Aliyu said he has sold five cars. I received N50,000 for Toyota Camry, 150,000 for Toyota Corrolla, N35,000 for Gulf, N50,000 for Toyota Venza and N100,000 for the fifth car but I can’t remember the make.

Proposer Oricha, 19, of Business Administration Department, 21-year-old Samuel Taye, 400 level, Ordinary National Diploma (OND) Electrical Engineering student, Shaka Sumaila and Sunday Aliyu were arrested by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police’ (IGP) Intelligence Response Team (IRT) at Ekpoma.


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maasoap:

Not his share but total amount paid for each of the vehicle, see below. It looks like each of them are operating solo.

In his confessional statement, Aliyu said he has sold five cars. I received N50,000 for Toyota Camry, 150,000 for Toyota Corrolla, N35,000 for Gulf, N50,000 for Toyota Venza and N100,000 for the fifth car but I can’t remember the make.

Those amount put together cannot even buy one new Bajaj motorcycle. Are you sure they know the value of those vehicles, a brand new venza is above 4mil.

Hustle gone bad..
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but before you do , Ekpoma AAU , AUCHI have produced nothing but thugs , thieves and touts

Even if Angel Gabriel were to school there, he would be corrupted

ok

See fools they sent to school. I would have said they should be arrested but remembering the type of country we live in that support online scams, they'd still allowed to go. Smh

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Home wrecker
Over to you name checkers.

So these are the famous customs officers that want to always sell me a 2010 E class for fro 250k