Imo State Police Command have arrested a 22-year-old undergraduate of a university in the state, Nicholas Lambert, and three others, for allegedly defrauding a Dane, Jeanette Brunsma, of €15,000, while impersonating a United States of America Army sergeant Punch has reported.

The suspected internet fraudsters aka yahoo-boys were paraded by the state Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi in the state.

Lambert and the other suspects identified as – Collins Njoku 22; Bright Chukwuezi, 23; and Chukwuemeka Ononiwu, 27 – used 11 laptops and 20 phones of different brands to execute the act.
The CP said the suspects engaged in “advanced fee fraud, otherwise known as yahoo-yahoo to defraud the Dane.”

He said, “After defrauding Brunsma of the €15,000, the suspects made a fresh demand of €1,500.

“The prime suspect, Lambert, met the victim on Facebook, bearing a fake name, Johnson Mills, in order to commit the crime.”



Explaining how the suspects were arrested, Galadanchi said the victim flew into the country and lodged a complaint at the state command headquarters which led to investigations by the police.

He said the victim’s statement was followed with “a digital construction analysis,” which led to the arrest of the suspects within 24 hours.

The CP said, “The suspects; Nicholas Lambert, aka Johnson Mills of Onumonu Street, Owerri; Collins Njoku of Umudim Umuduruonyeoma, in the Ikeduru Local Governmrnt Area; Bright Chukwuezi of Umudim Umuduruonyeoma and Chukwuemeka Ononiwu also of Umudim Umuduruonyeoma, were arrested on September 3, 2018.

“They were arrested by a combined team of operatives of Scorpion Squad and Monitoring Unit of the command for advanced fee fraud.”

Source: https://www.searchngr.com/yahoo-boys-from-imo-state-arrested-for-scamming-a-foreigner-of-15000-euros-photo/