The Katsina State Police Command has paraded before newsmen a 42-year-old woman for allegedly selling fake employment offer letters to unsuspecting job seekers in Nigeria.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer in the State, SP Gambo Isah, the suspect, Hajarat Iyeh Egbunu allegedly amassed over N47 million from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) job scam.

Hajara allegedly collected the sum of N3.5 million from each of the unsuspecting job seekers before issuing them with the fake ECOWAS online appointment letters to work at the headquarters, with a monthly salary of N3 million.

Hajara, who resides in Abuja, is said to be a former staff of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) based in Abuja who has been on the watchlist of security agencies for various fraudulent offences.

According to SP. Isah Gambo: “based on credible intelligence, the Command succeeded in arresting one Ibrahim Lawal El-Maki, ‘M’, aged 45yrs of Rafin Dadi Quarters, now residing at Gwarinpa Quarters, Abuja who conspired with one Hajarat Iyeh Egbunu, ‘F’, aged 42yrs of Kubwa, Abuja, an indigene of Kogi state, a dismissed Nigerian Immigration Service officer, a notorious fraudster who has been on the wanted list of security agencies for various offences relating to fraud.

“The fact of the case was that on 15/10/2020, the suspect Ibrahim Lawal El-Maki, approached one Aminu Hamza, ‘M’, aged 32yrs of GRA, Katsina State with a proposal for a job vacancy at Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Headquarters, Abuja, with a salary of more than three million Naira (N3 million). He also informed him that each offer is sold at three million and five hundred thousand (N3.5 million).

“The said Aminu Hamza informed his friends of this lucrative offer, they picked interest and gathered the sum of seven million Naira (Seven Million Naira) which they transferred to Ibrahim El-Maki’s account. Subsequently, the suspect, Ibrahim Lawal ElMaki sent copies of the appointment letters to him through WhatsApp which were later discovered to be fake.

“In the course of investigation, Ibrahim Lawal Elmaki was traced and arrested. He also confessed to have collected the said money but gave it to one Hajarat Iyeh Egbunu in good faith with intent of assisting his friends to get ECOWAS juicy appointments.
Elmaki cooperated and assisted the police in their investigation which led to the arrest of the principal suspect Hajarat Iye Egbunu, who confessed to have received the sum of thirty-four million, eight hundred thousand naira (N34 million and eight hundred thousand) from Ibrahim Lawal Elmaki through her bank accounts. But Elmaki stated that she collected the sum of forty-seven million, three hundred and fifty thousand (N47 million) from him.

“It may interest you to know that other unsuspecting members of the public defrauded by the suspect through the same modus operandi by Hajarat Iye Egbunu are still trooping to the Command Headquarters to lodge their complaints. Investigation is ongoing.”


Source: https://dailypost.ng/2021/10/07/job-scam-woman-arrested-for-selling-fake-ecowas-employment-worth-over-n47m/

Both young and old are into fraud this days, we don't know whom to trust anymore.

My mom's uncle scammed her 400,000 the other day in the name of getting her a federal job she almost collapsed

What hardship and greed won't cause doesn't exist.
God help us

Greed! Greed!! Greed!!!

BTW we know they will deny the suspect as serving Staff of Nigeria Immigration Service, just like the Police, Army and other security agencies.

Fine woman sha

Former Staff of Nigeria Immigration Service.


That alone must aptly describe her mentality and mindset. She got her NIS job through ethnic and religious preference above every other person who merits it.

Why then, after benefitting from such corrupt system will Hajarat not become a disciple of corrupt and nepotic employment scams.

NIS and NCS current staff are benefitting from employment scams, if you arrest this woman, will the Police arrest all current staff at these agencies?

But does ECOWAS really that much?

Hajara allegedly collected the sum of N3.5 million from each of the unsuspecting job seekers before issuing them with the fake ECOWAS online appointment letters to work at the headquarters, with a monthly salary of N3 million.

people get mind sha.
You will see them covering face like saints not knowing what is beneath the cloth covering is worse.

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I fear who no fear women, the are not even the future anymore they are the present. They are beating men to the game ranging from Oloshoism, 419, Assult, armed robbery , etc.

Na wa, people get mind o

Yahoo everywhere....


Them say na only the Youth dey find shortcut to make money wetin diz grandma too wan use money du....

Dem don forget say na old people scam pass if we start to dey check all d people wey we dey call elders u go see say dem scam pass all diz Youth na noise all this youth jus dey mak...

Na person mama be this o.

May God help the unemployed.

E Dun Be

Scamming when she would have legitly build network in ECOWAS to help get prospect into the organization


Many people don't just have business sense other than stealing

It's hard trusting anyone now. People are now
extremely wicked.

The native name is more important.

well played

A

The future is female

Fraud everywhere

Thank God, I stopped doing yahoo last week, I’m now a born again man.

Okay

Yahoo scam format plenty.
There are :online dating scam, business email scam,ATM card hacking,POS fraudster,wire-wire scam.Phone call scam, employment scam,do-as-i-say jazz, kidnapping for ransom, etc...

Choooiiii!!!!

Anyone who asks you to pay for job is a scammer

The situation of things in the country has gotten too bad.

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