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 Romance › Re: My Girlfriend Has A Boyfriend! Please Advise Me by Charx122: 11:52pm On Oct 04, 2021 |
jobportng:Hit the road jack |
| Phones › Re: Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp Down. Stay At Home Tonight For Security Reasons. by Charx122: 11:26pm On Oct 04, 2021 |
OhBritannia:Oga are you alright? You have gone to smoke that nonosease again..God will help you. |
| Family › Re: My Parents Move In To My Ongoing New House Without My Consent by Charx122: 9:09am On Oct 04, 2021 |
Kehindeaj78:Omo guy when they where paying your school fees and put roof over your head..on rented apartment..Now God don be bless you.. Thank God they are alive to reap the fruit of their labour ... Abi you want one strange woman to enjoy it first. Guy take time o! |
| Politics › Re: Dele Momodu Visits Senator Ademola Adeleke In Ede (Photos) by Charx122: 3:27pm On Oct 02, 2021 |
Tomek09:Stop beefing ... Does he look like a lose to you.? Then you must be blind people that a chopping up tight!!! And you there in Nairaland calling serial loser..No vex bro just specking my mind..o! |
| Celebrities › Re: Singer Tems Shares Sultry Photos. by Charx122: 2:31pm On Oct 02, 2021 |
Leaforever:All na flash |
| Romance › Re: What Does She Mean By This? by Charx122: 5:30am On Oct 02, 2021 |
vybzkartel:Offline thingz |
| Jobs/Vacancies › Re: Lady Who Got Fake Job Interview Invite In Lagos Shares Chat by Charx122: 10:39pm On Oct 01, 2021 |
Ahmback:I swear I got same interview but it was 2months ago... Didn't even mind them.. |
| Family › Re: Help I'm Pregnant For A Married Man. by Charx122: 9:23pm On Oct 01, 2021 |
Darhmmy:So when you found out he was married why didn't you cut off the relationship!! Excuse you were in love thought you women a quick in saying love doesn't exist...One advise don't terminate that pregnancy..Is your punishment and also a blessing to you. |
| Family › Re: Anyone Who Keeps Virginity Until Marriage Deserves To Brag – Reno by Charx122: 8:16pm On Oct 01, 2021 |
FutureIsFemale:You cused it yourselves... LMAO!! No good women anymore even in churches social media has also aided in damaging most young girls.plus the so called Yahoo boys.these days they want to try everything..Hmmm smoking, drinking and taking hard drugs ...Sex is no longer a big deal learning the camastra with just a click way from you phone (Bleep)God help young men looking for just decent girl must of them na Yawa!! forget about virgin or no virgin...I pray things will get better I just blame poverty... So they all want the big Bum Bum |
| Family › Re: I Told My Wife Not To Kiss My 6-Month-Old Son On The Mouth: Am I Wrong? by Charx122: 9:36pm On Sep 29, 2021 |
bobontop:Oga are you seeking for attention? Don't worry you would soon give birth to a baby girl ..you can give her some kisses too these no harm in it... except your thinking other wise.. |
| European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Juventus Vs Chelsea UCL (1 - 0) On 29th September 2021 by Charx122: 9:24pm On Sep 29, 2021 |
Angelfrost:Chelsea for Life!!! |
| TV/Movies › Re: Who Wins BBNaija Season 6: Whitemoney, Liquorose, Pere, Cross, Angel, Emmanuel? by Charx122: 7:22am On Sep 28, 2021 |
lalasticlala:Liquorose will win this Brother... |
| Health › Re: DNA Paternity Testing Coming To Lekki In October by Charx122: 3:09pm On Sep 26, 2021 |
[quote author=lalasticlala post=106180336]https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1441837538755235844.html[/quote Have you forgotten witch craft dey women go manipulate everything ... doctor no bother yourself expect see you carry witch hunters too.. e choke for Nigeria ooo!!! |
| Celebrities › Re: Tonto Dikeh Laments As Son Destroys Devices Worth Millions Of Naira (VIDEO) by Charx122: 1:56pm On Sep 26, 2021 |
Alexxxxadrewv:He most have gotten that destructive spirit from someone... Guess who  |
| Romance › Re: “I Always Wonder, Who Gives Men Money When They’re Broke” – Nigerian Lady by Charx122: 1:02pm On Sep 26, 2021 |
Lavisha:Otherwise men are only here to hustle and quench!!! I hope you dey hustle Sha stop relaying on the pocket between your legs... |
| Romance › Re: “I Always Wonder, Who Gives Men Money When They’re Broke” – Nigerian Lady by Charx122: 12:56pm On Sep 26, 2021 |
Lavisha:What about women?? We weren't the only only on made by God.. |
| TV/Movies › Re: DSTV Is Now An Internet Provider In South Africa by Charx122: 4:08pm On Sep 25, 2021 |
Zico777:Asia I guess |
| Education › Re: Where Did This Mathematics Go Wrong? by Charx122: 10:44am On Sep 25, 2021 |
AYNL:From the beginning...Error!! |
| Pets › Re: Which Domestic Animal Do You Think Is Strong Enough To Kill This Cat? (Photos) by Charx122: 11:06am On Sep 23, 2021 |
Sonnobax15:Omo na Covid19 kill this one that one na sure.. |
| Sports › Re: I Feel Like Crying For Messi by Charx122: 11:10am On Sep 21, 2021 |
Mangekyo:Time is everything is a gradual process is like a child that has never left his house ...his trying to adapt to his new home. |
| European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: West Ham Vs Manchester United (1 - 2 ) On 19th September 2021 by Charx122: 2:48am On Sep 20, 2021 |
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| Crime › Hush Money: The Rise And Fall Of An International Fraudster by Charx122(op): 11:40am On Sep 16, 2021 |
Ramon Abbas - known to his 2.5 million Instagram followers as Hushpuppi - is considered by the FBI to be one of the world's most high-profile fraudsters and faces a prison sentence of up to 20 years in the US after pleading guilty to money laundering. The BBC has used newly available court documents to uncover the man behind cyber heists that have cost his victims millions, from his humble beginnings as a "Yahoo Boy" hustler in Nigeria to a so-called "Billionaire Gucci Master" living a life of luxury in Dubai before his arrest last year. The 37-year-old began his career in Oworonshoki, a poor coastal area in the north-east of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital. Local driver Seye told the BBC that he remembered Abbas as a young boy working alongside his mother in the Olojojo market. His father was a taxi driver. As he grew older, Seye says, Abbas liked to splash his cash: "He was generous. He used to buy beer for everyone around." But everyone knew the source of his mysterious wealth - cybercrime; he was a "Yahoo", Seye says. Yahoo Boys" are romance scammers who took their name from the first free email available in Nigeria. "They came up with the idea of stealing identities. And then with that identity theft, they went into dating [scams]," explains Dr Adedeji Oyenuga, a cybercrime expert at Lagos State University. Once a relationship is established via a false identity, romance scammers wheedle money from their online lovers. Like many Yahoo Boys, Abbas broadened his criminal horizons. Many went to Malaysia - and Abbas followed them, ending up in Kuala Lumpur around 2014, then Dubai in 2017. North Korean hackers This is when his Instagram posts - and crimes - went to another level. In February 2019, he attempted to launder 13m euros (£11m; $15m) stolen by a gang of North Korean hackers from the Maltese Bank of Valletta. Abigail Mamo, chief executive of the Maltese chamber of small and medium enterprises, says the heist plunged the holiday island into "chaos". Shopping trolleys filled with goods were abandoned at checkouts as payment systems shut down. "We received calls from our members telling us they were sending money using Bank of Valletta's platform to their foreign suppliers," says Ms Mamo. "Their foreign suppliers did not receive the money... We're talking about thousands of euros." The bank said it managed to recover 10m euros. "Damn," Abbas said in a text to a fellow scammer at the time in messages obtained by the FBI. The reply shows the next heist was being planned: "Next one is in few weeks; will let you know when it's ready. Too bad they caught on, or it would have been a nice pay out." Premiership scam scuppered In May 2019, Abbas was tasked with setting up a bank account in Mexico. It was to receive £100m from a Premier League Football Club, and £200m from a UK firm. Neither are named in the court documents. The scams were to be carried out via Business Email Compromise (BEC). Terrifyingly simple, BEC works by intercepting payments via fake emails that appear to come from an address that is almost exactly the same as the supplier's. Only a single letter or number will be different. In that email the scammers - posing as a supplier awaiting payment - typically say they've switched banks, so the payment will need to be wired to a different account; the details for which they will provide. The accounts clerk is fooled into thinking it is a legitimate request from the supplier - and, with a single click of a mouse, vast sums of money are lost. But the Premiership scam fell apart when the UK banks refused to pay into the Mexican account. "Brother I can't send from UK to Mexico," Abbas's sidekick messaged him. "They keep finding out." None of the Premiership clubs would confirm whether or not they were the intended victim. 'Professionals shamed' Jon Shilland, fraud lead with the UK's National Crime Agency, says it can be difficult tracking down criminal networks based in multiple jurisdictions. A fact known all too well by Dubai-based lawyer Barney Almazar. He represents around 25 people - including eight UK citizens - in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), all of whom believe they are victims of one of Hushpuppi's BEC scams. We cannot say with 100% certainty that Hushpuppi is behind it," Mr Almazar says. "But if you look at the bank accounts that police have traced, they all belong to the records obtained by the police in their raids [on Hushpuppi's home in Dubai]." One UK victim, who wanted to remain anonymous, says he lost £500,000, has been forced to leave the UAE - and is himself facing criminal proceedings in Dubai because of the debt he has incurred as a result of the fraud. "His clients understand that he was victimised," Mr Almazar explains. "But they also have to cover their losses, so right now he doesn't know how he can get back to the UAE. He has spent his life in the UAE. His family are still in the UAE. He fears that he might get apprehended at immigration immediately." Mr Almazar says shame prevents many more of Hushpuppi's victims coming forward. "The scam was very sophisticated. Professionals were victimised. Some are hesitant to admit what has happened." Qatari school fraud Abbas's final big scam before his arrest in Dubai in June 2020 was straight-up identity theft, borrowed from the Yahoo Boy romance scams of his youth. He assumed the identity of a New York banker to entrap his victim, a Qatari businessperson seeking a $15m loan to build a new school in the Gulf state. Between December 2019 and February 2020, Abbas and a gang of alleged middlemen in Kenya, Nigeria and the US groomed and conned the victim out of more than a million dollars. Some of it was laundered via the purchase of a watch worth a staggering $230,000. But soon, the cracks between the gang started to show. One member threatened to blow the whole scam wide open as he was unhappy about the money he was getting. Abbas was determined to shut him up. He texted his contact - Nigerian police officer Abba Kyari - saying: "I want him to go through serious beating of his life. "I want to spend money to send this boy to jail, let him go for a very long time." It is alleged that Mr Kyari then falsely arrested and detained the middleman for a month in a squalid Nigerian cell. And now Mr Kyari too is wanted in the US on charges of fraud, money laundering and identity theft. He has previously denied having any criminal involvement with Abbas - and has not responded to the BBC's requests for comment. Still attracting followers BEC fraud is a huge issue across the world. According to the FBI, in 2020 BEC fraud resulted in losses of $1.8bn. Court documents allege Abbas's crimes cost victims almost $24m in total. But some believe the actual total could be much higher. On Instagram, he dropped the "Billionaire Gucci Master" moniker for "Real Estate Developer" about eight months before his arrest and subsequent transfer to the US to stand trial. Despite him pleading guilty in April to money laundering, Hushpuppi's social media is still live and attracting followers. We contacted Instagram to ask why his account was still open. The social media platform told the BBC that it had carried out an investigation into his account - but had decided not to close it. Just days after we put the same question to Snapchat, which deleted Hushpuppi's account. Dr Oyenuga says Hushpuppi's influence endures as he is still regarded as a role model: "We're in a country where a lot of young people are suffering. They see another young person who was once like them become that great. "I have seen parents who have taken their children to learn how to become Yahoo Boys." Seye says everyone knows Hushpuppi has committed a crime, but it is understandable: "No-one prays to be poor. So when you see someone who is rich, you will pray to God to give you his kind of wealth."
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| Romance › I Went To Nigeria To Meet The Man Who Scammed Me by Charx122(op): 5:24pm On Sep 15, 2021 |
When Maria Grette first discovered that the 58-year-old Danish man with whom she had fallen in love was actually a 24-year-old Nigerian "419" internet scammer, the 62-year-old Swede was distraught. But, soon, her feelings changed. "The most terrible thing was not that he had cheated me, but that he had lost his innocence," she said. She became consumed with what she describes as "a profound need to make a difference to the people of Nigeria". Ms Grette's relationship with Johnny (not his real name) began after an evening of fun and games with her girlfriends, during which they playfully created a profile for her on an online dating website. A few years before, she had gone through a traumatic divorce, and her friends teased her about finally starting a new relationship. But when the fun of creating her profile was over, Ms Grette, who works as an arts teacher, painter and arts therapist, didn't give much further thought to the website. "I received messages telling me that people had contacted me, but I never looked at them," she said. Then, one day, she did. "I still don't know why," she said. "It was like a sudden impulse happening before I could stop it." That particular message was from a man who described himself as a Dane raised in South Carolina, USA; a civil engineer working on a contract in England; a widower with a son in a Manchester university. "I was caught up by the atmosphere and by something in his words," she said. The pre-amble Johnny: "I wish I could see through your eyes and see what you like to see" Maria: "I like to see the truth, and often the truth is more beautiful and greater than people dare to realize" Johnny: "You talk in parable´s. I can´t wait to see you" Maria: "I cant understand how you can think so dedicated of me, when you have never met me. That scares me."  "We spent some time writing, then he called from a UK number." Ms Grette, who had lived in different countries across Europe, was surprised that she could not place the man's accent. She mentioned this to him but didn't give it too much thought. He told her that he was planning for his retirement; had Sweden in mind for a place to settle; owned a house in Denmark inherited from his parents; wanted to leave that to his son, Nick, who was very attached to it, while he looked for a new home for himself in Sweden. "I wanted to meet him because I liked him," she said. "He had a way and a sweetness I had never known in a man before. And he was innocent in a way that puzzled me." IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES image captionA man who said he was Danish started asking Ms Grette for money Ms Grette put all these qualities down to "an old fashioned upbringing and an isolated life - living in hotels and spending his free time on golf courses owing to much travelling". After three months of communicating, the man agreed to come over and visit her in Sweden. But before that, he and his son needed to make a quick trip to Nigeria for a job interview, he said. Johnny called to let her know that he was at Heathrow Airport. And to say that he had landed in Nigeria. He also got her to speak with Nick. The next phone call was to tell her that he was in a Lagos hospital. They had been mugged, his son shot in the head, and they were without money and papers. Unfortunately, his bank did not have a branch in Africa, he added, so it would take time to transfer money from his UK account. Meanwhile, the hospital management was requesting €1000 to proceed with treatment.  The request "Honey, I am in the hospital right now using the doctor´s laptop to send you this message so you can know my situation. Honey, if Nick dies I will also die with him, I have been crying, I wish I could call you, I wish I never came here, I will never forgive myself for bringing Nick along with me. I will call you with the doctor´s phone and send you an email later if I have the chanse. "Honey, I am happy to hear from you and I am still at the hospital. The doctor said we where lucky we where not kidnapped. The bank does not have a location in Africa, so it will take time to get money and the management are requesting 1000 euros to proceed with treatment. Nick is all I have got and I will not forgive myself if anything happens to him. I am confused, and I do not know where to turn at the moment......" "I will never forget how I rushed to the Western Union office, trembling while I did the transfer," Ms Grette said. "All I could think of was to get the two persons in Nigeria out of danger." The plot developed after that initial transfer. Medical complications called for more money. The doctors demanded more advance fees. Several thousands of euro later, in what she describes as "coming to her senses", Maria realised that something was amiss. She stopped responding to his messages Three weeks after her silence, he called her and confessed. He told her that he was not who she thought he was. "I said I already knew that. I asked him to tell me his true identity and he did." He was a 24-year-old Nigerian "419" scammer. He had finished university two years earlier but had no job. These kind of advance fee frauds are known as 419 scams in Nigeria after the section of the Criminal Code which covers fraud. He further described himself as a "devil" who had wronged "a lovely woman". "He said he had never met anyone like me before, that he had been fighting his feelings for me for a long time. He said his scamming mates had warned him about falling in love with a 'client', that he had ignored them because he trusted me and did not want to lose contact with me."  The reveal From this point on, their communication took a new turn. There were no further requests for cash. "The attraction I started feeling was to the person who was revealing himself to me... It was still him, but with a new name and different age and circumstances," she said. Johnny sent her a photograph of himself, but Maria was not satisfied with that. "I wanted to meet him," she said. "I could not live with this relationship unless it was adjusted to reality in all senses." Unable to get him a visa to travel to Sweden, she made up her mind to go to Nigeria. In October 2009, Ms Grette travelled to Africa for the first time in her life. "When I saw him at the airport in Abuja, tears fell over his face, and I knew I had known him all my life." Ms Grette described her two weeks in Nigeria as blissful, a period during which she and Johnny succeeded in transforming their romantic feelings for each other into a good friendship. She met his friends, many of whom were also scammers. It was while enjoying their company one night in a local bar that she began to wonder how she could make a difference. asked myself what I could do to prevent a situation where healthy, good young men fall into this trap," she said. An idea came to her two years later, in 2011, after she saw an article on a Nigerian news website about an arts exhibition. Over the past six years, Ms Grette has arranged for a number of African artists to visit Europe for arts exhibitions, workshops, conferences and competitions. She has assisted them to source international grants and other funding to advance their work. She has also visited Uganda to give talks on art, and is looking forward to another visit to Nigeria scheduled for later this year. Grette, now 69 and living in Norway, is elated at the opportunity to improve the lives of these young artists. "Johnny has given me more than he took," she said, "Without him, I would not have met Africa." When she'd visited him in Abuja, Johnny promised Ms Grette that he would give up scamming. With her assistance, he left Nigeria shortly afterwards, to study in America. Although they have not met each other again since, she continued to provide him with financial assistance until he completed his degree a few years ago and got a job in the American oil sector. They still communicate frequently, updating themselves on each other's lives; and last year, he bought one of her paintings which she shipped over to him in America. "He is very dear to me," she said. "He has asked me so many times to forgive him and I told him that the most important thing is to forgive himself.. 5 Likes 1 Share
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| Romance › Re: My Girlfriend Cheated And She Told Me, How Do I React? by Charx122: 11:16pm On Sep 13, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:All the good ladies have been taken..Good luck finding .. |
| Romance › Re: My Girlfriend Cheated And She Told Me, How Do I React? by Charx122: 10:11pm On Sep 13, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:Sooth yourself Mr. I've been married for 7 years now I know what I went through before I did...Most women cheat for no reason... |
| Romance › Re: My Girlfriend Cheated And She Told Me, How Do I React? by Charx122: 8:30pm On Sep 13, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:That's woman for you... |
| Romance › Re: My Girlfriend Cheated And She Told Me, How Do I React? by Charx122: 7:22pm On Sep 13, 2021 |
Obinna53:.forgive her and let her go ...because she's will do it again....A saying that says shame on her if she cheated the first time and if does it the second time shame on you.. |
| Celebrities › Re: “You Bit The Finger That Fed You” - Comedian, MC Morris Calls Out Simi by Charx122: 8:07pm On Sep 10, 2021 |
KindlyAssist:Omo the thing pain the guy..one good turn deserves another.. 1 Like |
| Celebrities › Re: I don't talk with my elder brother, Jude Okoye - Peter Okoye (video) by Charx122: 9:34am On Sep 09, 2021 |
chimjoshjuan:His even proud of saying this ...if is because of Money which can only be made or spent Lord knows best despite your blood... |
| Education › Re: Maria, Pere & Niyi On UNIZIK Exam Question by Charx122: 12:20pm On Sep 08, 2021 |
JimmyDarmody:I thought so too good one |
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