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Nigeria’s anti-graft agency has arrested 792 suspects in a raid at Victoria Island in Lagos, the largest city in the country. The raided building was being used as a prior hub to operate scams.

In such scams, called “crypto romance scams,” the fraud actors would attract victims with offering romantic interest. Once the victims get obsessed with them, the criminals would press them to hand over cash for fake cryptocurrency investments and other non-existent projects.

According to the report by AsiaOne, The suspects, including a total of 148 Chinese, 40 Filipinos, two Kharzartans, one Pakistani, and one Indonesian, were arrested during the agency’s operation.

The criminals primarily used social media and messaging platforms, including WhatsApp, Instagram, and Telegram to get connected with the victims. Most Americans, Canadians, Mexicans, and several others from European countries were targeted as victims by the scammsters.

For those who showed interest, they were asked for activation fees, starting from $35, for an account on the platform.

Wilson Uwujaren, the Spokesperson at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said, “The Commission was collaborating with international partners and would look into potential links to organized crime.”

He further said that the agents of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency have seized computers, phones, and vehicles in the raid.

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Crime doesn't pay

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But you love Hamas terrorists criminals

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and you love murderers

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I Love GOD'S covenant People

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You take so much joy in Deceiving yourself!


John 8:44

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.