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 Crime › Re: Nigerian Brothers Jailed In US For Sextortion Scam Targeting Teenagers (photos) by TobiAbuja(op): 7:46pm On Sep 05, 2024*. Modified: 10:44pm On Sep 05, 2024 |
Researchers and law enforcement agencies point to Nigeria as a hotspot for this type of crime. In April, two Nigerian men were arrested after a schoolboy from Australia killed himself. Two other men are on trial in Lagos after the suicides of a 15-year-old boy in the US and a 14-year-old in Canada. Nigerian authorities are also working with police in Scotland to investigate the case of 16-year-old Murray Dowey, who killed himself in December. In January, US cyber-company Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) highlighted a web of Nigerian TikTok, YouTube and Scribd accounts sharing tips and scripts for sextortion. Many of the discussions and videos are in Nigerian Pidgin dialect. Nigeria cyber-security professor Adedeji Oyenuga from Lagos State University says he hopes the news of Nigerians being sentenced will filter through to criminals and put them off. "The Ogoshis case has already sent a bad signal. I am hearing from street level that it is having an effect and it might not stop criminals turning to these crimes, but it will likely reduce the numbers," he said. There had been an increase in the number of local victims too and Professor Oyenuga says Nigerian police have had some success in tackling the criminals. It is not the first time that some of Nigeria’s young, tech-savvy population has embraced a new wave of cyber-crime. The term "Yahoo Boys" is used to describe a portion of the population that use cyber-crime to earn a living. It comes from the early 2000s wave of Nigerian Prince scam emails which spread through the Yahoo email service. Dr Tombari Sibe, from cyber-security firm Digital Footprints Nigeria, says cyber-fraud such as sextortion has become normalised among young people in the country, but he hopes that news of the Ogoshis' sentencing spreads fast. "They see cybercrime as a bloodless crime, with potentially lucrative financial rewards. This case needs to be given sufficient coverage to show these young people that sextortion can lead to loss of life and long prison sentences," he said. Photos: Top: Two suspects linked to Australian boy's suicide Bottom three: Murray Dowey, the 16 year old UK boy who committed suicide. And his parents.
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| Crime › Nigerian Brothers Jailed In US For Sextortion Scam Targeting Teenagers (photos) by TobiAbuja(op): 7:46pm On Sep 05, 2024 |
Two brothers from Nigeria who targeted a 17-year-old in a sextortion scam have been sentenced to 17 years and six months in jail in the US. The Ogoshi brothers, from Lagos, lured Jordan DeMay into sending them explicit images by pretending to be a girl his age - then blackmailed him. He killed himself less than six hours after they started talking on Instagram. It is the first successful prosecution of Nigerians for sextortion in the US, where it is a rapidly growing cyber-crime, often linked to Nigeria. Jordan's mother, Jenn Buta, held pictures of her son in court and wept as she read a victim impact statement. "I am shattered to my core," she said. She welcomed the ending of the trial, but said there was no good outcome from the tragic case. Jordan DeMay was a popular schoolboy from Michigan. Samuel Ogoshi, 24, and Samson Ogoshi, 21, sent him a friend request on Instagram pretending to be a pretty girl his age and then flirted with him. Once they received explicit images from the teenager, they blackmailed him for hundreds of dollars, threatening to share the pictures online with his friends if he did not comply. Jordan sent as much money as he could and warned the scammers that he would kill himself if they spread the images. The criminals replied: “Good… Do that fast - or I'll make you do it.” John DeMay told Marquette federal court in Michigan he still has nightmares after finding his son dead in his bedroom. He said his family was forced to move home to escape the memory. The brothers pleaded guilty in April, external to conspiring to sexually exploit teenage boys in Michigan and across the US. Thirty-eight other US victims were also identified as being targeted by the men. 13 of them were minors. The brothers sat in court in orange jumpsuits with handcuffs. Their defence attorneys said the brothers' crimes were fuelled by drug abuse and the sextortion scam culture in Nigeria. The judge said the crimes showed a "callous disregard for life", especially given they continued targeting other victims after learning that Jordan has died. Both brothers apologised to Jordan's family. "I'm sorry to the family. We made a bad decision to make money and I wish I could change that," Samson Ogoshi said. In the first case of its kind, US police tracked the criminals to Lagos last summer and successfully extradited them for trial. Another Nigerian man linked to Jordan’s death and other cases is fighting extradition. Speaking to the BBC in May from Jordan's family home in the city of Marquette, Jordan's mother praised the police for their work tracking the sextortionists down. But she said she had mixed feelings about the Ogoshis being behind bars. "It's a relief that someone is being held accountable, but there's no good that's coming out of this situation for my family or for the individuals responsible's family," she said. "I miss my son more than I can describe to you, but the mother of those men is probably missing her two sons as well now. She too is really just an innocent bystander of sextortion crime," said Jenn Buta. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7rxpdyz9yo
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| Crime › Re: 4 Killed, 30 Injured In U.S School Shooting (Photos) by TobiAbuja: 8:24am On Sep 05, 2024 |
Sapiosexuality:He is like the anti-Explorers. Truly evil. But he is paid Russian bot so don't be surprised. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Putin Gets Lavish Welcome Party In Mongolia, As He Arrives In Style (Photos) by TobiAbuja: 8:24pm On Sep 03, 2024 |
abysirius:WriterNG sells his services very cheaply. Either that or he is just one of 1000s bots operating outside from Moscow. 1 Like 1 Share |
| European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Ipswich Town Vs Liverpool (0 - 2) On 17th August 2024 by TobiAbuja: 12:58pm On Aug 17, 2024 |
Ref is scared to give yellow cards to Liverpool. Nonsense. |
| Politics › Re: Poland Seeks Release Of Students Detained In Nigeria by TobiAbuja: 9:55am On Aug 09, 2024 |
This is a case of wrong place at wrong time. These students need to be released immediately. How can the government be so incompetent? 1. As already mentioned Poles despise Russians. 2. WHERE IS THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE? Are we really expected to believe that a bunch of oyibo protesting in Kano with Russian flags wouldn't attract attention? Everyone has cameras on their phones. This is simply embarrassing. To the poster above who claims that some Poles want to 'reunite with motherland'....WHAT? Russia has never been there motherland. Just look up Katyn massacre to see how deep the hatred is. Stalin decimated the young male population of Poland. When the authorities also lack this basic education and are so ignorant then international incidents like this occur. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: 6 Polish Nationals And One Nigerien Arrested For Protesting by TobiAbuja: 9:06pm On Aug 06, 2024 |
As already mentioned, Poles hate Russia with a passion. Their country is arming to the teeth in response to Russia's illegal war of aggression. What nonsense is this. 1 Like |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia Sends Air Defences To Iran by TobiAbuja: 2:23pm On Aug 06, 2024 |
Hahaha is this still joke? Russia are losing their s400 and s300 systems at an alarming rate. They have NONE to spare... They can't even protect their own critical infrastructure let alone key sites in Crimea. What are they going to do? Send stones to throw at Israeli missiles? |
| Travel › Re: UK Riots: Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Issues Travel Alert. by TobiAbuja: 10:27am On Aug 05, 2024 |
It wasn't a concert, it was a dance class. Even the basic details we get wrong. Embarrassing. |
| Politics › Re: Protesters Storm Kano Streets With Russian Flags by TobiAbuja: 10:07am On Aug 04, 2024 |
These people are as thick as two planks of wood. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: More Than 80 Russian Soldiers Killed By Tuareg And Jihadists In Tinzawatin(pics) by TobiAbuja: 7:45am On Jul 29, 2024 |
Russian propaganda by the clown stooge writerNG is relentlessly pushed to the FP by a mod here so it's nice to finally have some balance. A professional military force like the French would never have let this happen to them. 1 Like |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Hezbollah Rocket Strikes Majdal Shams Soccer Field In Israel (photos) by TobiAbuja: 10:10am On Jul 28, 2024 |
Some of the victims
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| Sports › Re: Gareth Southgate Lookalike Police Officer Serenaded By England Fans by TobiAbuja: 8:07pm On Jul 12, 2024 |
They take away passports from hooligans so they are generally well behaved. Dutch fans are 100 x worst. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Indian PM Hugs Putin As He Arrives Moscow For Talks (Photos) by TobiAbuja: 7:42am On Jul 09, 2024 |
History won't be kind to Modi for being amenable with the devil.
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Children's Hospital Hit As Russian Strikes Kill Dozens In Ukraine by TobiAbuja: 7:56pm On Jul 08, 2024 |
This will be a defining image of Russia's war of aggression for years to come.
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Children's Hospital Hit As Russian Strikes Kill Dozens In Ukraine by TobiAbuja: 6:41pm On Jul 08, 2024 |
Hitting children's hospitals is a Russian tactic. They did it in Kherson and all over. Ukraine meanwhile focus on military targets. It must be difficult to defend genocidal child killers, yet some on here do
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| Politics › Re: US Soldier Kidnaps & Rapes Underaged Girl In Japan, Gets Arrested (Photos) by TobiAbuja: 6:26pm On Jun 26, 2024 |
mpires:THIS. Don't expect to see this story on the front page though. Nairaland is a Russian troll factory the way this dirge gets pushed to the front page every day. |
| Politics › Re: US Soldier Kidnaps & Rapes Underaged Girl In Japan, Gets Arrested (Photos) by TobiAbuja: 6:24pm On Jun 26, 2024 |
I knew the op would be the paid actor WriterNG. The way he is being pandered to by a mod/super mod is physically disgusting. If only this bot author was so keen on posting russian atrocities and genocide in Ukraine.... But of course there would be no $$$ in it for Nairaland. |
| Science/Technology › Re: 2 U.S Astronauts Are Stranded In Space After Spacecraft Breaks Down (Photos) by TobiAbuja: 7:36am On Jun 25, 2024 |
The only FP news about USA on Nairaland comes from the bot WriterNG. HAHA AN AMERICAN PLANE CRASHED. The only FP news about Russia on Nairaland comes from the bot WriterNG GOD ISN'T RUSSIA SO GREAT. PUTIN IS MAGNIFICENT. The only explanation is bias of the owner or/and paid propaganda. This website is corrupt from the top down, just like this country |
| Sports › Re: Romania Football Fans Chant "Putin" At Euro Match Vs Ukraine by TobiAbuja: 7:06pm On Jun 17, 2024*. Modified: 8:14pm On Jun 17, 2024 |
WriterNig:The Putin stooge is at it again. Making up numbers as he goes yet the mods keep massaging his ego with these non stories on the FP of NL This is a paid propaganda ad like all of this bot's posts. Moscow stock exchange a few days ago below. It won't be long before we'll hear nothing of this account again. 2 Likes
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Putin Demands Ukrainian Troop Withdrawal In Exchange For Peace by TobiAbuja: 10:11pm On Jun 14, 2024 |
What's wrong Putin? Is the war not going to plan? No peace until Russia gets out of all Ukrainian territory, Crimea included. 34 Likes 3 Shares
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia Is Building Africa's Largest Solar Plant In Mali (Photos) by TobiAbuja: 1:45am On May 26, 2024 |
Nairaland, please make it clear when you are putting paid adverts on the front page. WriterNG is a paid shill and clearly money is changing hands for his puff pieces to be on the FP. Be transparent. Russia has extracted $2.5bn worth of gold so far from Africa for their own use and Africa gets nothing back apart from a few bodyguards and some help massacring the odd village. Neo-colonialism at work. 1 Like |
| Crime › Olamide Shanu Who 'Made £2 Million' From Sextortion Of Boys To Appear In Court by TobiAbuja(op): 8:19pm On May 10, 2024 |
A suspected sextortion blackmailer, Olamide Shanu, is believed to have made up to £2 million by threatening to release embarrassing photos and videos of boys.https://saharareporters.com/2024/05/06/nigerian-sextortion-blackmailer-who-made-ps2million-appear-uk-court-threatening-release https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13385757/Suspected-sextortion-blackmailer-threatening-pictures-videos-boys.html 4 Likes 1 Share
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russian & U.S Troops Are Now Sharing The Same Base In Niger (Photos) by TobiAbuja: 7:04am On May 03, 2024 |
These are old pictures. They are keeping separate on the base. Why lie OP? |
| Crime › Re: UK Police Work With Nigerian Authorities After 16yo Boy 'sextortion' Death by TobiAbuja(op): 10:43pm On Apr 30, 2024 |
AbujaBlue:Yes it's a worrying trend. |
| Crime › Re: UK Police Work With Nigerian Authorities After 16yo Boy 'sextortion' Death by TobiAbuja(op): 11:17pm On Apr 29, 2024 |
‘I just think they’re evil…those criminals killed our son.’ Police Scotland are working with authorities in Nigeria to find the perpetrator responsible and to get justice for Murray. Sextortion scams can be perpetrated by individuals but the majority are committed by organised crime groups operating overseas, who often target young men with fake images, before blackmailing them for money. Ros Dowey said: “I just think they’re evil…those criminals killed our son. they can’t just be anonymous people behind the keyboard thousands of miles away. “There has to be consequences and there has to be consequences to deter others from doing this.” Mark said: “That demographic has been chosen very specifically by these criminals for their vulnerability to this crime.” In a statement to ITV News, Superintendent Joanne McEwan, from Police Scotland’s Partnerships, Prevention and Community Wellbeing Department said: “We are experiencing an increase in the number of sextortion incidents being reported and organised crime gangs based overseas are often responsible, although individuals are also involved. “People shouldn’t panic, there is support available from policing and from third party organisations. We encourage victims to come forward. They will be treated with respect and dignity and the circumstances investigated professionally.” ‘It just breaks your heart that that’s what his last moments on earth were… just that terror’ Not only do Murray’s family now face a battle to get justice for their son, they want to put pressure on social media platforms to do more for young peoples safety, and ensure no other family loses a child under these circumstances. Mark Dowey said: “I think the the platforms that these criminals are using need to up the safeguarding, up the protection for young people immediately. I think they know exactly how they could do that. It’s been mooted by many an expert, but nothing’s been done about it. “We’re starting to see a lot of young people dying through this crime.” Mark added: “I would very much like to say to young people if this is happening to you, that is your absolute route out of it, just switch the phone off and walk away from it. Get help. Go and get help.” Ros Dowey said: “There’s all sorts of technologies they can be using because these criminals have a real pattern of behaviour… But I also think the [social media] platforms need to make it easier for children to report a scam and then they act on it really quickly. “More needs to be done in schools and other forms of education to raise awareness to young people that that this can happen and this is what you do when this happens… “And for parents to be aware of it and to not sit there and think it’s some abstract thing that couldn’t happen, you know, it can happen to anybody.” Ros now wants other young people to know that if they do become a victim to sextortion, that “nothing is that bad, that it’s worth taking your own life”. She added: Murray “hated being the centre of attention, so the thought that they were going to share this with all his contacts would have felt like the end of his world, but it wouldn’t have been. “We’d have gotten over it. We’d have helped him through it… rather than what we have now which is no Murray, and we have to live with that for the rest of our lives.” SOURCES: https://news.stv.tv/west-central/they-killed-our-son-the-devastating-impact-of-sextortion-scams-as-cases-soar https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/heartbroken-parents-sextortion-scots-lad-32611454 READ MORE: Alert issued to ALL UK children over online 'sextortion epidemic': Police warn foreign gangs are blackmailing hundreds of kids over intimate pics - as mother of victim, 16, who took his own life issues plea to other desperate youngsters https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13364063/Schools-sextortion-epidemic-alert-Teachers-warned-foreign-gangs-blackmailing-hundreds-children-online-intimate-pics-mother-boy-16-killed-tells-victims-no-matter-terrified-feel-fixed.html
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| Crime › UK Police Work With Nigerian Authorities After 16yo Boy 'sextortion' Death by TobiAbuja(op): 11:16pm On Apr 29, 2024*. Modified: 12:09am On Apr 30, 2024 |
'They killed our son': The devastating impact of sextortion scams as cases soar - Murray Dowey, a 16-year-old from Dunblane, took his own life after he was 'sextorted' by a scammer. - Police Scotland are working with authorities in Nigeria to find the scammers who targeted Murray Dowey from Dunblane, leaving his devastated parents Mark and Ros calling for tougher safeguards Mark and Ros Dowey said their ‘world has been shattered’ since losing their son to suicide in December 2023 When Murray Dowey left his parents watching television downstairs to go up to his bedroom he was a happy sixteen-year-old boy. Just hours later, Murray had taken his own life, having become the latest victim of a surge of sextortion cases in the UK. Murray, 16, from Dunblane was contacted on social media by someone claiming to be a young girl but was actually a scammer, who tricked him into sending an intimate image and then blackmailed him with it. Speaking for the first time about their son’s case, Murray’s parents told ITV News their “whole world has been shattered”. At Murray’s local football club, Stirling Albion, where he spent every weekend with his friends, Mark and Ros Dowey said they “don’t want this to happen to any other family” and called on social media platforms to up the safeguarding for teenagers “immediately”. They share their story as ITV News are given exclusive stats that reveal the UK’s only helpline dedicated to helping victims of intimate image abuse received 54% more sextortion reports in 2023, than the previous year. Sextortion, is when intimate images and/or videos are recorded and used for financial exploitation and coercion; It is mostly committed by organised criminal gangs overseas. Reports to The Revenge Porn Helpline doubled last year reaching nearly 19,000, but sextortion made up over a third of those reports, and is the main form of intimate image abuse reported to the helpline – 93% of those cases were reported by men. ‘The next thing I heard was Ros screaming, screams like I’ve never heard in my life before’ Murray had been enjoying festive celebrations last year with his parents and his two brothers, before going up to his room as normal, but his family “never for a minute thought that was the last time [they] were going to see him.” Ros Dowey, Murray’s mother, said: “That evening we were just chatting and watching rubbish on telly… We were just a normal family of five. “To the next morning, we’re down to four people with a huge Murray-shaped gap that’s never going to go away. “He’s my little boy. To think of my little boy in such distress and not to reach out for help, it’s awful.” Murray took his own life on December 30, 2023, just hours after he was blackmailed by a scammer. Mark Dowey, Murray’s father, said he was “sitting watching the football, next thing I heard was Ros screaming, screams like I’ve never heard in my life before… it was horrendous.” “He was a very normal, easygoing, helpful boy, had a great sense of humour… I can’t believe he’s gone. “One of the reasons it is so devastating as it comes into your house, exactly where Murray should have been safest in his room, asleep. So there’s very little you can do to protect them.” We thought we were dealing with suicide… [it was] absolute torture’ For two weeks, before police confirmed that Murray had been a victim of sextortion, Mark and Ros were left questioning everything they knew about their son’s mental wellbeing. Ros told us: “He was a normal, happy teenager… he had plans. He had everything to look forward to… he was talking about saving up for a summer holiday with his friends. “The panic and terror he must have been in for however long this went on, whether it was minutes or hours, I’m devastated for him, that he was just obviously in such a state that he thought taking his life was the only thing he could do. “We’d had lots of conversations with our boys about online safety [and] social media… you’d never, ever imagine it’s going to hit you because you’re just a ‘normal family’ and these things don’t happen.” Mark said: “We thought we were dealing with suicide… [it was] absolute torture… indeed he did take his own life but he was very much taken to that point by these criminals.” “As parents, were very good at telling kids what not to do, but maybe not so good at telling them what to do if they do do it. “I think that’s something we really need to take away from this, that you need to give them that information, that if they do step over that line, don’t panic. Don’t do what Murray did.”
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| Crime › Re: Sextortion Case: Two Arrested In Nigeria After Australian Boy's Suicide by TobiAbuja: 7:37am On Apr 08, 2024 |
This is a high stakes game these morons were playing. They deserved to be captured and put away. 6 Likes |
| Travel › Re: 4 Dead As U.S Airplane Crashes In Virginia (Photos) by TobiAbuja: 10:36am On Mar 11, 2024 |
This OP is so hard for American planes crashes that he is now covering private aircraft crashes. And still a mod is pushing it to the front page? This might reach regional news in the US, but not national. There are over 200,000 aircraft in the US. Sadly crashes happen. Yet, Nairaland's biggest Putinbot decides to write a post on it and it immediately gets pushed to the front page. Again and again. It's either a writerng fanboy mod or this is paid propaganda. My guess is the second. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Hungary’s Parliament Ratifies Sweden’s Bid To Join NATO by TobiAbuja: 9:15pm On Feb 26, 2024 |
WrriterNg:They're not capable of annexing anything since Crimea. 2 Likes 1 Share
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Hungary’s Parliament Ratifies Sweden’s Bid To Join NATO by TobiAbuja: 9:11pm On Feb 26, 2024 |
happney65:The man deserves an award. 2 Likes
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: U.S Military Helicopter Crashes, Killing 2 Soldiers During Training (Photo) by TobiAbuja: 10:27am On Feb 25, 2024 |
WrriterNg:Look at the wannabe Sherlock Holmes here. They shot down a SECOND OF THEIR OWN A-50 WORTH 360M USD? It's hilarious that you believe in their own incompetence. The fact is they would rather claim they are incompetent than admit Ukraine has the capability to shoot down their planes. Which they plainly do. Let's look at current Russian losses before you yap some minor accidents by the most powerful military in the world. I agree with the majority on here on the irony that the one unpaid Russian troll (and his multiple accounts) and the one mod who keeps pushing this stuff to the front page (maybe they are the same person) never report on Russian losses. Or that they bombed their own city this week (Belgorod).
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