By Ife Osemedua
365Daily – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested one Udochukwu Ugochukwu Simeon who allegedly created fraudulent clones of the Commission’s e-mail address to defraud unsuspecting victims.
A statement issued by the agency’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujiaren, on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, said the 26-year-old suspect created an Outlook email account of the Commission, “efccnigeria.org.ng@outlook.com” and a webmail, ”info@efcc-nigeria.org.ng” which he used to impersonate the EFCC.
It said investigation by the Cybercrimes Unit at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja indicated that the suspect also used the two fake e-mail accounts to send messages to his victims, while posing as an officer of the Commission trying to help his victims recover their stolen monies.
Before his arrest on April 21, 2021, the suspect had already received over $3,000 (Three Thousand US Dollars) from some of his victims.
EFCC said Ugochukwu’s activities amounted to forgery, identity theft, impersonation and cybersquatting.
It added that he will be charged to court upon the completion of the investigation.