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00:00Men of the Nigeria police force have arrested four men who allegedly conspired together,
00:05disguised as women and defrauded a Croatian national.
00:10Police said the suspects fraudulently obtained the nude photographs of the Croatian man during
00:15their sex conversations on a dating app that later progressed to Instagram and WhatsApp.
00:21The police, while parading the suspects on Thursday, said they used the photographs to
00:26threaten to blackmail the Croatian and demanded payment from the victim before the issue was
00:31reported via the police online reporting app.
00:35The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Center, NPF-NCCC, has recently arrested four
00:42suspects in connection with an alleged case of sextortion and romance scam.
00:47The suspects, Abudunrin Rashid, male, Abudunrin Tunde, male, and Abudunrin Roki, male, were
00:56apprehended following a report via the NPF-NCCC e-reporting portal and an intelligence report
01:02from the center.
01:05Investigation revealed that the suspects met a Croatian national on a dating app and claimed
01:09to be a woman.
01:11Their continuous chats progressed to Instagram and WhatsApp leading to an intimate relationship.
01:17However, the Croatian was deceived into sending nude pictures of himself through the dating
01:23app.
01:24The suspect subsequently conspired and pressured him to pay ransom or have his pictures sent
01:30to his family and friends.
01:32The operatives of the NPF-NCCC conducted a due investigation following the obtained information
01:39from the report, which led to the apprehension of the suspects and the recovery of the following
01:44exhibits related to the crime.
01:47The recovered exhibits include six iPhones, one Teglo phone, one Samsung phone, and a
01:53Lexus car.
01:55Further investigations revealed that the suspects have previously engaged in numerous similar
02:00cybercriminal activities, both collectively and individually, defrauding and extorting
02:06numerous victims globally.
02:08The proceeds of these crimes were primarily received through gift cards like the iTunes
02:13gift cards, Steel gift cards, etc.
02:17The suspects will be charged in court upon completion of the investigations.
02:22The Inspector General of Police, IJP Kayode Adeolu Egbetukun, carebuy urges Nigerians
02:29to be wary of suspicious online activities of scammers and other cybercriminals and also
02:35sends a strong warning to all individuals and groups involved in all sorts of cybercrime.
02:41The Nigeria Police Force will not relent in its fight against all sorts of crime and criminality.
02:48The IJP further reiterates the commitment of the Nigeria Police Force to dominating
02:53Nigerian cyberspace and taking strict action against individuals or groups attempting to
02:58compromise national peace and security.
03:02The IJP assures Nigerians of his dedication to bolstering national security and tackling
03:07all forms of crime in every sector.
03:10Furthermore, citizens are encouraged to report any suspicious activities through the e-reporting
03:16portal of the NPF-NCCC, nccc.npf.gov.ng slash e-report slash signing to end in the timely
03:25identification and apprehension of cybercriminals.
03:28Olumu Iwa Adejebi, the first Public Relations Officer stated in a news release on Thursday.
03:41SSE, which school did you attend?
03:43I went to the Kenadela Junior High School.
03:46At the Kenadela Junior High School, where?
03:49Lagos, the school in Lagos.
03:52So what led you to this?
03:54How old are you?
03:55Thirteen.
03:57So what led you to this?
03:59What led you to this dirty and criminal deal?
04:02When you see the officers, everyone has a respectful environment.
04:06But the second officer called Nigeria to the local government and he was actually abusing
04:12me.
04:14Why are you to this business?
04:16How much have you made so far from this business?
04:20I've made up to four million.
04:24Four million?
04:26From whom did you recover the lasers?
04:30You have a gym?
04:32Is it a gym or a car?
04:35Lasers?
04:37So from this business too?
04:39I sell car and clothes.
04:41You sell car?
04:43You sell clothes?
04:45And you're also a Fuji musician?
04:47You can sing Fuji?
04:49Can you sing something for me now?
04:51Can you sing?
04:53Can you sing?
04:55Eh?
04:57You can't sing?
04:59You're a musician, can you sing?
05:01Eh?
05:04I want to hear you sing.
05:10Fuji now.
05:12You can sing Fuji.
05:14You start with oh, have you already done it?
05:16Yeah, yeah.
05:18Antena.
05:20So if you can sing,
05:22why can't you develop
05:24your talents
05:26and be a good musician?
05:28Because I love good music.
05:30I sing too.
05:33To come and sing for me,
05:35to come and do festivals,
05:37to come and do this,
05:39we can help, we can project you
05:41the way we project people.
05:43So why did you go to this dirty deal
05:45of distortion?
05:47Which picture do you use
05:49to attract the men?
05:51You go to a man and you tell him
05:53you're a woman.
05:55How do you get those pictures?
05:57Any online picture you use?
05:59Pardon?
06:01Our men, you can see,
06:03many of you, they always follow
06:05women online.
06:07This is not
06:09the way I do it, so
06:11you can see the person
06:13you have followed
06:15online,
06:17his name is actually
06:19Rasheed.
06:21What are the names you use
06:23online?
06:27Do you know any of them?
06:30Eh?
06:32Eh? You use Rose?
06:34Rosemary? Ornette?
06:36Grace?
06:38Celestina?
06:40Jennifer? Esther?
06:42What are the names?
06:44So that everyone can know
06:46the names.
06:50Medis?
06:52Medis and Maria?
06:54Medlis?
06:56And Maria?
06:59Marian?
07:01Mirian?
07:03So no, all of them are English,
07:05it's not a universal name.
07:07Why don't you use another name?
07:09Automatic?
07:11Okay, actually your targets
07:13are foreigners,
07:15so that the name can be very familiar
07:17and very okay for them.
07:19It's very unfortunate,
07:21you don't have a job
07:23as a self-taught
07:25and you're a musician.
07:28You should have developed a talent
07:30so that you don't fall off the law.
07:32Today,
07:34please today,
07:36you.
07:38Do you have any questions for
07:40Yes.
07:42How many people have you
07:44duped in your life?
07:46And why did you choose to use
07:48the white people instead of the black people?
07:52How many people have you duped first?
07:55Please,
07:57voice out and talk.
08:03Can you tell us
08:05the number of people you have
08:07duped so far, you have done this week?
08:11Can you still remember how many of them?
08:13So I've realised 4 million error.
08:15Can you remember? Is it only from one person?
08:17Like how many?
08:19225 people.
08:21225 people.
08:23225 people.
08:25225 people.
08:27225 people.
08:29And they are all white.
08:31They are all white.
08:33Why the choice of white men?
08:35Is it because they trust easily
08:37or they are going for what?
08:39Or they love women?
08:43Why the choice of white men?
08:45Why did you go for white men?
08:48Answer me.
08:50Answer me.
08:52They are not doing any engineering for you.
08:54They have not done this or any engineering for you.
08:56So what is your advice
08:58to young men that are into the same thing?
09:00Or you are planning to be into this business?
09:02Can you give them any advice?
09:12Come the end of war.
09:14Come the end of war.
09:17So you regret now?
09:19What have you done?
09:23That's alright.
09:25Rokim.
09:27Am I right?
09:29Rokim.
09:31You are 21 years.
09:33What's your qualification?
09:39SS3.
09:41Are you the same father, the same mother?
09:43The three of you?
09:47Why did you decide to do this business?
09:49Why the three of you are the same father, the same mother?
09:53To win.
09:59Kill all my babies.
10:07Kill all my babies.
10:16Do you have any business in Moscow?
10:20Do you have business in God forbid?
10:25Join them.
10:27Are you interested in politics?
10:29For God forbid?
10:33For God forbid?
10:35His name is Weta.
10:37He does what he does.
10:40No freedom yet.
10:42But things to do only to make some money.
10:46You actually wanted to get money to buy your angel, your machine, so you couldn't have
11:01the money.
11:02So how did you now decide to go to Disneyland?
11:06So your brother introduced you to it.
11:16So how did he introduce you to it?
11:18What did he tell you?
11:19How did you know that your brother introduced you to it?
11:35So you have a similar phone, or he bought the phone for you.
11:45What type of phone did you use?
11:47I can see who is actually getting more.
11:50Lonely Street.
11:52So Loke, he taught you how to do it.
11:55Yeah.
11:56Where are your parents?
11:59Your father and your mother where are they?
12:00I don't know.
12:01You never know.
12:02So are they aware that you have been arrested?
12:04Yes.
12:05One month.
12:06How did you get to know?
12:08I don't know.
12:13Okay, gentlemen of the press,
12:16as you can see so far, we're back.
12:18You can see just by the photo that we have a case like this.
12:26Involving three siblings,
12:29the same father, the same mother from Uganda.
12:34Abod during Rashid, Abod during Tule,
12:39and Abod during Oki.
12:41So parents, I think it's our assignment for us,
12:45let us give a quote to our children at once.
12:47I'm sure if the parents have been careful enough,
12:51if they have taken interest in monitoring what they do,
12:54if they have noticed a lot of things
12:56that have strained the lives of their children,
12:59here we are again.
13:01Imagine, dear Nigerians and other people,
13:05to just be very, very careful and conscious of what to do,
13:10the friends you make,
13:10and how you make use of application and protocols online.
13:14Cyber space is big room,
13:17and we have people who are there or in the space
13:21to commit crimes like what the Abodorans have done.
13:25It's quite unfortunate, I don't know if you're happy
13:27to see this.
13:28Even we that we are brilliant,
13:29we are not happy to see such things.
13:31Quite unfortunate and very sad indeed.
13:35But every event becomes a history,
13:37and we have brought them here for you people,
13:40for Nigerians and general public to know and learn
13:43that we have things like this online,
13:45and the cyber space can be so slippery.
13:48At this age, we find it awesome.
13:51So that is the journey so far.
13:52We will continue to update you,
13:54talk to people again,
13:56but let me just tell you, as I speak with you,
13:58even with their kids,
14:00we have more than 50 cases,
14:01similar cases we are seeing in the National Cybercrime
14:05Center of the Nigerian Police Force,
14:07which means people don't want to learn from people's mistakes.
14:11Please learn from people's mistakes
14:13so that will not be a big issue.
14:15Thank you, and enjoy the rest of your day.
14:17Satuwa Akandebe,
14:19bringing you the news in a more digital way.