Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested a suspect, Udochukwu Ugochukwu Simeon, for allegedly creating fraudulent clones of the Commission’s e-mail address, and using same to defraud unsuspecting victims.
Spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren 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 uses to impersonate the EFCC.
According to him, investigation by the Cybercrimes Unit at the Commission’s headquarters, Abuja indicated that the suspect also uses 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 from some of his victims.
Uwujaren said Ugochukwu’s activities amount to forgery, identity theft, impersonation as well as cybersquatting, adding that he will be charged to court upon the completion of the investigation.
