The operatives of the Uyo zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on September 3, 2020, arrested three suspected fraudsters for land scam in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
According to the EFCC, the suspects arrested for the land scam are: Ubah Victor Gozie( 25), Sunday Justice( 24) and Okon Mark Uduak(27) were arrested at their office, located on Oron road, directly opposite the Akwa-Ibom State’s Water Board.
The Commission also stated that the arrest of the suspects for the land scam, was based on intelligence gathered by the Commission, on how they were allegedly defrauding innocent indigenes of Akwa Ibom state, in the guise of offering them real estate services, using the name, Royal Dream Estate.
Their fraudulent methods involved advertising several plots of land for sale, on their facebook page (Royal Dream Estate), and luring their victims, by offering them landed properties at choice areas, at very cheap rates, of not less than N600, 000 (Six Hundred Thousand Naira only ).
The Commission also stated that reports showed that they often sell same land, at same rates to other buyers and had made sales to the tune of N9,000,000( Nine Million Naira only).
During a search, several incriminating documents were found in their possession, including copies of fake Deeds of Conveyance. Other items recovered from them include 2 desktops, one Lexus ES 300 car and several other fraudulent documents printed from their desktops.
Also arrested was a 33- year old suspected Internet fraudster: Omos Michael, who was nabbed at his residence, located at Ikot Akpan-Abia, Uyo
Micheal, while being interrogated, confessed that he is an Internet fraudster, specializing in love scam. He confessed that he has made over N3,000,000 (Three Million Naira only ) through the illicit business.
A forensic analysis of his laptop, further revealed that he used the name ‘Brad McDonald Lampard’ to defraud most of his female victims, who are mostly foreigners.
One of his victims, Nancy Strassner, whom Michael allegedly promised to marry, offered him $3500. He later dumped the 60-year old lady.