This white man has been posing as a Nigerian Prince to scam people
A 67-year-old man named Micheal Neu, was
reportedly arrested on suspicion of involvement of fraud, scheme that defrauded
people of thousands of dollars. Police finally arrest the alleged man parading
himself as a Nigerian prince, and successfully scamming thousands.
The Nigeria Police Department
revealed in a statement that Neu acted as a middle man to most Nigerian Scammers obtaining money and wiring funds to his
co-conspirators.
According to the Federal Trade
Commission, the scammers are said to operate by posing as Nigerian royalty or
high-ranking officials and persuading victims to provide them with financial
assistance or personal information to retrieve a non-existent inheritance.
"Most
people laugh at the thought of falling for such a fraud, but law enforcement
officials report annual losses of millions of dollars to these schemes," Slidell police said in a statement.
“If
it sounds too good to be true, it probably is," Slidell Police Chief Randy Fandal said in a
released statement. "Never give out personal
information over the phone, through e-mail, cash checks for other individuals,
or wire large amounts of money to someone you don’t know. 99.9 percent of the
time, it’s a scam.”
The police also revealed
that their investigation is ongoing but that the fact that many of those
accused of involvement in the scheme live outside the U.S., and this has proved
to be a problem for the investigation.
Although these scams have
become notorious, thousands still fall for them.
Jim Emmanuel.
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Please, you all need to be careful on how you disclose your Bank info on line or through mobile calls.
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