Sunday, June 16, 2013

FACEBOOK SCAMMER ARRESTED : Fake ‘Gov. Uduaghan’ dupes victims of N5 million via Facebook

Emmanuel UDUAGHAN
He got away with it for a while, swindling unsuspecting Nigerians of their cash simply by posing as the governor of Delta state, Emmanuel Uduaghan. But the law eventually caught up with him, and now, Philip Urieh, a 27 year old graduate of Accountancy from the Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Delta state, is in the net of the State Security Services.
He was paraded by the director of the State Security Service (SSS) in Delta State, Mrs. Florence Ikanone for allegedly impersonating Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan on the social networking site, Facebook.
Urieh, who hails from Uzere in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta, opened a Facebook account with the name and picture of Gov. Uduaghan.  He responded to messages as though he was the governor, offering juicy contracts and government appointments in return for a fee.
The fact that people were falling for this is a different matter entirely and shows that the victims were also culpable in misdemeanor.
“The suspect’s modus operandi is that he receives messages and responds to them as if he were the executive governor. He defrauded one Felix from Agbor through the Facebook account to the tune N1.2 million on the promise of making him to sponsor beauty pageant.
“In addition, he paid N600,000 for billboards, praising the governor; N480,000 to be given to Chief of Staff; N540,000 for repairs of a Kia salon car belonging to subject; and he was equally instructed to pay N500,000 to be given to the Speaker of the State House of Assembly to ease his screening as a commissionership candidate,”  said the SSS boss.
Urieh was caught after some of his victims lodged complaints against him, leading to the SSS mounting surveillance on him.

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