Terrorism: EFCC confirms arrests of 14 suspects

[Ete]

Taken from
Nigeriaworld.com

The  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a terrorism suspect in a raid on a cybercaf?, NetXpress, located on Road 51, Festac town, Lagos. The commission disclosed that 13 other suspects caught in the act of sending scam mails to Europe and America, were also arrested

The  suspect who claimed to represent a faceless terror group, Terrorist International was caught demanding payoff from a multinational oil company to forestall the kidnap of its expatriate staff in the Niger Delta. The other suspects were caught sending scanned documents purportedly issued by Chief Executives of Nigerian government agencies such as the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.

During the operation which lasted for two hours, several documents and equipment being used by the fraudsters to commit advance fee fraud were confiscated. Among these were more than 30 computer units.

The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigation, which is still ongoing, is concluded.

The Commission has in recent weeks stepped up the arrest of Internet fraudsters following the enactment of the new Advance Fee Fraud Act, which empowers EFCC to close down any cyber- caf? being used to send 419 letters. Apart from the scam artist, both the owner of the caf? and the landlord of the building where it is located are also held liable for the crime.
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Question; Are internet fraudsters and 419ers now classified as terrorist?  LOL

[Muhsin]

Keep it up EFCC! Keep it up Ribadu! You have done a wonderful work.

[lionger]

Ete I guess the EFCC feels they have done Nigeria's image enough damage to be classified as terrorists  :lol:

[Ete]

Lionger, LOL. I guess so. Damn those 419 terrorists that always terroriize people with their 419 emails. Oh, by the way, here's a site you should check out when you have some time. It is extremely funny. This is a 419 baiting site.  This is where some white peope bait and 419 419ers.....

http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm

Enjoy.

[neozizo]

Question; Are internet fraudsters and 419ers now classified as terrorist? LOL

Answer:Kidnap as well as similar activities carried-out by youths in the ND can also be classified as acts of Terrorism
"The suspect who claimed to represent a faceless terror group, Terrorist International was caught demanding payoff from a multinational oil company to forestall the kidnap of its expatriate staff in the Niger Delta. The other suspects were caught sending scanned documents purportedly issued by Chief Executives of Nigerian government agencies such as the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC."

[lionger]

Just look at this letter I got in my email about a month ago:


Bills & Exchange Department
Irish Nationwide
Building Society
Bankcentre,
Ballsbridge,
Dublin, Ireland

Dear Sir

     I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of money from a deceased customer's account who On the 25th of July 2000, the deceased, Christian Eich, 57, an Engineer, his wife and two children and his wife's parents all perished in the jet. You can read through for more information via the following ; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Although I know that a transaction of this magnitude might make
anyone apprehensive,I would like to assure you that we are sending you this mail with the best of intensions.

    Since then We have been trying to get this funds out of the bank, the sum of US$11,500,000.00 (Eleven Million, Five Hundred United States Dollars)in an account that belongs to our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in the above accident stated above.

    Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as the heir. We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out by us for the funds (US$11,500,000.00) to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate court, an order of madamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries.

Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;

1. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.

    These requirements will enable us file a letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can be made. We shall be compensating you with 1.5 Million Dollars on final conclusion of this project, while the rest shall be for us.Your share stays with you while the rest shall be for us for investment purposes in your country.

    If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed in you, I await your urgent response to this email. You can as well reach me via:johnsonwerners_yard02@yahoo.co.uk

Regards,

Dr. Johnson Werner



I get stuff like this every now and then. Honestly sometimes I'm tempted to reply and insult them to the high heavens  :evil: . We've even lost a familiy friend thanks to these scammers.

[Barde]

Question; Are internet fraudsters and 419ers now classified as terrorist? LOL

Answer:Kidnap as well as similar activities carried-out by youths in the ND can also be classified as acts of Terrorism
"The suspect who claimed to represent a faceless terror group, Terrorist International was caught demanding payoff from a multinational oil company to forestall the kidnap of its expatriate staff in the Niger Delta. The other suspects were caught sending scanned documents purportedly issued by Chief Executives of Nigerian government agencies such as the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC."

Zizo, Have you forgotten that Terrorism is now synonymous to Islam? perhaps those arrested are not muslims that was why Ete is asking.

[neozizo]

I am rather too aware of that unfortunate fact Barde.
I just tryn to fight the sterotypn of all kinds of terrorist to be muslims.