EFCC Press Release: EFCC Arrests Man for £30,000 Love Scam

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, January 24, 2018, arrested one Fidelis Iruedo, a suspected love scammer, for allegedly defrauding a United Kingdom citizen of £30,000 (Thirty Thousand Pounds) in a romance scam.

Luck ran out of Iruedo, 31, after a petition to the Commission by the Nigerian High Commission, London, on behalf of one Alan Digweed, a UK citizen, alleging that the suspect had defrauded his victim of the said amount of money.

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Investigations by the EFCC revealed that Iruedo, who voluntarily confessed to the crime, met his victim between July and December 2017, via a date site, match.com.

The suspect, while parading as a lady, procured British passport using the name ‘Tracy Anderson’ with which he used to defraud the victim.

He was arrested in Abuja, during an attempt to make withdrawal in a bank.

On arrest, items recovered from him include: several scam letters, 3 flash drives, 1 iphone and a laptop computer.

The suspect will be arraigned in court as soon as investigations are concluded.

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January 24, 2018