{"id":26771,"date":"2020-06-23T07:09:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T06:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=26771"},"modified":"2020-06-23T07:09:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T06:09:32","slug":"how-fake-bank-alerts-are-generated-fake-mrs-abba-kyari-caught-in-fraud-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=26771","title":{"rendered":"How fake bank alerts are generated; fake Mrs. Abba Kyari caught in fraud – Police"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Police on Monday said they have arrested four suspects over alleged generation of fake bank alerts and sending same as evidence of online payment for transactions to defraud their victims.
\nThe Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this at a media briefing in Abuja.
\nHe said the suspects were specialists in generating fake alerts for sundry purposes, including payment for commercial sex.
\nMba called on shop and business owners to be mindful of customers who transact business with them and make payments online.
\nOne of the suspects, who spoke to newsmen, said the fake alerts were being generated and sent to victims, especially sex workers, as evidence of online payment.
\n\u201cIf I have something to do with a lady and she is calling for high amount, I will collect the account details and forward to my team member who screenshots it and send back as alert to the lady
\n\u201cThe transaction is called `breeze\u2019 because if the transfer is made and the alert received Immediately, the money does not last more than 15 minutes in the victim\u2019s account before reversing back.
\n\u201cSometimes, I go to club, carry girls on the street and when they charge me high, I don\u2019t bargain with them.
\n\u201cAfter I am through with them, I transfer their money first thing in the morning and make sure they confirm receiving the alert immediately.
\n\u201cOnce the alert is received, I leave them because the transaction reverses back within 15 minutes and once it reversed, you know that it is a fake alert,\u201d he said.
\nAccording to the suspect, any transaction that does not reflect the kobo in the beneficiary\u2019s account after addition to the original account is fake.
\nMba said that a 54-year-old man had been arrested for fraudulently luring a Filipino lady to Nigeria after developing online social relationship with her.
\nThe FPRO said the suspect met the woman, sometimes in 2017 online, developed a social relationship and by Novembers 2019, lured her to visit him in Nigeria.
\nAccording to Mba, upon the arrival of the lady, the suspect took her to his village where he kept her incommunicado for six months.
\nHe said the lady was maltreated and assaulted physically and sexually until she was rescued by Police operatives from Unity Police Station, Enugu, following intelligence report.
\nMba said that three suspects had also been arrested for establishing a fake Frank Mba Foundation and opening an account for the foundation to defraud the public at the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic.
\nHe said the suspects also opened Facebook account and other online platforms in the name of the foundation and started soliciting for funds from Nigerians.
\nThe FPRO said that the suspects had projected themselves as humanitarians, who were working with Frank Mba Foundation, to raise funds to support vulnerable Nigerians.
\nHe said that the suspects were arrested by Police online monitoring team, adding that investigation into the case had commenced.
\nMba said that a 58-year-old man had also been arrested for impersonating Mrs Abba Kyari, Wife of the Late Chief of Staff to the President.
\nHe said the suspect had reached out to prominent Nigerians, soliciting for donations to enable him organise special prayers for the soul of the late chief of staff
\nAccording to Mba, in the course of doing that, some of the prominent Nigerians contacted became suspicious and reached out to the Police.
\n\u25aa\ufe0e By NAN<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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