The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, said a suspected internet fraudster, Emeofa, has been arrested for allegedly defrauding a Swedish national of $100,000 in an internet romance scam.
Vanguard gathered that the suspect, who is based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was apprehended following a petition written by the victim, Hengameh Misepasi, through the Nigerian Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
Spokesman for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said the suspect allegedly met the victim online in February 2013 and falsely represented himself as Michael Briggs, an American business executive on business visit to Nigeria.
He explained that in the course of their affairs, Emeofa promised to marry the victim and later began to make monetary demands from her, using various excuses.
Uwujaren said: “Once, he told her that he had problems with government officials and requested for a loan. He later cajoled her into partnering him on a phantom timber business. The last request he made before he was arrested was a demand for $10,000 to enable him travel to Denmark to meet her. It was while he was attempting to draw the $100 sent by the victim (instead of the $10,000 requested) through Western Union that he was arrested.
