The convicted fraudster had collected N104 million from an American woman in a love scam while posing as a famous Nigerian actor, Frederick Leonard.
South-south Nigeria, to an American named Cheryldene Cook, who was scammed by a Nigerian, Aisosa Ohue.
Apart from the house, which is at Ward 36A Amagba Community in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo, the EFCC also handed over N19 million, a Lexus E350 saloon car, an iPhone 13 Pro Max and a Samsung A31 phone to the American at the EFCC zonal office in Abuja. Ms Cook, accompanied by her lawyer, Mike Nwosu, thanked the commission for the recovery, according to the EFCC statement.
The EFCC has been clamping down on Nigerian fraudsters who amassed illegal fortunes by defrauding women, mostly foreign nationals, who seek love via the internet.a young Nigerian man, Ifechukwu Makwe, in Abuja, for allegedly scamming a Spaniard woman of €5.7million after meeting on social media in 2013.How to avoid being scammed
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