''In other cases, they would call the company or businessman with the phone number on the business proposal documents…” FakeSyndicate Police NigeriaPolice
An Abuja-based fraud syndicate that specialises in defrauding unsuspecting members of the public under the guise of assisting them to procure Federal Government contracts, has been arrested by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team .
The source said: “When they stumble on any document of unsuspecting Nigerians, they would, in some cases, write to the company or businessman, with a letter-headed paper from the Federal Ministry, where the document was found and include a phone number belonging to a member of the syndicate, which the businessman or company would contact.
It was learnt that ‘Alhaji’ had submitted his business proposal for road construction and a member of the syndicate contacted him, claiming he was one of the personal assistants of a director in the ministry, where the ‘Alhaji’ submitted his proposal. He was asked to inform the ‘Alhaji’ that his proposal was being considered.
The IGP was said to have swiftly deployed his operatives at the IRT, headed by Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari, who has a track record of hunting down high-profile criminals. He said he lost all the money he used to do business to fraudsters and said after he attempted to get back his money, the people who defrauded him asked him to join them.
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