Police arrested makes Facebook fraudster posing as a female to extort money from victims. Internet fraud has over the years become one of the commonest ways people use in enriching themselves. While others pose as businessmen and rip people off their wealth, some males also pose as females to extort money from their victims.
The Kano State Police Command has arrested one, Musa Lurwanu Maje, a Facebook fraudster who engaged in identity theft to dupe his unsuspecting victims. This was made known by DSP Abdullahi Kiyawa, the Kano State Police Command PRO.
Musa who is 26 years of age, and assumed a female identity as Zahara Mansur, was requesting his male victims to send him their nude videos. He then used those videos to extort money from the victims by threatening to publish the videos for public consumption, and as it's widely known posting someone's nude online is a crime and punishable by law.
The suspect opened the Facebook account, using a female identity and profile picture, to purposely dupe men through blackmail. Many have fallen victim to his blackmail by sending him money and others to prevent their nudes from spreading online.
Following persistent complaints from different victims, the police launched an investigation to reveal the identity of the fraudster. He was finally tracked down and arrested.
DSP Kiyawa said the suspect will soon be arraigned in court and will have the necessary punishment if found guilty of the crimes leveled against him.
Users reacted to the news and urged the police to launch an investigation immediately and arraign him for court so the law can take its course. Most people fall victim to such crimes. The culprits use pictures of very beautiful ladies without their consent and extort money from men who approach them with love, lure them, and finally dupe them.
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