September 27, 2024
By Samuel Ogunsona
The Delta State Police Command has arrested 123 suspected internet fraudsters, also known as “yahoo boys,” in a raid on an estate in Warri.
Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, confirmed the arrests.
“The suspects were lured with promises of learning BTC trading and Forex, only to find themselves in ‘Hustlers Kingdom’ (HK), a notorious cybercrime training network,” Edafe said.
In a viral video posted online, made available to TYT, Edafe revealed that the suspected fraudsters as young as 17-year-old deceives online community by flaunting false wealth on social media, just to lure some innocent young people to join them at a particular estate in Warri where they were subjected to physical abuse and exploitation.
In the video, Edafe said in part, “We are here at Ekpan Police Station Effurun Divisional HQ, where we will be parading about 123 suspected internet fraudsters who were engaged in the business of internet fraud.”
“Their modus operandi is that they engage their agents who go on social media to flaunt wealth that most times isn’t even theirs and convince unsuspecting boys from the ages of 17, 18, 19, 20 that they want to teach them Forex and crypto business.
“They lure some from Kaduna, Akwa-Ibom, and Ibadan to that particular estate and beat the hell out of them, feeding them only when they feel like feeding them,” he said.
The police are investigating the suspects’ involvement in the “Hustlers Kingdom” network.
