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| Miss Sanders. Photo credit: EFCC |
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been
commended for helping to recover $2000 for an American victim of love scam,
Margaret Sanders, just as the agency announced the recovery of $23,886 for
another victim.
Sanders who lives in Sherman, Texas, made the commendation
after she was presented with a cheque for the sum by agents of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, FBI.
She expressed delight at the professionalism demonstrated by
the Nigerian agency in helping to recover the money which she thought she had
lost to the scammer.
The FBI agent who made the presentation lauded the
cooperation with the EFCC, while explaining that the FBI only facilitated the
repatriation of the money after it was recovered by the EFCC.
The money was wired to him through Western Union, into an
account with the name, Gladys Ikpoba, domiciled with a new generation bank.
After an endless wait for the fiancé, Sanders came to the
sad realisation that she had been duped. But her efforts to recover the money
were unsuccessful until she petitioned the EFCC.
The latest recovery of $23,886 by the Commission was made in
similar circumstances, for Jolanta Kasza, an American based in New York. She
was fleeced of $64,000 by a suspected Nigerian Fraudster, Ndekwu Jindu (aka Dr.
Daniel Coffman) in a romance scam.
Kasza allegedly met Coffman online in June 2012, and the
fraudster introduced himself as self-employed white pharmacist.
Impressed by the profile, Kasza “fell in love” with both
agreeing to get married.
According to her, in the course of the affair, the suspect
at different times requested for money under various guise. Before she realised
that she was dealing with a con artist, she had lost $64,000 USD to the
fraudster.
She consequently petitioned the EFCC, which through discreet
investigation recovered $23,886 USD. The agency is in the process of
repatriating the fund to the victim.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
15th January, 2015
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