The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a suspected fraudster, Onyebuchi Julius, for impersonating the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.
The EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement he issued on Friday, December 20, said that Julius was arrested in Owerri, Imo state capital, on December 6. The Herald gathered that Uwujaren said the suspect focused on Business Email Compromise (BEC) for his cybercrime activities.
The statement read: “A cyber fraudster (yahoo boy) by name Onyebuchi Nwalozie Julius has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, for impersonating the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.
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“Onyebuchi a native of Ngor-Okpala in Imo state, who claims to be involved into estate management, confessed under interrogation, that he impersonated the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN governor, Dr. Godwin Emefiele with email account: [email protected] and defrauded one Mr. Omar Es Sh Deeb.
“The suspect whose specialty is Business Email Compromise BEC, said his modus operandi involves searching for email addresses via Google search and sending convincing emails to prospective victims.
“An analysis of the HP Envy Laptop revealed quite a number of scam emails sent by Onyebuchi to one of his victims, an Arabian Omar Deeb, with bogus contract proposals purported to have emanated from CBN, while he posed as CBN Governor.
”Onyebuchi successfully defrauded Mr Deeb who remitted funds, thinking he was actually dealing with the CBN Governor Dr Godwin Emefiele,”