A suspected fraudster, Awoleye Joshua Oluwatofunmi has confessed to deceiving a United States lady that he was a black American.
It was reported that he spoke while being paraded by the Police Commissioner in Kwara State, Paul Odama.
The CP lamented that scammers had destroyed the name of Nigeria abroad, vowing that the Nigeria Police Force would ensure they were fished out and prosecuted.
The 23-year-old suspected internet fraudster, Awoleye allegedly defrauded one African-American, Vonapolouis Moss (f) of 2962, W64th Court Merrillville, Indiana, United States of America.
He was paraded at the State police command headquarters in Ilorin on Friday.
Narrating her ordeal in an interview with journalists, Vonapolouis revealed that she got into contact with the suspect, Awoleye Joshua, who claimed to be a black American but lives in Nigeria and “I told him I am also a black person myself, then we kept talking and talking.
“He said he was a dramatist and a student, and asked if I can help him with about 170,000 US dollars, so I said how can I help him, he said I can send the money through electronic transfer.
He then asked if I can send through gift cards and I sent 200 US dollars gift card; after that, I sent pictures to him and we kept on talking and he said he was hungry and needed money for food and that he had nobody else but me and I sent more gift card of 100 US dollars to him.”
The distraught lady further revealed that “Awoleye Joshua said he needed more food and I just kept sending him more money and kept talking and he asked me to come to Nigeria and I came to Nigeria.”