Two Nigerians, John Ugboma, 45, and Peter Efiemaya, 39,have been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.
They are accused of impersonating the US Ambassador to Ghana on the Internet and attempting to defraud US citizens and other nationals of amounts ranging between $1,500 and $15,000.
The suspects, both residents of Nungua in Accra, were alleged to have sent emails to the victims claiming that $4.5 million had been lodged in their names and that the money was being kept in a security vault in Ghana.
They were arrested when one of the emails they sent to their victims mistakenly went in the mail address of the US Ambassador himself, who quickly alerted the police.
According to Prosper Agblor, the Director General of the CID, following that false representation, the suspects told the victims that they could use their position to influence the Ghanaian authorities to release the money to them and demanded they needed amounts ranging between $1,500 and $15,000 to facilitate the release of the funds.
He said that after thorough investigations by the police, they were arrested when they attempted to defraud another victim at a popular spot in Accra.
A third accomplice, whose name was given only as Obanla, managed to escape and an intensive search had been mounted for his arrest, Agblor added.
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Nigerians nabbed in Ghana for fraud
Nigerians nabbed in Ghana for fraud
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Saturday, June 04, 2011
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