The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says its officers have arrested Okitipi Samuel for allegedly creating phishing links in order to gain authorised access to Microsoft 365 accounts between January and September 2025.
The suspect allegedly used a phishing toolkit known as
“RaccoonO365” to “create fraudulent Microsoft login portals aimed at harvesting
user credentials”.
In a statement on Thursday, Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos police
spokesperson, said three suspects were arrested over the scheme following a
report received from Microsoft Corporation, through the United States Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Hundeyin said two of the suspects knew nothing about the
scheme as their identities were used without consent.
“Investigations traced multiple incidents of unauthorised
Microsoft 365 account access between January and September 2025 to phishing
emails crafted to closely mimic legitimate Microsoft authentication pages,” the
statement reads.
“These activities resulted in business email compromise,
data breaches, and financial losses across multiple jurisdictions.
“Acting on precise and actionable intelligence, NPF–NCCC
operatives were deployed to Lagos and Edo States, leading to the arrest of
three suspects.
“Search operations conducted at their residences resulted in
the recovery of laptops, mobile devices, and other digital equipment, which
have been linked to the fraudulent scheme after forensic analysis.
“Further investigations identified Okitipi Samuel, also
known as “RaccoonO365” and “Moses Felix,” as the principal suspect and
developer of the phishing infrastructure.
“Investigations reveal that he operated a Telegram channel
through which phishing links were sold in exchange for cryptocurrency and
hosted fraudulent login portals on Cloudflare using stolen or fraudulently
obtained email credentials.
“Notably, investigations revealed no evidence linking the
two other arrested individuals to the creation or operation of the phishing
scheme.”
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