A 47-year-old Nigerian, Chukwueke Felix Chibueze, has been arrested in Cambodia for his involvement in a romance scam.
Chibueze had created fake accounts on social media and pretended to be a rich man living abroad.
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He would then befriend the unsuspecting women and pretend to fall in love with them.
Once the women fall for him, he would begin asking for monetary favours of different kinds.
He would milk the victim to the point where she becomes broke.
When this happens, he’d cut off all communication with the ‘client’
Romance scam has become widespread in recent times.
It’s worse that it has become socially acceptable, despite being a criminal offence.
There are so many Nigerians across the globe who are doing amazing things.
But the few bad stories tend to go more viral than the good ones.
Nigeria is not among the top 10 countries with the most fraud funds.
But once you mention fraud, most people’s minds go to Nigeria.
The government will have to do more to change that trend.
Nigerian programmers are some of the best around.
But hardly does that make the news.
To keep it real, Chukwueke Felix Chibueze may be a Nigerian, but his behaviour does not represent that of 210 million Nigerians.
He may well be a criminal, but the rest of us aren’t.
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