The Police on Monday said they have arrested four suspects over alleged generation of fake bank alerts and sending same as evidence of online payment for transactions to defraud their victims.
The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this at a media briefing in Abuja.
He said the suspects were specialists in generating fake alerts for sundry purposes, including payment for commercial sex.
Mr Mba called on shop and business owners to be mindful of customers who transact business with them and make payments online.
One of the suspects, who spoke to newsmen, said the fake alerts were being generated and sent to victims, especially sex workers, as evidence of online payment.
According to the suspect, any transaction that does not reflect the kobo in the beneficiary’s account after addition to the original account is fake.
In another development, Police have arrested a 54-year-old man for fraudulently luring a Filipino lady to Nigeria after developing online social relationship with her.
The FPRO, Mr Frank Mba, said the suspect met the woman, sometimes in 2017 online, developed a social relationship and by Novembers 2019, lured her to visit him in Nigeria.
According to Mba, upon the arrival of the lady, the suspect took her to his village where he kept her incommunicado for six months.
He said the lady was maltreated and assaulted physically and sexually until she was rescued by Police operatives from Unity Police Station, Enugu, following intelligence report.
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