REVEALED: How 19-Year-Olds Transfer Funds From Victims’ Account With Mobile Phones

Three 19-year-olds fraud suspects have opened up to the Nigerian Police on how they go about transferring funds from their victims using mobile phones of the unsuspecting individuals.
David Lucky, Louis Ogidamen and Theophilus Oko, were arrested by the operatives of Edo State Police Command at Upper Mission Road in Oredo Local Government Area of the state, after allegedly defrauding a woman around New Benin.
Lucky opened up on how he and members of his gang transferred money from their victims’ accounts to their own accounts, using their victims’ phones as they offer to register the SIM cards of their victims.
He revealed to Southern City News that the sum N210, 000 was transferred from the accounts of three of their victims on the eve of the New Year through the code of a popular commercial bank.
He said, “We transferred money from people’s account. We used to work for a telecoms company. When we see people with big phones, we told them that they could watch satellite TV stations on their phones. We also offered to help them with their subscription.
“Through that process, we also transferred money from people’s accounts. We transferred N100, 000 each from the accounts of two individuals and N10, 000 from another account. We did it on the eve of the New Year.”
The 19-year-old suspect said one of their victims alerted the police when she discovered a deduction in her account and raised the alarm.
The suspect said, “The person from whose account we transferred N100, 000 saw us when we were going home and held my friend, who transferred the money and demanded his money.
“From there, we were arrested and taken to New Benin. I regret everything. My dad is late but my mum was fed up with me because of what I did.”