The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has facilitated the return of $26,000 to Christine Brown, a British national and a victim of internet fra¥d.
The EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said this in a statement in Abuja, adding that the Benin Zonal Command handed over the money to the victim on Monday.
He said that the 70-year-old had petitioned the Commission after being defrauded by an internet fraudster through a romance sc#m.
The commission in a statement on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, said the Briton was duped of her life savings by an internet fra¥der posing as an American entertainer online after she got romantically involved with him. Ms. Brown was presented with the sum of $26,000 by the Benin Zonal Command of the commission on Monday, August 28.
“Brown expressed gratitude to the Commission for its efforts which she said, has brought some succour to her after losing her life’s savings to the fraudsters,” the statement read. “The 70-year-old had petitioned the Commission after being defrauded by an internet fraudster through a romance sc#m. Narrating her ordeal, Brown said she became a victim after she met a purported John Barrowman, an entertainer and citizen of America online
Unknown to her, he was a fra¥dster. Brown said they became romantically involved, and the fraudster began to demand money which she sent to him through wire transfers, Bitcoin, and gift cards.”
