CRIME COMMISSION ARRESTS FAKE JUMIA AGENT FOR DEFRAUDING CUSTOMER OF N1MILLION
The Commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said the lady claimed that the suspect sent her a message on WhatsApp and told her he was an agent of Jumia and pleaded with her to help him market his products which were on sales at 40% discount.
He said, “When the lady saw how attractive the prices were, she and her two friends credited the suspect’s accounts with the sum of One Million Naira (N1, 000,000) and waited for the delivery of their goods. However, days elapsed and the goods were not forthcoming, she then went to Jumia office to make enquiry and discovered that Leerees was not an agent. She petitioned the EFCC after he refused to refund her money’.
“Leerees modules operandi was to use his social media platforms as an agent of Jumia to advertise goods which are purportedly on promo at cheaper prices. This makes unsuspecting customers to send money into his account for goods which he never delivered” the statement said.
Penpushing further reports that, Uwujaren, also added that investigations revealed that Leerees is an internet fraud suspect who has defrauded several people, including foreign nationals using the names, Vin Diesel and Mark Sinclair, an American, adding that the suspect has made useful statement and would be changed to court soon.
