The police in Calabar has busted a ring of criminals who specialize in scamming and defrauding people in Cross River State, according to unconfirmed reports.
The ring leader, one Mr Effiong Nsa Effiong has been collecting over 35-40 thousand naira under false pretenses from unsuspecting members of the public.
The man has collected the monies from over 400 people in Calabar alone. The man who lives at 60/90 Yellow Duke Street in Calabar was arrested on Monday, 5 September around 12pm.
Reports allege that the suspect has been scamming people in the pretense that he will send them to the USA for training. He used forged documents and email address of a company in USA.
His scam was uncovered when an official of the Cross River State Government sent email to the company. The company denied knowleged of the scheme, and this led to the arrest of the scammer.
He was arrested alongside another man who doubles as the accountant to the scammer. According to police information, the scam also involves lecturers from UNICAL and CRUTECH.
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