{"id":166316,"date":"2022-03-23T19:27:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T18:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=166316"},"modified":"2022-03-23T19:27:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T18:27:07","slug":"nigerian-woman-arrested-during-church-service-in-south-africa-over-alleged-online-romance-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/23\/nigerian-woman-arrested-during-church-service-in-south-africa-over-alleged-online-romance-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian woman arrested during church service in South Africa over alleged online romance scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 40-year-old Nigerian woman, Omotese Ebor, has been arrested by the South Africa&#8217;s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) for allegedly swindling unnamed woman of almost R2 million (N53m) in online \u201cromance scam\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It is alleged that between December 2016 and January 2018, the unsuspecting victim met a \u201cpotential partner\u201d on social media who introduced himself as \u201cMr Allen Grey\u201d, and claimed to be a prominent businessman in the Western Cape.<\/p>\n<p>Gauteng Hawks spokesperson Captain Ndivhuwo Mulamu; &#8220;The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation in Gauteng is pleased with the breakthrough regarding the online<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/20\/fbi-hawks-bust-nigerian-crime-syndicate-in-south-africa-arrest-eight-for-fraud-online-dating-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> dating scam<\/a> in the country which resulted in an additional arrest on Sunday, March 20 in Sandton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The accused, Eboh, pretending to be Allen Grey, reportedly borrowed approximately R1.9 million during this period, claiming that \u201chis\u201d bank accounts had been hacked, Mulama said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe money was reportedly transferred into different bank accounts, including R857 000 into Ebor\u2019s business bank account. Guided by her suspicions, the complainant reported the matter to the Hawks\u2019 Serious Commercial Crime Investigation in Johannesburg for further probing,\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_166320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166320\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/03\/kunlenet07\/2022\/03\/23\/Omotese-Ebor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/03\/kunlenet07\/2022\/03\/23\/Omotese-Ebor.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/03\/kunlenet07\/2022\/03\/23\/Omotese-Ebor-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-166320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omotese Ebor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Authorities successfully secured a warrant of arrest against all those positively linked to the matter.<\/p>\n<p>A multi-disciplinary approach driven operation was conducted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/16\/nigerian-arrested-in-south-africa-for-posing-as-cop-trying-to-extort-%e2%82%a68-2m-from-refugee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hawks<\/a>\u2019 serious commercial crime investigation and the tactical operation management services (Toms) in Sandton, where Ebor was arrested during a church service.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ebor was subsequently charged with fraud and money laundering. She appeared in the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday, March 22. The court remanded Ebor in custody pending investigation,\u201d said Mulamu.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_166319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166319\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166319\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/03\/kunlenet07\/2022\/03\/23\/Fortune-Nomfusi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/03\/kunlenet07\/2022\/03\/23\/Fortune-Nomfusi.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/03\/kunlenet07\/2022\/03\/23\/Fortune-Nomfusi-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-166319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fortune Nomfusi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this year, the other alleged perpetrator linked to the scam, Fortune Nomfusi, was successfully traced and arrested in Makhaza, Khayelitsha in the Western Cape.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately R70 000 was allegedly reported to have been transferred into Nomfusi&#8217;s bank account. Nomfusi was granted R3 000 bail.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the head of the Hawks in Gauteng, Major General Ebrahim Kadwa has commended the investigation team for the determination and passion displayed during tracing of the accused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was never an easy task for authorities to trace down the accused, but through their commitment we managed to secure warrants of arrest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We would like to caution the public who seek romance online to always be vigilant against the possible criminals hiding behind the name of love. Perpetrators out there may lure the unsuspecting and vulnerable romance-seekers online for exploitation purposes as well,\u201d Kadwa said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 40-year-old Nigerian woman, Omotese Ebor, has been arrested by the South Africa&#8217;s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) for allegedly swindling unnamed woman of almost R2 million (N53m) in online \u201cromance scam\u201d. It is alleged that between December 2016 and January 2018, the unsuspecting victim met a \u201cpotential partner\u201d on social media who introduced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":166321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[591,4375,33380,33381,1395],"class_list":["post-166316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","tag-fraud","tag-nigerian-woman","tag-omotese-ebor","tag-online-romance-scam","tag-south-africa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigerian woman arrested during church service in South 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