Job Scam: EFCC Nabs Woman For Defrauding Victim Of N3m

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Hajiya Hadiza Umar Abubakar for allegedly defrauding a job seeker, Nuradeen Abubakar, of N3,000,000.

She made a fake promise of securing employment for her victim at the anti-graft agency.

Abubakar was arrested at a branch of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) when she sent her son to make a transaction, unaware that the EFCC had placed a Post No Debit (PND) on all her accounts.

The detention of her son in the bank, led her to show up, resulting to her eventual arrest by the commission.

According to the EFCC’ spokesman, Dele Oyewale, the suspect had charged her victim a whopping N6million, which she claimed would enable her to secure a job for him at the EFCC.

Oyewale said: “A part payment of N3m was made into the suspect’s account by the victim on October 29, 2019, while the balance was to be paid after the victim had received his employment letter, promised to be delivered, two weeks from the date of the part payment, with November 7, 2019 as the due date.

“In his petition to the EFCC, the victim, who revealed that he came in contact with the suspect, through her son, stated that he had not received the promised EFCC employment letter from the suspect, nine months after making the part payment to her.”

The spokesman added that the suspect would soon be charged to court.