Romance Scam Lands 2 Men In Jail

Two Nigerian men who attempted to swindle two Americans in a false romantic engagement have been sentenced to six months imprisonment without the option of fine.

Samuel Magaaji and Balogun Olasunkanmi, who posed as white ladies were charged for offences bordering on internet fraud by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC before Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of a Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin.

The charge against Samuel reads: “That you, Samuel Emmanuel Magaaji (aka Lillian Nora) sometimes in May 2019 at Ilorin, within the judicial division of the High Court, while acting as Lillian Nora a white Caucasian lady, with Gmail account lolliannora98@gmail.com did attempt to cheat by fraudulently inducing one Mike Dewey in delivering to you the sum of $500 (Five Hundred Dollars) under the guise of being in a romantic relationship with him and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 95 of the Penal Code and punishable under section 322 of the Penal Code.”

The charge against Balogun reads: “That you, Balogun Ibrahim Olasunkanmi (alias Brenda Jones) sometimes in July 2019 at Ilorin, within the judicial division of the High Court, while acting as Brenda Jones, a white Caucasian lady, with Gmail account jbrenda1012@gmail.com did attempt to cheat by fraudulently inducing one Dele Ferguson in delivering to you the sum of $250 (Two Hundred and Fifty US Dollars) under the guise of being in a relationship with him and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 95 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 322 of the Penal Code.”

They pleaded “guilty” to the charge.

Subsequently, Justice Abdulgafar convicted them and sentenced them to six months in prison to take effect from July 15, 2019, without an option of fine. They were also ordered to forfeit all the phones and items recovered from them to the Federal Government.

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