{"id":435137,"date":"2011-06-03T06:42:56","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T06:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/03\/blowing-the-roof-off-a-benefits-scam-nigerian-fraudsters-exposed-by-gas-explosion\/"},"modified":"2011-06-03T06:42:56","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T06:42:56","slug":"blowing-the-roof-off-a-benefits-scam-nigerian-fraudsters-exposed-by-gas-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/03\/blowing-the-roof-off-a-benefits-scam-nigerian-fraudsters-exposed-by-gas-explosion\/","title":{"rendered":"Blowing the roof off a benefits scam: Nigerian fraudsters exposed by gas explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"56.849471831\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click for Full Image Size\" onclick=\"window.location='\/image_preview2.asp?img=S2FtYXJhLWFuZC1Nb2hhbW1lZC5qcGc=';\" class=\"img1 c6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/7790a454image.aspx_.jpg\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cheats: Nura Kamara and Hadiza Mohammed fraudulently claimed \u00a380,000 in benefits and used the cash to set up businesses back home in Nigeria Read more: http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1393750\/Blowing-roof-benefits-scam-Nigerian-fraudsters-exposed-gas-explosion.html#ixzz1OAFpXwsE<\/p>\n<p>\nA gas explosion which blew the roof off a house inadvertently exposed a scam by a Nigerian couple who fraudulently claimed \u00a380,000 in benefits and funnelled the money back home to set up a string of businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Mini cab driver Nura Kamara, 34, and care worker Hadiza Mohammed, 31, had their cover quite literally blown when they applied for temporary accommodation following the blast in September last year.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion, started by another tenant who lived in the converted three-storey Victorian property in South Norwood, London, left five families homeless after the flats were declared unsafe.<\/p>\n<p>Kamara and Mohammed approached Croydon Council\u2019s homeless unit to arrange temporary accommodation but were caught out when checks showed that housing and council tax benefit was being paid to a couple at their address but with different names.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1393750\/Blowing-roof-benefits-scam-Nigerian-fraudsters-exposed-gas-explosion.html?ito=feeds-newsxml\">VIA<\/a><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Do you have a story\/gist for publication? Please email it to story@nigeriafilms.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nigeriafilms.com\/news\/12014\/33\/blowing-the-roof-off-a-benefits-scam-nigerian-frau.html\" title=\"Blowing the roof off a benefits scam: Nigerian fraudsters exposed by gas explosion\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blowing the roof off a benefits scam: Nigerian fraudsters exposed by gas explosion<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Cheats: Nura Kamara and Hadiza Mohammed fraudulently claimed \u00a380,000 in benefits and used the cash to set up businesses back home in Nigeria Read more: http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1393750\/Blowing-roof-benefits-scam-Nigerian-fraudsters-exposed-gas-explosion.html#ixzz1OAFpXwsE A gas explosion which blew the roof off a house inadvertently exposed a scam by a Nigerian couple who fraudulently claimed \u00a380,000 in benefits and funnelled the money back home to set up a string of businesses. Mini cab driver Nura Kamara, 34, and care worker Hadiza Mohammed, 31, had their cover quite literally blown when they applied for temporary accommodation following the blast in September last year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":435139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-435137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blowing the roof off a benefits scam: Nigerian fraudsters exposed by gas explosion - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/03\/blowing-the-roof-off-a-benefits-scam-nigerian-fraudsters-exposed-by-gas-explosion\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Blowing the roof off a benefits scam: Nigerian fraudsters exposed by gas explosion - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Cheats: Nura Kamara and Hadiza Mohammed fraudulently claimed \u00a380,000 in benefits and used the cash to set up businesses back home in Nigeria Read more: http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1393750\/Blowing-roof-benefits-scam-Nigerian-fraudsters-exposed-gas-explosion.html#ixzz1OAFpXwsE A gas explosion which blew the roof off a house inadvertently exposed a scam by a Nigerian couple who fraudulently claimed \u00a380,000 in benefits and funnelled the money back home to set up a string of businesses. 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