{"id":769475,"date":"2019-12-21T16:29:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T16:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/21\/efcc-arrests-yahoo-boy-for-impersonating-cbn-governor-emefiele\/"},"modified":"2019-12-21T16:29:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-21T16:29:22","slug":"efcc-arrests-yahoo-boy-for-impersonating-cbn-governor-emefiele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/21\/efcc-arrests-yahoo-boy-for-impersonating-cbn-governor-emefiele\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC Arrests Yahoo Boy For Impersonating CBN Governor Emefiele"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Suspect.png\" alt=\"Yahoo Boy\" width=\"270\" height=\"304\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yahoo boy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Onyebuchi Julius, a\u00a0 suspected internet fraudster aka Yahoo boy who allegedly impersonated Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed in a statement on Friday, Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesman, adding that the suspect was arrested in Owerri, Imo state capital, on December 6.<\/p>\n<p>According to the EFCC spokesperson, the suspect who focuses on business email compromise (BEC) for his cybercrime activities, posed as Emefiele using emefilegodwin586@yahoo.com as his email address to defraud one Omar Deeb, among other victims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA cyber fraudster (yahoo boy) by name Onyebuchi Nwalozie Julius has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, for impersonating the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0EFCC Must Show That There Are No Sacred Cows In Fight Against Corruption: Jega<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnyebuchi a native of Ngor-Okpala in Imo State, who claims to be involved into Estate Management, confessed under interrogation, that he impersonated the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Governor, Dr. Godwin Emefiele with email account: emefilegodwin586@yahoo.com and defrauded one Mr. Omar Es Sh Deeb.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, whose speciality is Business Email Compromise BEC, said his modus operandi involves searching for email addresses via Google search and sending convincing emails to prospective victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnyebuchi was arrested on December 6, 2019, at Owerri in Imo state. At the point of his arrest, the following items were recovered from him: A HP Laptop Envy with serial number CND62544TZ; HP Laptop with serial number SCD8022CSF; iPhone X; Nokia phone, ECOWAS International Passport-55389766, Drivers Licence and a Toyota Venza with registration No. LSR 23 FQ,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn analysis of the HP Envy Laptop revealed quite a number of scam emails sent by Onyebuchi to one of his victims, an Arabian Omar Deeb, with bogus contract proposals purported to have emanated from CBN, while he posed as CBN Governor. Onyebuchi successfully defrauded Mr Deeb who remitted funds, thinking he was actually dealing with the CBN Governor Dr Godwin Emefiele.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough Onyebuchi confessed to have benefited as much as N4.5million from his criminal enterprise, investigation into the scam continues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yahoo boy The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Onyebuchi Julius, a\u00a0 suspected internet fraudster aka Yahoo boy who allegedly impersonated Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). 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