Cape Town – Police in Ghana have reportedly arrested 26 Nigerians, including two women, for allegedly engaging in online fraud.
According to Sahara Reporters, the arrest came following a raid on three houses in which police retrieved 31 laptops, 26 mobile phones, five machetes and substances believed to be Indian hemp.
The suspects were expected to be screened, and if found culpable, they will be processed to court, the report said.
This comes a few weeks after South African law enforcement agencies arrested eight foreign nationals in Cape Town for allegedly stealing $6.9 million through an online dating scam.
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The group, caught during a raid, was accused of setting up fake online dating profiles and convincing victims to send them money, AFP reported.
Their main targets were widows and divorcees tricked into thinking they were “in a genuine romantic relationship”, South Africa’s elite police unit Hawks said at the time.
The fraudsters allegedly made up “sob-stories”, intimidated and berated victims and disappeared once their objective was achieved.
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Source: AFP
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