A dismissed soldier has told security operatives how he made N600,000 monthly using fake alerts.
A dismissed soldier, Ayobami Onigbinde yesterday confessed how he
has used fake bank alerts to defraud unsuspecting people of not less
than N600.000.00 within a month.
According to NewTelegraph, Onigbinde, 28 who was paraded by the
Ondo State Police Command for the crime said he was dismissed from the
Army Training school having used fake credentials to get admission into
the military training school.
Since he was dismissed from the army, Onigbinde said he has engaged
in using fake bank alerts to defraud unsuspecting members of the
public. He said he has used fake bank alerts to buy goods in Lagos,
Osun, Ogun and Ondo State.
His words “I was dismissed in the military. I was dismissed
because I used fake credentials to get employment into the military. It
was when I wanted to do pass-out parade that the Military Intelligence
caught me. They detected that I used fake state of origin.
“I got the apps of the bank. I told people that I am a soldier.
I will tell them that I lost my ATM at Maiduguri during the war against
Boko Haram and that I wanted to do bank transfer.
“I can use any bank app. I will send fake bank alert to the
person. It was one of the persons I sent fake alert to that tracked my
number and I was arrested. I made N600.000 in one month.”
Parading Onigbinde alongside other suspects, the Commissioner of
Police, Mr Undie Adie said a team of detectives from the Anti cultism
Squad Akure acting on a tip-off, arrested one Ayobami Onigbinde aged
28yrs and one Aroyeun Oladayo aged 22yrs who specialize in defrauding
members of the public of their money or goods.
Adie said in perpetrating their act, the duo would present
themselves as Army officers and proceed to obtain either goods or money
from their unsuspecting victims and generate fake electronic money
transfer alert on their own phones which they show to the victims as
proof that they have paid for what they collected. The victims are then
deceived to believe that they will soon receive their credit alert as
delays are often due to network problems.
The Police Boss said “upon interrogation, they confessed to have so defrauded one Eze Patrick and eighteen others.”
Some of the items they used the fake bank alert to purchase and
were recovered from them included assorted clothes,, Hisense fridge, one
Elepaq generator, one century stabilizer 5000voltage, two wardrobes
jeans trousers, T-shirts and shoes
Aside Onigbinde and his accomplice, the Police Boss saidOn Monday
policemen from Igbotako Division, were alerted by members of the public
that armed robbers were operating along mile 49 Area, Ore-Lagos Express
way, dispossessing commuters of their valuables and at the same time
attempting to kidnap some of them.
He said the Policemen were promptly mobilized to the scene and
engaged the hoodlums in a shoot-out which forced the robbers to escape
into the bush. However, the Policemen pursued them and consequently
arrested one Ibrahim Usman ‘m’ aged 19yrs from Bagudu in Kebbi State.
He confessed to the crime and claimed that one Abdullahi led other
group members namely; Umoru, Mohammed and Ibrahim from kwara State for
the operation. He also stated that they had been robbing and kidnapping
members of the public in that area for a very long time.