Operatives of the Police intelligence unit from the Commissioner of Police Special Squad 2 of the Lagos State Command have arrested a notorious 22-year old suspected internet scammer, who posed as a woman and swindled top Nigerian footballer (name withheld) of millions of naira.
The suspect, Nelson Ozor, was arrested at 1B James Street by Zone 2 Gate, Abule Ado area of Lagos, where he is resident.
According to the suspect who is now in custody, he posed as a woman and changed his name to Jasmine Abriana1 on his Instagram page, from where he lured the footballer and they exchanged their nude photographs.
He confessed that immediately the footballer sent his nude photographs, he started using it to blackmail him while threatening to publicly expose them on social media.
Consequently, the athlete started paying and had paid up to £2000 pounds before he was arrested by the Police.
This was confirmed by Police sources, who stated that when the extortion became unbearable for the footballer, he reported the matter to the Commissioner of Police, who then ordered his officers at the Special Squad to fish out the suspect.
The suspect was tracked, eventually arrested in his house with two other suspects and detained at the Command for interrogation over his alleged conduct. According to Police sources, he had already confessed to having done so after he lured the footballer to send his nude photographs to him, which he then used against him.
Meanwhile, the suspect is undergoing interrogation over the alleged scam as he is said to be giving the Police useful information about his activities for the past years since he left his mechanic work in Enugu State, came to Lagos to set up the fraud scheme.
