The war against Cybercrime
otherwise known as yahoo yahoo, by security agents in Nigeria may take a long
time to be won, if the confession of a 25-year-old alleged internet fraudster
is anything to go by.
The suspect, who simply gave his name as Chidi, disclosed
that what people used to know as yahoo yahoo, a term used to defraud
unsuspecting and gullible persons, especially foreigners, through the internet,
has gone beyond mere conversation and emotional chat.
He disclosed that yahoo
plus is the trend in cybercrime world today, as operators have resorted to
using fetish means to hypnotize their victims in order to get what they
want from them.
In this interview with Crime Guard, Chidi said he ventured
into cybercrime eight years ago, after several attempts to gain admission
into the university failed. Unfortunately, five years down the line, he said he
could only get himself a Nigerian used vehicle. As you read this piece,
Chidi said he had turned a new leaf, begging those he had defrauded to forgive
him. His sudden change of mind according to him followed a startling discovery
that human parts were being used to prepare concoction that would hypnotise
victims.
Hear him: “You may not believe me but it is true. Those who are into
yahoo plus use charm to hypnotize their victims. This is because the ordinary yahoo
no longer yields the desired result. Our targets are getting wiser and no
longer fall prey. “When I noticed that I was not making any headway in
yahoo business, I decided to inquire from some of my friends who were in same
business but were living better off. To my surprise, I was made to understand
that the in-thing was yahoo plus. I decided to embark on a journey to Benin
Republic in the company of Chuks, Odinakachukwu and Chionye.
There, we met
a herbalist who told us to buy three live cocks and other items which he used
to prepare some concoction for us. After that, we were asked to stand in front
of the shrine, while the herbalist chanted incantations that would enhance
our success in yahoo plus. “As we left for Nigeria, we were given some
concoction which the herbalist said were prepared with human parts. We
were asked to put the concoction in our mouths whenever we wanted to type
or discuss with our victims.
But when I got home, I became restive. I
remembered my mum’s admonition never to go into anything fetish but to
serve the almighty God. I kept the concoction away and watched as events
unfolded.
Three months later, one of us Chuks, made 3000 dollars But
Odinakachuckwu lost his younger brother who went to use his laptop. The
instruction of the herbalist was that no one except him should use his laptop.
Just as we were smarting from that, Chionye lost his girlfriend. “I decided to
quit at that point because I did not want anyone to die on my account.
I
am therefore appealing to those I have defrauded through yahoo yahoo to
forgive me”, he stated. When operatives of the Special Fraud Unit of the
Nigeria Police were contacted, they described Chidi’s claim as untrue, saying
the law does not believe in vodoo. An operative who spoke on condition of
anonymity said the Unit had arrested several internet fraudsters, with their
loot refunded to victims.
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