By Ama Achiaa Amankwah
Twenty-four year old Alex Gyimah and his girlfriend Matilda Nkrumah residents of Abeka-Lapaz in Accra have been arrested by the police for defrauding a Netherlands national to the tune of about 1,650 pounds.
The police arrested Alex who claims to be transport owner and also working with Donks Enterprise at Tema, at an SG-SSB Bank when he in the company of his girl friend had gone to collect his ill-gotten money through MoneyGram.
According to the police Alex posed as a female and used his girlfriend’s name, Matilda, to establish an online relationship with one Albert in Netherlands.
The police told Public Agenda that Alex put out his profile as Matilda Nkrumah aged 28 years and a hair dresser. Initially, Alex, (Matilda) received 20 Euros from his boyfriend in Netherlands to enable him communicate with his boyfriend on phone and through the internet.
Again, he received 300 Euros to process traveling document to enable him visit his boyfriend in Netherlands. The boyfriend sent another 935 Euros when Alex told him that the traveling documents were ready.
According to the police Alex further demanded 250 Euros as pocket money fro his trip to Netherlands. Alex received all these amounts through Western Union Money Transfer.
He often went in the company of his girl friend Matilda and a friend called David to collect the money. Eventually, Alex posed as a travel agent and sent an email to his boyfriend in Netherlands asking for appropriate flight schedule for his client Matilda.
However, Alex’s victim only revived a call from him, this time posing as an immigration officer claiming that Matilda has been arrested at the airport because she was found in possession of gold. Therefore, the boyfriend was required to send amount of $1,600 before his girlfriend would be released.
The Netherlands national on sensing danger contacted the police CID on the internet. Alex and his girlfriend Matilda were arrested when they to collect the money from an SG-SSB Bank through MoneyGram.
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