There seems not to be limit to the extent cyber thieves can go in their surreptitious and calculative moves to swindle unsuspecting individuals.
One of such suspected criminal elements, who goes by the name "Adeyemi Sandra", presents herself as a senior Customs officer of the rank of Assistant Controller General of Customs (ACG), as her profile picture.
She had sent a friend request to a woman police, who probably felt elated that a senior Customs personnel wished they could be friends and, without wasting much time, accepted the request.
Woman Sergeant Josephine Makinde never knew it was a bait that was aimed at something inimical to her status.
"After accepting the friend request at about 5:00pm yesterday, Tuesday, November 27, 2018, the next thing that happened was that the fraudster went into my Facebook account, uploaded six of my pictures and used the one I was with one of my children as the profile picture, using the same Adeyemi Sandra.
"The fraudster, thereafter, sent a friend request to one of my colleagues, Temitayo Adenekan, also a woman police. Temitayo saw it and was taken aback. She had to call me to enquire if I had changed my name. That was how I got to know that something was amiss.
"I quickly went back to Facebook, saw the evil machination of the supposed senior woman Customs officer, and canceled the friend request, before reporting her to Facebook. I am sure that, it was through sheer providence that my colleague saw it. God knows what atrocities she would have committed by using my picture as her profile picture", Woman Sergeant Makinde stated.
Pix 1- Woman Sergeant Makinde
Pix 2- Fraudulent Customs officer Adeyemi Sandra
One of such suspected criminal elements, who goes by the name "Adeyemi Sandra", presents herself as a senior Customs officer of the rank of Assistant Controller General of Customs (ACG), as her profile picture.
She had sent a friend request to a woman police, who probably felt elated that a senior Customs personnel wished they could be friends and, without wasting much time, accepted the request.
Woman Sergeant Josephine Makinde never knew it was a bait that was aimed at something inimical to her status.
"After accepting the friend request at about 5:00pm yesterday, Tuesday, November 27, 2018, the next thing that happened was that the fraudster went into my Facebook account, uploaded six of my pictures and used the one I was with one of my children as the profile picture, using the same Adeyemi Sandra.
"The fraudster, thereafter, sent a friend request to one of my colleagues, Temitayo Adenekan, also a woman police. Temitayo saw it and was taken aback. She had to call me to enquire if I had changed my name. That was how I got to know that something was amiss.
"I quickly went back to Facebook, saw the evil machination of the supposed senior woman Customs officer, and canceled the friend request, before reporting her to Facebook. I am sure that, it was through sheer providence that my colleague saw it. God knows what atrocities she would have committed by using my picture as her profile picture", Woman Sergeant Makinde stated.
Pix 1- Woman Sergeant Makinde
Pix 2- Fraudulent Customs officer Adeyemi Sandra
