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Physinews:Falope
Oluwole Israel, a 22-year old, was arrested at a popular club in Ikeja
City Mall, by officials of the Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Nigeria
Police Command. It was gathered that the suspect recently celebrated his
birthday at Hard & Rock, Lekki, Lagos, week before his arrest,
where he lavished over half a million on foods and drinks.
The
suspect, a 100 level part time student of the Nigerian Institute of
Journalism, Ogba, Lagos, said that he has been in the business for more
than two years.
Falope’s activities on Instagram was placed under
investigations when the Police received a complaint about an Instagram
handle @blackberbiedoll, used for criminal activities.
Apart from
@blackberbiedoll, which he prominently used for fraudulent activities,
he maintained @froshwhite007 and @froshwhite separately for same
purpose.
The complainant, Bernard stated that he got a friend
request from @blackberbiedoll. “Apparently, the picture on the account
was that of a lady. The lady in question messaged me on BBM. Honestly, I
thought I was chatting with a woman who claimed to be in Nigeria at the
time.
“She lied to me that her father was a Nigerian and her
mum, a Kenyan, and so we got talking. At a point, she lied that she was
building a beauty outfit in Ikota Shopping Mall, VGC and that she was in
need of some money to complete the mall,” Bernard added.
He
explained further, “I had to transfer N1 million to her. Weeks later, I
got suspicious of the account name Olawole Israel Oluwaseun Falope. I
ran a search on Google, and then discovered it was all scam....
Immediately, I reported the incident to Instagram and that account was
blocked and later suspended to prevent others from falling victim.”
Another
victim, who did not want his identity disclosed said he paid N100,000
into her account to support her bogus fashion outfit.
Admitting
the allegation, the suspect noted that since he started the fraudulent
act about 2 years ago, he had duped no fewer than 33 men pretending to
be a lady on Instagram and that the least amount he received from any of
them was N80,000.
“When I started, much as I pretended to be a
lady on phone, some men on the other side didn’t believe me. I then
downloaded an app on Google which transformed my voice into that of a
lady whenever I am having conversation.... I got several pictures of
Shayla, a pretty United States based lady on my profile. Since then, men
have been disturbing me and calling to request for a date,” he stated.
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He
said, “What I do is that I assess people based on their appearance on
Instagram, add them and thereafter open up conversations with them
before I start bringing up all manners of stories in order to dupe
them.... At a point, I lied to most of them that I had an accident and I
lost my ATM. I told them that I need some money. Some of them were
generous enough to drop money into my account.”
“I lied to them
that I was putting up a boutique and saloon at Ikota, VGC and Lekki, and
that I need money to finish setting up.... I know I made a mistake
downloading Shayla’s pictures and used them for fraudulent purposes. I
am telling you the truth, those that I have collected money from cant be
more than 33,” he explained.
Investigations revealed that the
owner of the profile pictures the suspect used, @Shayla had complained
to Instagram that some Nigerians were using her profile pictures to scam
unsuspecting members of the public.
It was also disclosed that
the suspect claimed to be a friend of Toke Makinwa, Tonto Dike, Don
jazzy, Peter Okoye, Toyin Aihmaku, Tee Y Mix, Oristsefemi, Timaya, Sean
Tizzle, Dami Adenuga, Femi Otedola, Mike Adenuga jnr, Ramsey Noah e.t.c.
“I
know all of them. I attend a lot of shows, I meet them, take
photographs with them, even exchange numbers. Like sister Toke Makinwa,
Tonto Dike, Uncle Ramsey Noah, these are the kind of celebrities I look
up to and I want to be like them,” he stated.
But RRS
investigators confirmed that he was following a lot of Nigerian
celebrities on Instagram but they could not confirm if any of them fell
prey to Falope's antics, as many his Instagram chats with them got no
response.
They added that a Ghanian business man who Falope
claimed to have met at a popular club in Nigeria rebuffed his request to
engage him in a chat.
They noted that Falope claims of been a
half-cast, Fashion designer, stylist, cosmetologist, model were all part
his fraud to make people fall for him. He was never a trainee or a
specialist in any of this.
Our source added that he is not an half-cast as he claimed to be, rather he bleached his skin.
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"He
didn’t deny this claim. He admitted bleaching his skin to escape the
taunting of girls that he was a very ugly guy,” the source stated.
Items
recovered from the suspect included, an iphone 6, 1 Samsung Galaxy A5,
an Apple tablet, hand and neck chains, some new notes and a handbag.
Confirming
the development, the Police Public Relations Officer, Suprintendent
Dolapo Badmos, warned Nigerains to be careful on the internet because
scammers are on the prowl worldwide.
The suspect has been transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigations.
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