On September 3, FIJ published a report detailing how Ume Ifechukwu Clinton defrauded Axiel Mahieu, a Belgian woman of €45,000 after posing as an official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Ume, a 29-year-old Lagos resident, had contacted Mahieu via Facebook Messenger, introducing himself as a “friend of a friend”.
He subsequently encouraged the Belgian to invest in cryptocurrency and NFTs, while assuring her that he would use his office as an EFCC official to protect her investment.
In the end, he swindled her out of €45,000.
READ MORE: ‘EFCC Official’ Ume Ifechukwu Defrauds Belgian Woman of €45,000
THE RADIO419 VIDEO
While our reporter was investigating the fraud, it was discovered that Ume had earlier been exposed in a two-hour long video by Radio419, a foreign investigator. The video presents Ume as a serial international fraudster who had been disguising as an EFCC official to defraud unsuspecting people, especially non-Nigerians, for years.
Ume, who had told our reporter that he did not have any connection with the EFCC, was seen in the video admitting that he was an EFCC investigative officer. “Which EFCC? Why will I work with the EFCC?” He had told our reporter.
“I don’t even know where the EFCC office is. Why would I have an EFCC ID Card? Is that not scam?”
READ ALSO: Fake Army General’s Victim Receives Vehicles, Land as Part-Repayment of N266m Fraud
A LEVEL 12 OFFICER?
In the video, Ume could be…
