"Internet Fraud Takes A Lot Of Effort"- Fraudster As He Explains How He Hacked Into Bank Customers’ Accounts

Fatai Olufemi Atoyebi

Babatunde Fatai, A graduate of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State was recently arrested by operatives of the Oyo state Police command for various Internet crimes, including hacking into bank accounts of many people in and outside Nigeria. He had once been arrested for robbery and arraigned in court but granted bail.

He was arrested with the sum of N2.4m by men of the command’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad in his Ogbomosho hideout. Also in his possession were: a Honda CRV, a Nissan Altima car,  a Ford saloon car, and a Toyota Camry saloon car.

Fatai said he had been in the Internet fraud business for a long time but could not remember how much he had fraudulently collected from his victims.

He said, 

“It is not easy to do Internet fraud. It takes painstaking effort.

“At times, I would go toDATING SITES to woo both men and women. I would make sure they fall in love with me by regularly sending love and romantic messages and even calling them until I deceived them into giving me their account details.

“At times, I would send fake emails to bank customers making it look like it emanated from their banks. Then I would ask them to change their password, PIN or other bank account security details.

“They would be required to input the old and new, but as soon as I get the old password, I would use it to hack into their accounts, transfer the money to the person I’m dating abroad, who would later send it to me through another means,” he explained.

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