Fraudster rips-off business woman in Delta

…transfers money into own account
A 52-year old business woman in Asaba, Delta State, Rosemary Ejeh yesterday in the early hours lost N50,000 to a fraudster whose name could not be identified as at the time of this report.

It was gathered that the woman at one of the new generation banks, (name withheld) along Nnebisi Rroad, Asaba was said to have requested for assistance to transfer the sum of N50,000 to her customer when the bubble burst.

Sources said unknown to the woman, the suspect first allegedly transferred N50,000 into his account and hoodwinked the victim there was no net work, a situation he fled the scene.

Bank Security operatives who spoke to our reporter on condition of anonymity, said they have severally wanted members of the public to b careful of those them seek assistance from while in the Bank to do transaction.

But the victim Madam Ejeh in a swift reaction said, “I was confused at the ATM stand and requested the help of somebody who transferred the money into his own account unknown to me when he said there was no network and disappeared” she said the incident was however reported to the Police who currently are on the trail of the fraudster.

Meanwhile, armed bandits operating in Ughelli axis yesterday broke into the house of a female politician (name withheld) and carted away her belongings after ordering her and he family members to face the floor at members to face the floor at gun point.

The armed hoodlums were said to have also made away an undisclosed amount of money but Mr. Andrew Aniamaka, Police Image Maker in the state, confirmed that the Police were on the tail of the armed hoodlums.

Nosa Akenzua, Asaba