DSS Alerts Public Of New Tactics By Fraudsters

The FCT Command of Directorate of State
Services, (DSS) has alerted members of the
public on the new style of operation by
fraudsters who specialised in getting women
nakedness through animation and sent to their
targets.
The Director of the command, Mr Abubakar
Bubuche said this while presenting two
suspected fraudsters to newsmen on Wednesday
in Abuja.
He warned members of the public to desist from
sending their sensitive photographs to the
Internet so that criminals would not use them
against them.
He said: ''This is to inform the general public
about the activities of a criminal syndicates'
style of operation include among others, the use
of computer animation to strip their victims and
put their nude pictures on facebook and other
social media platform.
''The gang calls up their potential victims and
orders them to pay certain amount of money to
a given account numbers or have their personal
pictures edited and posted nude on the internet.''
He said.
Bubuche said several complaints prompted the
Service to swing into action which eventually led
to the arrest of two people in connection with
the internet fraud.
He said the suspects, 35 and 22 years
respectively, were arrested in Maiduguri by
operatives from the Command.
''The public may wish to note that this
syndicate has diverse membership with various
professional skills, especially in the ICT.'' He
said.
Babuche called on FCT residents to be wary of
fraudsters and promptly report such cases and
suspected persons to the security agencies.
He reiterated the Service's resolved to discharge
its duties with every sense of responsibility and
commitment.