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BACOOR CITY, Cavite – Police officers here have arrested a Nigerian national for his involvement in an online scam in an entrapment operation on Monday.
City chief of police, Lt. Col. Vicente Cabatingan, identified the suspect as Kingaley Chisomy Agabi, 27, from Nigeria’s Imo State, a college graduate who put up his online business at Champaca St. Andrea 1A in Barangay Panapaan 6.
The arrest of Agabi stemmed from a complaint of 28-year-old housewife Ico Ricaña Sol from Barangay Cabugao, Gasan, Marinduque who claimed that she became a victim of online fraud last August 21.
The victim narrated that last August 16, she had received online messages from a certain Pastor Mark Ken, allegedly a marine engineer from Germany, which police later verified to be a scam.
According to Ico, the texter said “I win 950 thousand dollars in lotto last week and I saw in news today some poor orphanage, homeless children and those affected by typhoon in your country that need help so I want to donate clothes, polo’s, noodles, chocolates, milk, soap and also 200 thousand dollars.”
She was then encouraged by the suspect to send money through “Smart Padala” from a certain Agent Thompson Mullar, twice in exchange of assorted packages and that the suspect could claim the money at Tonnits Minimart Store Andrea 1 in Barangay Panapaan 6.
The victim said the suspect again demanded on Monday some PHP 10,000, prompting her to coordinate with the Bacoor police and Quick Response Team (QRT) team, who quickly conducted an entrapment operation.
Police also seized from Agabi’s possession a Samsung Laptop and four cellular phones.
In an interview, Cabatingan reminded city residents and the public to be cautious of online transactions as this may be perpetrated by online scammers and avoid sharing online identities to avoid identity thefts.
The suspect is now under the police station’s custody as pertinent documents are readied for filing in court for swindling (online scam) in violation of Section 6 of Republic Act 10175 or the “Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012”. (PNA)
