CITIZENS COMPASS–The Delta State Police Command on Wednesday, said it uncovered a school, “Hustlers Kingdom” (HK), where youths are trained in Advanced Fraud Fees popularly known as Yahoo or 419 business.
The Command in a video posted on Tiktok by its spokesperson, Bright Edafe, said it paraded 123 arrested suspects in the estate in Warri, where the school was uncovered.
According to the video, the suspects were lured into a trap with promises of learning BTC trading and forex, only to find themselves in “Hustlers Kingdom” (HK), a notorious cybercrime training network.
Edafe was captured in the video with the suspects at the background.
Some of were mostly youths of 17 years of age and above who were cajoled to learn BTC trading and forex instead found themselves in HK(hustlers kingdom).
“We are here at Ekpan Police Station Effurun Divisional HQ, where we will be parading about 123 suspected internet fraudsters who were engaged in the business of internet fraud.”
Edafe revealed that the suspects, some as young as 17, were deceived by agents flaunting fake wealth on social media, convincing them to join the fraudulent scheme. The agents would then lure them to the estate, where they were subjected to physical abuse and exploitation.
“Their modus operandi is that they engage their agents who go on social media to flaunt wealth that most times isn’t even theirs and convince unsuspecting boys from the ages of 17, 18, 19, 20 that they want to teach them Forex and crypto business.
“They lure some from Kaduna, Akwa-Ibom, and Ibadan to that particular estate and beat the hell out of them, feeding them only when they feel like feeding them,” he said.
