The Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) has issued a rip-off alert towards scammers posing as personnel of the company to defraud unsuspecting people with claims of arresting lovers with medication and demanding hundreds of thousands of naira as bail.
In keeping with the company, the scammers are within the behavior of focusing on people residing overseas by telling them that their associates have been arrested on the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos or some other airport with medication, after which asking for cash to demand. to launch such allegedly arrested individuals.
NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi mentioned in an announcement that this means that there’s “a brand new scheme by scammers posing as NDLEA officers and calling unsuspecting residents to tell them of the arrest of their members of the family on the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport Ikeja Lagos or some other worldwide airport in Nigeria with unlawful medication upon arrival into the nation.
“After panicking the members of the family, the scammers then demand hundreds of thousands of naira to facilitate the discharge of such individuals from NDLEA custody.
“We have now thwarted a lot of such bids previously when the members of the family known as the Company's official contacts for help or clarification.
“Proper now, there may be one in all such situations that the company has simply investigated. On this case, the photograph of a Nigerian man is being circulated within the US with an audio of an alleged NDLEA officer negotiating the fee of N5 million with a feminine relative for the discharge of the US-based Nigerian man allegedly arrested in Lagos. airport on Friday, March 22 upon his arrival with a 'contraband'.”
The company warns that these are scammers and, as in earlier instances, has focused members of the family residing overseas. It subsequently beneficial that members of the family ought to be taught to maintain their family members' journey plans secret to keep away from falling prey to such scammers.
“Nigerians with family members overseas are additionally urged to maintain discussions about their members of the family' journey plans to themselves to stop criminals from hijacking them with devious plans.
“There isn’t any NDLEA officer concerned within the audio dialog and the individual whose photograph was connected to the audio recording being circulated just isn’t in our custody at MMIA or any of our instructions yesterday or on some other day.
“The members of the family concerned on this case are suggested to not half with their hard-earned cash to scammers.”
The company has subsequently suggested those that could also be experiencing the same problem to name one in all these contact traces and request clarification; +2347064670026 and +2348033326327.
