Debora Moreira, a Brazilian victim of internet fraud, has acknowledged the receipt of the sum of $4,040 which was recovered on her behalf by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Moreira lost the money to Emmanuel Tope, a convicted fraudster, in a romance scam. EFCC commenced an investigation of the scam in March 2019 and successfully recovered the money, prosecuted, and got the fraudster convicted.
In a statement by Dele Oyewale
Head, Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale, he stated that:
” The proceeds of crime were remitted into the victim’s account with Bank Itau S/A, Rua Americo Brasiliense, through the Central Bank of Nigeria”.
