The suspect, Falope
Falope Oluwole Israel, a 22-year old suspect arrested by operatives
of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command, has
disclosed that he duped over 33 men while pretending to be a lady on
Instagram.
Falope it was revealed, was arrested when officials of the RRS
decoy team, who had been monitoring him for some weeks, trailed him to a
popular club in Ikeja City Mall on Thursday evening, before arresting
him.
The officers were reported to have monitored him, and those that he
was interacting with at the club before arresting him and a colleague
late in the night.
It was gathered that the suspect recently celebrated his birthday
at Hard & Rock, Lekki, Lagos, week before his arrest, where he
lavished over half a million on foods and drinks.
The suspect, a 100 level part time student of the Nigerian
Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Lagos, who confessed committing the
crime, said that he has been in the business for more than two years.
The Police revealed that Falope’s activities on Instagram was
placed under investigations when it received a complaint about an
Instagram handle @blackberbiedoll, used for criminal activities, which
was later traced to him.
Apart from @blackberbiedoll, which he prominently used for
fraudulent activities, he maintained @froshwhite007 and @froshwhite
separately for same purpose.
The complainant, Bernard stated that he got a friend request from @blackberbiedoll. “Apparently,
the picture on the account was that of a lady. The lady in question
messaged me on BBM. Honestly, I thought I was chatting with a woman who
claimed to be in Nigeria at the time.
“She lied to me that her father was a Nigerian and her mum, a
Kenyan, and so we got talking. At a point, she lied that she was
building a beauty outfit in Ikota Shopping Mall, VGC and that she was in
need of some money to complete the mall,” Bernard added.
He explained further, “I had to transfer N1 million to her.
Weeks later, I got suspicious of the account name Olawole Israel
Oluwaseun Falope. I ran a search on Google, and then discovered it was
all scam.... Immediately, I reported the incident to Instagram and that
account was blocked and later suspended to prevent others from falling
victim.”
Another victim, who did not want his identity disclosed said he
paid N100,000 into her account to support her bogus fashion outfit.
Admitting the allegation, the suspect noted that since he started
the fraudulent act about 2 years ago, he had duped no fewer than 33 men
pretending to be a lady on Instagram and that the least amount he
received from any of them was N80,000.
“When I started, much as I pretended to be a lady on phone,
some men on the other side didn’t believe me. I then downloaded an app
on Google which transformed my voice into that of a lady whenever I am
having conversation.... I got several pictures of Shayla, a pretty
United States based lady on my profile. Since then, men have been
disturbing me and calling to request for a date,” he stated.
He said, “What I do is that I assess people based on their
appearance on Instagram, add them and thereafter open up conversations
with them before I start bringing up all manners of stories in order to
dupe them.... At a point, I lied to most of them that I had an accident
and I lost my ATM. I told them that I need some money. Some of them were
generous enough to drop money into my account.”
“I lied to them that I was putting up a boutique and saloon at
Ikota, VGC and Lekki, and that I need money to finish setting up.... I
know I made a mistake downloading Shayla’s pictures and used them for
fraudulent purposes. I am telling you the truth, those that I have
collected money from cant be more than 33,” he explained.
Investigations revealed that the owner of the profile pictures the
suspect used, @Shayla had complained to Instagram that some Nigerians
were using her profile pictures to scam unsuspecting members of the
public.
It was also disclosed that the suspect claimed to be a friend of
Toke Makinwa, Tonto Dike, Don jazzy, Peter Okoye, Toyin Aihmaku, Tee Y
Mix, Oristsefemi, Timaya, Sean Tizzle, Dami Adenuga, Femi Otedola, Mike
Adenuga jnr, Ramsey Noah e.t.c.
“I know all of them. I attend a lot of shows, I meet them, take
photographs with them, even exchange numbers. Like sister Toke Makinwa,
Tonto Dike, Uncle Ramsey Noah, these are the kind of celebrities I look
up to and I want to be like them,” he stated.
But RRS investigators confirmed that he was following a lot of
Nigerian celebrities on Instagram but they could not confirm if any of
them fell prey to Falope's antics, as many his Instagram chats with them
got no response.
The suspect has been transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigations.
Source: RRS Lagos
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