Police arrest serial scammer, recover phones, cash

A 31-year old suspected scammer, Dare Yusuf, has been arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command. The suspect is a gang member of local fraudsters who go about the streets of Lagos looking for who to scam.  The suspect who resides at 1, Abayomi Jones, Oke-Ilube Ikotun […]

A 31-year old suspected scammer, Dare Yusuf, has been arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command.

The suspect is a gang member of local fraudsters who go about the streets of Lagos looking for who to scam. 

The suspect who resides at 1, Abayomi Jones, Oke-Ilube Ikotun Lagos, was arrested after he had successfully tricked a road user into buying a substance he claimed to double any cash by applying one ‘Adija’ to the money given.

The suspect in connivance with two other suspects (still at large) specialize in defrauding innocent Lagosians of their hard earned money, it was learnt.

The suspect was arrested after he had tricked a road user who does not want his name on print around Ilasa in Isolo area of Lagos State.

He named other members of his gang as Seun, and Ayo. The suspect and his gang use different tricks to rip unsuspecting members of the public of their valuables and immediately desert the scene without a trace.

Dare, while speaking with RRS Decoy team, disclosed the role each member of the group plays, their intrigues and how they share the loot afterwards. He said Ayo is the ‘Catcher’, Seun is the ‘Jejeti’ while he is the ‘Sitter’.

He disclosed that, the Catcher is the one who roams streets in Lagos for the victim. The Catcher approaches road users to ask about a location he is going to and systematically tells the road user he didn’t get the description of the place and it’s important for him to get to the place because he is going there to sell certain chemical worth between N800,000 to N1m which can double one’s money.

Dare said he has been in the business for years to survive with family and that the least they do per day is one victim to avoid police arrest, saying they change location for the next day.

Techno W6 was recovered from the suspect while investigations are still on to recover the iPhone 6 which he confessed to have been sold to get cash.

The suspect has been transferred to the Police State CID for further investigations.

Commenting on the development, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, advised members of the public to be more vigilant and report any suspicious act to the police.