A very smart Nigerian man has been arrested by the EFCC, following a petition from NASA in the USA. The man attempted to commit advance fee fraud by hacking NASA's email account
A Nigerian man has been arrested by the EFCC after he successfully hacked into the e-mail account of America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in an attempt to commit advance fee fraud.
The EFCC received a petition from the NASA, which led to his arrest.
Find the EFCC Press statement below: -
Justice S. S. Ogunsanya of the Lagos State High Court on Thursday June 11, sentenced one Osarenwinda Idahor (a.k.a Ösas Idahor) to two years imprisonment on each of the two count charge bordering on possession of document containing false pretence.
The convict was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission sequel to a petition from NASA OIG Computer Crimes Division Goddard Space Flight Centre, United States, alleging that the suspect hacked into NASA e-mail account to send scam messages for advance fee fraud.
NASA is the United States government agency responsible for the civilian space programme as well aeronautics and aerospace research. Further investigation by the EFCC revealed that the convict disguised himself to be one Mrs Carlow Charles, a cancer patient who wanted to donate the sum of $10,500,000 (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only) to the motherless, widows and less privileged.