Nigerian arrested under suspicion of being leader of Romance scan group.
A Nigerian suspect was arrested for impersonating a Japanese woman and defrauding a man in his sixties that they met on a social network out of 600,000 yen in cash.
He is believed to be the coordinator of a Romance scam group that swindles cash through encouraging romantic feelings. The Metropolitan Police department has discovered that they have stolen approximately 370 million yen from more than 20 victims.
逮捕されたのは、ナイジェリア国籍のオージー・フランシス・アフィポ容疑者（61）です
The suspect arrested is a man named ”Oji Francis Afi” of Nigerian nationality (age 61).
According the Metropolitan Police Department, the suspect Oji colloborated with other gang members and furthermore, pretended to be a Japanese woman living abroad who suffered from cancer and had only months left to live.
The victim received other fake messages from people pretending to be bank employees and UN officials, and in the course of one year sent over approximately 80 million yen.
The suspect is believed to be the leader of a criminal gang, of which four members have already been arrested and prosecuted.
The Metropolitan Police department uncovered approximately 370 million yen that this group defrauded from more than 20 people.
The Metropolitan Police department issued a warning that romance scams have seen a sharp increase in Japan to more than 8 billion 400 million yen lost and 832 cases as of April this year.
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