I Started Duping Others After I Was Defrauded" — Boy Who Sells Soap As Mobile Phones.
The Operatives of Rapid Response Squad
(RRS) of Lagos State Police Command,
have apprehended an 18 -year-old boy,
Segun Adeyefa, for allegedly selling bar of
soap as mobile phones to unsuspecting
members of public in traffic.
The suspect was arrested by the RRS men
on routine patrol of Ikorodu Motor Park
yesterday at about 19:50 hrs, while trying
to defraud a young man at the motor park.
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Upon his arrival at RRS’s Headquarters, the
suspect confessed that before he was
caught on Tuesday, he had duped one
person of N3,500 who wanted to buy the
phone.
He noted that he was lured into the fraud
after he was duped through a similar means
about a year ago.
“My action was prompted when I was
swindled by two guys about a year ago by
this way. I had intention of buying a phone
but unknowingly to me it was a cut-to-size
bar of soap just looked similar to a phone
shape… The two guys approached me on
my way to work, then, I was learning a
plumbing work somewhere around Ikorodu…
I bought the phone which was advertised to
me as ‘London used phone’ for N2, 500…
As I left the place, I checked the phone I
bought, to my surprise, I discovered it was
a soap I bought for such amount… That
very moment I promised myself to revenge
by doing same to the people,” he revealed.
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Explaining how he mastered the tactics to
swindle unsuspecting members of public
through that means, he said “after I
discovered that it was a cut-to-size soap I
bought as phone, I learnt that tactics by
understudying the material…. The item
contained cut-to-size soap, carton and
wrapped all together with a cello tape.”
The suspect who lived at 81, Oriwu Road,
Ikorodu, Lagos State, further revealed how
he perpetuated the fraud under the false
pretence of selling a genuine phone.
“What I usually do is called exchange.
My prospective victims will have the mind of
buying handset from me but unknowingly to
them I would have changed the real
handset to soap wrapped with cut to size
carton put inside an envelope… I will
engage them in discussion after showing
them real phone initially, and in the
process of bargaining for the price, I will
change it with the aid of white
handkerchief to fake phone… And, I will tell
them to keep the phone inside their
pockets immediately that people are
watching us. As soon as the buyer left the
spot, I will immediately change my location
by moving to another place.”
The suspect further stated that the demise
of his master who was teaching him
plumbing work, also led to his criminal act.
While confirming the arrest, the Police
Public Relations Officer (PPRO),
Superintendent of Police, SP Dolapo
Badmus, warned the general public to be
weary of individuals who approach them to
buy phones on highways in order not to fall
victim of con men.
Items such as fake phones, key soap cut to
size, shirts, some amount of money, packet
of envelopes and cut to size cartons were
recovered from him. The suspect has been
transferred to Lagos State Task Force on
Environment for prosecution.
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(RRS) of Lagos State Police Command,
have apprehended an 18 -year-old boy,
Segun Adeyefa, for allegedly selling bar of
soap as mobile phones to unsuspecting
members of public in traffic.
The suspect was arrested by the RRS men
on routine patrol of Ikorodu Motor Park
yesterday at about 19:50 hrs, while trying
to defraud a young man at the motor park.
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Upon his arrival at RRS’s Headquarters, the
suspect confessed that before he was
caught on Tuesday, he had duped one
person of N3,500 who wanted to buy the
phone.
He noted that he was lured into the fraud
after he was duped through a similar means
about a year ago.
“My action was prompted when I was
swindled by two guys about a year ago by
this way. I had intention of buying a phone
but unknowingly to me it was a cut-to-size
bar of soap just looked similar to a phone
shape… The two guys approached me on
my way to work, then, I was learning a
plumbing work somewhere around Ikorodu…
I bought the phone which was advertised to
me as ‘London used phone’ for N2, 500…
As I left the place, I checked the phone I
bought, to my surprise, I discovered it was
a soap I bought for such amount… That
very moment I promised myself to revenge
by doing same to the people,” he revealed.
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Explaining how he mastered the tactics to
swindle unsuspecting members of public
through that means, he said “after I
discovered that it was a cut-to-size soap I
bought as phone, I learnt that tactics by
understudying the material…. The item
contained cut-to-size soap, carton and
wrapped all together with a cello tape.”
The suspect who lived at 81, Oriwu Road,
Ikorodu, Lagos State, further revealed how
he perpetuated the fraud under the false
pretence of selling a genuine phone.
“What I usually do is called exchange.
My prospective victims will have the mind of
buying handset from me but unknowingly to
them I would have changed the real
handset to soap wrapped with cut to size
carton put inside an envelope… I will
engage them in discussion after showing
them real phone initially, and in the
process of bargaining for the price, I will
change it with the aid of white
handkerchief to fake phone… And, I will tell
them to keep the phone inside their
pockets immediately that people are
watching us. As soon as the buyer left the
spot, I will immediately change my location
by moving to another place.”
The suspect further stated that the demise
of his master who was teaching him
plumbing work, also led to his criminal act.
While confirming the arrest, the Police
Public Relations Officer (PPRO),
Superintendent of Police, SP Dolapo
Badmus, warned the general public to be
weary of individuals who approach them to
buy phones on highways in order not to fall
victim of con men.
Items such as fake phones, key soap cut to
size, shirts, some amount of money, packet
of envelopes and cut to size cartons were
recovered from him. The suspect has been
transferred to Lagos State Task Force on
Environment for prosecution.
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