Scams range from sharing inheritances by simply disclosing the bank account number or by depositing funds, cryptocurrency operations and offering eternal love and marriage to lonely hearts of both sexes, to other more nonsensical ones, but always likely to find naive people craving easy money.

Among those arrested in the operation conducted last Tuesday 10th are Chinese and Filipino nationals, according to the statement from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

No previous suspicions arose from the activities in the building, a seemingly legal call and message center, which counted on a network of native informants providing data about potential candidates to see their life savings vanish, both in Nigeria and abroad.

In the wake of the spectacular mass arrest, the Nigerian authorities are vowing to continue investigating into possible links with organized crime.

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