A Nigerian woman identified as Jumoke Monsurat Ayedun has been arrested in New Jersey, United States after she scammed an elderly woman of $17,000.
Using the old 419
trick, Ayedun had told the woman, who later became her victim, that the victim
was eligible for a grant of $75,000 from the United Nations Democracy Fund
Program. The Smith County Sheriff’s Office said the victim, based in Smith
County, Texas sent Ayedun $17,000 in total, to access the $75,000 from a fake
UN Fund.
The victim later talked
to a family member, who told her it was a scam. The police waded in. According to the sheriff’s office, the victim
told officials a person using a fake Facebook contacted her saying they were a
family member.
The victim began to
talk to the scammer after seeing a picture of another family member of the
victim. The Smith County Sheriff’s Office began to investigate the case and
tracked down the suspect through the bank account number used by the suspect
during the transactions.
Investigator John
Partlow determined the suspect as 29-year-old Jumoke Monsurat Ayedun, a
Nigerian living in New Jersey on a visa. Partlow obtained a passport picture of
Ayedun and determined she was the same person as the suspect seen on an ATM
video removing money from the account. Parlow also determined Ayedun had been
receiving payments into her account from various sources such as Venmo,
Zellepay and personal checks.
Partlow helped to
freeze Ayedun’s account to possibly make money available to the victim. A warrant for Ayedun’s arrest was issued in
September. Her bond was set at $1 million. Ayedun was arrested Monday, October
7th by police in Teaneck, New Jersey. She is currently in the Bergen County
Jail awaiting extradition.
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