Nigerian Man,Eluma Francis Chukwubueze Arrested For Online Fraud In Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam: The Vietnamese police have arrested a Nigerian, Eluma Francis Chukwubueze in is hotel in Bui Vien, District 1, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam for defrauding vietnamese women to a tune of $7,000. 

            

Eluma Francis Chukwubueze, 37 was arrested after an investigation by the police. Francis mode of scam is he makes friends with the Vietnamese lady, and pose as a rich foreign man, using different name and aliases.

He was arrested after he scammed a 48 years old woman in Binh Thanh, Ho Chi Minh. He asked the woman to send him $250 in exchange for an iPhone5s, a camera and also a laptop. On May 20, the woman sent Francis the money.

Francis accomplice, who impersonated an airport officer, called the woman and said her gift is being held in Malaysia, and she will need to send $2,500 as an additional fee. The lady who feels something is wrong, called the police who later tracked him down and arrested him in his hotel.

The police are not sure of how many Vietnamese women have fallen for this man's trick, but Francis told the police he had gotten $7,000 in the last four months.