16.10.2022 Featured
Nigerian, Wife Arrested for ‘Love Fraud’ in Cambodia
Published 16th Oct, 2022
By Joseph Adeiye
A Nigerian and his Cambodian wife have been arrested in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for orchestrating a romance scam.
The Cambodian Anti-Technology Crime Department made this known on Saturday.

According to Khmer Times, the Anti-Technology Crime Department collaborated with both the Phnom Penh Municipal Police and the Phnom Penh Municipal Prosecutor’s Office to apprehend the couple on Tuesday.

The husband, a yet-to-be-named 48-year-old Nigerian*, and his 37-year-old Cambodian wife carried out an organised romance fraud on the WhatsApp.

They pretended to be attractive females seeking potential partners on WhatsApp. After contacting a victim, they established a relationship online and then asked for money to pay for items they had ordered from abroad under the guise of a lover.(sic)

The Anti-Technology Crime Department said that it had built a case and sent the suspects to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for further proceedings after investigating.
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* Two Nigerian men were arrested in Cambodia for internet fraud this week: newsworthy/nigerian-man-arrested-for-de ... 51744.html