Nigeria deportes Chinese fraudsters after the sting on the “Foreign Syndicate”

The country’s illegal control agency said that Nigeria deported dozens of foreigners, including 50 Chinese citizens, in a major campaign during the past week on one of the “largest forms of e -crime led by foreigners.”

“This brings the total number of foreign citizens convicted to 102 in the ongoing exercise,” he said, adding that they were convicted of “cyber terrorism and fraud on the Internet.”

They are among the 192 foreigners who were arrested during a bite in Lagos last Friday.

Nigeria is famous for online fraud and romantic fraud. Electronic crime cases were among the most prevalent crimes in Nigeria last year, according to the EFCC.

In recent years, EFCC has succeeded in controlling many intelligence as they learn young internet criminals, known locally as “Yahoo Boys”, their fraud skills.

There were also many prominent cybersecurity cases associated with Nigerians who live outside the country-some of which discovered by the FBI.

On Thursday, EFCC posted pictures of X of foreigners that were deported on that day. They were shown in long lines at the airport, wearing a hold with their luggage.

“More deportation is to be made in the coming days,” the agency said.

EFCC said that the operation, which was called “Eagle Flush”, was paid after receiving “executive intelligence”.

He added that among the 192 he was arrested in the bite, 148 were Chinese.

This is the second uproar on foreigners suspected of involvement in electronic crimes during the past year.

Nearly 800 suspects, including 148 Chinese and 40 Filipino citizens, were arrested last December in the so -called authorities an organized network in which foreigners cooperated with Nigerian recruits to carry out romantic fraud and investment in the encrypted currency.

EFCC has linked the increasing e -crime cases in Nigeria to increased unemployment, seeking a quick wealth among young people, the great informal economy and weak regulatory frameworks.

Last year, the owner of Instagram, Meta, Remove thousands of accounts in Nigeria That was trying to target people in Sextiner plans on the Internet.

These fraudsters usually constitute young women online to deceive people to send sexually explicit materials before blackmailing them.

The company said it also led to a reduction in 5700 groups on Facebook as the fraudsters were providing advice on how to defraud people.

Experts and authorities have warned by social media users that they remain aware and alert the risk of fraud Amid their apparent ascension.