In a bid to recover their monies, some Nigerians who were scammed in the OBA Global eCommerce fraud have petitioned the Canadian government.
In one petition against OBA Global which was sighted by Chronicle NG, they are seeking government intervention to recover their funds and to arrest those who perpetrated the crime.
Chronicle NG had reported that a White lady, simply identified as Lynn, is the front for the scam that deceived hundreds of Nigerians most of whom are based in Canada.
A screenshot of phone numbers received by Chronicle NG reveals that most of the masterminds are Nigerians and that they exited WhatsApp groups created to convince their fellow countrymen shortly after the scam was uncovered.
In one petition sent to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a victim explained that at least one of the perpetrators, Jude Oba, was planning to flee to Nigeria. He urged the police to put the Customs on alert.
The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre was also petitioned by some of the victims of the OBA Global scam.
Also petitioned are Marco Mendicino, the Minister of Public Safety and Honourable Ron Mckinnon, the Chairman House Committee on Public Safety.
The petitioner listed the names of those involved, their phone numbers and the bank account they used in receiving funds for the scam.
“I am writing to report an international scam that has defrauded and still defrauding many Canadians of their hard warned money running into thousands of dollars,” the petition said.
“They claim to be an online merchant who wants people to partner with them by marketing their products online. They ask their victims to deposit money, in which the victims would earn commissions on their investment. They created WhatsApp groups through their agents in Canada who steal people’s identity/phone numbers to create the group.
“It is through these WhatsApp groups they network with their Ponzi scheme. They created a website, main.oba.global for this scam. Once they have raked in a substantial amount of money, they pulled down the website. This was the website they used to defraud me and others. I learnt they have created another group and another website to continue this fraud. Their main collaborators/agents in Canada are: Jude Oba: phone number (647) 616 7104; Lyn: phone number (424) 462 7439; Mamaput Africana in Toronto: phone number (437) 922 6215.
“Other phone numbers they use to commit this fraud are (219) 588 4415, (289) 322 2022, (416) 451 8201, (289) 823 2529, (410) 892 9840, (424) 402 7439, (437) 239 6870, (437) 922 6215.
“The emails they have used to defraud people in the past are: oba202202@gmail.com, oba202304@gmail.com, oba202301@gmail.com,
oba202305@gmail.com, reactvue1124@gmail.com, Liumeixia521125@gmail.com, and Alanmossnewnote@outlook.com.
“The above emails were used to receive interact transfers from the victims. The details on the Interac transfers are Devan (Chen Chen); Adia Salon Incorporation; Yubo Li (Allen) and Yun Dai.
Chronicle NG reports that the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has since initiated an investigation into the scam.
“Thank you for taking the time to provide your report to the CAFC. The details of your circumstances have been added to a national fraud database for information purposes and may be shared on a priority basis for the purposes of investigation and disruption of criminal activities,” CAFC said.
