Member of Nigerian 'Black Dollar Scam' Gang Arrested in Lebanon

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The Judicial Police has arrested a Nigerian member of a so-called “black dollar scam” gang that has fraudulently obtained money from a number of Lebanese victims.

“Following intensive investigations in the Bir al-Abed area, the Dahieh Judicial Police department managed to arrest on Tuesday night a member of a Nigerian gang operating outside Lebanon,” the Internal Security Forces said in a statement issued on Thursday.

The gang hooked “its Lebanese victims through the Internet by persuading them that black papers can be turned into $100 bills after washing off the black color through the use of a certain chemical substance,” the ISF said.

It identified the apprehended man as 40-year-old Nigerian citizen Fred Amah Ede.

According to the statement, he confessed to having arrived in Lebanon in February “along with a man called B. S., with the aim of handing 70-year-old Lebanese citizen H. B. a suitcase containing 'black dollars' in return for $15,000.”

The Nigeria-based gang communicated with the Lebanese man via the Internet, the statement noted.

“A box containing $100-bill-sized green and black papers, various counterfeit currencies and $4,500 was seized” in the possession of the detained Nigerian man, the ISF said.

“Efforts are underway to arrest the second culprit,” it added.

The famous black money scam, sometimes also known as the "black dollar scam" or "wash wash scam", is a scam where con artists attempt to fraudulently obtain money from a victim by persuading him or her that piles of banknote-sized paper in a trunk or a safe are real money which has been dyed black or another color.

The victim is persuaded to pay for chemicals to wash the "money" with a promise that he will share in the proceeds.

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Comments 10
Thumb FlameCatcher 24 April 2014, 19:24

Two funny things about this story.

1- The man is called B.S.

2- It's funny that this happened in Hezbollaland... no suprise there!

Thumb Maxx 24 April 2014, 23:33

You said it! I mean, how naïve must one be to dish out a whole lot of retirement money (poor 70-year-old grandpa) to a guy whose initials are B.S.?
As for Dahieh, alas, criminals find it a safe haven where the Army has little authority, and where Hizb rule the land. Before it used to be Sabra and Shatilla, now it's Dahieh.

Thumb gma-bs-artist. 25 April 2014, 01:05

That's only a half of it, in fact after washing off the black color through the use of a certain chemical substance the Nigerian gang member turned into Nawwaf Moussawi.

Thumb FlameCatcher 24 April 2014, 19:29

Two funny things about this story.

1- The man is called B.S.

2- It's funny that this happened in Hezbollaland... no suprise there!

Missing VINCENT 24 April 2014, 23:12

Yes, I am familiar with this. Once of them is the Prince who sent me a nice email.

Thumb gma-bs-artist. 25 April 2014, 03:24

His name in H.N. and B.S. is what he does.

Thumb thepatriot 25 April 2014, 11:48

His name is H.N, B.S is what he does, an sewer is what he smells like.

Thumb ibinherathreik 25 April 2014, 18:28

Did they say bir al abed in dahyeh?

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Default-user-icon Amoro (Guest) 18 March 2017, 16:14

Beware of a very similar scam played by a Lebanese whose name is Abbas El-Jammal and who pretends to be a Doctor in Chemistry capable of cleaning black Dollars.