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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 27 January 2025)
Cupid's wings clipped.
In Istanbul a hoodwinking gang made up of Nigerian and
Turkish men and women laid "love traps" for their victims on
social media, enticing them into dialogues and then pretending
to send the victims packages. Next, a phony customs official
would call the dupes and intimidate them with tales of tax or
black market issues related to the packages and demand as
much as 50,000 TL ($1,400) to make the problem go away (!).
A police investigation identified eight suspects, seven of whom
were arrested and another one was caught at Istanbul Airport
trying to flee Turkey. Raids of the suspects' premises yielded
119,750 in Nigerian money, two gold-colored watches, two
gold-colored necklaces and digital material.
Nigerian princes, and evidently princesses, good at this stuff.
The gang's leader Yeter Gökdemir controlled all of the gang's
finances. The hoodwinkers would identify themselves to
their targets as American soldiers or doctors in order to lure
them into relationships. With her ill-gotten gains Yeter hanım
opened a nightclub in Istanbul (!), which has now been sealed
shut.
Four of the suspects, including Yeter hanım, have been jailed
and the other four have been released on judicial supervision.
Who's the weaker sex?
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