Love Scam: EFCC recovers $2000 for American victim

Relief came for one Margaret Sanders, an
American based in Sherman, Texas, as the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
successfully recovered the sum of $2000.00 (two
thousand USD) which she had lost to a suspected
Nigerian fraudster, Benjamin Akugbe, in a romance
scam.
Sanders, through a petition dated July 9, 2013
alleged that she entered into a relationship on
facebook, with someone who claimed to be Benny
Brown from Warri, Delta State, with both agreeing
to get married.
According to her, the suspect in the course of the
affair, requested for the sum of $2000.00USD to
enable him join her in United States of America.
The money was wired to him through Western
Union, into an account with the name, Gladdys
Ikpoba domiciled with a new generation bank.
After an endless wait for the fiance, Sanders came
to the sad realisation that she had been duped.
But her efforts to recover the money were
unsuccessful until she petitioned the EFCC.
The Commission through discrete investigation
recovered and returned the money to the victim.