Debora Moreira, a Brazilian victim of internet fraud, has acknowledged the receipt of the sum of $4,040 which was recovered on her behalf by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Moreira lost the money to Emmanuel Tope, a convicted fraudster, in a romance scam.
EFCC commenced investigation of the scam in March 2019 and successfully recovered the money, prosecuted, and got the fraudster convicted.
EFCC in a statement released said the proceeds of crime were remitted into the victim’s account with Bank Itau S/A, Rua Americo Brasiliense, through the Central Bank of Nigeria
