But the €40,000 is just a fraction of the €1.7 million stolen by Noel Patrick in a classic 419 email scam
Money stolen by an international fraudster, which has been frozen in an Irish bank for more than ten years, could finally be handed back to victims of the scam.
But the €40,000 is just a fraction of the €1.7 million stolen by Noel Patrick Ikponmwonba in a classic 419 email scam.
ritish woman Susan Lock was tricked in to paying £429,000 over another bogus inheritance scheme.
Californian resident Eric Johnson lost $463,000 he transferred to ‘Lucy Morgan’ to ‘help release an inheritance’ . He believed she would move to the US to live with him.
he Nigerian native moved to Ireland before 2001, where he met his wife Efe and lived for a time in Ryevale Lawns in Leixlip. He claimed social welfare for more than 10 years and in 2007 he was convicted of opening a fake bank account in AIB in Crumlin.
The court order to take control of the cash comes into force next month.
