Soon after losing her money to scammers, a victim is contacted by somebody claiming to be a law enforcement officer. The victim is informed that a series of scammers have been arrested and luckily most of the funds have been recovered.

In reality, the sender of the message is the same scammer, but now is impersonating an authority in the country the scam came from, such as EFCC Nigeria (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission).

The victim is guaranteed the recovery of her money once she has provided all the necessary documentation (IDs that prove she is the real victim) along with a “processing and insurance purposes fee”. This way, the victim not only is scammed again, but gives all her personal information to the scammers as well.

How to avoid: have you ever heard the expression: “Fool me once - shame on you, fool me twice – shame on me?”