A 26-year-old Ghanaian-born Canadian man named
Gyimah Andrew Boateng has been arrested and is
currently facing charges in Toronto, Canada, for
packaging rice and selling it off as iPhone.
According to PeaceFmOnline, the suspect sold the first
‘iPhone’ to an unsuspecting buyer who saw an advert on
the sale of the phone on Kijiji, an advertising platform.
The victim then met Boateng in the area of Islington
Avenue and Dixon Road in Toronto and gave him money
for the iPhone6.
According to the Police, when the buyer opened the
box, the only thing inside was rice. Another person had
also reportedly fell victim to the same trick earlier this
month, the police reported. Gyimah was arrested in
connection with both incidents.
He is facing two counts of fraud under $5,000, two
counts of false pretence under $5,000, and two counts
of breaching a court order.
In Nigeria, the sort of scam Gyimah tried to pull is quite
common. Various Nigerians have fallen victim of this
scam especially at popular technology marketplace,
Computer Village, where fufu and rice are packaged as
laptops and phones and sold to innocent buyers.
by kaywizzy via My Blog
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