How a Ghanaian young man got Ghs15k Iphone Scammer Arrested using his cyber skills and shocked the criminals is a story worth reading.
There are many young talented young men and women of Ghanaian descent who are using their IT skills acquired to the benefit of society. In in a post sighted by GhanaEducation.org on Twitter, a Ghanaian explained in detail how he used his cyber skills to track a Ghs15k Iphone Scammer and provided flawless information to the Ghana police which led to the arrest of the scammer.
According to the information gathered on this heroic feat, the gentleman has a distress call and several WhatsApp messages from his friend who reported the scamming incident to him.
He was able to track down a scammer by their phone number and got their exact location well as the social media accounts they use.
How did he do that, let’s take a look at what he practically did.
1. His friend who sells iPhones contacted me that he was scammed Ghs15,000 by a fellow he didn’t know. The victim sent him the phone numbers used by the buyer who had disappeared into thin air.
2. Using his cyber skills to good use he said he undertook an osint investigation immediately.
Osint is a cyber-related word that means open source intelligence! This is where a person uses the publicly available information on the internet to conduct an investigation on a topic or information! After several hours I was able to identify the scammer behind the phone numbers.
3. He added that he quickly did a deep dive search on all social media sites to gather as much information he could in other to help. He managed to identify the scammers personal Facebook page and other details through his investigations that could lead to an arrest of the suspect.
4. Upon getting the suspect’s social media accounts, he went to determine the location of the suspect by using tools such as metadata to pinpoint the exact locations he frequents! Lo and behold he got the information needed and sent the information to his victim friend who got scammed to make a police report and get the scammer arrested.
5. The Ghana Police used the information provided and carried out their duties and the suspect was picked from his residence. The arrest shocked the suspect as he never expected that he could be arrested, and his residence could be found. The suspect was identified as Vinsaint Victor Assian through his Facebokok page.
READ: How Scammers And Hackers Steal Your Identity And Use Them To Scam
The success story which is worth celebrating is the hard work of SCAM-ALERT @xorlla. We recommend that you look out for him on Twitter and follow him. SCAM-ALERT per information he put out is working towards starting a business to help arrest scammers. Such genius in the cyberspace need our support to help clean the internet of criminals and scammers
The video of the arrest is shared below.
The video of the arrest ‼️‼️‼️@SIKAOFFICIAL1 @AmeyawDebrah @kwadwosheldon @ksheldonstudios @Citi973 @_FIRE_STICK @gyaigyimii @SneakerNyame_ @yeboahnanaosei pic.twitter.com/XUsWX2KjCG
— SCAM-ALERT (@xorlla) February 11, 2023
Now that you know how this Ghanaian young man got Ghs15k Iphone Scammer Arrested using his cyber skills, let us all learn to be vigilant, learn an IT skill and use the internet for profitable ventures.
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