NLA causes arrest of lotto fraudsters in Volta Region

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) together with the Volta Regional Police Command, have successfully arrested four lotto fraudsters in the Volta Region.

The four lotto fraudsters are Godwin Agbenyefia alias Demon, aged 19, Reuben Abusah alias Last Burial, aged 20, Kelvin Kwame Abouzi alias Kartel, aged 20 and Kingsley Adelekey, aged 21.

The accused persons were said to be operating from Akatsi and Ho in the Volta Region.

The Circuit Court in Ho presided over by His Honour, Felix Datsomor remanded the suspects in police custody. They are to re-appear in court on September 23, 2020.

The lotto fraudsters have created several Facebook accounts, WhatsApp platforms and other social media platforms using the logo and pictures of the Staff of the National Lottery Authority and sometimes pictures of other people to defraud the unsuspecting public.

“It is very sad that these lotto fraudsters are able to convince people who want to be rich overnight to make mobile money transfers to them in exchange for fake winning lotto numbers,” NLA said in a statement.

NLA explained that the lotto fraudsters receive various sums of money from their victims in order to stake lotto numbers for them.

“After the draw of the lotto numbers by the National Lottery Authority (NLA), the Lotto Fraudsters send photographs of fake winning coupons (prize) to their victims suggesting that they had won the lotto.”

“The lotto fraudsters then demand 20-40% of the amount of money they claim the victims had won before NLA would pay for their winning tickets. Subsequently, after the victims pay the lotto fraudsters with the percentage of the fake winning prize, the fraudsters then quickly block the phone calls of their victims and vanish.”

NLA in its statement said sometimes the lotto fraudsters manage to convince their victims to send money for registration to qualify them for the fake winning numbers.

“The National Lottery Authority would like to state categorically that, NLA has not designed any registration forms for the public to register to win lotto numbers.”

“The outcome of lotto draws is conducted in an open and transparent manner and the draw is open to the general public to witness daily, except Sundays and public holidays.

“It is absolutely false that people and staff of the Authority have access to winning lotto numbers. The National Lottery Authority would like to commend the Volta Regional Police Headquarters for a successful operation. The Authority shall continue to collaborate with the Police and other relevant security agencies to arrest the lotto Fraudsters across the country.”

NLA further urged the public to be more vigilant and discontinue engaging the services of lotto fraudsters.

“Lotto is a game of chance and it is impossible to foretell winning numbers before draws,” the statement noted.

 

 

 

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