In Its attempt to curb corruption in Nigeria , the anti-graft agency of nigeria known as EFCC has raided a building which was said to be the epicenter for international online fraud, Nigeria's anti-graft agency arrested 792 people on December 10 at the seven-story Big Leaf Building in Lagos, the country's commercial center. In the words of EFCC spokesperson Wilson Uwujaren, the opulent building was utilized as a communications place that provided to victims from both Europe and the Americas, where scammers lured those impacted via romantic proposes or false investment opportunities, particularly in bitcoin, over social media platforms like Instagram and WhatsApp.
Following the establishment of confidence, victims were forced to send money through criminal enterprises. Uwujaren claims that Nigerian accomplices initially approached victims, and their international colleagues oversaw the fraudulent process.