Nigeria: Investigation - the Multi-Million Dollar Norwegian Scam and the Role of a Nigerian

What the report says

Premium Times, in a joint investigation with Norway’s NRK, reports on a large fraud network that used fake cryptocurrency and investment websites to target people in several countries. The article centers on how victims were drawn in through social media, especially TikTok, where scammers copied the profile of Norwegian influencer Mi Le Hagen and sent direct messages encouraging investment in Bitcoin and other digital assets.

The reporting says the network operated through sites such as 247autobot.com, which displayed fake account growth to make deposits appear profitable. According to the article, the money was never actually invested, and users later found they could not withdraw funds without paying additional fees or taxes. The investigation also describes how ethical hacker Daniel Christensen helped trace the scam infrastructure by finding coding flaws and patterns across the websites.

A Nigerian man, David Erubure, is identified in the article as being connected to the network through websites hosted from Warri, Delta State. To outside observers, he appeared to be a web developer and IT expert running a web hosting business, but the investigation says some of his hosted sites were later linked to fraudulent schemes. The report says investigators found more than 100 fraudulent investment websites, later expanding that total to over 200, with shared technical features and some references to Norwegian contact details.

The case matters because it shows how cross-border cyberfraud can use local technical infrastructure and familiar social platforms to mislead victims far from the country where the hosting or operators may be based. Premium Times and NRK say the broader network remains under investigation.