According to on line report a Woman in
San Francisco, California, USA has lost $ 200,000 to a Nigerian scammer through
an online dating site – Christian Mingle Dating site. The 66 year
old woman was led to believe that the Nigerian scammer was a British citizen
stuck at sea on a Scottish oil rig.
The scammer was With series of Investigations from the scammer’s Skype account and e-mail address to Nigeria, revealed that the man communicated with her all the time via phone and sms as well as sent her flowers.
During one of their conversation he asked her to loan him money to run a business, he created a fake website, where the woman was listed as an official of the company.
The divorcee wired $200,000 from her retirement account to a Turkish bank as requested by the scammer. After she realized that she has been conned, she immediately notified authorities.
An associate of the scammer Wisdom Onokpite showed up at the Turkish Bank to withdraw the money, and was arrested immediately. Wisdom is said to have entered Turkey with a fake passport.
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