BK001
10-27-2018, 10:11 AM
In this day and age, it's difficult to comprehend that some people still fall for this. I wonder if it is driven by loneliness. Regardless it is very sad for the victims.
From the other News site:
A Lady Lake woman sent $5,000 to a man she met online, but when she cut him off, he threatened to post naked photos of her.
The 57-year-old woman contacted Lady Lake police on Oct. 18 to report that she had been scammed by the man she met in June or July on Facebook. He later told her that he had a sick daughter and needed money.
The woman went on Sept. 3 to Wal-Mart and sent a $500 money gram to a Wal-Mart in Nigeria, as the man instructed her to do. Over the next two weeks, she continued to send money grams and iTunes cards to him. She sent him a total of $5,000, according to an incident report from the Lady Lake Police Department.
When the Massachusetts native became suspicious of the man, she stopped sending him money. He threatened to send out naked photos of her that she had sent to him.
The woman showed police a certificate with her name and the man’s name that purported to show that together they owned $13 million in crude oil.
Police told her the certificate was probably fake and that she had been the victim of a Nigerian scam.
From the other News site:
A Lady Lake woman sent $5,000 to a man she met online, but when she cut him off, he threatened to post naked photos of her.
The 57-year-old woman contacted Lady Lake police on Oct. 18 to report that she had been scammed by the man she met in June or July on Facebook. He later told her that he had a sick daughter and needed money.
The woman went on Sept. 3 to Wal-Mart and sent a $500 money gram to a Wal-Mart in Nigeria, as the man instructed her to do. Over the next two weeks, she continued to send money grams and iTunes cards to him. She sent him a total of $5,000, according to an incident report from the Lady Lake Police Department.
When the Massachusetts native became suspicious of the man, she stopped sending him money. He threatened to send out naked photos of her that she had sent to him.
The woman showed police a certificate with her name and the man’s name that purported to show that together they owned $13 million in crude oil.
Police told her the certificate was probably fake and that she had been the victim of a Nigerian scam.