Nigerian student gets 19 years' jail for love scam

[JODO 2]

Nigerian student gets 19 years' jail for love scam

2 hrs 42 mins ago

LAGOS (Reuters) – A Nigerian undergraduate has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for obtaining $47,000 (33,382 pounds) from an Australian woman by convincing her over the Internet that he was 57 years old, white, and madly in love with her.

Lawal Adekunle Nurudeen met his victim on the Internet in 2007 and convinced her that he was a British widower called Benson Lawson. He said he was an engineer working in Lagos whose wife and only child had been killed in a car accident.

"The victim, a 56-year-old woman from Australia, told the convict that she wanted a husband and all the men she had met always disappointed her," said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigeria's anti-corruption police.

"The convict, who is married with three children, instantly replied and told the victim she had met her Mr Right ... He sent the picture of a white man to foreclose any suspicions."

The woman sent Nurudeen money for medical treatment and travel costs to visit Australia. He spent the funds on two plots of land and a Honda Prelude car.

Nigerian confidence tricksters have a long history of extorting money via the Internet through "419" scams, named after the clause that outlaws them in Nigeria's penal code. Many are never caught.

The EFCC said Nurudeen was ordered to pay around $10,000 immediately and a further $250 a month to his victim until the full amount stolen was returned. She would also receive the proceeds of the sale of his land and car.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090316/od_uk_...alia_scam/print

[Y's_habibitk 2]

47,000 since '07?!

[Otto 83]

Wish I could say "I'm speechless" but....

[panamania79 2]

Nigerian student gets 19 years' jail for love scam

2 hrs 42 mins ago

LAGOS (Reuters) – A Nigerian undergraduate has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for obtaining $47,000 (33,382 pounds) from an Australian woman by convincing her over the Internet that he was 57 years old, white, and madly in love with her.

Lawal Adekunle Nurudeen met his victim on the Internet in 2007 and convinced her that he was a British widower called Benson Lawson. He said he was an engineer working in Lagos whose wife and only child had been killed in a car accident.

"The victim, a 56-year-old woman from Australia, told the convict that she wanted a husband and all the men she had met always disappointed her," said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigeria's anti-corruption police.

"The convict, who is married with three children, instantly replied and told the victim she had met her Mr Right ... He sent the picture of a white man to foreclose any suspicions."

The woman sent Nurudeen money for medical treatment and travel costs to visit Australia. He spent the funds on two plots of land and a Honda Prelude car.

Nigerian confidence tricksters have a long history of extorting money via the Internet through "419" scams, named after the clause that outlaws them in Nigeria's penal code. Many are never caught.

The EFCC said Nurudeen was ordered to pay around $10,000 immediately and a further $250 a month to his victim until the full amount stolen was returned. She would also receive the proceeds of the sale of his land and car.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090316/od_uk_...alia_scam/print

[panamania79 2]

Nigerian student gets 19 years' jail for love scam

2 hrs 42 mins ago

LAGOS (Reuters) – A Nigerian undergraduate has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for obtaining $47,000 (33,382 pounds) from an Australian woman by convincing her over the Internet that he was 57 years old, white, and madly in love with her.

Lawal Adekunle Nurudeen met his victim on the Internet in 2007 and convinced her that he was a British widower called Benson Lawson. He said he was an engineer working in Lagos whose wife and only child had been killed in a car accident.

"The victim, a 56-year-old woman from Australia, told the convict that she wanted a husband and all the men she had met always disappointed her," said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigeria's anti-corruption police.

"The convict, who is married with three children, instantly replied and told the victim she had met her Mr Right ... He sent the picture of a white man to foreclose any suspicions."

The woman sent Nurudeen money for medical treatment and travel costs to visit Australia. He spent the funds on two plots of land and a Honda Prelude car.

Nigerian confidence tricksters have a long history of extorting money via the Internet through "419" scams, named after the clause that outlaws them in Nigeria's penal code. Many are never caught.

The EFCC said Nurudeen was ordered to pay around $10,000 immediately and a further $250 a month to his victim until the full amount stolen was returned. She would also receive the proceeds of the sale of his land and car.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090316/od_uk_...alia_scam/print

:wacko:He was a professional scam artist.

[Ban Hammer 12,857]

Wish I could say "I'm speechless" but....

[Niels Bohr 72]

Wow. I also met many undergrads at lectures who are from Nigeria. And, they are studying Engineers. I talked with one of them and I joked about Nigeria being one of the scam capital of the world. He agreed. He said he himself also get scammed as well. His words of advice, "Don't trust anybody from Nigeria, even him."

We stood quiet the entire lecture. We never met again. I forgot his name. Probably is true.

[Donna A 4]

i chatted with some guy from nigeria before. he was real nice and sent pics of his new daughter and everything. then along came one of his coworkers and looked over his shoulder and got my screen name and then started pming me with all kinds of stories. the guy told me not to trust him because in nigeria they have something called 419. then he explained it was a scam and not to trust him.

[Nessa 23]

a nigerian woman or man?

[panamania79 2]

Wow. I also met many undergrads at lectures who are from Nigeria. And, they are studying Engineers. I talked with one of them and I joked about Nigeria being one of the scam capital of the world. He agreed. He said he himself also get scammed as well. His words of advice, "Don't trust anybody from Nigeria, even him."

We stood quiet the entire lecture. We never met again. I forgot his name. Probably is true.

A few years ago,there was a whole report on that on 60 minutes.

[Sylvia_n_Joseph 3]

Stories like these are one of the reasons it is such a fun country to try to bring an SO from especially if you are white.

[mkg265 2]

Yeah, the man just made it 20 times more difficult for other Nigerian couples (like it was easy before)