San Jose Woman Duped Out Of $500K In Nigerian Online Dating Scam

CBS Local ^ | January 15, 2014

[rightwingintelligentsia]

SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — A San Jose woman bilked out of $500,000 by a Nigerian scam artist on a dating website luckily recovered $200,000 from a bank in Turkey, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.

The case of the 66-year-old woman conned out of her money through a meeting on ChristianMingle.com should serve as a warning about fraud schemes on international dating sites, Deputy District Attorney Cherie Bourland said.

“You get the love drug in you and you end up getting duped,” Bourland said.

The victim, a divorcee, joined ChristianMingle and befriended a Nigerian man who falsely claimed to be “David Holmes,” an Irish citizen working on a Scottish oilrig, Bourland said.

He used a picture he said was of him but was actually an image of a male model he downloaded from the Internet, Bourland said.

“There had been phone calls,” Bourland said. “He did not seem to have a Nigerian accent. He sent her flowers. But they never met in person.”

[ken5050]

FYI....

[Mr. K]

Western Union should be indicted for assisting this fraud

They HAVE TO BE fully aware of this and are not warning people

[Doogle]

...probably a fake sign language user too....

[TurboZamboni]

“There had been phone calls,” Bourland said. “He did not seem to have a Nigerian accent. He sent her flowers. But they never met in person.”

Could have been Anthony Weiner.

[Ray76]

$500,000 to someone you’ve never met? What colossal stupidity.

[skinkinthegrass]

*snickering*
hey! Mon!

[skeeter]

You’d think christianmingle.com could tag accounts originating in Nigeria, too.

[JohnG45]

He used a picture he said was of him but was actually an image of a male model he downloaded from the Internet.

Damn those Nigerians! I wish they would stop using my picture in their scams.

[P.O.E.]

Hard to believe someone would be stupid enough to lend money to a Scotsman

[Autonomous User]

You can’t fix stupid.

[sheana]

I won’t even give my family any money unless I plan on kissing it goodbye and never seeing it again. lol This woman is truly stupid.

[Uncle Chip]

He sent her flowers.

That did it --

[Dr. Pritchett]

Some details missing. I would be very interested to know how the woman got 500k in the first place. And secondly, how did she vote in the last election. I’d rather she give the money to a Nigerian than a CA politician or some other ‘rat.

[skinkinthegrass]

well..It was a picture he said was of him but
was actually an image of a male model..
sex, sells it everything..even @ 66

[Popman]

I honestly didn’t think people fall for this scam....

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[Resolute Conservative]

How do stupid people have so much money?

[Gaffer]

Democrat....other peoples’ money no doubt.

[skinkinthegrass]

hehe.. hehe.. yours, too?