Posted on 01/17/2014 6:03:29 AM PST by Morgana
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.
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Wonder if christian mingle can be held accountable?
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I’m reasonably sure they have no obligation to protect people from their stupidity and gullibility. That would be a mission impossible. Has a phone company EVER been held responsible for a scam or fraud conducted over the phone. I don’t think so.
Some people are so desperate for a partner that they’ll fall for this trash.
San Jose ping
city that i love... my hometown... :)
bfl
I wonder if she has any money left?
Is there such a thing as a San Jose ping list?
Hey, for a small fee of 50k or so I will help her get the rest of her money back. Just wire it to me care of Western Union.
Well, people get lonely and want to find someone. But keep hold of your common sense. Sounds like a huge red flag to wire money overseas. Hard to believe that she wired money to a man she never met in person.
Darwin memorial award in personal finance.
Looks like $200,000
Not deep enough pockets. Try the Vatican.
Not that I know of, I was just pinging my friend Nully in San Jose. Vendome also lives around there, somewhere
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