‘Mr. Right’ Dupes Woman Out of $50,000 Online
ABUJA, Nigeria — Authorities say an Australian woman who fell in love online was duped out of nearly $50,000 by a Nigerian man who said he was her “Mr. Right.”
Lawal Adewale Nurudeen was sentenced to 19 years in prison and ordered to repay the woman. On Monday, Nigeria’s anti-graft agency said about $9,300 that had been gathered so far would be returned.
Nigerian authorities say the 28-year-old man presented himself as a Briton working in Nigeria for a multinational company. Nurudeen told the 56-year-old woman he was a widower whose wife and only child had died in a car accident.
Authorities say a few weeks later he called the woman, introducing himself as a doctor and saying her “fiance” needed money for medical treatment following an accident.
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‘Mr. Right’ Dupes Woman Out of $50,000 Online
I can’t believe that ANYONE would fall for this BS Nigerian scam artist stuff. But there are fools and dupes out there, and they are all too willing to part with their money, out of ignorance, or I suppose it could be loneliness and desperation. I am betting ignorance plays heavily into it though.
I get a SPAM box full of them every day. I am betting you do too. Here is a small sample of the ones I had just this morning.
from Mr. Bohman Cole bohmancole@katamail.com
reply-tobohmancol@live.com
tobohmancole@katamail.com
date Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:15 AM
subject Good DayWe wish to notify you again that you were listed as a beneficiary to the total sum of 6,000,000.00 GBP (Six Million British Pounds) in the codicil and last testament of the deceased. (Name now withheld since this is our second letter to you).
We contacted you because you bear the surname identity and therefore can present you as the beneficiary to the inheritance.
We therefore reckoned that you could receive these funds as you are qualified by your name identity. All the legal papers will be processed upon your acceptance.
Upon your acceptance of this deal, we request that you kindly forward to us your letter of acceptance, your current telephone and fax numbers and a forwarding address to enable us file necessary LEGAL documents in your name at our high court probate division for the release of the fund in question.
Contact me immediately so that we can get this done.
Kind regards,
Bohman Cole
Wow!! How about that? I am a rich man and obviously I missed their 1st offer. Just think of how well off I would be had I not missed that one… 
And I have received several notifications that I can be given a new Dell computer, but I just don’t have the guts to open the attachments:
from Your Reward Inside FreeLaptop@face-strong.com
reply-toFreeLaptop@face-strong.com
to texasfred@texasfred.com
date Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:04 AM
subject 1 min Quiz, Dell XPS in reward!
If any of you want to contact this guy and get yourself a new Dell laptop, consider this to be MY Christmas present to you.
Now I gotta tell you, this one really has me a bit nervous. I really don’t like the IRS, but I am curious, who has this *undisclosed income* that they think I have? 
from Internal Revenue Service connections@irs.gov
tosupport@interactiveremix.com
date Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:18 AMsubject official “Underreported Income Notice” to taxpayer
Taxpayer ID: support-00000276766487USTax Type: INCOME TAX
Issue: Unreported/Underreported Income (Fraud Application)
Please review your tax statement on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website (click on the link below): review tax statement for taxpayer id: support-00000276766487USInternal Revenue Service
There was no link… And as I was typing this, I got another, almost identical, the taxpayer ID number was different. I wonder if the IRS guys have their act together?
OK, if there are people out there that are SO stupid, or SO desperate for human contact that they fall for these scams, the Nigerian millions, the business scams, the *I LOVE YOU* scams and God only knows what others that are going around, all I can say is, you really ARE stupid and you’re going to get exactly what you deserve.
The reason I even wrote this post was because of a recent conversation I had with my son. He is a Sheriffs Deputy and we were talking about various email scams and how they seem to be on the increase.
He told me that he takes at least 2 reports a week from people that have been *had* by these scams.
Most of us know, there really is NO FREE LUNCH, and get rich quick schemes are just that, schemes. I am pretty sure that I don’t have ANY Nigerian relatives that may be leaving me the millions they made in the cocoa business, at least not any that I am aware of or will admit to!
I often wonder about that long lost Nigerian uncle that was in the ‘wood pile’. Do ya think he had my eyes?
I knew of a woman that actually did fall for this BS… She still gets pissed off when people point out how stupid someone has to be to fall for these scammers…
Don’t let ME find out you got scammed, I WILL talk about you!
And talk about overly PC, I submitted this to Yahoo Buzz… They did an automatic edit to the word NIGERIA.. N****ia was how it came out…
I gotta tell you, Yahoo needs some smarter engineers programing their stuff, you know? Like guys that can actually SPELL…
This is the edit that Yahoo Buzz put on the post…
ABUJA, n****ia — Authorities say an Australian woman who fell in love online was duped out of nearly $50,000 by a n****ian man who said he was her “Mr. Right.”
‘Mr. Right’ Dupes Woman Out of $50,000 Online – texasfred.net – Yahoo! Buzz
That’s NOT how it’s spelled Yahoo… LMAO
Ahhh the old “My Uncle in the Embassy who got killed in a car accident” routine. LOL
There was a woman just north of our town who actually was in charge of an escrow company and was handling a huge Walmart building account that fell for that scam, can you imagine? She lost $200,000 dollars that was earmarked for the construction contractor. Let me rephrase that, Walmart lost it. She went to jail and everything she had was seized. Manager of a title company and falling for that shit?? Unbelievable.
Its amazing that many fall for these scams. I have a first cousin who is my age and like a brother to me. He is a banker living in east Texas and has a son who is somewhat what slow, but nevertheless a grown man. who fell for such a scheme. Recently his son went to the bank to draw out $10,000, the teller who knew him and my cousin alerted my cousin and the transcaction was stopped—he was getting ready to send the money to Nigeria. Yup, the old saying is very true “one born every minute” and another one looking to find him. Greed in the overriding factor—remember the movie “The Sting”!
A financial manager in Spokane fell for it also. He lost EVERYTHING, including his wife. First he gave them 25,000. to get “IN” on the moving of 20 million dollars out of the country. His share was 35%(7 million). He even went to nigeria and LOOKED at the money in a suitcase trunk. The money had “The bank of Nigeria” in ink on the front of the bills. He returned to Washington and was told that it would cost him 10,000 to get the special ink remover to take the banks logo off the bills, which he sent. Wellll, on the way from the phamaceutical co. the guy dropped the bottle and it busted, and NOW they need another 10,000 to get another bottle. Expensive dam stuff!! Now, since they had to have a “special” courier to transport the money they needed another 50,000 ASAP so he mortgaged the house and wired them the money. After a month of not getting any replies to his letters and phone calls, he went to the FBI. They more or less told him the same as I would…….You’re a dumbass!!!!!
Yep…I’ve passed up all those millions for years now. I even get emails from the FBI telling me I have been scammed and to contact them by clicking on the link provided and enter my personal info. I just forward those to the real FBI to investigate.
Some times I even look up the ISP address to see where the email originates from. They say they are emailing me from London…but a quick check shows it coming from Nigeria.
It’s easy to find…. http://www.ip2location.com/free.asp
Being PC correct is a pain some time because they tend to delete part of the words..
Like one of the old sayings ” Ni@@er Rigged “…has now been changed to read ” Presidential Solution ” because of the need to be PC and not offend anyone.
Oh well…hope everyone has a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving.
You read in the local papers of people who fall for these scams all the time. You would think they would have learned by now.
Considering how many stupid people it took to elect Obama… I’m not surprised people are still falling for the BS scam. They even have signs posted at my bank warning people that checks from internet scams won’t be cashed. They came up with a list 10 items long describing the various scams. There is no limit to the stupidity of people in your own home town!!!!