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Drew
03-01-2011, 04:09 AM
A 48-year-old Illinois man has experienced an online scam that was particularly devastating, both financially and emotionally. A woman he believed to be his online girlfriend turned out to be a fake, and his money has disappeared with her.

The scam was recently revealed because he went to the police asking for help to rescue the woman, insisting that she had been kidnapped in London. The online "relationship" between the two began over two years ago, during which he wired about $200,000 to several different bank accounts in Nigeria, Malaysia, England, and the US. That's all according to a police report cited by the Naperville Sun, which explained the nonexistence of the woman:

An identification card the woman provided to the man was a sample driver’s license from Florida, the report said. According to the report, when the officer stated the female did not exist, the man "was in disbelief." The case is under investigation.

We knew that love, offline or online, was blind, but we never thought it could be pushed to this extent. He's not the brightest man alive, but given your experiences with love, do you feel sorry for him?
http://www.techspot.com/news/42583-man-pays-200000-to-save-fake-girlfriend-in-online-scam.html

Makes you wonder if the guys pretending to be girls in gemstone just to get a fake sword aren't aiming high enough.
Parkbandit
03-01-2011, 09:36 AM
Makes you wonder if the guys pretending to be girls in gemstone just to get a fake sword aren't aiming high enough.

:rofl:
Atlanteax
03-01-2011, 11:54 AM
One wonders why *bank in Nigeria* did not tip him off...
Liagala
03-01-2011, 12:15 PM
One wonders why *bank in Nigeria* did not tip him off...
I would wonder that too, had I not been forced to explain to my boss why this girl from Nigeria who messaged him out of nowhere on a dating site saying that he's the man of her dreams, was likely not real. I wish I was exaggerating, but sadly, I am not. He was all excited about her, and about another who messaged him on Facebook with the "Hi, my name is (whatever), and I noticed that I live near you! I'm funny, smart, and enjoy long walks on the beach. I think we'd get along great! Add me to your friends list!" (actual message was longer and included every last one of the generic "I am an internet bot" lines, but that's the gist of it).

He is currently waiting for approval for a fiancee visa, so he can bring this girl in the Dominican Republic to the US and marry her. He's been talking to her for ~3 months online, and spent 4 days in DR visiting. He divorced his third wife back in August. He's 55, Dominican girl is 24.
AnticorRifling
03-01-2011, 12:19 PM
He's just living the dream.
WRoss
03-01-2011, 12:25 PM
Holy shit, this dude is from my town. I need to look this up later and see if know of him.

BTW, anyone loan me 200,000?
Suppa Hobbit Mage
03-01-2011, 01:05 PM
He is currently waiting for approval for a fiancee visa, so he can bring this girl in the Dominican Republic to the US and marry her. He's been talking to her for ~3 months online, and spent 4 days in DR visiting. He divorced his third wife back in August. He's 55, Dominican girl is 24.

So he's actually been there and met her? At least in his case she's real. Besides, she may just want a daddy figure in her life to take care of her. Many mean like being the white knight :)
Bobmuhthol
03-01-2011, 01:12 PM
You got a problem with black knights now?
Suppa Hobbit Mage
03-01-2011, 01:22 PM
You got a problem with black knights now?

There has to be a villain in every story, so nope!
AnticorRifling
03-01-2011, 01:37 PM
So he's actually been there and met her? At least in his case she's real. Besides, she may just want a daddy figure in her life to take care of her. Many mean like being the white knight :)

Don't lie you're just trying to justify shipping your girlfriend state side. I KID I KID
Suppa Hobbit Mage
03-01-2011, 01:41 PM
Them women from underdeveloped countries know how to treat a man is all!
Sean
03-01-2011, 01:47 PM
Them women from underdeveloped countries know how to treat a man is all!

Just find them butt naked on a zebra...
Keller
03-01-2011, 02:18 PM
Just find them butt naked on a zebra...

Eventually, they all ask for half.
WRoss
03-01-2011, 02:39 PM
The funny part is that Naperville is renowned for having gold diggers because of the large population of 20-40 year old individuals making 6-7 figure salaries. He could have just gone out to local bars and gotten a nice plastic barbie for that 200k.
NocturnalRob
03-01-2011, 02:54 PM
Just find them butt naked on a zebra...
Eddie! I want half!!
Sean
03-01-2011, 03:02 PM
Eddie! I want half!!

You can't let her mingle with American women, because they'll change her shit up. American women stick together the last thing they want to see is you got some trained bush bitch in your house (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts4sEBb2K3s)
NocturnalRob
03-01-2011, 03:12 PM
You can't let her mingle with American women, because they'll change her shit up. American women stick together the last thing they want to see is you got some trained bush bitch in your house (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts4sEBb2K3s)
Suck my dick, Eddie! You motherfucker!!

What an amazing performance.
Suppa Hobbit Mage
03-01-2011, 05:04 PM
Eddie Murphy Raw was one of my favorite VHS tapes we'd recorded from HBO back in the day. Ah... memories.