Man Pays $200,000 To Save Fake Online Girlfriend

Posted by samzenpus on Monday February 28, 2011 @08:30AM from the scam-of-the-heart dept.

An anonymous reader writes "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."

1 of 464 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

Re:He saved money by Seumas · 2011-02-28 09:17 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Marriage is different. You're renting pussy. Of course, after the divorce, you're stuck paying for that pussy for the rest of your life even though you don't get to enjoy it anymore. But yeah, for $200k, he should have been able to attract a choice of decent chicks that he could have settled down with. Why you'd waste your time on some fantasy half a world away is bizarre.