by GomerPyle
Sun May 02, 2010 5:55 am
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... ldier.html
Great to hear that he got caught, and 25 years in a Ghanaian prison is no fun, but it shows how enormous some of these crimes are.
For those who consider that victims deserve what they get - this one paid the ultimate price. Throwing yourself under a train is ultimate despair - and that's what the scammer did to this victim - it was murder.
A Ghanaian man accused of posing as a US soldier on an online dating site has been arrested on suspicion of conning a British woman into sending £271,000 to Africa.
Mr Fadola, who lived in a luxurious mansion on the outskirts of Accra, is being held in custody and questioned over money laundering and passport offences, which carry a maximum sentence of 25 years.
Great to hear that he got caught, and 25 years in a Ghanaian prison is no fun, but it shows how enormous some of these crimes are.
For those who consider that victims deserve what they get - this one paid the ultimate price. Throwing yourself under a train is ultimate despair - and that's what the scammer did to this victim - it was murder.
In August last year Philip Hunt, 58, threw himself under a train after losing £82,000 in a romance fraud. He had met a Nigerian girl on the internet, who convinced him to spend the money with promises of starting a life together.
Non-EU citizens should go here to find out about obtaining a visa to work as an au pair in the UK
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/doineedvisa/
Whenever payment is requested by Western Union you're dealing with a scammer
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/doineedvisa/
Whenever payment is requested by Western Union you're dealing with a scammer