A 75-year-old female Dutch national, Jeanet De
Jonge, has lost €200,000 to a 31-year-old
Nigerian, Michael Adio in a romance scam.
It was gathered that Adio, who had been
arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, pretended to be an American
citizen, making it easy for Jonge to fall for
him.
The EFCC, which described Adio as a
confidence trickster, revealed that the man
was an indigene of the Owu area of Ogun
State.
Explaining how the suspect, perpetrated the
act, the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren,
said the victim and the suspect met on a
dating site and started a relationship.
Uwujaren said, “Adio met the victim on the
‘Net log’ dating site and pretended to be a 41-
year-old American citizen working as a chef in
a Nigerian restaurant and needed a wife.
“The profile attracted Jeanet (Jonge) and, in no
time, began sending him money through
Western Union and Money Gram.”
It was gathered that Adio had told his victim
that he wanted to meet her, but needed funds
to get documents and perfect his travel plans.
However, trouble was said to have started
when Jonge did not see her hubby after
sending money to him for almost two years.
Uwujaren said, “Investigations revealed that
the suspect collected various sums under the
pretext that he was going to use the money to
perfect his travel plans and obtain the required
documents that would enable him travel to
Holland to join or visit Jeanet.
“His inability or refusal to honour the
invitation from Jeanet made her to be
suspicious and prompted her to petition the
EFCC.”
Adio, in his statement to the EFCC, said, “She
was sending me money monthly, ranging from
$800 to $900 from June 2012 through
Western Union Money transfer and Money
Gram.
“There was a time the Western Union blocked
her from sending money to me in Nigeria. So,
she requested that I should go to London to
enable her send me money there.
“I contacted a friend of mine in London, Osas
Odiah, to receive the money and send to me
here in Nigeria.
“She first sent €2,000 to my friend’s account
in London, and later to my Keystone bank
account, which was actually a Forex Trade
account.
“We started using this account when we
discovered that my friend was not remitting all
the money sent by Jeanet (Jonge) to me.”
Uwujaren said the commission was still
following up on some lead, adding that Adio
would be arraigned in court as soon as
investigation was concluded.

Even these days Naija guys are beginning to dupe our babes in the name of " I go marry u". Any guy that loves dating ONLY working class ladies is a suspect of this kind of act.

Hmmm

too bad!

Mehn guy u try jawe.
Wetin concern EFCC wit dis case now?? Bad belle people.
#NA DEM CHOP GOVT. MONEY PASS#

75yrs old woman?? I taught conji stops at 50 to 60yrs of age.

Survival of the fittest...... Make EFCC free him abeg and make em go intervene into the matter of those people who are squandering Naija money

I don't feel sorry for her. Why would you send money to a nigga you have never met?

I am getting tired of these dumb bishes!