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Match.com Scam: Four Men Of Nigerian Descent Jailed by goodjack(m): 3:07pm On Oct 18, 2014
Monty Emu, Adewunmi Nusi, Emmanuel Oko, and Chukwuka Ugwu received jail sentence of almost 14 years for their roles in duping unsuspecting victims of thousands of pounds in match.com website. They posted a profile of an attractive middle aged man with which they preyed on vulnerable women looking for love. With this profile, they sent love messages to women.

According to Mirror Uk some of their victims fell for the conman’s story that he was due to receive a £100 million inheritance from his father but that it was tied up by red tape in India.


Once the relationship had developed with the fake man, normally called James Richards, the conspirators started requesting cash.

At first the women were asked for a £700 legal fee by a fake solicitor but then the sums requested rose to up to £100,000, Winchester Crown Court heard. The trial was told that vulnerable women were conned out of £220,000, with one victim, Suzanne Hardman, handing over £174,000.

Emmanuel Oko that was at the center of the whole love scam was jailed eight years for fraud and four years for money laundry. The jail sentences were to run concurrently.

Ugwu received 46 weeks and Nusi got 18 months for their roles.

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Re: Match.com Scam: Four Men Of Nigerian Descent Jailed by fittty(m): 3:56pm On Oct 18, 2014
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Re: Match.com Scam: Four Men Of Nigerian Descent Jailed by bebe2(f): 5:02pm On Oct 18, 2014
goodjack:
Monty Emu, Adewunmi Nusi, Emmanuel Oko, and Chukwuka Ugwu received jail sentence of almost 14 years for their roles in duping unsuspecting victims of thousands of pounds in match.com website. They posted a profile of an attractive middle aged man with which they preyed on vulnerable women looking for love. With this profile, they sent love messages to women.
According to Mirror Uk some of their [/b]victims fell for the conman’s story that he was due to receive a £100 million inheritance from his father but that it was tied up by red tape in India.[b]
Once the relationship had developed with the fake man, normally called James Richards, the conspirators started requesting cash.
At first the women were asked for a £700 legal fee by a fake solicitor but then the sums requested rose to up to £100,000, Winchester Crown Court heard. The trial was told that vulnerable women were conned out of £220,000, with one victim, Suzanne Hardman, handing over £174,000.
Emmanuel Oko that was at the center of the whole love scam was jailed eight years for fraud and four years for money laundry. The jail sentences were to run concurrently.
Ugwu received 46 weeks and Nusi got 18 months for their roles.
http://okezito.com/?p=67
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Re: Match.com Scam: Four Men Of Nigerian Descent Jailed by 2CatWoman: 12:53am On Oct 19, 2014
This is how 419 has always worked by pandering to the greed of the potential victims. It Serves those women right.
Re: Match.com Scam: Four Men Of Nigerian Descent Jailed by Vicjustice: 2:44am On Oct 19, 2014
2CatWoman:
This is how 419 has always worked by pandering to the greed of the potential victims. It Serves those women right.
Negative. Many of such (female) victims are not really greedy, they actually have in their minds the good intention to help their lover-men recover or redeem the money which they (are fooled to) believe is rightfully theirs.

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