Two men jailed for swindling victims out of £674,000 in online dating scam

One female victim from Switzerland lost more than £600,000 after the men tricked her into thinking she was in an online romance

Two men have been jailed after swindling victims out of £674,000 as part of an online dating scam.

James Olagbaiye, 47, from Newham, was sentenced to four years and four months’ imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court on Friday after pleading guilty to conspiracy to money launder.

His accomplice Adesola Adebayo, 38, has been sentenced to four years and six months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to money launder and commit fraud.

The court heard how both men were part of an organised criminal group based in the UK and Nigeria that scammed multiple women and a man out of more than £670,000 by committing an online romance fraud.
A female victim in her sixties, from Switzerland, personally lost the equivalent of £612,000.

She mistakenly believed she was in an online romance with a British doctor and biologist living in London.

The scammers sent her a photo of a fake British passport bearing the photo of an older gentleman as part of the ruse.

This false online persona claimed to have produced ventilation machines for the National Health Service (NHS) to help combat the Covid-19 pandemic and sought the victim’s money as a loan for this venture.
The victim only realised she had been scammed after she was contacted by detectives from the Met’s Hendon based Economic Crime Unit following the arrest of the two men.

The team identified a further female victim from the USA, a man and two women from the UK.

The men were arrested on 29 October 2020 at an address in Newham. During their arrests, officers seized their mobile phones and bank statements which led them to identify further victims.

Detective Constable Chris Collins from the Met’s Specialist Crime, said: “These men have spun a web of lies to their victims and abused their honest intentions in the most awful way.

“I would ask anyone in an online relationship to think carefully before meeting demands for money no matter how heartfelt and convincing their story is.”

Source: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/online-dating-scam-men-jailed-newham-met-police-b1033252.html#l9dv14x3ftun9uulku

No be small children be this o

This will only get worse. An average secondary skool child is already creating fake profiles on Facebook and other social media sites to catfish with.. The general notion among young kids glorifies fraud

Na them na.
Afonja people from the waste region. Always spoiling the countries name outside. Jail them for 30years

Iliveforever:
Na them na.
Afonja people from the waste region. Always spoiling the countries name outside. Jail them for 30years

Oga, relax. There's no tribe in Nigeria that don't commit crimes overseas.

People still fall for romance scam?

awon omo ope!
Fresh valid ssn drivers licence and address.
DM lets make money

ASAPFERG1:
People still fall for romance scam?

Lol wella …romance scam is as old as a man and will forever be an old tool . I get homie wey collect €330K from NZ, 3 tranzactions. No wash wash, check or money order or transfer. Just normal story wey Bam… Believe! Slips dey wey go shock you

Afonjas trying hard to topple the Eastern Niggas in everything bad

Ok

A wise man once said "Monkey dey work Buhari dey chop"

See huge millions of Naira

NCAN will be disappointed

Tribalistic dabike abike whom love to live with people she hate so much.

Have you all notice.
Public figures whom surround bat most are tribalistical set of people

ASAPFERG1:
People still fall for romance scam?

You are asking this because you were disappointed by the names you saw there, the same you will open thread on crime cases with Igbo names and still comment on the thread insulting Igbos as you please, now the table has turned and you are trying to blame the victims instead of blaming your Yoruba tribe like you do to the Igbos...

Crime knows no tribe nor religion

These are bastards and not omoluabis.

Name checkers over to you

Name confirmed

Next thread >>>

When will they arrest Thiefnubuu for driving two bullion vans filled with cash into his private residence on election day?

Despite Awolowo's attempt to develop his people they keep disappointing him, he gave them free education, stabbed the rest of the nation at the back just to give them an edge yet Afonjers keep bringing shame to him.

This must be the reason he gave up and eventually took rat poison, spits!

Scam.
Rape.
Ritual.


You already know which ppl

My people have joined the league of people in prison

Oboy

This one is sparogatively an easy one for the Name Checkers Association of Nigeria NCAN.

[SC] Nigeria is a united country devoid of hate and tribalism. Any one who wins the upcoming election would have it very easy to foist the already existing unity. We truly represent the words in our anthem, Peace and Unity

All the Yoruba tribal bigots that rushed in here thinking they were Igbos will quietly leave.

Cowmilk:

James Olagbaiye
Adesola Adebayo

These names sound agbadorian.

Sabadon:
NCAN will be disappointed

Let me educate you bcus it's obvious you are ignorant.
Outside there no one gives a damn about your Tribe,You are Nigerian to them,one nigga in Florence once told me to Teach Him how to speak Nigerian I had to tell him that We have more than 100 languages in Nigeria and I only speak 4.
Don't join useless people in doing nonsense tribal hate and bigotry even for Fun.
Shun Tribal gbasgbos and just be Obidient.
End APC NOW.