British divorcee Sheila has revealed how she was duped by an
online con artist who targeted her through a reputable dating
website. The divorcee in her late sixties told Channel 5 show
Secrets Of The Scammers how she was contacted by a man
claiming to be called Glen Almond and got caught up in a
whirlwind romance.
She ended up giving away £4,000 before she discovered she
was the victim of an elaborate scam based in Nigeria. Even to
this day, Sheila has no idea who she was actually talking to or
where her money went.
The couple then started planning their future together. Glen
told Sheila his time in Afghanistan could be coming to an end
in a matter of weeks and he would move to the UK to be with
her. He said he planned to set up his own business there
importing goods from the Far East.
"We were planning to walk off into the sunset
hand-in-hand and live happily ever after."
Sheila said she didn't know anything about his
business but 'I thought we were to be a husband
and wife team and I would support him in any way I
could.
"He told me our whole future was at stake if he
didn't pay and we risked losing everything."
Desperate to help the man she loved, Sheila was
able to sell some shares and delve into her savings
to give £4,000 in total to Glen.
She also put her house on the market so they would have some
money to buy a new place together. It was only thanks to
sharing her excitement over the plan with a prospective buyer
that she discovered she had been conned.
"As I was showing prospective buyers around my
house I was so excited as Glen was due to be
coming home tomorrow. I couldn't help telling
them all about it and showed them Glen's picture
on my laptop." she recalled.
The prospective buyer was a former soldier himself
and was suspicious of Sheila's situation. After doing
some research of his own, his fears were confirmed
and he contacted Sheila and told her she had been
duped.
"The moment I found out it was a fake profile
and it wasn't for real I was emotionally devastated.
My whole world fell apart. I contacted the police
who found I was one of hundreds of victims of this
professional, international scam and they traced it
back to Nigeria. I have no idea to this day who I was
corresponding with. Someone out there in the
world was writing these emails and I have no idea
who it was."
Alexis Conran, presenter of Secret Of The
Scammers, was able to track down a reformed
Nigerian con artist who was part of a team perating
dating scams like that experienced by Sheila.
The remorseful scammer called Kingsley admitted
that divorcees were deliberately targetted because
they are often emotionally vulnerable and easy to
manipulate.
"I mostly made money through romance scams,
we would pretend to be interested in dating them
and along the line we con them out of money using
various methods." he said
"We are looking for someone who is divorced as
there is always an emotional attachment, they feel
some sort of emptiness." he added.
He said they would send the woman a picture of a
handsome man they would 'fall for' and concoct a
back story about their life. He said they often
pretended to have a military background as this is
attractive to women and gives them a plausible
reason why they can't meet.
"Most women say they want security and
someone with a good job. One of the best jobs we
believe is in the military and with a military man
you can say you are travelling. It is a game of
emotions."
He added that you have to dedicate time to each
'mark' and he would only be in contact with a
maximum of five women at a time so his lies didn't
get confused.
"The more time you spend on them the more
attached they become and then the sooner you will
get money, sometimes it is only between one and
three months," he said.
"If you want to stay organised I would limit it to
between one and five, when you are lying to them
you don't want to forget anything.'
Kingsley admitted he is now sorry for what he has
done and is no longer working as a scammer and
regrets duping women out of their life savings.
He said: 'A lot of people have been permanently
damaged and some will not recover, if I had the
chance to undo everything I would."
Source: www.naijavital..com

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