Posted on 12/02/2019 10:04:49 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
Online romance scams have become more and more common in recent years, but few have cost their victims $6.5 million.
Calling it a “stark reminder” that those who frequent online dating websites should “exercise extreme caution if asked for money,” U.S. Attorney BJay Pak announced this week the indictment of a Marietta man who is accused of swindling a Virginia woman out of a large part of her fortune.
Nnamdi Marcellus MgBodile is charged with 20 counts of bank fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to commit bank fraud, Pak said in a news release. MgBodile is also accused of a business email compromise (BEC) scam in which he and others attempted to defraud a Georgia company out of nearly $350,000.
Online romance scams have become more and more common in recent years, but few have cost their victims $6.5 million.
Calling it a “stark reminder” that those who frequent online dating websites should “exercise extreme caution if asked for money,” U.S. Attorney BJay Pak announced this week the indictment of a Marietta man who is accused of swindling a Virginia woman out of a large part of her fortune.Nnamdi Marcellus MgBodile is charged with 20 counts of bank fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to commit bank fraud, Pak said in a news release. MgBodile is also accused of a business email compromise (BEC) scam in which he and others attempted to defraud a Georgia company out of nearly $350,000.
“Online romance scams and business email compromise frauds have increasingly become the method of choice for transnational fraudsters targeting U.S. residents and companies,” Pak said. “In this case, a single victim allegedly lost millions.”
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It’s really hard for me to feel sorry for stupid people.
Greed. I’d go for just a half a mil. Easier to get away with.
Nnamdi Marcellus MgBodile
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From a long line of Georgia MgBodiles, I’m sure.
We need to halt ALL immigration and remove ALL the fraudulently documented foreigners, including those who fraudulently acquired citizenship like Ilhan Omar.
Unfortunately, the old saying applies: “A fool and his/her money are soon parted …”
Looks like the article was written by the department of redundancy department.
Don’t they mean Nigerian Prince, Nnamdi Marcellus MgBodile? ;)
The word “Romance” doesn’t quite jive with “online dating.” (It’s not dating, it’s hooking up for sex. Call it by its right name.)
LOL
I’m cheap, but I’m not easy..................
You can say that again...
Oops! My bad, I think.
People who should know better keep falling for this scam.
One question....If the genders were reversed and a guy got fleeced by a woman would the courts intervene? I think not....EQUALITY !! So women want equality until it fleeces them monetarily? The article labels this woman as “vulnerable”....from what little detail the article actually gives I would consider this woman just a fool . If this were a man getting ripped off people would just laugh and call him an idiot thinking with the wrong head . So am I supposed to feel sorry for this females idiotic transfer of MILLIONS to to mugambi ono iliedtoadumbbroad ? NOPE its called EQUALITY ladies..ah gee I can’t call a female a lady can I? I know the onoiliedtoadumbbroad will be #1 and she can be #2.....there just a number all EQUAL....niceeeeeeee.
I’m a woman and I agree with you. It’s interesting to me to see how the younger generation handles family finances. It used to be that when we got married, we opened joint accounts and the husband’s earnings were considered family budget / income.
Now, alot of millenials who are married maintain separate accounts, especially when the woman earns more. Expenses are shared equally. So the person earning less, has less disposable income.
Feminists wine about inequality all the time, but let’s be hones. Women are really in control.
This guy ought to be giving online Tutorials, not that it’s ever right to cheat someone like this. It’s just sort of impressive. 10 years ago, I could see actor Will Smith playing this role.
Closet real life Svengali might be Shaman Durek, who is dating Norway Princess Margaret Louise (oldest child of King Harald and Queen Sonja). Some are calling him a ‘Medicine Man’.
Yes, men fall for this scam, too.
Usually the con artists are living in another country.
Maybe the U.S. courts intervened this time because the scam happened within U.S. borders.
does that mean I won’t get my money from the general’s plane crash in Nigeria?
Nnamdi Marcellus MgBodile sounds like a Nigerian name.
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