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A 32-year-old man has lost more than £130,000 in an internet scam involving Nigerian fraudsters.

Police said the victim, from Portsmouth, was befriended online by a man posing as a woman in 2007.

He was asked for money to help the "woman's" dying mother and believed he also funded the funeral.

He then got emails from people posing as FBI agents investigating the scam, who duped him into funding trips to Nigeria so they could investigate.

A Hampshire police spokeswoman said: "It eventually transpired that the woman was in fact a Nigerian man who had been lying to obtain money from the man in Portsmouth."

The spokeswoman said the victim later received further emails from someone else purporting to be another victim of the fraud as well as men who claimed to be FBI agents.

"The agents said they would take on the Portsmouth man's case if he would fund their trip to Nigeria and any subsequent costs they incurred, which the man agreed to," she said.

"This went on for many months before it again transpired that the emails were fraudulent, and in fact another attempt to obtain money from the man.

"The money cannot be recovered due to the current political situation in Nigeria, resulting in a lack of co-operation from the police in the country."

Det Con Jon Knox said: "This is a very sad situation, and this man has now parted with a huge sums of money through his own good nature - in trying to help others and then to recover some of what he had lost.

"We do not want anyone else to fall foul of this kind of shocking activity and I would warn anyone who is asked for money over the internet by people they do not know to refuse and not put yourself at risk."

Story Here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7829177.stm

Reminds me of this, http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=372Ah0Z_L1w

 

[2 Minutes Turkish]

so does this officially put Nigeria over the top as the richest nation in the world?

 

[HomShaBom]

He then got emails from people posing as FBI agents investigating the scam, who duped him into funding trips to Nigeria so they could investigate.

Seriously...

 

[widgetraf]

Wow, he got pwned twice! It's amazing how people will still fall for this..

 

[Mr Mike]

Det Con Jon Knox said: "This is a very sad situation, and this man has now parted with a huge sums of money through his own good nature - in trying to help others and then to recover some of what he had lost.

Oh, I thought the man parted with a huge sum of money through his own moronic nature.

 

[industrian]

so does this officially put Nigeria over the top as the richest nation in the world?

By now Internet Scams must have caught up with Oil in contributing to Nigeria's GDP.

 

[Seth C]

A fool and his money are soon parted.

 

[whytemyke]

those nigerian princes, man. crafty. they'll getcha.

 

[JimmyV]

:lol :lol :lol

People over 13 are really this dumb?

I dont even feel bad for the guy.....

 

[Wired]

Oh, I thought the man parted with a huge sum of money through his own moronic nature.

Well, unless you are seriously challenged in the intelligence department I don't see how it is possible to fall for crap like this, so yeah.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Lock him up in jail for being so fucking stupid.

 

[Mr Mike]

Well, unless you are seriously challenged in the intelligence department I don't see how it is possible to fall for crap like this, so yeah.

Was he new to the internet? I bet that was it, it's the only possible explanation.

There must be a line missing from the news report that says the guy also thought the dancing baby .gif was cool, or something.

 

[Solaros]

My question is how do people that dumb get that much money.

 

[themadcowtipper]

Sucker,who would fall for that. Thank god I only deal with A Prince from that area who needs my help because he can't afford to pay the taxes on the large sum of money he inherited and needs my help.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I know a grandmother - who is ailing and now in full-time care - who sent ~$200k off to someone in a similar scam over the past couple of years. This was a domestic scam, with these guys saying her help was needed to build the fence along the border with Mexico to keep those pesky Mexicans out. Basically preyed on her naiveté and racism for years to bilk her retirement. I can't believe people fall for this stuff.

 

[aoi tsuki]

 

[Crisis]

You mean "Man pays £130,000 Idiot Tax to Nigerian Scammers".

 

[industrian]

I'm seriously considering acting like a 18 year old girl from Nizhny Novgorod in order to get some money from people who can't/shouldn't use the internet.

 

[Guled]

I wonder if someone could get a hold of his email, I might be able to get his money back

 

[Hellraizah]

My question is how do people that dumb get that much money.

That is EXACTLY what I'm wondering.

 

[kswiston]

http://www.windsorstar.com/Leamington+loses+Nigerian+scam/1173799/story.html

Here's a story that was printed in my local paper a week or so back. Even worse in the gullibility department if you ask me

 

[gutter_trash]

online dating sites have tons of scammers,
pathetic sob stories = fake and are scammers

 

[Tntnnbltn]

He then got emails from people posing as FBI agents investigating the scam, who duped him into funding trips to Nigeria so they could investigate.

Yo dawg, we heard you like scams so we put a scam in yo scam so you can fail while you fail.

 

[master15]

This is actually a much more appropriate Fonejacker clip which is eerily like the story posted :lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szRhLAwfb9E

 

[Grifter]

http://www.windsorstar.com/Leamington+loses+Nigerian+scam/1173799/story.html

Here's a story that was printed in my local paper a week or so back. Even worse in the gullibility department if you ask me

this one's a doozy, dude travels the world and doesn't even get kidnapped.

 

[Ad Infinitum]

good afternoon, madam

 

[Ventrue]

This is actually a much more appropriate Fonejacker clip which is eerily like the story posted :lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szRhLAwfb9E

Horace Van Khute Horace Van Khute Horace Van Khute. :lol

 

[GrotesqueBeauty]

What a rube.

 

[Zero Hero]

Hey guys. I just took this guy for....... oops, wrong tab

 

[lethial]

What's his email?

 

[WickedAngel]

Yo dawg, we heard you like scams so we put a scam in yo scam so you can fail while you fail.

:lol Nice.