I know I SHOULD laugh at this guy . . . what with him being the most gullible person on the face of the Earth and all. But I guess I do have a tiny hint of a soul left somewhere inside, because I'm only laughing at him a little.
He's a 48-year-old from Naperville, Illinois, whose name wasn't released, and he's spent the past two-and-a-half years in an online relationship with a woman from Florida. They've never met in person.
Then, last week, she cut off contact. He panicked that she'd been kidnapped on a trip to London, so he called the police to report it. They investigated, and broke the news to him.
She doesn't exist.
At that point, the man protested that she DOES exist . . . he'd wired her more than $200,000 to her bank accounts in the U.S., England, Malaysia, and Nigeria. Yes, he wired money to a stranger with a Nigerian bank account and never caught on.
He also showed them a copy of her Florida driver's license, which she sent him. The police explained that the info on the driver's license was from the sample license on the Florida DMV website, with a woman's picture Photoshopped in.
The police say the man, quote, "was in disbelief" when he finally figured out that the police were right, and his two-and-a-half-year relationship was a fake.
He's a 48-year-old from Naperville, Illinois, whose name wasn't released, and he's spent the past two-and-a-half years in an online relationship with a woman from Florida. They've never met in person.
Then, last week, she cut off contact. He panicked that she'd been kidnapped on a trip to London, so he called the police to report it. They investigated, and broke the news to him.
She doesn't exist.
At that point, the man protested that she DOES exist . . . he'd wired her more than $200,000 to her bank accounts in the U.S., England, Malaysia, and Nigeria. Yes, he wired money to a stranger with a Nigerian bank account and never caught on.
He also showed them a copy of her Florida driver's license, which she sent him. The police explained that the info on the driver's license was from the sample license on the Florida DMV website, with a woman's picture Photoshopped in.
The police say the man, quote, "was in disbelief" when he finally figured out that the police were right, and his two-and-a-half-year relationship was a fake.
