Sweetheart Nigerian
Unlike most scams from Nigeria who rely on greed, Sweetheart Scam feeds on the heart-strings to loosen the purse strings.
Scammers trawl social networking sites in search of white male models profiles, soldiers and oil workers, even beautiful, select, copy his pictures - and all videos that may have posted - and then create an online alter ego. They may be British, Australian, Canadian, American or European. They often pretend to be a widower raising one or two children. Many pose as soldiers and expatriates working in Africa, usually Nigeria or Ghana.
Once their false identities are established, they hit the dating sites and , trying to seduce the rich single women, especially divorcees and widows. Fraudsters can ask their new "girlfriend" to send money for business, travel or medical expenses - claiming that they can not receive their salaries while in Africa. Or they may claim a credit card was stolen or lost, and they are afraid of blacks. Once a woman is sending money, it will be invited to do so again and again. After a victim realizes she has been scammed, she can hear another crook (an accomplice of the first) who claims to be a law-enforcer, who for a fee can recover all the money defrauded.
Some crooks try to cover the broken English saying: The real professionals use voice changers and webcam sequences "I quick tap, so I do a lot of spelling mistakes and ignoring grammar." video so they can talk to their victims
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Scottish Soldier Sexy
A Nigerian named I.K. Awkuzu living in Jakarta has created a account in which he posed as a Scottish soldier named John Danny stationed in Afghanistan. He befriended several former Indonesian women online and said that the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi had given billions of dollars in cash and jewelry. The victims were told they had been sent a gift box containing $ 5 million and jewelry, but they needed to pay Rp.60 million to get through customs. After paying, the women would be invited to transfer an additional Rp.150 million for final approval. Police said Awkuzu harvested Rp.2 billion a year before it was taken in 2011.
Richard Kennethson
An Indonesian woman named Risa lost Rp.23 million to a con man who posed as an Englishman with the ridiculous name of Richard Kennethson on and other sites. He aggressively courted Risa via Yahoo Messenger (YM) and promised to visit him. Then he announced that he was assigned to Nigeria for seven weeks, and sent her his mobile number and a copy of the fake e-ticket in Indonesia. Kennethson claimed to have been offered a government contract worth $ 180,000 - but he needed to pay an administrative fee of $ 1700 for ratification. Risa transferred the money via Western Union. Then he was asked to send another $ 800 for the finalization of the contract and did. Kennethson the day before was to leave for Indonesia, it does not appear on YM. The next day he sent a message saying that he needed $ 600 to cash his check for $ 180,000. Risa realized she was cheated and kept his money. Kennethson name still appears as a rash all over social networking sites. Online news portal detik.com was led to believe the pictures and the name of the scammer were genuine, when he wrote about the affair in an article that began "Pria penjahat bule (white male villain) ".
Willy
'Jenice' lost Rp.14 million after she fell in love with a crook using the name Williams Jones tagged.com. He claimed to be a widower living in Manchester with her only child. Their relationship blossomed on YM. After a few weeks, Willy announced he had sent her a package containing jewelry, laptops and money, some of which he would use for a planned vacation to Indonesia. Three days later, Jenice received a call from a fake letter, ordering it to pay Rp.14 million to ensure the delivery of the package. She borrowed money from a friend and transferred via Western Union. Then she received a call saying the package contents can be confused with terrorist funds, then it should transfer Rp.17 million to get through customs. Willy Jenice contacted for advice. He asked to borrow more money and haggling costs. At that moment, she realized she had been duped.