And you wonder why folks are leary?

Internet boyfriend scams woman out of cash

A Hickman woman recently lost $4,400 in a scam pulled by someone she befriended through an Internet dating service, Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner said.

The woman said the man, who claimed to be from Nigeria, mailed her a postal money order for $5,100 and asked her to wire him cash. The woman waited 10 days for her bank to credit the money order to her account before wiring the $4,400, Wagner said.

Shortly after the cash was wired, bank officials determined the money order was really a counterfeit and the woman lost her cash, Wagner said. The scam unfolded between Aug. 19 and last Thursday.

Wagner said it was the second fraud case in the past year involving a victim who was duped by someone she met through an online dating service.

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By the Lincoln Journal Star

My thoughts on this was.......how could a woman be so naive? It's unfortunate that people are preyed upon by our society.