Man falls victim to Internet marriage scheme

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CARTERET —A 60-year-old resident of Emily Lane lost $14,000 in a complex Internet scam masterminded by a group of individuals who claimed to live in Ghana.

Police Chief John Pieczyski said this is just one of many cases of victims succumbing to Internet scams.

The victim, who did not want to be identified, started an Internet relationship with a woman named Selian Kelly Adukor, who said she lived in Accra, Ghana.

The relationship led to the conversation of a possible marriage, at which point a second suspect claiming to be Adukor's father told the victim that he had gold that he would sell and give as a wedding present.

Adukor then told the victim that a man would be in touch about making financial arrangements. Shortly after, a man named Gerald Moore sent communications to the victim, which led to a cashier's check issued from a J.P. Morgan Chase bank in Columbus, Ohio, in the amount of $18,277 being sent to the victim.

The victim took the check and deposited it in his account, Pieczyski said. The bank advised him that he could draw on the money within several days. After the check cleared, the victim was advised by Moore to send $14,000 to his company in Ghana, to cover costs for shipping the gold and for storage.

The victim sent the money and soon after was notified by TD North Bank that the cashier's check was counterfeit.

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[Saddle Bronc 124]

New twist on the 419?

[Nagishkaw 510]

Poor sap.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

An internet scam happened like this to my best friend only she was 32 and he lived in the UK as well as had homes in Florida and she was scammed for $4,000 in counterfiets US postal money orders.

She kept records of everything and the police/FBI said the internet scammers are more sophisticated criminals now days.

Edited June 24, 2008 by Olivia*

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

not really that new.

[amerasianlove 0]

Oh wow!!poor guy dont trust too much especially when there is money involve.

[*JG* 2]

Poor guy.

It can happen to anyone. Just when you think it won't, you find out a friend of your's made a damn fool out of you.

I hope they catch them all and send them to prison. Fat chance.....but, one can hope!

[morocco4ever 63]

It's the Nigerian scam with a twist!

[Savanphil 3]

Dang, that sucks! That's a veeeery expensive lesson.

Edited June 24, 2008 by Savanphil

[eric&gen 0]

When asked for money on the interent start running and block screen name loool.

[amiquechu 0]

I was selling a car a couple years ago and had a couple of scammers ask about buying the car. You can tell the scammers right away. I f#$*ed with them for a while and got them as worked up as I could before they finally realized I knew what they were up to and they quit calling. I had one of them going back and forth to the Moneygram office waiting for his wire transfer and calling me back pissed off every time "the money didn't go through". F*&$ing with them is really all most people can do.

[morocco4ever 63]

I was selling a car a couple years ago and had a couple of scammers ask about buying the car. You can tell the scammers right away. I f#$*ed with them for a while and got them as worked up as I could before they finally realized I knew what they were up to and they quit calling. I had one of them going back and forth to the Moneygram office waiting for his wire transfer and calling me back pissed off every time "the money didn't go through". F*&$ing with them is really all most people can do.

[BarbSami 32]

Poor guy!!

Barb

[Niels Bohr 72]

Africa. Number one continent that like to scam the USA.

Edited June 25, 2008 by consolemaster

[rika60607 215]

And the TD North Bank first cleared the money order... So isn't it really bank's fault for not recognizing the counterfeit in a timely manner??..