Bank officials helped alert the authorities to intervene, 64 years Hatfield Township man who had already lost $ 29,000 to avoid paying another $ 46 000 in a system dating from Nigeria.
Gbogboade Maxwell, 44, Maryland on Thursday in the lobby entrance of the Marriot Hotel, Philadelphia Airport, where the victim is scheduled to deliver $ 46,000 was collected. Gbogboade, described by authorities as "just a cog in the fraud in the county jail, instead of $ 750,000 in cash deposit attempted theft charges.
"It's just another version of Internet fraud, we will all see in Nigeria, to become rich quickly, or find the love of your life fraud, which each bombing of the computer," said Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman Monday. "It seems that Nigeria is an international capital of Internet fraud in the world."
"Most people know that these are scams and do not interfere, but there are still a few trusted souls who have been victims," she said.
"What is important here that we actually have a person involved in the attacks and for him," arrest, "Firman said." I hope we will be able to monitor the issue and find some of perpetrators of these scams. "
Puts the victim, "Mary Douglas" through a dating service online. Their online relationship grew through a series of e-mails and online chats.
At some point during electronic communication, "Mary Douglas" told the victim that she went to Africa to film star and needs financial assistance for their own travel and expenses.
believe that happened "Mary Douglas" will come with Hatfield Township ready for his film was wired to the victim and handing over $ 24,000 on "Mary Douglas" and sent her "manager", said authorities. The Victims are also cash couriers paid $ 5000 "to fly from Nigeria to London to New York City Philadelphia to collect an additional $ 46,000," Mary Douglas "is not necessary.
PNC Bank officials from 19 May to suspect when the victim of the settlement was $ 46,000 in cash, he says, need money for the woman he had in the comments through a service online dating. Bank officials contacted police.
Review of e-mails from the victim and Mary Douglas, investigators of municipal and regional police discovered the pictures she sent to victims pictures of women on various other sites, including pornographic sites have been taken . They also learned in their investigation as Internet addresses that "Mary Douglas" was used in Nigeria comes from.
The victim received a call from Gbogboade, who identified himself as the courier of money in the name of "Soloh Batuya approximately 5:00 on May 19, the victim had just arrived in Philadelphia and meet him at a hotel airport with a $ 46 000 cash. He gave the victim a cell phone to call when he arrived.
work of the Philadelphia police and airport security, the authorities rely on the observation in the hotel and the airport. The authorities have taken Gbogboade, that his description matched the victim in custody when he answered his cell phone after police called the number he gave to the victims.
Gbogboade told authorities he went to his home in Maryland was to raise money to buy a car and send it to Africa, in a criminal case.
"This is a large sum of money that was sent to these crooks," said Firman. "Fortunately, the police had to intervene."
answers the question of sacrifice, "said Furman," One of the things we see, especially the elderly who are victims of scams like this is that they are embarrassed, humiliated. Of course, we all think we're smarter and more common sense. If you are a victim of being, it is certainly very worrying. "
Gbogboade Maxwell, 44, Maryland on Thursday in the lobby entrance of the Marriot Hotel, Philadelphia Airport, where the victim is scheduled to deliver $ 46,000 was collected. Gbogboade, described by authorities as "just a cog in the fraud in the county jail, instead of $ 750,000 in cash deposit attempted theft charges.
"It's just another version of Internet fraud, we will all see in Nigeria, to become rich quickly, or find the love of your life fraud, which each bombing of the computer," said Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman Monday. "It seems that Nigeria is an international capital of Internet fraud in the world."
"Most people know that these are scams and do not interfere, but there are still a few trusted souls who have been victims," she said.
"What is important here that we actually have a person involved in the attacks and for him," arrest, "Firman said." I hope we will be able to monitor the issue and find some of perpetrators of these scams. "
Puts the victim, "Mary Douglas" through a dating service online. Their online relationship grew through a series of e-mails and online chats.
At some point during electronic communication, "Mary Douglas" told the victim that she went to Africa to film star and needs financial assistance for their own travel and expenses.
believe that happened "Mary Douglas" will come with Hatfield Township ready for his film was wired to the victim and handing over $ 24,000 on "Mary Douglas" and sent her "manager", said authorities. The Victims are also cash couriers paid $ 5000 "to fly from Nigeria to London to New York City Philadelphia to collect an additional $ 46,000," Mary Douglas "is not necessary.
PNC Bank officials from 19 May to suspect when the victim of the settlement was $ 46,000 in cash, he says, need money for the woman he had in the comments through a service online dating. Bank officials contacted police.
Review of e-mails from the victim and Mary Douglas, investigators of municipal and regional police discovered the pictures she sent to victims pictures of women on various other sites, including pornographic sites have been taken . They also learned in their investigation as Internet addresses that "Mary Douglas" was used in Nigeria comes from.
The victim received a call from Gbogboade, who identified himself as the courier of money in the name of "Soloh Batuya approximately 5:00 on May 19, the victim had just arrived in Philadelphia and meet him at a hotel airport with a $ 46 000 cash. He gave the victim a cell phone to call when he arrived.
work of the Philadelphia police and airport security, the authorities rely on the observation in the hotel and the airport. The authorities have taken Gbogboade, that his description matched the victim in custody when he answered his cell phone after police called the number he gave to the victims.
Gbogboade told authorities he went to his home in Maryland was to raise money to buy a car and send it to Africa, in a criminal case.
"This is a large sum of money that was sent to these crooks," said Firman. "Fortunately, the police had to intervene."
answers the question of sacrifice, "said Furman," One of the things we see, especially the elderly who are victims of scams like this is that they are embarrassed, humiliated. Of course, we all think we're smarter and more common sense. If you are a victim of being, it is certainly very worrying. "
