![]() ![]() ”She rang him and told him never to contact me again, but he kept ringing and admitted that he was Nigerian and hadn’t mean to hurt me.”ĭespite this, Sonia still parted with a further £80 so he could buy a suit, get a visa and travel to England to be with her when she returned home in 2008. A friend got suspicious and found out it was a scam. ”It’s actually an American actor called Robert Frost. She added: ”By this time I was showing my friends the photo Jack sent. Sonia borrowed the money from her mother and went back to Manchester to hand it over believing she would be rewarded with £500,000. #Skype os x sierra plus#”I met this big six foot plus black guy who told me ‘Jack’ had to shoot over to Germany and had been arrested for taking too much cash and needed £7,000 bail.” I phoned him and he said to go to Manchester. Holistic therapist Sonia added: ”I got into Heathrow and waited all night but he didn’t show. Sonia then agreed to met ‘Jack’ at Heathrow airport but was instead met by a friend who told her he had been wrongly jailed and needed £7,000 bail money – which she borrowed off her mother. #Skype os x sierra Patch#She initially handed over small sums of cash before she parted with thousands after ‘Jack’ claimed he wanted buy a patch of land in Africa. ‘Jack’ claimed his unusual accent was because his mother was Romanian and he had grown up there. The pair swapped phone numbers that night and began speaking every day. She felt lonely and homesick and was recommended a dating website called Vancouver Dating by a colleague.Īfter a few days on the website she received an email from somebody claiming to be a 49-year-old businessman based in London called Jack Briggs. ![]() Sonia was residing briefly in Canada when her business and marriage fell apart at the end of 2007. Your whole life revolves around talking to him all the time and sending money to him.” ”I even sold my car, to raise the funds and send them over to him. I remember once he told me he needed £800 because he was in hospital with appendicitis and couldn’t afford the medical bills. ”Then the amounts started getting bigger. ”It started off with small amounts as he said he was buying a piece of land in West Africa – which only accepts cash – but he was stuck in Germany so I had to send it across. He came up on instant messenger and lifted me up and made me feel happier. Sonia said: ”One evening I was feeling particularly low. She now directs people to a website called which lists hundreds of hoaxes and scams – including ‘Jack’. Mother-of-two Sonia, of Liskeard, Cornwall, today issued a desperate plea for other people not to be duped by the scam. She eventually discovered the whole thing was a scam after showing a friend a picture ‘Jack’ had sent her – which was actually the American actor Robert Frost.īut despite admitting he had scammed her out of a total of £15,000 Sonia sent Nigerian Oje Ilaboya £80 so he could get va visa to visit her. Lonely Sonia Richards, 57, fell for ‘London businessman Jack Briggs’ after he wooed her on a dating website following the break-up of her marriage. ![]()
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