Another Victim Of Computer Fraudsters

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Postman loses £130,000 savings to Nigerian internet scam after being duped by a friend he met on MySpace from The Daily Mail UK. You just cannot afford to let your guard down here and this is the last thing you would want to do - let your guard down! No? Well, it has cost someone £130,000 of his hard earned savings. Shane Symington described how an apparently innocent friendship that he formed with an American woman through the MySpace website turned into a 'nightmare' as he started handing over money. The 32-year-old said he was friends with 'Angela Gates' for several weeks in the spring of 2007 before she suddenly started asking for money to pay for her mother's funeral and medical expenses. He said the requests then carried on for money to pay for legal fees so that the woman, who called herself Angela Gates, could free up land that she had inherited apparently worth $2million. The requests continued throughout the year and, by last year, Mr Symington had handed over his bank details and more than £100,000. He said that he became suspicious when the woman stopped communicating with him and contacted what he thought was a website run by the FBI in America but which turned out to be another scam. So, fellow myLotters here - Do Be Careful and Never Let Your Guard Down. Take care. Ref: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1116067/Postman-loses-130-000-savings-Nigerian-internet-scam-duped-friend-met-MySpace.html