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Fake Friend Wants Land Tax Money, Western Union Payment Sent
- 01-22-2012
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A scammer using the aliases Campbell Norton or Opeyemi Rafiu on Facebook claims to be born in the UK and now living in Lagos, Nigeria. After winning your friendship, he will ask for money to pay for parcels of land with tax arrears that will be taken over by the government. He will offer to use the proceeds to move back to Manchester to start a business.
He also has a crony, Avis King, who pretends to be chasing him down for known crimes. This second individual will ask for your bank accounts to complete their research. My partner thought this was legitimate and sent the money via Western Union. After about a week, this individual dropped out of Facebook.
I wrote to Facebook to ask for assistance and have not heard back. Any assistance you can extend would be much appreciated.
Company: Facebook
Country: USA
Site: facebook.com