Woman realising she’s been duped in romance scam swindles US$590,000 from family, US feds say

From one scam to another.

through the mail to the people duping her, according to the US Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Missouri.

Postal inspectors first became aware of the scam in April 2020 when they found two packages containing a total of US$100,000 sent by the woman from Xenia, Ohio. The inspectors reached out to her, and she acknowledged “she had been scammed by someone claiming to be a lieutenant general in the US Army,” the US Attorney’s Office said.

The woman was deceived into sending money “to aid in the purported recovery of a portfolio valued in excess of US$20,000,000 ,” according to the indictment. “She sent multiple text messages to a postal inspector falsely claiming that she needed the money to buy posters and T-shirts to help find her missing 18-year-old niece,” according to the US Attorney’s Office. “ also sent links to news articles and Facebook stories about a missing Ohio teenager to deceive the inspector into acting quickly.”

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