But these women were not actually participating in a romance scam, their role in the scam was, as stated in the indictment, to receive the stolen money in the U.S. and then reship (thus this part of the scam is known as the Re-Shipping Scam) the money to their associates in Nigeria, as well as places in Ecuador, Great Britain, India, United Arab Emirates and the U.S. They'd keep 10%.
The Nigeria associates posed as members of the U.S. Armed Forces on dating sites and stole over $1 million from 374 victims. See how darn profitable these scams are? It's why there are so many Internet scams to deal with.The unsuspecting women victims were led to believe that the soldiers would use the money to retrieve property, travel to the U.S., and pay other expenses.
These two women were just moving the money. Do you think their "Nigerian associates" care about them now? I think not. I'll be a lot happier when I can read about the authorities indicting/arresting the Nigerians and other scammers who are the real source of the problem....
Here are the two women indicted:
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