27th January, 2012
Nigerian scammers have introduced a new dimension into their game: faking the front cover of newspapers.
This morning, Orlando Imperio, from Australia, alerted us about a fake P.M.NEWS sent to him with the aim of fleecing him of money.
The cover page displayed a fake accident story involving a phantom white girl, identified as Marian Westcott.
The authentic P.M.NEWS of same day did not carry any such story, the editors said and urged the web audience to cross-check with the web-master.
Below is the mail we received from Orlando:
On Friday, January 27, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Orlando imperio <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Sir,
My mane is Orlando IMPERIO, from Australia, you see the picture of the girl in the middle? her name is Marian Wescott. Is this news paper real?
The girl in the photo has scammed me for money. We have met at an internet dating site and she plan to come and see me here in Australia yesterday. but i received an email from here today saying that she is in a motor accident.
The person who gave me that news paper clip was sent by DR david, who clams that he is attending to her at some hospital. Mr Dr david sent me that email throw Marian Wescotts email Address. She gave him the email password to email me.
IS THERE SOMEONE WHO I CAN REPORT THIS To?”
We urge Mr. Orlando to contact Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.