A romance scammer in the United Kingdom has been jailed after trying to con 670 people.
According to the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA), Osagie Aigbonohan, originally from Lagos, Nigeria, used a range of fake names, dating apps, and social media networks to find and connect with potential victims who were looking for a relationship.
The 41-year-old's aliases included "Tony Eden." While masquerading as Tony, Aigbonohan targeted a woman and built up a relationship over a period of ten months before begging her for money to help him with an incident relating to an overseas business.
The woman was told that a machinery accident at work -and the subsequent need to pay for worker funerals -had rinsed his bank account, and he needed to hire drill equipment to resume operations. This led to fraudulent transfers of