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Nigerian Love Cheat Scam

Proof that the dangers of cybersex are all too real arose in Australia this week when a 56 year old woman ‘fell in love’ with her online lover. There are lots of questions about whether cybersex is ‘cheating‘ in the traditional sense that don’t apply here, but the case does highlight how emotional entanglements can arise from online sex.

Nigerian Lawal Adewale Nurudeen was sentenced to 19 years imprisonment for duping the woman out of a total of $70,000 by posing as a widower whose wife and child had been tragically killed in a car accident. The allure of illicit online sex and heart-rending background was enough to persuade the victim that she had found love and that she should sacrifice her savings to help him out of a predicament.

Personally, we always feel that the “do not give out your credit card details” warnings you get on the internet are a no-brainer. If someone goes from “I’d like to put my finger in your vagina” to “can you lend my thousands of pounds?” we’d like to think that we’re sufficiently street-smart to smell a rat. I’m sure everyone thinks the same, but apparently love and lust can blind us to the obvious.

We see in these pages how often a little bit on the side can lead to unexpected outcomes ranging all the way up to murder, so if you are going to play around: stay safe.

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