VictimOfScam
5 December 2008, 20:32
Hello people,
I am a victim of an online dating scam on SinglesCrowd website. I have been scammed of around $7000 AUD to a woman that I dated for a few weeks back in August. Her name is Rubi Wilburn. She said that she is from America, and at the moment visiting her mom because she was in a car crash in Nigeria, and after a few messages, and a few times chatting on yahoo messenger, demanding $400 USD to pay for her internet through moneygram, and then get me to transfer money around $1300 USD for buying wheelchair and for the surgery for her mother, and the list just goes on. Her father died in a car crash with her brother while he was in Chile for a business trip. She then wanted me to marry her soon and told me a secret that her dad and father is a very successful business man owning a few companies overseas, and she can only inherits the money when she get married ( a lot of money to be in inherited), so her plan was to get marry with me soon when she come to visit me in Australia. Her father's lawyer is Oluseyi Afolabi. You can find a link to his name here. http://www.justanswer.com/questions/1d0sr-friend-whose-name-miss-sandra
I believe that her voice is a man voice when I talked to her on the phone, and she had African accent. And I searched for her name on google, where I found out that everything she told me was all lies. I discovered that one of her photos that she sent me was of someone else named Ana or Anna, which I think is a model, she used different but similar email address
Her details are given below
Name: Rubi Wilburn
Email: wilburnrubi@yahoo.com or rubiwilburn@yahoo.com (I don't know which one is correct because I deleted all messages and contacts) rubi.wilburn@yahoo.com (this one is given on the website http://www.scamorama.com/innkeeper_case_study.html)
Age:28 (not real age)
She said she wanted to come here in Australia to get married after her mother is out of the hospital. After a while, she wanted me to give her some money to pay for fruit juice and tampons which I forgot how much I sent her, I think $500 USD, and then later on she wanted me to send her around $1700 to repair the car, so that her family can drive her mother around when she leave her to be with me. I don't have any money, and had to borrow money from the bank to send it to her. The plane ticket cost around $6000 USD, which I don't have, and I filled out form for a loan, but it was unsuccessful. She then asking me more money to repair her car, because she crashed her car onto the tree because it was raining heavily. I told her I don't have money and that the loan was unsuccessful, and I told her that I'm not ready for a relationship, and said goodbye to her.
I stopped all communications with her or him in September, but she still sending me messages on yahoo, which was very annoying. At the momemt, I am receiving a message from someone named Serga or something Afolabi (who I think is her father's lawyer Oluseyi Afolabi or her who pretend to be the lawyer) who is from EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) wanted to add me to his contact list, and I am kind of scare at the moment, but I think that I shouldn't be worry, because I have not done anything wrong. I blocked the user from requesting to add me to his contact list. I didn't give her/him my bank account number or anything, and I have reported to my local police, and they said that nothing can be done about it. She tried to scam an inn keeper recently but was unsuccessful. You can read the story here by clicking on the link or type the address into your browser. http://www.scamorama.com/innkeeper_case_study.html
Right now I'm worrying about the EFCC, I think that it is a scam too.
I'm worry, because the scammer know my personal details such as my mobile phone, home address, and so on.
Another question, the scammer know my personal details such my name,
mobile phone, home address. Can she use it for identity theft, such as open a new bank account or credit card account under my name?
Can someone help me out?
Any help is appreciated.
I am a victim of an online dating scam on SinglesCrowd website. I have been scammed of around $7000 AUD to a woman that I dated for a few weeks back in August. Her name is Rubi Wilburn. She said that she is from America, and at the moment visiting her mom because she was in a car crash in Nigeria, and after a few messages, and a few times chatting on yahoo messenger, demanding $400 USD to pay for her internet through moneygram, and then get me to transfer money around $1300 USD for buying wheelchair and for the surgery for her mother, and the list just goes on. Her father died in a car crash with her brother while he was in Chile for a business trip. She then wanted me to marry her soon and told me a secret that her dad and father is a very successful business man owning a few companies overseas, and she can only inherits the money when she get married ( a lot of money to be in inherited), so her plan was to get marry with me soon when she come to visit me in Australia. Her father's lawyer is Oluseyi Afolabi. You can find a link to his name here. http://www.justanswer.com/questions/1d0sr-friend-whose-name-miss-sandra
I believe that her voice is a man voice when I talked to her on the phone, and she had African accent. And I searched for her name on google, where I found out that everything she told me was all lies. I discovered that one of her photos that she sent me was of someone else named Ana or Anna, which I think is a model, she used different but similar email address
Her details are given below
Name: Rubi Wilburn
Email: wilburnrubi@yahoo.com or rubiwilburn@yahoo.com (I don't know which one is correct because I deleted all messages and contacts) rubi.wilburn@yahoo.com (this one is given on the website http://www.scamorama.com/innkeeper_case_study.html)
Age:28 (not real age)
She said she wanted to come here in Australia to get married after her mother is out of the hospital. After a while, she wanted me to give her some money to pay for fruit juice and tampons which I forgot how much I sent her, I think $500 USD, and then later on she wanted me to send her around $1700 to repair the car, so that her family can drive her mother around when she leave her to be with me. I don't have any money, and had to borrow money from the bank to send it to her. The plane ticket cost around $6000 USD, which I don't have, and I filled out form for a loan, but it was unsuccessful. She then asking me more money to repair her car, because she crashed her car onto the tree because it was raining heavily. I told her I don't have money and that the loan was unsuccessful, and I told her that I'm not ready for a relationship, and said goodbye to her.
I stopped all communications with her or him in September, but she still sending me messages on yahoo, which was very annoying. At the momemt, I am receiving a message from someone named Serga or something Afolabi (who I think is her father's lawyer Oluseyi Afolabi or her who pretend to be the lawyer) who is from EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) wanted to add me to his contact list, and I am kind of scare at the moment, but I think that I shouldn't be worry, because I have not done anything wrong. I blocked the user from requesting to add me to his contact list. I didn't give her/him my bank account number or anything, and I have reported to my local police, and they said that nothing can be done about it. She tried to scam an inn keeper recently but was unsuccessful. You can read the story here by clicking on the link or type the address into your browser. http://www.scamorama.com/innkeeper_case_study.html
Right now I'm worrying about the EFCC, I think that it is a scam too.
I'm worry, because the scammer know my personal details such as my mobile phone, home address, and so on.
Another question, the scammer know my personal details such my name,
mobile phone, home address. Can she use it for identity theft, such as open a new bank account or credit card account under my name?
Can someone help me out?
Any help is appreciated.