A Romanian woman claims to have lost 2.5 million euros after being tricked by a fake “Prince of Dubai”
DIICOT prosecutors from Maramureș opened a criminal case on Tuesday, after a woman complained that she was cheated of more than 2 million dollars by a Nigerian who claimed to be the “crown prince of Dubai”, writes Agerpres.
According to media reports, a Romanian businesswoman lost more than 2.5 million dollars after she was persuaded to invest, together with the crown prince of Dubai, in a humanitarian foundation.
In reality, the man in question was a Nigerian conman, Henry Eke, who used a sophisticated scheme to defraud victims, using false identities, fictitious banks, financial advisors, as well as “promises of romance and marriage”.
The woman from Romania was thus convinced that she was talking to a “prince of Dubai” and transferred to a fake account more than 2.5 million dollars, money from various bank loans, for which she mortgaged her house, but also the financial resources of her company.
She found out it was all a scam after being contacted by two of the Nigerian's accomplices, unhappy that they hadn't received part of the money. They confessed to him that the whole story was a fraud.
The authorities are now investigating the commission of the crimes of setting up an organized criminal group and fraud with particularly serious consequences. “Criminal prosecution activities are carried out together with policemen of the Maramureș Organized Crime Fighting Service”, DIICOT also transmitted.
