Victor Davis
Complaint 168172 Details

I met a man online, we corresponded for months back and forth first on Plenty of Fish, then afterwards solely on Yahoo Messenger. He originally told me he had a son, 12, named Benjamin. I was fooled into believing that he was stranded in Nigeria, and needed money to come home. I was reluctant, but after a few phone calls, I sent the money. He was to return to the States on September 1st. We were to meet up on the 3rd. I received a message from a gentleman named Peter Edoreh saying that Victor and his son Benjamin were in a very bad car accident on the way to the airport. Benjamin died in the accident. I was not contacted for over a month, I was then contacted via email from Victor on October 4th, stating he survived the accident, is almost healed and wants to come home. He asked again for $2100 for a ticket home.

There is a wireless transfer that was intercepted by Interpol and I am being told there is a bank account with 4.5 million dollars in it. My name and address were attached to this account. I've sent money to pay for codes to have this money transferred, in total of $3200. I am completely confused as to whether this account exists at all...but I feel twice as foolish for believing any of it.

When this transfer occurred, the name of Mr. Victor was attached to it. In conversation in the past week he has tried to have the funds wired to himself.

I just need to know if the bank account is real, and if so, how I can receive my funds. I want nothing to do with Victor Davis again.