Mr. Wake Wallace, Manchester, United Kindom
Complaint 172083 Details

It began on 02.06.2012 when he contacted me via FACEBOOK, after that we chatted on Yahoo Messenger and Skype, and also on the phone.Until July this was ok because he didn't ask me for any money but on 10th July he told me that he was going to Nigeria for 5 days with his son and that then they would come to visit me in Italy. However, on their departure day from Nigeria he called me to explain his wallet was stolen so he was stranded without his tickets and credit cards. He said his wife died a few years ago so he had no one to help him and he asked me for my bank details so he could transfer some money for me to send to him. A few days later he said his son was taken to hospital in Assaba and he asked for money for food as his attempts to sell his watch and phone to raise cash hadn't worked. I sent him some money by Western Union(to Wake Wallace), firstly 350 euro, then 150. After that he told me to send the money to a nurse named AIGBE IDEMUDIA and send her the details of the money transfer to her e-mail address : [email protected], because she was willing to help him to collect the money I sent as he claimed to be being charged as he wasn't local. He then told me that the doctor advised him to go to a lawyer who could be a guarantor to allow him to fly home before sending the hospital fees. He then would get a taxi with his ill son to the British Embassy in Nigeria for their help to get home. So I sent him money again via AIGBE IDEMUDIA by Money Gram so he can pay some hospital fees and for a taxi. He confirmed they'd arrived safely and that the Embassy would help however when they had checked in to the hotel ready for their flights the next day someone accused his son of stealing 5 statue so the boy was arrested and put in the children penitancery for another one month (during this time I sent more money via the nurse as the lawyer was threatening to report him to the UK Citizenship office until 20.09.2012 when the judge release the boy and they returned to the UK. He had agreed to send me all my money back, but for 5 days I didn't receive any news from him and then I received an e-mail from his son Darren Wallace telling me that his daddy went to the citizenship office in Manchester and he was arrested for an international crime case due to not paying the lawyer in time. He asked for more money so I again sent money to Nigeria to the nurse to pay the lawyer. Darren confirmed he had my money to return to me but obviously this wasn't possible for an 11 year old. Then he said his father had had his appendix removed and had tyhoid so was in the police clinic, so he sneaked his palm top into his father so I could speak to him on Messenger. During this conversation he told me to resign from my job and come to live with him in Manchester where we will have a very nice life. After couple days Wake Wallace told me that he will give the palmtop to his son so we can speak and on the morning of 12.10.2012 Darren write me telling me that his daddy will be sent back to Africa because he didn't pay all the money that he owe to the african lawyer, asking me to help them out again by sending money on the nurse name in Nigeria, so I did the same day. After that on the Saturday morning I got a new message on my yahoo messenger from Darren telling me that he will skate to the police penitancery to show to his daddy and police officer that I sent money and they can release Wake from the prison. He also said they will send me the money the borrowed to me in Italy before I leave for Manchester, and that they'll meet me at the airport. That never happened, I just arrived in Manchester with no money in my pocket and no job. I want to believe that they will be arrested and punished and prevented from doing this to someone else and that I can recuperate my money with your help. If you need any more information(copies of conversations etc.) or other email addresses etc., I can provide them.