A conman who duped lonely women out of more than Sh64 million by posing as a soldier on dating websites has been jailed.
Tosin Femi Olasemo, 37, set up a fake Match.com profile as Captain Morgan Travis, a US army captain.
The Nigerian, who was in the UK on a student visa, started online
relationships before asking for cash to help pay for leave to visit.
Fraudster Olasemo used a picture of a soldier wearing full military uniform as his profile picture.
He began online relationships with the women before asking for small amounts of money to help pay for leave to visit them.
Prosecutor Ruth Smith said money soon started spiralling into a
fortune after he had ‘brainwashed’ women into believing they were in a
genuine relationship.
Olasemo’s main victim was Tine Jorgensen, 47, of Denmark.
In May 2011 her husband died and by December 2012 she had signed up to Match.com to see if she could find love again.
She handed over a total £251,937.90 and said she felt “brainwashed”.
Despite discovering Morgan Travis was a lie dreamt up by a
Nigerian man called Tosin Olasemo she continued an online relationship
with him after telling her he had committed the fraud because he had
borrowed money from Nigerian militants and now owed them money under
pain of death.
Her bank stopped further payments and raised the alarm.
Olasemo was held at his Cardiff home in January.
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