Man Dumped His Wife For Online Lover Who Later Turned Out To Be A Male Nigerian Scammer

The picture was linked to a forum dedicated to Kristen and how she had attempted to trick men out of money.



Rebecca says: “I wasn’t surprised it was a con. There were around 20 pages of posts with pictures of Kristen, although she’d been using different names to chat to different men. She’d asked them all for money.

“I say she – she could have been a man for all I knew, or a gang of men. I did a bit more snooping and I discovered whoever was behind it had used the pictures of a Russian model to create the profiles I’d seen on Paul’s laptop.

“I knew it was only a matter of time before someone tried to get some cash out of Paul. I had to warn him.”

Rebecca texted Paul the links to the forums outing Kristen. He didn’t believe her at first, but she bombarded him with evidence about his so-called girlfriend.

Rebecca says: “At first, he was in denial and insisted what he had with Kristen was real. But eventually, he admitted she had asked him for £2,000 so she could fly to the UK to be with him – despite the fact her dad was a millionaire.

"He’d replied saying he loved her and couldn’t wait to see her. I’m so glad I sent him the links before he sent any money.”

When reality dawned, Paul was ­mortified. Rebecca says: “He’d told his friends and parents about Kristen and had to go back and admit she didn’t exist. It was embarrassing but I helped him write to Kristen, saying the scam had been rumbled.

“Kristen, or whoever she was, replied straight away, saying she had a new boyfriend and didn’t want to be with Paul.”

Rebecca and Paul, who split in January 2013, kept in touch and a few months later, he admitted he still had feelings for her.

He spent a year trying to win her back and they reunited in May 2014 after Rebecca decided to give him another chance.

Now she is convinced the experience has made their relationship better.

She says: “Paul realised how much of an idiot he’d been and we slowly rebuilt our relationship. My parents were horrified at first when I decided to get back with him as he’d put me through hell, but now we’re stronger than ever.

"We’re saving for our wedding again, although we have a joint Facebook account now.”

Paul says he is grateful Rebecca rumbled Kristen and agreed to give their relationship another go.


He says: “I was flattered that this pretty girl was taking such an interest in me and we were talking to each other for months before she even mentioned money.

“It was nice to have someone else to talk to and I was chatting to her at night, while Rebecca worked night shifts.

“She just managed to completely turn my head, to change my perspective on my life.

“She made me feel that I was unhappy with Rebecca. I didn’t believe it was a scam at first. She caught me off guard and convinced me she was real.

“I’m just glad I didn’t give the scammer any money. My head was in the wrong place when this happened, and it messed me up completely.

“Now that I have a second chance with Rebecca, I’m never letting her go.”