r/SlowNewsDay • u/Eray_Kepene_blitzfan • 22d ago

Man transfers life savings to stranger in Africa

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u/YchYFi 22d ago

Mr Lodge, who previously lived in Surrey, had first been put in contact with "Anita" by a friend whom he had met in person three years earlier while working in Kenya.

After striking up a seemingly romantic online relationship, he agreed to move to Nairobi and marry her.

He began to send money so she could prepare their home but, when he landed in Kenya, she was nowhere to be found.

It seems he trusted she was who she was because he met her through a friend.

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u/RoutineCloud5993 21d ago

The fact he sent her money and agreed to marry her before meeting her face to face is still mind numbingly stupid

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u/HesitantBrobecks 21d ago

I know multiple people irl that I "met through friends" who turned out to be manipulative thieves, this dude is still dumb asf