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that ended with the Nigerian sending $6,000 to Longyear for the reservation.
“When I first got it, I said, ‘Six thousand dollars!’ I’d never gotten that much money at one time, for a bed and breakfast operation,” said Longyear, who has been in business 13 years.
The funds, though, turned out to be counterfeit.
As soon as Longyear confirmed receipt of the funds, Lawal wrote that the American Embassy had denied the visa of one of the mysterious couples, the “Idowus.”
“As a result,” Lawal wrote, “we need to refund the Idowus’ funds via Western Union.” Western Union only accepts cash for transfers, and does not offer the same traceability as a check or credit card payment.
Lawal went on to request that Longyear send him $3,000 immediately- lyLuckily,
Longyear was beginning to
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