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get suspicious. A major flaw in the scam was the fact that Fairlea Farm could not accommodate the travelers for the full course of their stay. The B&B was already full for three of the days. Lawal’s “guests” would have to move out of her B&B three times over the course of their 18-day stay. And no one seemed to mind.
“1 really zeroed in on him at that point,” Longyear said. “I said, They must have a place to stay.”’ She offered suggestions of other local B&Bs and hotels which might be able to handle them, but Lawal was not concerned with these logistical details.
Excuse to stall
Without a Western Union office in town, Longyear had a convenient excuse to stall Lawal’s anxious pleadings for the $3,000. She emailed that he
See SCAM, Page A3
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