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‘They probably figure we re a bunch of country bumpkins.”
The Nigeria Desk Officer advised Longyear to end all contact with the scammer, and to call Travelers Express, the company that issued the money orders. Traveler’s Express quickly confirmed that the checks were useless because the digits were off. All Traveler’s Express International Money Orders should have a 10-digit check number. Longyear’s had an eleventh digit and could not be authentic.
Preparing
for ‘guests’
“Walt even printed out the types of food Nigerians like," Longyear said of her husband. Walter Longyear. She had researched Nigerian culture to be able to make her guests comfortable for three weeks. But the guests never existed.
Although there is at least one Lanre Lawal existing in Nigeria, it is impossible to say if that name matched the identity of the person who contacted Fairlea Farm.
The address to which Lawal wanted Longyear to send the refund was a different name, Koyi Olugbenga. And the fake money orders came from yet another name
See SCAM, Page A8
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