Online Dating Made this Woman a Pawn in a Global Crime Plot

Toward the end of our conversation, I asked Elrod what she would say to McGregor—or, rather, the Yahoo Boy who played McGregor—if she were given the opportunity. She chewed nervously on her right index finger as she confessed that she has many, many questions for the man. But the first one she mentioned was not how he faked his Scottish accent or what became of her life savings or how many other women he was stringing along while they were “engaged.” The question at the forefront of her mind was something far more basic: “Was it always a scam?”

http://www.wired.com/2015/10/online-dating-made-woman-pawn-global-crime-plot/

More heartbreaking and incredible - the Jette Jacobs story - the crown jewel in the Yahoo Boys' chest : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2287774/Lonely-widow-Jette-Jacobs-dead-South-Africa-sending-50k-Nigerian-boyfriend-met-online.html