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Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Nigerian man jailed in the UK after he falsely used online photo of a US soldier to dupe 2 women

27 year old Nigerian man, Tosin Olasemo has been sentenced to 4 and a half years in prison by a UK court after he was found guilty of using the photo of a US soldier fighting in Afghanistan to dupe two white women he met on a dating site of £250,000.

Tosin, who lives in Cardiff, UK, set up a profile on match.com using the photo of an unidentified US soldier in uniform, to trick his victims into believing he was serving in Afghanistan. He called himself Captain Morgan Travis to his first victim, and Michael Travis to his second victim and claimed to be based at Camp Joyce but he was actually living in Moira Street in the Adamsdown area of Cardiff.

During online conversations with his first victim, 47-year-old widow Tine Jorgensen, Tosin could see her via her webcam but he refused to show his own face, saying he was not allowed to show his own face because of security issues in Afghanistan, an explanation which looked genuine and acceptable.

Tosin then demanded various sums of money from Ms Jorgensen, including money for administration fees and other costs to facilitate his leave so he could come see her. Tosin, while using his real account name and photo, later contacted Ms Jorgensen to claim Morgan Travis had been arrested, persuading her to hand over almost £212,000 more to try and secure his release.

Speaking on his demand for money, prosecutor Ruth Smith said:
"They were designed to play on her emotional feelings for Morgan Travis, saying if the money wasn't paid he would spend one and a half years in detention."
However, police in Denmark soon informed her she had been a victim of a crime. The prosecutor said that confronted with this news by Ms Jorgensen, Tosin then claimed to be living in Lagos, Nigeria and had borrowed money from militants in Nigeria whom he could not now repay.
"Unfortunately Ms Jorgensen still felt an attachment to the defendant and believed his explanation. But her suspicions grew and she eventually reported him to South Wales Police, who arrested him in Adamsdown on January 28 this year."the prosecutor said
Officers recovered a number of false documents, including Nigerian identity cards and drivers licences under various names at his home in Cardiff. The prosecutor continued
"The defendant tried to damage his laptop computer by throwing it on the floor and stamping on it, but was prevented from doing so by police officers at the premises. The defendant had numerous documents on (his) equipment referring to how to speak to women and gain their confidence.".
On his second victim, Polish divorcee Joanna Kosz-Strusiewicz, he initially persuaded her to part with £1,100.
"He continued to make demands for money from her and she decided to make investigations of her own. She found information which led to her believing she had been cheated and wrote to the defendant."
Tosin pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud, four counts of possession of false identity documents, three counts of possession of articles for use in fraud and a single count of acquiring criminal property. He was sentenced to 4 and a half years in jail today July 15th.

The court also added that Tosin whose UK visa will soon expire may be deported. 

96 comments:

Unknown said...

Too bad.

Unknown said...

Yoruba never disappoints in matters like this. Tueeh!

Unknown said...

Heya,,,sori my broda***odikwa risky nd tyt***

Unknown said...

Oga, enjoy you time in jail.

ujunwa said...

Desperate soul.. rest in cell

Jasmine Joseph said...

Imagine rubbish, na wetin dem send u go Yankee to do, oshi

Unknown said...

Oh!

stella said...

Gud 4 him. Na dem d give nigeria bad name so!!

Unknown said...

Good 4 him

Unknown said...

He should b punished accordingly so dat dis wil serve as deterrent to others.

Anonymous said...

YORUBA AGAIN? OLORUN MAJE OH!

Unknown said...

Nigerian again?

Anonymous said...

So he's not even British, he's on a visa. Spoiling other peaceful and trustworthy Nigerians.
Mtcheeeeeeeeeeeew

Unknown said...

Nigerian again?

OSINANL said...

Yoruba's and fraud, i raise yansh for una

Anonymous said...

Ur an idiot

Mihearty said...

Yoruba is reigning now, after they will say ibo pple likes money. Biko what is the meaning of this? If I hear........eh

AC£S said...

Sorry bro...do your time

Anonymous said...

Military dating ni

Anonymous said...

hmmmmmmmmm.... them plenty






meenah_wakil on instagram

Anonymous said...

hmmmmmmmmm.... them plenty






meenah_wakil on instagram

AC£S said...

Oh no!

Anonymous said...

you are a complete disgrace and big dissappiontment to your country nigeria.... why dont you come back home instead of constituting yourself as a nuisance over there.

Okonkwo Callistus said...

See his YORUBA face!

AbokiDaWarriBoy said...

That is a terrible one, enjoy the new life over there sanu!

Anonymous said...

HIS TYM IS UP...TOMJERRYSWIT

Unknown said...

He should b punished accordingly so dat dis wil serve as deterrent to others.

Anonymous said...

U r d biggest hypocrite ever! U dont ever say anything wrong wen ibos are killed for drug trafficking.

Unknown said...

Always yoruba people!
Just disgracing us errwhere

Unknown said...

na waoooo ...this one na bad market for ths guy

Unknown said...

abeg make una leave that guy alone

Unknown said...

He's lucky. I was expecting about 40 years in prison. But there's one thing I've come to realize. No matter how strong women claim to be, they will always have that deep-seated desire to have a man in their lives. This is the major reason why all these women will transfer such huge sums of money to complete strangers. I mean, how many men have been scammed of such huge sums of money? I've also come to realize that men are scarce in every part of the world and not just in Nigeria. Men can't live without women also but the problm is uneven proportion male to female ratio in the world

Unknown said...

He deserves it. Nonsense!


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ary said...

After they will say "IGBO PEOPLE LIKE MONEY!!!!" But all the Yahoo boys they have being catching lately have all being Yoruba. Davido's Driver take note!!! Onye ara mgbe oji

Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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Bad sharp nigga i swear....
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

Unknown said...

You have bigger fraudsters among our igbo brothers.

Unknown said...

Willy ijiya there👍

K-REX said...

Fake U.S army. Why always given Nigeria a bad name? Tosin Morgan.

Unknown said...

See his head like bicycle seat...🙈

Unknown said...

He got what he deserved

Unknown said...

And the ibo and yoruba wars starts...

Anonymous said...

I can see a trend on this blog that is very dangerous and careless. Linda is a very bias blogger and a tribalism bigot. For the past 2 months now she has been carefully posting criminal activities primarily committed by Yorubas men/women alone. There's no doubt that there have been ongoing tribal shading between Yorubas and Igbos on this blog but I expect Linda to be neutral on this issue or edit out those comments to encourage peace. This same pattern of bias journalism has been noted by many readers regarding APC/PDP saga. I am highly disgusted and disappointed at Linda for these.

Anonymous said...

you gots respect Nigerians ...we are the wisest dudes out there.. I don't encourage dubious acts but the way these con men are moving you gots respect it.

Anonymous said...

I live the UK and this is what yoruba men do here. After people will say only igbo people likes money . Tell me who doesn't like money money

Unknown said...

What a mess, everything we being fine.

Anonymous said...

guys,this guy is lucky .Four years.is good na. and he will be in a British jail ,they feed him,cloth him.they basically pay his bills for four years .what else can an average Nigerian wish for.????

Unknown said...

"He called himself Captain Morgan Travis to his first victim, and Michael Travis to his second victim and claimed to be based at Camp Joyce but he was actually living in Moira Street in the Adamsdown area of Cardiff."

Definitely he will be visiting camp Joyce for some time. How dare him con a widow? Anyway I saw it sometime ago in an article while surfing the net that people with large faces lie alot. I see the reason why that Kenyan poor lady finished Nigerians in her sorry-article. God dey sha.

Unknown said...

He's gonna be staying there for a long time. Yeye someborri. Linda take note!

Anonymous said...

Deport ke, he should be made to face the full wrath of the law.

Omo ale.

Anonymous said...

UK, not yankee. Local gal.

Anonymous said...

Its really bad though! Yorubas guys are really expert in dating scams...

Anonymous said...

Wilheminna you reason like an imbecile. Onidi gigan

Anonymous said...

Raise your crawcraw black flat yanch for your ancestors. Akindanidani

Unknown said...

na wa o

Unknown said...

Yorubas......una no d carry last for crime!

Unknown said...

This is getting serious o. My Yoruba people are the ones committing all the crimes now and they are spoiling our name both home and abroad. Please my Yoruba people, don't let the other tribes teach you bad tin

Anonymous said...

GUY, WHY NA, YOU CANNOT THIEF IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE.
YOU FUCK OFF BIG TIME BY STEALING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR NOSE.
YOU DESERVE THE PUNISHMENT. ENJOYMENT TIME DON PASS.

Anonymous said...

Yoruba's are giving Nigerians in abroad a very bad name by this kind of fraudulent activities, atleast this time around it was not an igbo name been mentioned or caught in the act. Davido Driver take noted for the bad reputation your people lazy Yorobas are giving us.

Unknown said...

Dz old man 27yrs?? Abeg make hin no make me vex o

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

Bhet y?

Unknown said...

Which people like money pass igbo! Biko ndi yoruba onye nkea obukwa onye igbo? Sipping my blood tonic guiness malt and peak milk. Lolo1.

Unknown said...

Bicycle seat...LMAO!

Unknown said...

lazy guy,i dont know why God create this kind of useless people
in this our great country.
US Soldier ko US ARMY NI,
Any opportunity like this their always
misused it.noisenseor
good for thim

Unknown said...

Omo all this yoruba boys just dey spoil business for guys...tip one neva u use your real bank account...fool

Unknown said...

Omo all this yoruba boys just dey spoil business for guys...tip one neva u use your real bank account...fool

Unknown said...

Omo all this yoruba boys just dey spoil business for guys...tip one neva u use your real bank account...fool

Anonymous said...

A Kenyan gold digger was obviously duped by a Nigerian and she wrote an article on how not to date a Nigerian guy. It trended on this blog, and the Yoruba people here were saying she should have directed it to Igbo guys not Nigerian guys. For all we know, the guy that duped her could be a certain Bayo or Kunle. Lazy man Tosin above has just done it! Who isn't aware that Internet love scam is the Forte of Yoruba boys? It isn't easy to dupe someone of such large amount. It takes good education. Yoruba boys are known to be lazy, even after acquiring education. They either enter yahoo business or they start looking for "lonely big girls" (mostly Igbo girls) to swindle. The Igbo guys that do yahoo are the illiterates. They don't hit it big, that's why they switch to drugs. Educated Igbo boys don't have time for all these. If we had the various government opportunities Yoruba and Hausa people have, few Igbos will engage in economic crime.

law abiding citizen said...

please let's stop all these tribal verbal attacks and join our hands in condemning criminal acts like this.This is not representing what the average Nigerian youth stands for but guys like these paint us the Nigerian youth bad in the eyes of the international community, and for this we must join forces no matter where we come from to condemn practices like these

Anonymous said...

Most Yoruba males in the UK are yahoo yahoo,credit card scammers and gigolos. Hopeless lots. Igbo males in Asia are drug pimps,thieves and fraudsters. It runs in their DNA

Anonymous said...

You are right

Arsenal said...

Time up, dude.
Trade with care next time and take the money home.


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Anonymous said...

Anonymous 4:29, you are very stupid and daft. Onyiara

Anonymous said...

You are stupid you lve in UK and it doesn't change ur silly mentality. You shld be shot in the head!

Anonymous said...

So cos a few people were caught, it justifies that the people committing crime in Nigeria or outside Nigeria are mostly yoruba? Your mother obviously didn't train you well

Anonymous said...

@anonymous 4:29 you are a fool. May u perish!

Anonymous said...

This man did Nigeria wrong, yes. But is it okay for Nigerians to start insulting themselves on a blog over a stupid man's act? Must u judge him based on his tribe. I want to believe most of u are educated and to a large extent, your education should help/improve your way of thinking. I be Kong Igbo girl, but i'll never come on here and use certain people's act to insult yorubas. That's preposterous. A man decides to be useless and u decide to destroy a tribe with your words? Linda, if you're truly trying to be tribalistic on ur blog, then watch it. I'm sure at some point in ur life, a yoruba person has helped u somewhere. Let's be responsible pls. Thank u

Anonymous said...

Apoda

Mr. Stretch said...

Fast forward to July 2020, welcome home tosin!! Incase you don't know, lagos hustle is effing different! Only the smart survive here!! #copythat

Anonymous said...

Reasons like this why I can't part with huge amount of money to help strangers I've befriended on social media. That's how one chap asked me to help him and as much as I wanted to be of help, I couldn't bring myself to do it because I had not met him in person and did not knw whether he ws genuine or not...it's a shame ooo

Nene said...

Whoever you are anonymous 4.29pm I just love you for this write up. I know quite well that igbo boys do a lot of crazy things to get rich but these are mainly the few uneducated ones. In Yoruba, mostly the so called graduates engage in such act. It's really a shame!

omalichaspeaks.com said...

See as fine boy waste. What a shame. He should buckle up cos he'll definately be deported after serving his sentence.

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Anonymous said...

Go to other blogs that are owned by yorubas, I bet u, you will see this same story and every other crime story carried by Linda there. Furthermore, go to Linda's archives and u may be surprised that there are more igbo related crime stories in there than yorubas. Linda is just concerned with stories that will boost traffic here and does not look at mundane stuffs as u are suggesting.

Chyke
City: Unknown.

Unknown said...

Bad market!

Anonymous said...

Omo Oro!!! 4yrs will soon b ova,lol

andre kelvin said...

Hustler

yourstrulyblogposts.blogspot.com said...

How could he? He's the lowest of the low

Anonymous said...

Many of the comments on this issue so far are baseless and I vdon'don't particularly blame anyone, I can only blame the fact that many illiterates have "undeservedly" gotten access to smartphones like majority of the Ibos checking out this page. This is an issue of national image being spoiled, yet you all come up here to put all sort of blame on the yorubas. Its a shame on your individual parts, I must say. Its not a must to place a comment if its not gonna be of sensible use to the general public. Pls go and get some brains into your empty skull before coming up here to place comments. I would be expecting replies from some ignorant fools.

Anonymous said...

Brainless fool. Stupid boy from a dumb tribe

Anonymous said...

Castle Owfar nah!
All the ilupeju money
Wire wire boss. I sight u and Ugo

TAMARA SPLASH said...

On point Moses. Yoruba again? Tufiyakwa.

Anonymous said...

To think that I know this dude.... hmmmmmmmm life.

Unknown said...

Nigerians please stop painting us black

Anonymous said...

Whether Igbo or Yoruba or Hausa or Niger Delta etc Nigerian an Nigerian. We have brilliant, hardworking, and honest Nigerians all over the world. Idiots like this Tocsin should not be used as a yardstick to judge the responsible citizens . 419 should be accorded death sentence once convicted .That is the only way it can be curtailed.

Ahmadu Bello said...

at dumb ass wilhemina moses or whatever, your children will keep bringing home yoruba people for marriage. And you will know no peace until you let them marry them. Why? Because they will have a better informed understanding about what love and respect for other tribes is all about...unlike u.

Unknown said...

See his face, 419

Unknown said...

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