Daily Mail UK
By AMANDA WILLIAMS FOR MAILONLINE
July 2015
Tosin Femi Olasemo, 37, pretended to be American Captain Morgan Travis
Nigerian fraudster used profile picture of man wearing full military uniform He soon struck up intense relationships with women and asked for moneyA Nigerian fraudster masqueraded as a US Army captain serving in Afghanistan on an online dating profile to scam lonely women out of more than £400,000.
Has been jailed for four and a half years after admitting 12 counts of fraud
Nigerian fraudster Tosin Femi Olasemo masqueraded as a US Army captain serving in Afghanistan to scam lonely women out of more than £400,000
Tosin Femi Olasemo, 37, was allowed into Britain on a student visa, where he set up a Match.com profile from his Cardiff home, pretending to be an American serviceman.
The women believed heroic Captain Morgan Travis was on the lonely hearts website looking for love. But a court heard it was Nigerian-born Olasemo, 37, who used a picture of a soldier wearing full military uniform as his profile picture.
He began 'intense online relationships' with the women before beginning to ask for small amounts of money to help pay for leave to visit them over two years.
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