He claims his name is Alan Cole (and I later found out that "Cole" is commonly used). He has two email addresses:
He found me on a dating site and wrote to me on 5/3/2010. My birthday was the next week and sure enough--he sent 4 extravagant arrangements of flowers, a huge box of Godiva chocolates and a teddy bear. (I later found out that all scammers send the exact same gifts). He told me he was in Ikeja, Lagos as a construction supervisor for a new road and lives in Signal Hill, California. The following week he started asking for money.
Short story: He got $1,000 out of me (this includes $300 in text messaging on my cell), ruined my credit card standing with bogus deposits to "cover the cash advances", sent me a fake check and 3 fake money orders from a "friend" here in the States, all of which were confiscated by Wells Fargo Bank's Fraud Dept. Swears up and down that he is not a scammer and a liar...yet he does all the things that scammers do.
The man in the photo may or may not be him....and if it isn't him, then some poor guy is unaware that his photos are being used by this Nigerian liar. He had the "spouse who died in a tragic car acciident" (Kim) and has two children - Brenda and John. All are lies.
