A 68-year-old Long Island widow was scammed out of nearly $3 million by a phony paramour posing as a British Petroleum contractor, according to court documents.
Families of college football players targeted in $1K phone scam: ‘I have your son … he’s been arrested’
Cunningham wrote the online lothario — who went by the name of Andrea Manuel and claimed he was from Italy — checks for $24,000 to help with his damaged oil rig; $465,000 after he claimed he was picked up by border patrol in Texas, and $2 million for his unpaid taxes. In February, Manuel convinced Cunningham that her $2 million bank check was stolen, though most of it had been deposited in an account belonging to someone named Sonia Gonzalez, whom Cunningham and her lawyers are currently seeking information on through a court order.
The bank said that the account was successfully located but that it could not provide any information related to the account without a subpoena, the court records state.
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