Jane fell for Nigerian Michael, a
bartender, in 2005. She married him and
then he decided he wanted to live in
England. Lol. Read the full story below
culled from UK Daily Mail
Jane Cole, 56, knew that The
Gambia in Western Africa had a
reputation for being a hotbed of
holiday romances between young
local men and older British women.
But when she decided to take a
break there with her friend Vanessa
in 2005, she never thought she'd
find herself caught up in one.
'I'm quite worldly-wise,' said Jane,
from Rothwell, who considered
herself too sensible to get
embroiled with a younger man.
But then she met Michael, a 28-
year-old Nigerian bartender, and
his charming, attentive nature drew
her in immediately.
Lobatan...lol. Continue....
Michael quickly made it clear he wanted
more than just a one-night stand while
she was on holiday in the country. He
wanted a relationship. 'I was completely
sucked in,' said Jane.
When Michael proposed, Jane decided to
keep it a secret from her younger sister
Tracy, knowing she would disapprove.
Instead, she flew to The Gambia and
married him, leaving Tracy to call her a
fool.
Quickly, Jane began to see that she
might have been right.
Michael said he wanted to move into
Jane's house with her in the UK, even
though she had set her heart on a new
life in The Gambia, as they had
discussed. Nonetheless, she loved him,
so she agreed.
But as soon as the couple arrived in the
UK, Jane began to question Michael's
loyalty, especially when he began
disappearing for long periods.
After calling a number that appeared
frequently on his phone bill, she reached
a woman with whom Michael had been
having a relationship for six years.
'When I confronted Michael he just
admitted it and laughed. "People laugh
then they see us together," he said. I
was devastated. My self-confidence
sunk to an all-time low. He had drained
me of everything, both financially and
emotionally.'
'I blamed myself for being foolish and
falling for it. I'm supposed to be
intelligent but I never had an inkling. I
believed everything he said. And if he
had told me the woman was just a friend,
I'd still have believed him.'
Tracy admits worrying that her sister
might take her own life, because Michael
had robbed her of everything. But Jane is
not alone when it comes to confidence
tricksters scamming women in matters of
the heart on holiday.
Around 1,000 British people are victims
of dating scams each year, according to
the Office of National Statistics.
In 2004, a smooth-talking gentleman
named Rudi Sloot began speaking to
widow Jeanette Styles, 56, from Whitby,
while in Sorrento, Italy. Handsome and
polite, he told her he worked as an
undercover agent in the White House.
'I fell for him. He seemed lovely. He
came to see me in England and never
left. It felt like we'd been together for
years,' said Jeanette.
But b
efore she knew it, Rudi was talking
her into buying him £17,000 cars and
loaning him money, always promising to
pay her back but never doing it.
One night, when he became aggressive,
she called the police. They came and
arrested him and revealed he was a
wanted man, on the run from Interpol for
committing fraud and theft all over the
world.
'I felt emotionally betrayed,' said
Jeanette. 'It was a lot to deal with and I
get quite emotional when I think about it.
I don't think I'll ever get over it.'
Jeanette is now rebuilding her life with
her new partner Adrian, a local chef, and
Rudy is in jail, but she has been left with
the scars of her ordeal with the man who
called himself 'Rudi Sloot'.
bartender, in 2005. She married him and
then he decided he wanted to live in
England. Lol. Read the full story below
culled from UK Daily Mail
Jane Cole, 56, knew that The
Gambia in Western Africa had a
reputation for being a hotbed of
holiday romances between young
local men and older British women.
But when she decided to take a
break there with her friend Vanessa
in 2005, she never thought she'd
find herself caught up in one.
'I'm quite worldly-wise,' said Jane,
from Rothwell, who considered
herself too sensible to get
embroiled with a younger man.
But then she met Michael, a 28-
year-old Nigerian bartender, and
his charming, attentive nature drew
her in immediately.
Lobatan...lol. Continue....
Michael quickly made it clear he wanted
more than just a one-night stand while
she was on holiday in the country. He
wanted a relationship. 'I was completely
sucked in,' said Jane.
When Michael proposed, Jane decided to
keep it a secret from her younger sister
Tracy, knowing she would disapprove.
Instead, she flew to The Gambia and
married him, leaving Tracy to call her a
fool.
Quickly, Jane began to see that she
might have been right.
Michael said he wanted to move into
Jane's house with her in the UK, even
though she had set her heart on a new
life in The Gambia, as they had
discussed. Nonetheless, she loved him,
so she agreed.
But as soon as the couple arrived in the
UK, Jane began to question Michael's
loyalty, especially when he began
disappearing for long periods.
After calling a number that appeared
frequently on his phone bill, she reached
a woman with whom Michael had been
having a relationship for six years.
'When I confronted Michael he just
admitted it and laughed. "People laugh
then they see us together," he said. I
was devastated. My self-confidence
sunk to an all-time low. He had drained
me of everything, both financially and
emotionally.'
'I blamed myself for being foolish and
falling for it. I'm supposed to be
intelligent but I never had an inkling. I
believed everything he said. And if he
had told me the woman was just a friend,
I'd still have believed him.'
Tracy admits worrying that her sister
might take her own life, because Michael
had robbed her of everything. But Jane is
not alone when it comes to confidence
tricksters scamming women in matters of
the heart on holiday.
Around 1,000 British people are victims
of dating scams each year, according to
the Office of National Statistics.
In 2004, a smooth-talking gentleman
named Rudi Sloot began speaking to
widow Jeanette Styles, 56, from Whitby,
while in Sorrento, Italy. Handsome and
polite, he told her he worked as an
undercover agent in the White House.
'I fell for him. He seemed lovely. He
came to see me in England and never
left. It felt like we'd been together for
years,' said Jeanette.
But b
her into buying him £17,000 cars and
loaning him money, always promising to
pay her back but never doing it.
One night, when he became aggressive,
she called the police. They came and
arrested him and revealed he was a
wanted man, on the run from Interpol for
committing fraud and theft all over the
world.
'I felt emotionally betrayed,' said
Jeanette. 'It was a lot to deal with and I
get quite emotional when I think about it.
I don't think I'll ever get over it.'
Jeanette is now rebuilding her life with
her new partner Adrian, a local chef, and
Rudy is in jail, but she has been left with
the scars of her ordeal with the man who
called himself 'Rudi Sloot'.
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