Article: Man seeking love finds Nigerian scam.(Crime)(An Internet romance actually was a ruse in an international scheme to ship stolen goods)

Byline: Rebecca Nolan The Register-Guard

A 55-year-old Eugene man looking for romance became an unwitting participant in an international scam to ship goods purchased online with stolen credit cards to Nigeria via Europe.

Dubbed the "Nigerian repackaging scam" by law enforcement, the scheme aims to bypass restrictions of overseas shipping companies such as FedEx, DHL and UPS - which limit shipments to west Africa because of pervasive fraud - by finding gullible Americans to serve as intermediaries.

The victims receive the stolen goods - often unaware of their origins - and send them on to Europe, where other scammers receive and ship them to ...

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