Putting this here so it can be seen by more people. Huge scam, many arrested in Los Angeles. Scammers operated out of Nigeria and Los Angeles. Eighty people charged.
I guess many people are unaware of internet scammers. Just one case....a Japanese woman thought she was emailing a U.S. soldier in Syria. He was a Nigerian scammer and took her for $200,000.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-22/fbi-takes-down-nigerian-fraudsters-in-46m-case-based-in-los-angeles?_amp=true