Provincial police says two women from Haldimand County have been defrauded of nearly 20-thousand dollars in an alleged online dating scam involving a man in South Africa
Police say they were contacted by one victim June 29th who said she'd sent nine-thousand dollars to a man she'd been corresponding with online who said he needed money to pay for fines he incurred from a building inspector while working on a project in South Africa.
Police say he sent her bank drafts that he said would cover the amount -- but after depositing them the woman was told by the bank that they were counterfeit.
Police say a similar scam had been reported last April where a woman sent 95-hundred dollars to a man in South Africa.