You’ve heard of the Nigerian 419 scams: Millions are sitting in a bank account for you because some poor sap met his end on a West African Highway, or the Nigerian government overpaid on a procurement contract, or because a Nigerian company can’t move the funds to an American bank without an American citizen, etc. All they need is a few thousand dollars for legal fees….

You’ve got to ask yourself: could cupid be far behind?

Nigerian college student Lawal Adekunle Nurudeen (a married father of three) is going to the Big House for pretending to be Benton Lawson, a 57-year old white, British engineer living in Lagos. “Benton’s” wife and only child had died on an African highway – very sad.

According to Reuters, Nurudeen convinced a lonely 56-year old Australian woman to send him $47,000 by convincing her that he, er, Benton, was madly in love with her:

The woman sent Nurudeen money for medical treatment and travel costs to visit her in Australia. He spent the funds on two plots of land and a Honda Prelude….

Whether the Prelude is now on its way to Sydney was unclear from the reports.