Woman duped out of $6390 by Facebook friend: North Olmsted Police Blotter

North Olmsted Police Department. (John Benson/cleveland.com)NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio –FraudA woman on June 8 came to the North Olmsted Police Department accompanied by her daughter to explain that a man claiming to live in Budapest befriended her on Facebook and over one-and-a-half years convinced her to send him a total of $6,390.He used a variety of reasons to request the money, including needing to post bail and buy a home. The woman said she knows the man is real and that she has talked to him on video chats on her phone.She said she has subsequently learned the man, using different Facebook names, has scammed at least six other women.Someone claiming to be the man’s neighbor contacted the victim and also asked for money, she said.Police and the woman’s daughter tried to convince the woman not to have any more contact with the man and that he was using her for money, according to the police report.OVI: Lorain RoadAn officer at 12:47 a.m. June 10 spotted a silver sedan driving westbound on Lorain Road near W. 230th Street without headlights or taillights lighted.The vehicle kept weaving and changing lanes without the use of turn signals, according to a police report.The officer…
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