Police: Buffalo Grove IDOITIC woman swindled out of $50,000 off Match.com

A Buffalo Grove woman looking for a relationship online instead found a scammer, who swindled her out of $50,000, police said.

According to a Buffalo Grove police report, the 59-year-old woman set up a profile on the dating website Match.com, and in October, began chatting with a man who presented himself as an American Secret Service agent. The pair never met face-to-face, but developed an online relationship that prompted the woman to trust her new companion, police said.

The report indicates that, in January, the man sent her an urgent message: He was working undercover in Syria, and had been tasked with transporting a suitcase full of cash to a king, who reigned over a province of Poland.

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