Nigerian scams evolve, but motive still money -- chicagotribune.com

When Betsy Shyrock met "Mark Donovan" online, it was love at first type. She was a single mom who hadn't been in the dating game for 17 years. He was an international soccer scout from Ireland who lived in Virginia.

For two months, Shyrock chatted with Donovan from her Georgia home, trading love notes and discussing his plans to come see her. But trouble came instead...