Artem Gerashchenko and Olukade Kehinde
A US-based Ukrainian startup manager has outwitted a Nigerian scammer who was set on extorting money from him.
Artem Gerashchenko, Co-founder of mobile advertising service, AdtoApp, said he met and became acquainted with the fraudster, Olukade Kehinde Martins, who was posing as a white female, Angelina Crane, via one of Russian social media sites.Angelina told him she was an American currently residing in Nigeria and asked if he could be helping her financially by giving her $50 weekly because she was stranded. Gerashchenko, who immediately understood the fraudulent motive, decided to play along. He told Angelina that she was worth more than that and he’d be sending her $500 weekly instead.
