Your Sweet Prince!

The Feds bust a "LOVE" scam in Los Angeles. Nigerian nationals participated in an online fraud scheme that goes outside U.S. borders.

Okay, how many people were fooled by online relationships?

Thousands if not millions. There are folks willing to find online and they'll end up meet that "someone" who needs a little help in their rent. They'll need a little help every step of the way.

Until they clean your wallet out.

There were 80 individuals were arrested in the largest online fraud scheme in the country.

Nigerian nationals are facing a federal sandwich. The U.S. Justice Department has indicted dozens of individuals accused of involvement in a massive business email scam and money laundering scheme.

Thom Mrozek, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Central District of California, confirmed more than a dozen individuals had been arrested during raids issued on Thursday.

This happened in the Los Angeles metro area and it could go further in country.

The indictment unsealed Thursday named 80 people who are charged with conspiracy to commit mail and bank fraud, as well as aggravated identity theft and money laundering.

Most of these people alleged to be involved in the scheme are based in Nigeria.

Those arrested will be sent to federal time out for a handful of years and then sent back to Nigeria.

U.S. Attorney Nicola Hanna said that this case was a part of an ongoing effort to protect citizens and businesses from email scams.

Two of the top crime lords, Chukwudi Igbokwe, 38 and Valentine Iro, 31 were accused of running the operation. They were brokers of fraudulent bank accounts, phony profiles and honey trap scams.

Nigerian nationals masqueraded as online loves.

The two men will be heading to federal court soon and those associated with them will face criminal charges as well.

The charges could carry up to 30 years in federal time out. The individuals are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

We strongly recommend, however, that if you think you’ve been victimized by a dating scam or any other online scam, file a complaint with our Internet Crime Complaint Center (www.ic3.gov).

Before forwarding the complaints to the appropriate agencies, IC3 collates and analyzes the data—looking for common threads that could link complaints together and help identify the culprits. This helps keep everyone safe.

Nearly 100 men are facing a federal sandwich.

Here are some tips on how to avoid becoming a victim of an online dating scam.

Recognizing an Online Dating Scam Artist

Your online “date” may only be interested in your money if he or she:

• Presses you to leave the dating website you met through and to communicate using personal e-mail or instant messaging;
• Professes instant feelings of love;
• Sends you a photograph of himself or herself that looks like something from a glamour magazine;
• Claims to be from the U.S. and is traveling or working overseas;
• Makes plans to visit you but is then unable to do so because of a tragic event; or
• Asks for money for a variety of reasons (travel, medical emergencies, hotel bills, hospitals bills for child or other relative, visas or other official documents, losses from a financial setback or crime victimization).

One way to steer clear of these criminals all together is to stick to online dating websites with nationally known reputations.