Woman gets online dating scammed for thousands then visits Nigeria to pay for his college tuitionDistraught woman cheated by Nigerian dating scammer flies out to confront him  A woman has spoken out about how her online relationship with a Nigerian scammer also known as ''G boys '' became an unlikely friendship.Maria Grette, who is Swedish, even paid for the young man to study at college in the US, and has since worked with African artists to help young people.Ms Grette, who was 62 at the time, thought she was speaking to a 58-year-old Danish man for three months after they met on an online dating site.

They arranged for him to visit her, but he explained he first had to visit Nigeria with his son for a job interview.She told the BBC: ‘He had a way and a sweetness I had never known in a man before. And he was innocent in a way that puzzled me.

’Swedish woman becomes friends with her nigerian scammer, puts him through college, and begins an arts non-profit in africaThe con artist was among a group of online dating scammers (Picture: Getty)Swedish woman becomes friends with her nigerian scammer, puts him through college, and begins an arts non-profit in africaShe thought she had met her dream man (Picture: Maria Grette/Fac