Nairobi — A Nigerian court will this week begin the trial of a 23 year-old Internet fraudster, Okoro Osagie Victor, who swindled an estimated $96,607 (Sh7.1 million) mostly from young American and German ladies, reports said.

The suspect was picked up by security agents of Nigerias Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on October 23 and has since been admitted to an administrative bail. Victor, a University dropout and former student in chemical engineering was nabbed in Benin City, Nigeria, following a petition by MoneyGram International.

Media reports said the suspicion was triggered by a communication with one of Victor's victims who told Money-Gram that she met the fraudster over the Internet and that she has been sending him money because he claims that he wanted to set up a business.

But reports allege that further investigations revealed that Victor was a serial marriage scammer who has been hoodwinking his victims by posing as Jerry Finger, a white expatriate working in Nigeria.

He sent a photograph of a successful white male with the assumed identity of a Jerry Finger to his victims.