Man scammed out of $60,000

<p>An area man was scammed out of $60,000 after a woman told him she needed to marry him to get access to $80 million.</p><p>The man reported to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday that he wired $60,000 to a law firm in France to pay for legal fees. The man reported that a woman had illegally withdrawn the money, according to a report from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.</p><p>He told police he was working with an attorney he had never met and entered into a marriage that he didn’t believe had been legalized with a woman he had never met in Ireland, the report said.</p><p>The woman told him she needed to be married to have access to $80 million she had in a bank account. She also told the man he needed to wire $60,000 to cover part of the fee to withdraw the millions. A marriage certificate was mailed to him, but he believed it may not have been valid, the report said.</p><p>The bank that conducted the wire transfer made efforts to recall the transfer, according to the report.</p>