Police: Bronx man posing as woman on dating app scammed York man out of more than $47,000

Abdul Rashid Ibraham, 27, allegedly posed as a woman named “Lara Lafayette” on the Widows dating app to scam the victim, according to police.

YORK, Pa. — Police in York County have charged a New York man with posing as a woman on a dating app to scam a York man out of more than $47,000.

Northern York County Regional Police began investigating the case in May, when a local M&T Bank employee contacted authorities on behalf of a customer.

According to police, the investigation determined Abdul Rashid Ibraham, 27, of the Bronx, NY, was allegedly posing as a woman named “Lara Lafayette” on a dating app called Widows when he began emailing the victim earlier this year.

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During their correspondence, “Lafayette” told the victim her father had left her $950,000 in an account, but she needed money to access and unlock it.

“Lafayette” asked the victim to front her the money, promising she would paid back once she got access to her inheritance. “She” sent the victim fraudulent documents listing her as next-of-kin and the victim as her fiance. The victim also received a certificate of deposit for a bank in the Cayman Islands that showed a deposit of $950,000. 

A closer examination of the documents showed numerous spelling and grammar errors that generally indicate they were fake, police said in charging documents.

Nevertheless, the victim electronically sent “Lafayette” two checks for more than $47,000 on March 26 and April 6. 

“Lafayette” asked the victim to make the checks out to Frank Corbin III, according to police. 

The checks were cashed at a TD Bank in Morris Park, NY, police said.

Investigators obtained a search warrant to obtain surveillance video from the TD Bank and documents attached to Corbin’s account. The documents indicated the account was opened on Oct. 27, 2025. Corbin used a Ghana passport and driver’s license as identification to open the account, according to police.

Surveillance video from the bank showed a man wearing a dark gray beanie with a tribal print graphic depositing the checks.

Investigators later determined the actual Frank Corbin III was a victim of identity theft, fraud, and financial exploitation, according to police.

Authorities identified Ibraham as the suspect by tracing two Bronx addresses listed in the bank account, according to the complaint.

He has been charged with theft by deception, financial exploitation of an older adult and criminal use of a communication facility, all third-degree felonies.