Can it even be called a scam?

One of the regulars came up to the desk just now, wearing his usual camouflage jacket, baseball cap, and dark glasses, sporting his shaggy goatee. And by regular, I don’t mean that he just comes in regularly. I mean he comes in so often and for such stretches of time that one wonders how he supports himself. He said “I just got off the Internet with my girlfriend.” He shows me a picture she sent with an email: thin, young, blonde. My first thought is “I wonder if she knows what he looks like?” My second thought is “That’s not her real picture.” The second picture confirms it- very much cut-and-paste. Also? She’s currently in Nigeria, and she’ll visit if he just sends $200…