A 68-year-old Long Island widow was scammed out of nearly $3 million by a phony paramour posing as a British Petroleum contractor, according to court documents.

Jane Cunningham of Valley Stream met the man on the dating site Zoosk in June 2022 and over the course of about eight months, he swindled her in increasing increments, according to documents filed in Manhattan Supreme Court to help her retrieve the money.

Cunningham wrote the online lothario — who went by the name of Andrea Manuel and claimed he was from Italy — checks for $24,000 to help with his damaged oil rig; $465,000 after he claimed he was picked up by border patrol in Texas, and $2 million for his unpaid taxes.

Manuel claimed he completed his contract with BP, retired, and was planning to return from the Gulf of Mexico and could then meet Cunningham in person — but that never happened.

The only “proof” of identity that Manuel provided to Cunningham, a retired speech pathologist, was a copy of a license and passport.

In February, Manuel convinced Cunningham that her $2 million bank check was stolen, though most of it had been deposited in an account belonging to someone named Sonia Gonzalez, whom Cunningham and her lawyers are currently seeking information on through a court order.

Cunningham went to police but proceeded to write two more checks — for $65,000 and $5,690 — to two different people per Manuel’s instruction, before finally meeting with the FBI and later filing a report with the Nassau County Police Department, according to records.

In July, the Warren Law Group requested on her behalf that Chase Bank freeze all activity related to an account where the remaining $1,975,608.69 of stolen funds was believed to be.

The bank said that the account was successfully located but that it could not provide any information related to the account without a subpoena, the court records state.

Cunningham’s lawyers filed last week to demand the banking details necessary to file a claim against the alleged fraudsters.

Jose Marquez, one of the lawyers handling Cunningham’s case, said these schemes often involve a complex ring of people.

“We want Chase to do the right thing and cooperate as expeditiously as possible. Ms. Cunningham is the victim here.”

Cunningham could not be reached for comment and it is unclear how she had the funds available to send Manuel, though court records from 2011 reveal that she settled out of court with the U.S. Attorney’s Office after filing a $1 million lawsuit after an FBI agent allegedly crashed into her vehicle on the Southern State Parkway.

Public records indicate that her husband, James Cunningham, died around 2000 and worked for the New York State Banking Department.