Well, I do
not quite know where to start because there is so much to tell. My name
is Jill, and I unfortunately was the victim of a romance scam. I received
a message on Facebook from a man named Giovanni. I hesitated to
reply because I had never responded to a man online before. I should have
gone with my gut instincts because he ended up truly breaking my heart, so much
so that I am leery of any relationship now. I am so very embarrassed that
a woman of my age was so easily duped. I have never had a problem meeting
men because I am a very beautiful woman inside and out. I have a heart of
gold and would help anyone in need within reason.
Like I said,
I began communicating with Giovanni in April of 2013 and he just swept me off
my feet. He was just so charming and said the most beautiful things,
actually everything a woman loves to hear. That did throw up a red flag, but I
really wanted to see how far this online relationship would go. We talked every day, and he told me that his
wife had died of breast cancer and that he had a daughter, Jennifer, who was 13
years old. He said that his daughter was all he had and all he lived for until
he met me. He told me that when he saw my picture, I swept him off his
feet, and of course when I saw his picture he swept me off my feet as well. He
told me that his daughter needed a mother figure in her life, and I was so
excited because I was not able to ever have children. Our conversations
went on for about two months and then I got a phone call from him one day telling
me that he and his daughter were stuck in China because they had gotten beat up
and robbed the night before and he needed some money to pay for the hospital
bills because Jennifer was hurt badly. I told him I did not have any
money to send, and I would not send it if I did. I do not give men money
especially a man I have never met in person.
That did not
stop him from sending me emails and messages online, so like a fool, I thought
he really cared for me. He would tell me how much in love he was with me
and that when he returned to the United States he wanted us to be together
forever.
To make a
long story short, this went on for 6 months. He now said he was in Malaysia and
that he would have some people send me money to send to him so he could come
back home to the States. He said he was an artist and was born in
Scotland and raised in Amsterdam, Netherlands and had just recently moved to
the United States to start a new life.
The last
straw for me was when he had someone send me a fraudulent check for $5,890.00
and told me to deposit it into my account and withdraw the money and send it to
him by Western Union. I was not about to deposit it into my account so I
took it to the same bank the check was written on, and they told me it was a
fraudulent check so I told them to keep it and send it to their fraud
department, which they did.
Do not be a
victim like I was. Meeting men online is not for me ever again. I
want to thank God for Blessing me with the ability to go with my instincts and
my God given intuition.
culled from:http://www.hoax-slayer.com
Editors'
Note:
During the course of the scam, Jill received a number of photographs
supposedly depicting the man she thought she was talking to online. However,
she later discovered that the images had been stolen from another source and
reused without their owner's knowledge or permission. The man whose
identity and pictures were used by the criminal is innocent and a secondary
victim of the scam.
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