61-year-old Architect working in Malaysia

I am very happy that the real person whose photographs were stolen by the "scammer" who tried to take advantage of me, is now aware that his photographs were stolen and used by unethical people.

Thank you Mr. Bernard Black for letting us know of your existence and clarifying that you are not our scammer.

Back in September when I was originally contacted by Taylor Chadwick I sent an Email to the American Consulate in Malasia. I just discovered a reply at a hotmail email I rarely use. I have appended it below for anyone who is contacted by Taylor Chadwidk.

"This sound like a scam to us.

In order to verify if he is an American citizen, ask him to scan a copy of his U.S. passport to you and forward to us. Do you have his personal information, like full name as it appears on his U.S. passport, date and place of birth. If he refused to provide a copy of his U.S. passport or his passport number, it is an indication of a scam

Where is he staying in Malaysia? Do you have the name of the hotel or address of where he is staying?

The next time he contacts you, ask him to call or visit the embassy. We are located at 376 Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur and telephone number is (60-3) 2168-5000.

Do not send funds directly to him. If you wish to help him, tell him that you will send the funds to him through the Embassy and the funds will be in his name. He has to come personally to the Embassy to collect the funds with his U.S. passport.

You will be able to obtain information about OCS Trust from the Department of State Website http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/bro ... _1224.html

Please note that there are many scams from Malaysia. Please check the following website on scams:

http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_ ... _3155.html (International Financial Scams)

ACS Section"

I hope this information is useful.

This guy is really, really, really good. The picture of Berna Fekete at Kolibri Art Studio, Inc. is either an identical twin, or the same guy that I corresponded with. He did the same as with many others...wanted to get off match.com almost immediately and correspond directly. With me, he only asked for very small amounts of money, but he asked just the same. Also got the story about his son, Clark. However, I was corresponding during the Christmas holidays, so he actually concocted a story about how Clark contracted some kind of "bug" in Kuala Lumpur and died. Then the story got more elaborate about making arrangements to preserve his body until he could afford to bring him home to bury. I actually spoke with him on the phone several times and it is truly amazing how he does bounce back with explanations when confronted with direct questions. He then started telling me how sick he was and that the doctor was fearing for his health, and on and on and on. He does a really good job of sucking you in.

My question to everyone who has posted here...how do we make sure this guy gets stopped? Does his employer know that they have someone working for them with this kind of reputation?

In response to the person who contacted the Embassy in Malaysia. I specifically asked this guy why he could not get assistance from the American Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. He stated that he does not have an American passport, that he only has a German passport.