by Trieksje
Tue Jul 04, 2017 8:15 am
Hi
I met Martin Burkland on Tinder. I couldn't meet him in person because he was called back for an emergency in Syria.
We started talking on WeChat. His WeChat ID is pp08037. Name: DS, MB. I have fallen deeply in love with this orphaned man whose wife died and left him with a 3 year old son named Persian. His wife's name was Ella.
Everything was great, until he told me about a large sum of money - $650,000 plus 2 bonds that he has in a safety deposit box, but the security company is retreating from Syria so he must get the money out. I immediately said no and it led to a huge fight.
Everything was great after that - he even sent me 2 voice notes telling me that he loves me. Until last night when I received the email from the diplomatic agent that would drop the briefcase off. What alerted me was the email address: [email protected] I got suspicious and found out that Agent Steven Watson is fake.
I freaked out and refused to reply to the mail with a copy of my passport. Since I told Martin (which was probably stupid), I haven't received another email. I also didn't pay any money.
Since then I have read about romance scams and things seem to fall in place: his English (sometimes), he never calls me by my name etc.
I just...well, like I am sure many visitors of this website, need to know if this man and little boy I fell in love with is fake.
I have searched the internet far and wide to find his photos, but I can't find anything. He also sent me 2 videos of him in the gym. All the pictures (target practise, Christmas with his kid, etc. are the same). I have not blocked him yet, partly because I am afraid all 'evidence' will disappear.
Please advise me on what to do.
Thank you
I met Martin Burkland on Tinder. I couldn't meet him in person because he was called back for an emergency in Syria.
We started talking on WeChat. His WeChat ID is pp08037. Name: DS, MB. I have fallen deeply in love with this orphaned man whose wife died and left him with a 3 year old son named Persian. His wife's name was Ella.
Everything was great, until he told me about a large sum of money - $650,000 plus 2 bonds that he has in a safety deposit box, but the security company is retreating from Syria so he must get the money out. I immediately said no and it led to a huge fight.
Everything was great after that - he even sent me 2 voice notes telling me that he loves me. Until last night when I received the email from the diplomatic agent that would drop the briefcase off. What alerted me was the email address: [email protected] I got suspicious and found out that Agent Steven Watson is fake.
I freaked out and refused to reply to the mail with a copy of my passport. Since I told Martin (which was probably stupid), I haven't received another email. I also didn't pay any money.
Since then I have read about romance scams and things seem to fall in place: his English (sometimes), he never calls me by my name etc.
I just...well, like I am sure many visitors of this website, need to know if this man and little boy I fell in love with is fake.
I have searched the internet far and wide to find his photos, but I can't find anything. He also sent me 2 videos of him in the gym. All the pictures (target practise, Christmas with his kid, etc. are the same). I have not blocked him yet, partly because I am afraid all 'evidence' will disappear.
Please advise me on what to do.
Thank you
