ROMANCE SCAM

BEWARE OF THIS SCAMMER

This narcissist has strung my sister along for a very long time and has caused her an immense amount of stress! He goes by fake name of Michael Carlos and his pic on OK Cupid is that of a handsome Italian man in his 40s. He is a smooth-talking bold-face liar full of fake tragic stories, including sickness, taxi accidents, robbery, murdered travel agent, etc., etc. He will call you baby, dear, and sweetheart and ask you for money which he promises to pay back threefold when he comes "home" to you. He will tell you he has funds being held by his broker in the US from a home he sold. He will pull on your heartstrings and tell you his young son Frank is very sick and he needs help in paying the hospital bill. He will tell you that his wife died of cancer and that his uncle killed his parents.

HE DOES NOT HAVE A SON AND WAS NEVER MARRIED! He is a 30-year old BLACK AFRICAN man! He recently confessed this to my sister when she stopped sending him money! SCAMMER!!!

lavieenrose
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Looks like he has been operating under this name for a while. http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=47298#p47298

I'm sorry that your sister was scammed. It is VERY important that your sister understand the truth about these scammers. Even when he "confesses" he will continue to lie to her. He may pretend to be sorry, or to feel guilty, but those are more lies.

These scammers are completely without conscience. They see their victims as a means to an end, and they don't care what happens to them. They will not hesitate to start a whole new set of lies if they think there is even a slight chance of profiting from them.

Very sad to be reading your post L. Everything the scammer has told your sister is a lie and she's been strung along because she is simply a source of revenue for the trickster. The tosser does not love her, like her or have any feelings for her whatsoever. Such is the danger of playing with feelings of another, one party will always be hurt by it. It is imperative she stop communicating with said scammer immediately. If not, your sister will only be told more lies. Because of the time, she will need help to overcome the difficulties caused by the scammer. It's important you and the family respond in a positive manner because someone will need to pick up the pieces, so to speak. Meanwhile the scammer rides off into the sunset laughing all the way. Since the scammer knows your sisters' e-mail address, please be careful of the same scammer (coming from a different e-mail address and/ or name) making contact in the coming days or several weeks.