by SadGirl69
Fri Dec 20, 2013 3:29 am
Hi all. I am having a difficult time getting over someone who is almost certainly a scammer. I unfortunately did not keep copies of his e-mails/photos to be able to add to my post. The only picture is on WhatsApp under his old phone number and maybe one of you knows a way to pull that up.
He contacted me on BBW Cupid and I said that I did not think it was a good idea to talk to someone several states away but maybe he could convince me. He did! He wrote a very well-written (no African errors, etc) and seemingly heartfelt introductory e-mail to me. (I did Google search the letter to see if it was "cut and paste" from somewhere else and it was not). He said that his name was Matthew Middleton and had e-mail address of [email protected]. He said he lived in Columbus, OH and did have a phone number w/ that area code. We chatted and spoke on the phone on and off between April and July of this year. Then he left for business trip to Malaysia (oil rig security programs). Then no contact for a month. Then contacted w/ story of having personal and business cell stolen along with wallet. Asked for $500 or $1000, whatever I could spare, for help in getting home. I refused, he berated me for not helping. Then no contact. Then a month passed and he contacted me again to say that he regretted how things had turned out between us.
I feel like such a fool for falling for this guy so hard and for not being able to "snap out of it." Please, please be careful in the world of online dating. I am out of it now-- will try to go to more Meet Up activity groups in my area and expand my social horizons that way, but no more talking to out of town folks on the computer or texts.
He contacted me on BBW Cupid and I said that I did not think it was a good idea to talk to someone several states away but maybe he could convince me. He did! He wrote a very well-written (no African errors, etc) and seemingly heartfelt introductory e-mail to me. (I did Google search the letter to see if it was "cut and paste" from somewhere else and it was not). He said that his name was Matthew Middleton and had e-mail address of [email protected]. He said he lived in Columbus, OH and did have a phone number w/ that area code. We chatted and spoke on the phone on and off between April and July of this year. Then he left for business trip to Malaysia (oil rig security programs). Then no contact for a month. Then contacted w/ story of having personal and business cell stolen along with wallet. Asked for $500 or $1000, whatever I could spare, for help in getting home. I refused, he berated me for not helping. Then no contact. Then a month passed and he contacted me again to say that he regretted how things had turned out between us.
I feel like such a fool for falling for this guy so hard and for not being able to "snap out of it." Please, please be careful in the world of online dating. I am out of it now-- will try to go to more Meet Up activity groups in my area and expand my social horizons that way, but no more talking to out of town folks on the computer or texts.