William Gene Greg private security contractor scam

I am a victim of a current scam my wife is going thru right now. After 25 years of marriage and 3 children my
wife has left us for a man who says he is a private security contractor overseas. The story plays out like this.
They met in an online game on her iphone called mobsters. They talked and they decided to chat over skype and palringo because he tells her his security situation does not allow him to communicate by phone directly.
He states his name is William Gene Greg or some variation of that name. He tells her he has millions of dollars
two houses one in chicago the other in st.louis. He plans on selling them to buy here a new home here.
The picture he sent her supposedly of himself was of Pat Tillman. Yes my wife is not thinking clearly.
She has to go thru a handler name bill to talk with him. I found a closed Western Union account on her email.
When he was supposed to send her money he conviently got shot and could not do so. He was supposed to send a number to her so she could meet his sisters living in st.louis. We giving that number his phone went dead and she has not got the entire number yet.
They are truely in love and she awaits his return.
What can i do? James

My wife is currently being scammed by someone named William Gene Greg or some variation of that name.
She has to go thru a handler name Bill to get to Will.
He states he has millions of dollars he owns 2 homes and is going to marry her when he returns.
He wont let her talk to him by phone it has to be on non video skype or palringo.
The picture he sent her was of Pat Tillman.
I have found a closed Western Union account on her email but i cant get into it.
She still believes this is real and will not seek counseling.
Any suggstions?
I know my marriage is over but shes dragging this out to keep recieveing my work benefits.
I told her to ask him for money and she states she wont do it.

Thanks James

Obviously this is a tricky situation Nucmedman and it's not going to receive a simple answer in one simple response.

First of all you need to consider what lines of communication you have with your wife, which will probably mean using a member of her family or mutual friend that she will listen to, and one that will listen to you, and you need to be able to communicate without getting in to marital issues. It's not going to be easy and may not even be possible. The first thing that tends to happen in this situation is that people take sides.

This is a follow up to my previous post. William Gene Greg or different variations to this name
Could also be William Reif in green bay Wisconsin. Beware of these names
They search u out on the iPhone. If you have any questions please contact me
I know I can't fix my marriage but maybe I can bring these scumbags down.

Hello Nucmedman, I am sorry to hear of your story. I combined the three posts you made on the same subject into one thread for ease of following up and reading for all of us.

As Gomer says, it is doubtful that you will be able to get your wife to listen to you. We are not in the "business" of giving marital advice. It sounds like you have access to her email account. What we need is copies of the emails she is receiving from this person. It has all of the hall marks of a scam.

There may be data you can collect to show her that this is all a fantasy / scam. Without the emails, particularly the early emails, we are just guessing what the person is telling her. Please post up the email address this person is writing from. If you know how to pull down the Headers, that too will help.

I suggest that you talk to an attorney to find the best way to protect your finances from being siphoned off and sent to this scammer. I don't want to get in to all I would suggest on the open forum. I am not sure what you would tell anyone who sends a PM to you about this situation.

Scammers are NEVER the person they pretend to be. "Taking them down" is not as easy as posting some names on the internet or searching for those names. The scammer is most likely in Western Africa, but could be in China, Russia, the Philippines, the UK, Canada or any other place on the globe.

Because the Western Union account is closed, there is probably no information you can get from that. Credit Card receipts are a different issue. The fact is, the money is gone.