Wesley Flesner/ dating scam

I met him on a dating site @ 3 months ago. I only talked to him 1 time and he left me a message 1 time his accent was very hard to understand. I almost fell for it but trusted my gut and told him no. His story to me was Wesley Flesner, 40, Big Spring, TX 7yr old son named Dickson Austin Flesner. Brother, 21, Ethan Flesner going to college in CA for science. He raised his brother after his parents death in an accident in Sweden, they moved to the US, 4 years ago his sons mom, who was from finland, died of breast cancer. The phone number he gave me came up as Texas when I did a reverse look up. He used the baby, angel nicknames which is strange when people talk to me because I have a very unusual first name. He told me he was an antiques dealer, had his own store, Westaust Antiques, and was going to Manchester UK for a contract. When he got there the bag that his credit card was in was missing. (yeah, right, who puts thier credit card in thier luggage????) He waited several days before asking me to do him a favor. He wanted to have a client, that owed him money, send me a check, for me to deposit in my account and then wire him some of the money. He would get the rest when he came to visit this month for my birthday. He said that the client did not deal international and when I asked, that his brother couldn't do it because he did not have an account that had been opened for 6 months. That this client would not allow a check to clear in an account that was new. I asked him why he would give some one he didn't know $32,000 and he said that he loved me and this was his way of showing that he trusted me. He is on myspace and facebook with the same pics but does not seem to be using either. On facebook it lists his place of work as Wesley Antiques. His email address is weleyflesner@yahoo. Unfortunetly for some poor guy there really is a Wesley J Flesner who lives in MN, USA (not TX) and HIS email is xxxxxxxx@yahoo so if someone baits this guy please get the right one. The scammer is using several pics of a white male, 30's with black hair, blue eyes. One with a dog and a few photos of a boy with Santa.

The e-mail address of the innocent third party is not needed - Michelle
Moved to personal accounts of scams from the news forum -Jillian

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Telephone +44 703 592 8877

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Hi honey how are you doing,thanks for the reply am so grateful and happy to hear from you and i really understand what you mean angel but i want you to know that i can never hurt you orr lie to you i really want you to trust me cos am not here for games or lies it just about what happened to me but i know i will be strong and everything will be alright and tell me how you are spending your easter and everything let me know angel ok and please pray for me as well for my contract ok angel

Help! Now what, he said he had a client send me a check. I told him that I wouldn't put it in my account and wire him money but he had it sent any way. So what do I do with it? Is there some one that I should turn it in to? Shred it? I haven't answered any of his emails and when he called today I didn't answer that either. Thanks

Hi Karen, you need to completely ignore him, if he sends you a checque dont be too concerned, take it to the police unopened if you like just dont keep it unless you write FAKE in big letters on it, dont send it back to him and most importantly dont attempt to deposit it.

He will likely try all kinds of tricks to get you to send him money, he may send an email impersonating the police or he may make threats, regardless of what he does, the best thing for you to do remains the same, exactly what you have started doing, completely ignore him.