Romance Scam

by Rosemary
(Texas, USA)

I was contacted by someone named Roddy Ricardo on myspace. We began to chat back and forth, email each other and talk on the phone. After a few days of this, he began to tell me he loved me, wanted to spend the rest of his life together, have children, promised me the moon. He told me I was the only woman for him. I became suspicious so I asked questions about his family, work, past relationships, basically discussed typical get-to-know-you questions. In other conversations, I would ask the questions again pretending to forget what he told me before. He contradicted himself everytime. He claimed his wife left him broke, that he was worth millions after properties he inherited from his deceased parents. He stated he signed over all the properties over to his ex-wife and when she approached him and ask if she could have another husband and move him in, he filed for divorce. He stated she has since sold property and gained proceeds of +$4 million. His ex-wife is responsible for supporting their 19 yrs old son presently living with Roddy's grandmother in Ohio/Georgia he said both. After talking to him for a few days, he had the audacity to ask for my email password, asked if I had a Home Equity Loan account, asked me for the credit limit on my credit card, who I banked with, how much money I made at my present job. When I told him no, he began to call and beg. He stated he would kill himself because he didn't know what to do. I decided to investigate the information he provided and of course nothing checked out! I have saved all his emails and text messages. He didn't get anything out of me. When I became irate and confronted him, he told me that he was testing me to see how I would react to certain situations before he considered a permanent relationship. He was already talking about planning a wedding and we have only talked over a period of +-two weeks. Right now, he is online begging for forgiveness, saying he's crying and sorry. He's right about that! He's sorry! So ladies, watch out! He can be charming. Although he's good-looking, DON'T FALL FOR IT!