WCPO — Apr 16 — According to RomanceScams.org, "We have had people who lost their houses, their cars, their jobs. Because they are so into this person they would do anything." Now, dating sites are finally taking action. eHarmony.com and Match.com now list warning signs that a romeo may be a con artist. True.com conducts background checks on members. RomanceScams.org and DontDateHimGirl list people to avoid. Be diligent and suspicious of anyone who comes on aggressively at a dating site and are outside the us, or short on cash.
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It’s not just men that are victims. I keep reading that it’s men and that people haven’t heard of any women getting scammed. I am an executive, I make good money and I am very smart. I found this guy on chemistry.com. Nothing about scams on their website.
I was just a victim of this fraud.
They have infiltrated all of the dating sites. I have, since this happened to me, been told
of friends of friends who had the same problem.
I am a really smart person; but I have a good heart and I always believe people. I am naive.
I met this guy on chemistry.com who purported to live in my area. He is british, and a
petro-geologist. He was working on a gig in Scotland and had to run down to Africa to do
some work on his project. He took his daugther with him. Sob story; he was a widower, and
his daughter was 10 and really wanted “daddy” to start dating again.
Anyhoo, about three days after he got there, he was robbed and stabbed. His daughter had a
heart condition, and it was exacerbated by the robbery. He was in a horrible hospital in
Africa, and he needed help.
Once I realized he was scamming me, I read about women who this happened to; smart women.
Trust me; their back stories are amazing. They have proof. It’s just amazing. Pictures;
videos, references that you can call. You name it. You can even call the doctor on his own
cell phone at the African hospital. I know; I did it.
I read about these con artists; they will even spend up to a year creating a relationship
with a woman before even asking for money.
It’s amazing. Not only did he con me, but he has now threatened bodily harm to me since he
has all my contact information and I called him out. He continued to try to con me for weeks
after I called him out on it. I was amazed, so I had a little fun with it. That turned into
threats of death and bodily harm.
Guy’s name is:
Edward Chatzi
Contact information:
Online ID: AVRIL6712
Email: avril6712@yahoo.com
Phone: 011447790742828
This is insane! I am currently experiencing almost the exact same situation. Met a guy on eharmony who of course seemed to be Mr. Right. He is currently working in Scotland as a mechanical engineer; lost his dad at the age of 6; has a 14 year old daughter who is in the hospital from a fall and needs money for her surgery; WOW! Be careful of this guy…..he’s very smooth!!!
I am in the UK and have had exactly the same experience with Match.com. An American man emailed me, said he was from Pittsburgh, working in Nigeria on a computer contract, a widower with a ten year old son. He came on to me very quickly, with professions of love, etc. after only a couple of weeks, got me off the dating website and on to IM and personal email, but I felt uneasy about him from the start – his English was quite poor and he was very evasive about answering my questions. Then – the inevitable request for money for hospital treatment, to be sent by Money.gram. Of course, at this point I realised I was being duped, and stopped communicating, but it is only now after research, that I realise that this is very very commonplace on Match.com, I am seeing what I now recognise as fake profiles all the time. Be warned, that any mention of an African work connection is extremely suspicious, and never, never send any money to anyone.