Romantic Scammer met from Facebook

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Posted by SCM07 11 yrs ago

End Jun’13 I started talking to someone online who said he lived in Phoenix, AZ. He said he was born in the US, but was raised by his American mom who speaks Japanese fluently and spent childhood in Japan. He said he only went back to Phoenix when his Japanese-American dad passed away. He had a strong southern accent.He said he was going to Kuala Terrengganu, Malaysia, for a project with Petronas for 8 months. He said he used to work for AMEC in the US. He said he’s interested in crude oil and machinery. He said his name was Owen Harvey, an independent contractor. He said he has a son call Oscar, 6yrs old. He lost his Japanese wife, Ayumi, for lung cancer last year in Nov. He said his late wife battled the disease for a very long time and that he suffered the loss tremendously. He said if I was a smoker he would have to steal the pack and throw it away when I sleep. He said he doesn’t like to talk much about the past. He said he hate lies. He said he was born in 3rd Feb 1968. He said he was worried over his son and wanted to fly him over. He said his son is being taken care by a 65yrs old nanny name Amanda. He said he despise American women and tend to fall for Asian women. He said he would see what opportunity he could get in Hong Kong so he could be with me and possibly relocate. When he “got to Malaysia in Kuala Terrengganu”, he said he would go to Kuala Lumpur over the weekend to do some shopping for his own well-being. When he arrived in KL, he said he got hit on the head and robbed near his hotel, lost his wallet and passport. He sounded very traumatized and he only wanted to talk to me to make him feel better. This is the first time he asked for money. When I said no, I can’t help, he said “ I love you so much baby, don’t forget that. I’ll soon be fine. Feeling much better”.He said the way he was raised, they didn't have close friends. He acts as if he is a proud man and doesn't ask women for anything, but when he said he really had to get going, get to the embassy, open an account, and back to Kuala Terrengganu to start his work, he asked me. I told him I couldn't help him. He asked if I had human sympathy, but then said that he’d find another way. He told the hotel manager he was there on business and the manager has been allowing him to stay there at the hotel even though he said he ran out of money and is waiting for me to send him some. He asked me to try to help him get $2000. On 23rd Jul, I gave $500. On 25th Jul, I gave $1000 to different Western Union accounts. He apologized for giving me all the stress. He asked for my account number. He posed a Christian man, went to a Baptist church on Sundays. We spoke everyday online and on the phone. I have a photo of “him and his son”, I have his US and Malaysian #. I met him on my company’s FB. He said he fell madly in love with me, that I have a pretty face, nice voice and good heart. We exchanged songs online, watched Jimmy Kimmel show on youtube about parents prank their kids that they eat all their candies, he asked how my little girl is doing, he wanted/ was curious when all of us (him, his son, me and my daughter) meet.He “was real and I was in love with him”. He said he want to help me with my financial issues and make sure I will be OK after this. He said he has a big house, live in very secured and one of the best areas in Phoenix. Since day one he said he would “swear with all his life that he would come to see me”. As I’m writing, I feel very ashamed of myself. He turned slightly cold when I refused to give him more money so he could “secure the dredgers in the machine store” whilst waiting for his money to be transferred from his US bank to his newly open Malaysian account”. I sensed his disappointment for “not being able to secure the damn machine”. The last attempt was, one of his team, a fake“doctor” name Ahmed Fazli, picking up his phone telling me he was rushed in hospital for a fatal car accident and that he lost a lot of blood, unconscious and had to go for surgery”. The “doctor” said the hospital’s name is Colombia hospital and that he needed to secure a deposit before starting his surgery. A girl name Safrina acted as “nurse in shift”. I was ready to fly to KL to "safe him". Something stopped me when I was at the airport. I called the hospital, no Owen Harvey in ICU. I then checked my FB, his account has been deleted. I’m still grieving and could not believe that this man I “loved”, was fake. He knows I’m a single mom, with a child, almost 100% supporting myself. He called me “Sugar, Sweetie, Honey, Sweet Melon”. He said I’m an adorable thing, one bag full of goodies and fun and he wants the whole bag. I asked how he could do this to me, or to anyone. He sounded very apologetic, he said I am a nice person and that he fell for me along the line. He said I have helped a cancer patient to survive.I want to stop them so there’ll be no more victim.

I'm not as shocked as I was yesterday. Could I get FBI involved?