Scam Type
Romance Scam
Date Reported
Sep 11, 2022
Victim Postal Code
94080
Total Dollars Lost
27
Scam Description
This guy started a romantic relationship with me and then weeks later he told me his brother is serious and he’s taking him to Malaysia for treatment . when he reached Malaysia, he called from the doctors phone. he said that all his belongings are lost and he needs to buy a phone and he ask for thousand dollars After sending him $1000.
he started asking me money little by little for his brothers treatment because he lost all his belongings and cannot get money from his country. he told me he was a very big businessman he was an engineer of his business and he will return my money. He send me a lot of pictures of things he bought I don’t know how true that was and he kept in touch with me until he took $27,000 off of me and he one day block to me so I couldn’t contact him.