Dating scam

by Sylvie T
(Texas)

First I met "John Stephen" from paltalk. He chatted with me for a while then ask me for a pic and cam. I told him I can't do paltalk cam so I suggested him to use Skype instead.

He installed skype and I found him there. He said he is working for gas and oil company in Saudi Arabia and will be back home to USA this coming September. He said he is a widower (wife died on car accident) with a 14 yr old son who goes to boarding school in California called Cate school.

He praises me and adores me with so much beautiful words you cant imagine. He loves me till death do us a part. He's a really caring person and polite person. I sent him some of my pics and he sent his. So I guess he's gonna use my pics to scam people in the future and it makes me feel bad.

He introduced me to his son "Louis Stephen". He said his son will communicate with me through FB. I searched and I searched but couldn't find his son's FB page until he asked me my FB account name. His son sent me FB messenger with so sweet introduction, we msg each other and he said he's going to celebrate his birthday and invited me to come to his birthday. Since I live in Texas and he live in California so you know I can't come due to my job here. He instead asking me to help him with his birthday cake that cost $550! Well, he's in boarding school and daddy works in oil rig sounds $550 is nothing for them.

Lucky I raised a big question about his son's FB account. He was born August 8, 2002 and his FB page show nothing but "POSTS 2002". I thought hey he was born 2002 but how come it shows "POSTS 2002"? He was a stillborn at that time then someone must create this FB account for so long to scam people. Why can't his daddy make any phone calls to his son or to me at all. I google about people who work in gas and oil company. I found one that you can make a phone call once a time for just 6 minutes.

Yup, he lied plus I found this watchforscam.com and read all those sharing stories so similar to mine.

I checked on his paltalk ID: wjohn12_1, I asked him what his ID mean and he couldn't explain it to me and kept telling me "Honey I have told you before I think you have forgotten". He asked me if his son contacted me (communicate with me). I said "yes, and Louis asked me to send him $550 to help him buy birthday cake". He said sorry for what his son said but he told me better to send Louis $550 as a gift to make him happy. I told him why don't you send him money since you have a lot of money (he promised me to buy me new brand car after married and live in a huge house he has oh and buy me big diamond ring).

He said he can't send money from Saudi Arabia 😜 and begging me to send money to Louis who already called me "mom"!! I told him "William or John stephen you look so different from your pics you sent me with your profile pic. John: Honey I told you I look younger because I always eat virgintary.

Here's the rest:

John: Honey what do you think about me Me: I can't send my money to your Louis Stephen. I don't think you're real john or William Stephen John: Honey have you not seen me on camera before, why can't you send him money?

Me: You're the one suppose to send him money for his birthday cake Because you made 1 little mistake on Facebook account and I realized you're not real. (At that time I tried FB messenger voice call and video call but his son didn't pick them up).

John: Well I see you don't trust in me

Me: I trusted you until I see Louis Stephen fb acc and yes I don't trust you.

John: I can't send money from here

Me: I can't send my money to Louis either

John: OK

Me: OK

Then PUFF they disappeared for good. I just feel relieved since he's the one who really fell in love with me (said I love you so much and you mean the world to me every single time we skype) and I never said I love you too.

I saved my heart, my money but not my pics and FB acc. I'm sorry if people out there who are being victims with my pics and FB profile...