Michael messaged me through dating website Zoosk. Started texting me from phone number 469-444-7990 than asked to communicate through app Hangouts. As time progressed (about a week) he grew more and more affection sweet & romantic. He told me he was from Switzerland but relocated to the US 15 years ago because his wife was from Houston and wanted to close to her ailing mother & too they wanted to raise their children in the US. He told me his wife (Sarah) died of cancer & he had 2 children boy age 8 and girl 7. He told me he owned a very large cattle ranch/business in Zurich. He told me he lived in Wimberley, Texas and had to travel to Zurich Switzerland a couple times a year and was currently there for a big cattle sale. He said he would return to the US in a couple weeks. He was very convincing and played on my vulnerability. But on the 7th day he asked me to go the store for him and purchase a Visa gift card and asked how he could get me the money (trying to get bank account info) this is when the RED flag went up. I did not give any banking info. but he continued to ask me to purchase a gift card. When I told I couldn't do that, he got angry &called me a liar and deceitful and asked me to not text him again. I have reported him to the Federal Trade Commission, Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) who is a partnership with the FBI, & EConsumer.
BEWARE OF THIS CRIMINAL!!!!
Stacey
Texas,#2Consumer Comment
Mon, October 28, 2019
This is not the person you are speaking with but a Nigerian scammer using a stolen photo so I suggest you take his picture off this report because this is (once again) not the person you have been communicating with.