Reports :

He said he would pay back every penny and any taxes. He knew exactly what to say. So he said ok I have a friend that you can call, even though I could never to to David, just text. So I called his friend that he said for the government and that he serviced with for many years. I talked to (Robert) many times. In hindsight, Robert and Mark were one in the same. I was telling my son about him and he said Mom can I call you back in just a bit. A picture popped up on my phone. I said where did you get this picture. He said is this Mark. I said yes. He said I'm sorry mom he's not real. I found him on malescammers.com.

I had several different emails from him and gave them all to my son. He tracked one of them to Africa before David wiped everything out. I called the local police. I reported it to the FBI, the FTC. Had an investigation done from my bank to the bank the money was wired to. I called the bank the money was wired to. Nothing. I hate myself. My entire retirement fund taken out before retirement age. Now I have to pay an incredible amount of taxes and penalties that I cannot afford. I don't know what I'm going to do. Suicide was the best answer I could think of until I started seeing a therapist.