Reports :

Scam Scenario

Got in contact via Tinder. Felt like having some attention and was surprised he did not live nearby. Did not mind, becauseI was just having fun. We did write to each other, phoned together. All nice and fun messages. Great with words and I do not mind this very ""safe"" attention. Told me that he lives in Swinton, Manchester (nearby some friends of mine.) Infrastructural Manager, 52 years, born 11-06-1968. Bulgarian father, mother from Ohio USA. Sent me pictures of his mom and his son: 12 years old. 3 years ago divorced after his best friend got his lady pregnant. Ex now lived in Scotland. Stopped all contact with his best friens and claimed he focussed on work, and flowergarden.Sent me pictures, of his house, range rover car, dinner. Told me he was thinking of selling his houses in Edingburgh, and in Florida .Am not easily impressed by wealth or possesions, so did not care about that. After 3 weeks with only nice talks, sharing some music and having fun, he he won a business deal in Istanbul. Needed to work there for 5 weeks. Arrived in Istanbul and was robbed of all his possessions, except phone and about 15 bucks.Did not belief the story, but let it go. Just waited what would happen next. Claimed he tried to arrange things via an hotel manager and police. But refused to visist the embassy. Claimed he slept at reception of the hotel and in a library. Third day he phoned me and asked for money. Kept contacting me after I refused to send money. Seems he was convinced that I would send him money in the end. When I confronted him that his credentials and pictures online did not match with what he told me, he acted surprised. For an guy who works with computers all day, he did not know much about websearching. Curious, checked some of the pictures which he sent. House did not seem to be a common Manchester area house. Some of his pictures looks like they have been altered or taken from the web. Linkdin shows that his business was in Istanbul, Instagram account blocked. When he was sure I would not give him any money, he stopped writing. He did not confess, but was clear what his intentions where.