Plenty Of Fish / POF.com
Queja 142941 Detalles

  • Fecha cuando ocurrió 08/03/2014
  • Daños Reportados: $1,200.00

The complaint is against an online dating profile

The complaint is a listing fraud posted on public forums or sites against an anonymous entity

The complaint is mobile text spam or smishing related against an anonymous entity

The company or person contact no longer exists

International boundaries

I joined POF.com the end of July 2012. Within 2 days I received a very nice e-mail from a man named Jeff Cleto Antonio. He claimed to be Italian and had only been in this country for 7 years since his wife died. He owned a business buying & selling cocoa beans. I googled him and saw his website and I saw his home address. We IM chatted constantly for 2 weeks. If I asked for a picture of his dog, I received it within a minute. The same thing with his daughter and grandkids, pictures right away. He appeared to be somewhat shy and very much a gentleman. One day he tells me that he had made a terrible mistake on a business deal. He had lost his cocoa bean supplier in Brazil and had sent 600,000.00 to a farmer in Africa who hadn't sent his order to him and it had been 5 months. Suddenly a few days before I was to leave for vacation he says that he has to be in Africa at the Immigration Dept. to get his product shipped.
He called me the day before I was to leave and he was in Ghana and said that the banks were closed because the President of Ghana had died
I googled the President of Ghana and found that he had died the day before. He asked me to wire him $1,200.00 to pay for his hotel. Even though I was suspicious I felt so bad for him being in that country all alone. I did Western Union the money to him. Once he got that he started asking for more money for food and car rental and to pay Immigration for his shipment. I told him no and that I thought I was being scammed by him. He started e-mailing me apologizing for asking for help. I continued talking to him on e-mail until he asked me for money again. Finally I texted him and told him that I had read about these romance scams on POF.com and knew that this was one of them. He kept calling for a few days but I wouldn't answer my cell phone. I know that I've lost my money but for me it was a hard lesson learned. I really thought I was smarter than that. I just don't want this to happen to anyone else.

¿Tiene una queja?

Presente Una Queja Ahora

Comentarios

No hay comentarios publicados. Sea el primero en comentar sobre esta queja

¿Tiene una queja?

Añadir una queja y correr la voz. Quejas de alto volumen tienen una mejor oportunidad para recuperar su dinero. Presentar un informe y unir fuerzas con otras personas como usted!

Presente Una Queja Ahora

Resumen del Perfil de la Empresa

  • Plenty Of Fish / POF.com logo

EstadÌsticas de la Empresa

  • Queja Contra Plenty Of Fish / POF.com
  • Quejas Presentadas: 110
  • Daños Reportados: $2,885,286.06
Visite el Perfil de la Empresa Completo

What is SBID?

SBID is a unique id code that identifies the user's computer and location. SBID is used to prevent fraudulent postings and help our community find users who create duplicate user accounts.