I had been in touch with Jessy Barry since April 25 thru Facebook. Didn't take long for him to profess his love for me, how he wanted to marry me, etc. Two weeks later he wanted to show on Facebook that we were in a relationship. He told me he was a contractor and hoping to get a contract in Nigeria (private one) that he could make more money and then come to see me. He was supposedly in Nigeria (I have a phone # with a Nigeria country code but I'm told you can get boxes to show this kind of info.) When he got to Nigeria, he claimed they wouldn't release his articles thru customs without additional money and that his extra money was in his bags. After much persuasion, he convinced me to send him the money he needed by Western Union. (I have all the paperwork.) Including the amount to wire the money, it was $742.00. This was on 5/26.By this time, he had also told me he wanted us to be engaged and wanted me to agree to post this on Facebook. Only a few days later, he tells me thru our phone conversations that he is being held in jail and now the officials want more money - I asked how much. I did not have more money to send, but I took out a loan from my bank and stuipidly sent him the additional money - another $3022.00 with the charge to wire the money. Needless to say, he's promising me the moon, etc., but after he got that money from me, he needed more "for the orphanage in Nigeria." We had several arguments, I took the post off Facebook about being engaged to him. Meanwhile, I had received a message from a woman who had been in touch with him the year before and she told me to be "careful" about my boyfriend. He swore he didn't know her, said his account on Facebook had been hacked and would close it an open a new one. Well, I'm not totally stupid. I had a friend check and he still had the 1st Facebook account open. I asked about it and he denied it. I set up a second acct. For myself and just wanted to see if I could tell what is going on with it. Both are set up as Jessy Barry with the same profile pic. One does not show the United Kingdom (his original one) but the second acct. Shows United Kingdom when you do a search. My cousin works at a Federal Court House and I talked to her last night. She had the officer who deals with this type of thing give her some info today about Nigerian scams. Jessy's name isn't showing up on any of these but it may be that others are like me and are embarrassed to admit they've been scammed. I have defriended him from Facebook and also blocked him from seeing my account. I have also sent him 2 emails stating the game is over. If calling from the U.S., the way I called was 011-234 (for Nigerial) 802-499-6460. He won't answer his phone most of the time. Says the police officers are holding it. He is very convincing. I have never talked to anyone who could be more compassionate, caring, concerned, loving... I guess he's had quite a bit of practice at it. If my money could be returned, I would appreciate it. I am in my 60's and am on a limited income. He knew all of that but I suppose with scam artists, they don't have any conscience. Thank you for your help.
0 comments