A man calling himself Leonado Pepe messaged me on facebook, we started chatting via email. He said he was a business man who dealt in art and lived in Liverpool England was divorced with a 9 year old daughter. I wasn't looking for this at all but he was persistant and charming. Im usually a very guarded person and don't know why I fell for him. Our usual communication was via facebook but there were phone calls, text messages and a poem he emailed me. This went on for almost 3 months. He was suppose to come to the United States to visit after a trip to Dubai, while in Dubai he phoned me and said he needed money via Western Union but I wouldn't do it. He then said we would set up a transfer from his bank to mine which I did. The next day a friend told me to open up a new checking account to protect myself, which I did. I still didn't think anything was wrong till my son convinced me it was a scam so I emailed him and told him the account was closed. The communication stopped and he blocked me on Facebook. I have since found out the bank website was created by him and it is possible he has my SS# I will have to see how that plays out.in doing some research the other names he's used is Leo Silvio and Cameron Silvio Leo.
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