I met Jerry on E Harmony June 25. He was very quick to start wanting a serious relationship. He sent me 2 dozen roses, 2 boxes of candy and other little gifts. He did that because he was suppose to come and meet me personally but found his business was going to take him out of the country (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) just for 2 weeks and then he was going to come and meet me in person but said he already knew how much I ment to him.
The day he left he said he wanted to help get my bills paid up and did have his bank send one of my credit cards pay it in full, over$5,500.00. I was naturly impressed but still got me scared that he know my credit card number and pass. So, I had it changed just for safety.
Not more then 2 days went by and he started to tell me things were a lot more expensive then he anticipated because this was the first time he had done business in Malaysia. He then asked if I would send the money back so he could get things squared away and get to see me. I did ask him if he was trying to scam me and he got very indignate and assured me that he was very serious about me and would take care of all my bills when he got to me.
I had a hard time sending the money to him as Western Union wouldn't do it because I had met him on line. Which I thought, rediculous! But now wish I had taken their advice. I finally got my bank to wire it to his workers bank account, which I did. Now it took about 3 weeks for him to get the money and he kept calling, and calling, when is it going to get here. I had my bank put a trace on it and in the meantime he did recieve the money. The same day he recieved the money from me, he took the money back from the credit card he had supposedly paid up.
After the credit card people contacted me, they said he had the right to do that and it was not considered fraud to the credit card company. Now, of course I haven't heard from him nor can I reach him by email or phone. I did however, leave a meassage on his local phone in Tx. I do have all this information saved if their is anyone that can help me get my money back. I'm a widow and foolish old lady that just lives on social security. This is a big problem for me and a very hard and expensive lesson.
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