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Communication : Disabled Dating
By Disabled World - Feb 16, 2009 12:20:02 PM
Scams in the internet dating world are rampant. Today there are no online dating sites that are free of scammers. Regardless if you are new to the internet dating world or a veteran, you should always read up on scams and the new techniques to part you and your money. The majority of these scams are out of Russia and Ukraine, with some out of the former Soviet Union (FSU) countries. Nigeria, Ghana and the Philippines have recently jumped on the bandwagon. Background Checks Disabled World warns its members that Internet dating and purchasing items online can be risky. We do not do any background checks of any kind of our users. Disabled World members should get to know a potential date well before agreeing to meet. Initial meetings should use common sense, such as meeting in a public place or be with a friend. Be careful, don't believe everything you hear. Never send a man or a woman any money! Be aware of classified buyers and sellers especially anyone offering a cashiers check over the asking price and requesting you send the extra funds to Nigeria or another country. Ensure you are positive the buyer or seller is who they say they are. It is just not a good idea to send a stranger who you have never met, especially in another country, money period. Regardless what he/she needs it for, a visa and passport to come and see you, an operation for a loved one, a new computer, internet fees or he/she’s in Moscow on their way to see you and there’s a hidden fee that they need help paying or else they’ll be stranded at the Moscow airport for the rest of their life. Tips to avoid being scammed online. DEAL LOCALLY WITH FOLKS YOU CAN MEET IN PERSON NEVER WIRE FUNDS VIA WESTERN UNION, MONEYGRAM FAKE CASHIER CHECKS & MONEY ORDERS ARE COMMON - BANKS WILL CASH THEM AND THEN HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE NEVER GIVE OUT FINANCIAL INFORMATION to ANYONE. AVOID DEALS INVOLVING SHIPPING OR ESCROW SERVICES Disabled World does not handle payments, guarantee transactions, provide escrow services, or offer "buyer protection" or "seller certification" Most scams involve one or more of the following: An inquiry from someone far away, often in another country. Western Union, Money Gram, cashier's check, money order, shipping, escrow service, or a "guarantee". Refusal to meet face-to-face before consummating transaction .
Examples of Scams A. Someone claims that Disabled World will guarantee a transaction, certify a buyer/seller, OR claims that Disabled World will handle or provide protection for a payment. These claims are fraudulent, as Disabled World does not have any role in any transaction. Scammer will often send an official looking email that appears to come from Disabled World, offering a guarantee, certifying a seller, providing payment services -- all such emails are fakes! B. A person offers a genuine-looking (but fake) cashier's check you receive an email offering to buy your item sight unseen. A cashier's check is offered for your sale item, as a deposit and the value of the cashier's check often far exceeds your item - scammer offers to "trust" you, and asks you to wire the balance via money transfer service. The banks will often cash these fake checks AND THEN HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE WHEN THE CHECK FAILS TO CLEAR, including criminal prosecution in some cases! This scam often involves a 3rd party (shipping agent, business associate owing buyer money, etc) C. Someone requests wire service payment via Western Union or MoneyGram: Often claim that an MTCN or confirmation code is needed before he can withdraw your money - this is FALSE, once you've wired money, it is GONE. Common countries participating in online scams currently include: Nigeria, Romania, Ukraine, Spain, UK, Italy, Netherlands - but could be anywhere in the world. D. A person offers to send you a money order and then have you wire money - this is ALWAYS a scam, the cashier's check is FAKE sometimes accompanies an offer of merchandise, sometimes not scammer often asks for your name, address, etc for printing on the fake check. E. A seller suggests use of an online escrow service, most online escrow sites are FRAUDULENT, operated by scammers. F. A seller asks for a partial payment upfront, after which he will ship goods they say they trust you with the partial payment and may say that they have already shipped the goods. G. A foreign company offers you a job receiving payments from customers. The foreign company may claim it is unable to receive payments from its customers directly you are offered a percentage of payments received this kind of "position" may be posted as a job, or offered to you via email BEWARE it is a scam! Red flags leading up to the money request should also be taken into consideration. If he/she loves you after 3 weeks or 3 letters. (Or without ever meeting. He/she doesn’t answer your questions. A new sexy photo with every letter. He/she refers to their friends that married foreigners and now he/she wants it, too. His/her relative or friend can get a visa for him/her. (Fine, let them pay.) If you get a letter from an agency after a few letters from the man or woman asking for money. You should be wary of any agency using our service to advertise their men or women. Girls look for guys 10-15 years older than themselves, not 30. If you see a scammer on our website, inform us and tell us how you know they are a scammer. If anyone on our site ever asks for money, please use the "report as abuse" link below. Foreign profiles are more likely to be scams trying to part you from your money, especially Eastern European and Philippine profiles. Nigerian advance-fee fraud has also been around for many years, but has lately been on the rise. These scammers politely promise tons of money in exchange for help moving large sums of money out of their country. There are legitimate matches out there and in these countries, but you need to be extra-careful and investigate the person you are looking to date. We recommend that you never send money or any other support to any user for any reason. More Scam Examples:(If you suspect someone was trying to scam you, or you were unfortunate enough to have been scammed, then use our comment form below and we may add your report here as a warning to others.) 1/ I was on (a dating site) and 3 of my matches were scammers from Nigeria (S.B. email address xxxx phone number xxx-xxx-xxx-xxxx) his wallet was stolen with all of his money so he asked me to send him $250 which I did. Then there was another match from (a dating site) and his name was J.J. (email address xxxx phone number xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx he was doing business in Ghana buying gold he stated that he only had credit cards and they only do cash and carry so he asked me to send him some money but that i needed to send it in the name of W.P. because he was the manager of the company he was buying gold bars from AngloGold. then he asked me to send him an ipod for his son or a computer so his son would not be board and he could talk with me during the day. I send him $600 through western union and $300 through money gram. I was told that (a dating site) was hit by these scammer from nigeria and ghana.I hope that this information will be helpful they both sent me pictures and gave me addresses in the United states and they all said they were doing business in nigeria and ghana. 2/ I was contacted by HUENFELD SUPPLY CO who wished to purchase jewelry from me, 100 copies. The company insisted that I use the shipping company: West African Shipping Company. The shipping company insists in using a wire transfer for shipping while the people that were attempting to purchase the amulets with a credit card. According to the government of Ghana: The shipping Company is not registered with the government as real (120 TEMA AVENUE, Accra, Ghana), the company placing the order is not real and the address does not exist. 3/ I started to get red flagged when the girl whom I met on e-Harmony (dating site) fell totaly in love with me after only 3 days, asking money for her mother for food and to pay for the internet funds and send it through western union. I went on a hawaii model site to find out that the picture was taken from there. When I finished contacting the other party telling them that I found their SCAM. She told me she had put her picture on a model site, yeah, no money for food and internet, but to be on a model site??? Be extremly careful!!!! I almost got into this scam. Luckily I found out before! 4/ I think I have a scammer from accr, Ghana writing to me. Her name is Rhiannan Davies, She can't answer alot of my questions. She tells me that she doesn't have a mailing address over there. Any way to check this out. Any good questions I can ask her that would tell me the truth about her. 5/ Had contact from gentleman calling himself Smith Williams via person.com....Sent me many loving emails and spoke to him on msn, he also rang me at my home on 3 occassions. Told me he was a business from Bristol uk..He had to travel to Accra to find a missing shipement of cars..Within 3 hours of his arrival i received a phone call from a Dr Jones saying he had been involved in an accident and his 12 year old son had been killed...He needed money for his operation to save his life...Rang numerous times to ask for the money to be sent through western union, when i told him i had no money he was quite angry and told me not to contact him again...Would love for this gentleman to be found out and pay for what he has done to me emotionally...How can people be so cruel, especially telling me his son had been killed i was very upset... Sue W. 6/ Was contacted by person called Lewis Woods from Sugardaddyforme said he fell in love with me after three days asking for money for passport and visa to the uk. not that stupid did not send any money. Anna K. 7/ SCAM WARNING - The latest scam involves fake checks of between $2,000 and $5,000 that are sent to the prospective victim along with an explanation that the funds are for lottery winnings, a prize promotion or mystery shopping. The victim is given a reason to deposit the check promptly and then send back a portion of the alleged funds for taxes, registration or confirmation. When the “prize” checks bounce, usually 14 days later, the victim is left responsible for the funds they withdrew from the bank — usually around $1,000. Those targeted by the mystery shopper scam face additional losses for money spent during their mystery shopper experience. Legitimate companies sometimes hire mystery shoppers to purchase items and evaluate customer service. 8/ Grandma Scam - Scammers call the grandparents saying: “Hi. This is your favorite (grandson or granddaughter).” The caller then waits for the grandparent to respond using the name of an actual grandchild. The caller then explains that they are traveling in Canada and have been arrested or involved in an auto accident and need the grandparent to wire money to post bail or pay for damages. Usually the amount requested is a few thousand dollars. This scam targets loving grandparents, and it is tragic that they have to be skeptical of calls from people alleging to be part of their family. 9/ Scammers are targeting Singapore's older netizens in an array of scams, from fake kidnappings to offers of miracle cures. Some scams promise pricey miracle cures for diseases such as arthritis and cancer. There is also a kidnapping scam in which a victim gets an e-mail message claiming that a loved one has been abducted. Conmen ask the senior for ransoms that can stretch into tens of thousands of dollars. Seniors more trusting nature makes them particularly vulnerable to scam e-mail messages aimed at stealing financial information like credit card numbers and online banking personal identification numbers. Read more about Nigerian Online Dating Scams
June 22, 2009 - 18:21
Subject: beware os scammers
cyhthia mamefia, please beware of this name, she is very clever, she knows how to get you, she go to any length to make you believe she loves you. June 06, 2009 - 10:51
Subject: Man broke up with me and is now being scammed
The man I had been involved with for seven years, four months ago met "Diana Johnson" online, said she is in a refugee camp in Dakar, Senegal, her parents were killed and her father left her $6.5million dollars. He is "in love" with her, he is 64 she is 23 and he said he'd marry her as he is divorced and wants to bring her to the US. He wants nothing to do with me now because of all this, but I want to warn him as he is disabled. Her picture is on a .com website and I wish I could get someone to e mail me that would be willing to send her picture(pictures as she has several different e mail names to him. If I send it Im the "bad guy" but I truly worry about what she may be conning him with and he is believing it all. May 13, 2009 - 18:34
Subject: stay away from these two girls its a scam
I'm new to online dating and the first two damn girls i talk to are scamming I'm pretty pissed whats the chances of this happening back to back Alexis and Jessica are the first girls i tried talking to online here are their emails ALEX_ALLY20@YMAIL.COM and jessica.mark101@googlemail.com they claim to be stuck in a hotel and have no family or friends to help and need my help but i did my research and their diffidently scamming. I'm not stupid enough to send money to someone who I never meet. I hope these people get their asses kicked. May 09, 2009 - 16:30
Subject: scammer stephen walker
This is for Marjorie - you posted comment about Stephen Walker 54, with his son he leaves in NJ/NY while he works in other countires and is a real estate developer. Do you have a picture? What does he look like? If this is the same guy I've been talking to I want to know. How long before he asked for money? If he's talking to you, and me, how many others? May 04, 2009 - 13:36
Subject:
Please watch out for "SCAMS" on -----. I met someone (A US ARMY MAN ) He had totally falling in love with me in a matter of days. Within 2-3 weeks he tells me he had received a large sum of money from a Kurdish woman in a refugee camp, 4 hours Northeast of Baghdad. Next thing he wants to marry me, and is sending a Diplomat to travel to US with a briefcase full of money. This Diplomat gets stock in Ghana and he needs money for documents, accommodation and meals, totaling almost $4000. Two days later he needs another $4200!!!!! NO WAY! MY INTUITION SAID THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE. I DID NOT SEND HIM ANYMORE MONEY. THIS PERSON AND I ARE STILL COMMUNICATING ONLY TO TRY AND CATCH HIM....JUST DON'T KNOW HOW! PLEASE BEWARE OF THESE GHANIAN CRIMINALS. I HIRED A DETECTIVE, RUN A CRIMINAL CHECK BACKGROUND AND GUESS WHAT? THE ARMY MAN IS A FAKE! NO ONE BY THAT NAME SERVING IN IRAQ! I WOULD LOVE TO FIND THE REAL PERSON ON THE PICTURES I HAVE. ANY US ARMY MAN OUT THERE THAT BELONGED ONCE TO THAT SITE???? THANKS AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL. May 03, 2009 - 14:59
Subject: I found 3 times scam in 2 weeks at online dating site
1st time ..His name is Collins,he told me that he sent many things have more value to me ...read his email as below: After 2-3 days,i got one guy called to me in early morning told me about that parcel ..read below again: ***************** Thanks Could you help me..I want to know how can i check personal profile of Mr.Mahani Binti Awang at Malaysia? 2nd scam of mine after 1st scam only 1 week..i met one guy in dating site he told me about his job is he's Army from UK ..Uk Army sent him go to the War at Middle East,he want me help him back home by send money to head Army office at Malaysia.His name is Byant but iwas not sent again and not contact him. 3rd scam last 3-4 days ago ,have 1 guy form California,His name is Paatrick McCartney,he said he 's a telecommunication expert,and worked at Nijeria for 3-4 weeks.But I talk to him only 2 times ..i think he's scammer bcos he ask me in personal much more ,but when i ask him ..he told me i got to go will tell me later..i think ,he's fake after that i search about victim online dating and read more story same i met ..and met this website also...i want to share my experince to other..Sorry if i posted too long text.and my English not good also..bcos my country don't use English in main language. April 28, 2009 - 17:33
Subject: Is this a scam
To the gentleman wanting to help his friend whom was "robbed and injured". DO NOT PAY! I hope you received the same adivice from everyone on this site> Please do not buy into the damsel in distress routine. That's how and why they continue to scam inncocent people of money. If you would like to send money to a women's battered shelter or Homeless Hospice you would be making a much wiser, informed decision and truelly helping someone in need. Keep your money! April 28, 2009 - 17:24
Subject: Scam involvingomarskey shipping and Rev. Steve Cooper
Had a feeling this sale was too good to be true! Did some checking after responding to e-mails and sending quotes to a "rev. Steve Cooper" for a reasonably high $$ amount of product. "Rev. Cooper" suggested I contact Omarskey shipping Co. to send goods to the Tema Port Ghana, Africa. This was the 1St red flag, as I never trust shipments to that particular region. 2nd red flag was the e-mail address for contact at Omarskey shipping was not a .com or.net but a yahoo account and 3rd no web-site for an International Shipping company ???? But the search did lead me here so am I happy to end all communications with "Rev. Steven Cooper" before much time and energy was invested. April 14, 2009 - 18:49
Subject: is this a scam?
I met a women on dating site, plentyoffish,com. She said she stay near to my place in US. She is doing some business of art work, so she went to Nigeria to buy some art works because they are cheap. she told that she will meet once she come to US from there. She sent me some pictures of her. Can anyone here access this situation? Is this happened to you? Thanks for reading this. April 12, 2009 - 22:20
Subject: Scams from Ghana
Recently I registered on a social website called WAYN (Where are You Now) and received friend-requests on the site from four females - the common factors with these scammers is Young Girls claiming that one of the Parents from UK (father or mother deceased) and all having 'yahoo.com' email addresses for the Yahoo messenger and give their occupation working as a Nurse = they chat to you on the messenger starting with normal 'want friendship' eventually leading to the wanting to come to UK to find out about the deceased Parents' Homeland and would you help them as don't have money for the air-fares, also offer of marriage. April 11, 2009 - 01:53
Subject: I have one filipino "beauty" working me for over two weeks now...and grandma just died last night
This one's clever but just plain dumb. To prove she is sincere she offers to have me call her friend's cell phone. Although I will never make the call I tell her I tried but it didn't go through. I tell her the number I called. Then she will change the number slightly to make me think I must have made a mistake when I wrote it down. But 3 times...c'mon. I spent $100 to see how long this one would go. I oferred to pay the hospital so grandma could have a burial but the hospital won't release her grandmother until one half of the bill is paid up front. This came to approximately USD 4000. She also wanted me to send $800 for her friend to build her a computer so we could see each other on a webcam. When I told her that was way too much the price was quickly reduced to only $300. This is only my second experience with these desparate people. I'm getting ready to "close" this one but I'm open to suggestions about how I should end it for maximum impact (FBI ruse, CIA, etc.) April 10, 2009 - 01:06
Subject: stephen g walker aka scammer
Mr WHO knows what his real name is--- scary that he claims to be 54 widowed with a son who he leaves to go to work for NGO's for weeks at a time in other countrties claims to be successfeul in realestate development but registered co in NY / NJ turns out to be be disconnected and address in NY turns out to be not a possibility.... VERY stereotypical---- LOVES you within a week---tries the whole romanticism of life suggest they are very successful.... $$$$ and then ask/requests you send them 2000 dollars via western union to some "goofy" driver address and then when that fails.. requests a money gram.. doesn't like when you suggest you will send to a bank in their NAME and you demand? request they PICK UP ASAP TO ALL potential romantics----beware to all... any money request is a DEFINATE LOSER!!!!! April 09, 2009 - 03:57
Subject: Dont cheat Chinese
I am working as soho for stone business(light weight stone)in China,recently i received an email from Ghana who wrote he would like to buy 100M2 crema marfil(Spain Marble).I quote the price and he ask me to check freight charges with Omarskey Shipper in Africa.Then the shipper quote me USD1800.00 for shipping 3 crates to Ghana.The buyer named Bill Chris asked me to pay the USD1800.00 first and he will pay the charges plus my order cost together after the shipping company received my money?? Now i relise this person: Bill Chris is a layer.If you have done stone business,you will know all the buyer will pay the deposit first,otherwise,nobody will do anything for you. Business is very serious and with faith.Please do not try to cheat,it is not acceptable everywhere. shipping company: April 01, 2009 - 12:27
Subject: Relationship scam
I participated in a dating website and met a young lady from Ghana west Africa...she seemed nice and expressed interest in coming to America to be my wife and mother of my kids...stupid me fell for her and sent her monies and brought her plane ticket in hope of having her here in America with me. My radar went up when she indicated that she was arrested for bringing family gold as a surprise and needed monies to pay a fine. She went as far as having a lawyer call me with a sense of urgency to pay her fine.After calling around in that country their was no record of her being arrested. I immediately let her supposedly lawyer know that i was on to their network scam. They immediately cleaned it up and had her speak to me more than ever ...I must say that the act was good ...after several intense conversations stupid me decided to give this woman a second chance. I sent her additional monies in hoping to have her once again. When it was time to come to America I brought her plane ticket again and sent her spending monies to come. She then indicated that she needed BTA monies to leave the country I called the airlines and they said that they never heard of any such thing I sent to her anyway because we had made or rather I had made so many great plans for her here. After sending it to her i immediately research this BTA and found that it was a scam! I requested that she call me and she did I explained to her that I knew that it was a scam (but it was too late)She immediately indicated that she will call me from the airport when she arrived...Well we all know that she did not arrive! In total my losses including plane tickets totaled $8500 over a 7 month period.I feel bad about my decision but i will have felt even worst had she come because I am a recipient of a lawsuit in which I planned to share with her. Thank God that I still have the majority of my money! March 18, 2009 - 03:01
Subject: Seawalk Shipping Jobs
I applied for a job thru internet at Seawalk Shipping for the too good to be true salaries they offered. The said company has so many job vacancies and I know a lot of jobless Filipinos are now applying for a job for them. We exchanges emails regarding my application. When they sent me the appointment letter telling that I have to sign it within 48 hours and told that I have to send my scanned copy of my passport to them for visa processing. The address of the contact person is in Bristol UK, and then the ship according to them will be in Ghana, the location of the job is France and UK. Huh!!! I'm tired! An one more thing, they ask me US$300 to be sent via western union for visa processing which will be paid to their travel agent in Ghana. The payee is not the contact person for the job advertised. Good thing, I did not send any money for this. I know this is a SCAM!!! So BE AWARE. March 15, 2009 - 13:50
Subject: got scammed from accra
i have been scammed by someone who says her name is agartha mensah,and says she lives in accra,i have been on line with her almost every day. she says she wants to come live with me,and asks for money for passport,visa,food,doctor,internet bill, and birthday,she said she loved me! (STUPID ME BELIEVED HER) she sent pictures,but i found out on a scam site the pics were MELISSA SUMITRS ROY in California, go to Google type name and watch slide show! 4 of these are the very same pics i received from this agartha mensah in accra. yes i sent money more than i care to say! she had me hooked! TELL ME I,M STUPID I GUESS I DON,T KNOW IT! LIVE AND LEARN ( BEWARE) I WASN,T she also has deep voice. March 12, 2009 - 21:42
Subject: Shipping scam
Be aware of a credit card scam involving omarskey international shipping, and rev bill chris. Bill Chris emailed me asking to have 5000 lbs of marble to be shipped from miami to the port of tema, ghana. I gave him a price and he gave me three credit card numbers which I ran ,and then he asked to wire the money for shipping via western union to Omarskey International Shipping, this shot up red flags, which led me to this site. Now I have charged over 10,000 dollars on who knows credit card, tommorow I will have to refund the charges and pay the charge back fee. Thankfully I did not send any money. March 08, 2009 - 20:53
Subject: money transfer
i met a guy online and after 2 months of chatting, we have become closer,although we just saw each other's pics and not on the web cam. he said that he is an american and is in nigeria right now to do business by scouting for soccer players that he can bring to the states..then, one day he told me that he wants to meet me in person here in my country. and that since he cannot bring with him a lot of money, he asked me if he could transfer his money (25,000 USD) to my account. thinking that he will just be transferring money and that there's no way he can get my money in the bank, i gave him my full name, bank name,address and bank account number. but when after a few days later he said that he needed a little amount to cover transfer costs, that's when i started getting suspicious. of course, i didn't send him any money even if it kinda made him upset. but my question is this: is my money still safe in the bank now that he knows my bank account number and other bank details? should i go to my bank and ask them to change my account number? what is the best thing for me to do? March 07, 2009 - 16:36
Subject: scamm
I have currently been talking to a woman for two nights and a day and she already loves me. She is asking for 350 to buy a phone. Glad to be reading this. March 06, 2009 - 00:53
Subject: western Union losses to scams
Camen i feel for the woman you were trying to help I also lost a great deal of money on scams going to nigeria and The UK I have lost over $10,000 dollars and now I receive threatening emails myself some even claim to be fro the FBI saying I'll be arested for money laundering if I don't pay fees thhough I'll never see my money again you can tell your customers if they receive things of this nature to go to their states Attorney Genertal they have a fraud department and also go to your county attorney so he can report it to. March 05, 2009 - 20:21
Subject: Scammed & didnt' know it
I met some guys on some websites who did claim they loved me & needed my help. They asked me for boxes to be sent to my house & then mail to them over there in Africa. I called Fed-Ex that explained to me that people use United States address because boxes can't be mailed directly to thier country. I was told by two Fed-Ex people that its fraud any way you look at it. March 01, 2009 - 02:33
Subject: Western Union/Money Gram
Western Union and Money Gram should be shut down under RICO laws. They knowingly act as a conduit for criminals and illegal aliens to launder billions of dollars out of the United States. There is no government oversight pursuant to these companies activities. They are not required to submit Suspicious Activity Reports (SARS) via FINCEN, U.S. Department of the Treasury. The reason that they are not regulated is because they donate millions of dollars to incumbent politicians to turn a blind eye to there reprehensible behavior. Shameful. When will Americans wake up. Bob S. February 25, 2009 - 09:29
Subject: MONEYGRAM
I work at Wal~Mart and send dozens of MoneyGrams a day. We just finally convinced one woman that the people she was sending money to were scammers. The poor thing was frightened for her life because the scammers kept calling her and threatening her life and the life of her family. She lost out $1700 and on the last day that she came in to send more money, she would have lost out on $1200 more. Well, there is another woman who is sending money to people in Nigeria. My question is, is there any information about MoneyGram scams that I can print out to prove not only this woman, but other unsuspecting customers who fall for the same scam? I feel somewhat responsible for these people losing their money because it's my job to send it without question. And the only reason we were able to stop the scam for the woman who was having her life threatened is because on the last payment that she sent, MoneyGram flagged it as being a scam and wouldn't allow the receiver to pick it up. If anyone knows of any information that I can give to these people please let me know. Leave a Comment
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I was on "OKcupid.com" dating site and received an email from a scammer in Nigeria. He asked me to Western Union him $7500.00 so he could complete an oil deal as he didn't have all of the money he needed to close the deal as the cost of the oil had increased since he originally made the deal. His Name is Terry Fred B********. His email address is ***@yahoo.com. His telephone number is 234-812-***-****. He claimed to be an Engineer from Delaware working on repairing oil pipelines in Nigeria.
Needless to say, I didn't send him any money; however, he was very persistent. It took 3 weeks for him to give up and quit calling and emailing me.
I reported him to Econsumer.gov and the Internet Complaint Center (IC3). Their WEB Site is Internetcomplaintcenter.com.