Scammed by Moroccan man

Submitted by Old Fool (United States), Sep 22, 2012 at 08:49

I met him in a public place. He introduced himself and I should have forgotten him and thrown away his number, etc. He tried to get me to sit with him in his car. Red Flag!!! I didn't then. I sent him a message on facebook. The next time I met him I did sit in his car. He kissed me and said."now you are my girlfriend." I saw him a couple of times after that but I knew he only wanted sex. Then he would beg me to trust him! Red Flag again. I finally decided I wasn't going to see him.

Then almost 2 years later he started texting me. He had lost his phone. He wanted me back. BLah blah blah. I cared about, and wanted to see him. I wanted to be loved and cared about having gone through a bad marriage. He started out all "baby" this and that. Then came the money part. The thing I can't get over is myself believing him. There were still small voices of my intuition trying to tell me to leave him alone. I should have listened.

I gave him 1300.00. (borrow) He wanted 4500.00 for a vacation back to Morocco. I finally just gave him the money. Money I couldn't afford to give away. Well, I knew it would be the last time I'd see him but I kept thinking I was wrong. The last time I heard from him was the night before he was going to leave. He was at the airport and "they couldn't find his ticket." he was to leave at 6am the next morning. He was to be gone 10 days but I didn't hear from him. He finally answered an email telling me he didn't have his cell phone with him and it didn't work overseas. This was almost a month after he left.

I know I will never see the money again and hopefully never run into him! But I would love to warn others. I am so ashamed of myself and am having a hard time forgiving myself. I had read this blog before. I just wish I had had the sense to listen to my gut!!!

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