Andrew Smith approached me on OK Cupid dating site advising that he was an architect living in Malibu California. I live on the East Coast. When I was hesitant about getting involved in a long distance communication with him, he advised that travel for him would not be an issue, he was financially secure and able to travel freely. Within a few days, I received an email from him advising that he accepted a job offer in Istanbul, Turkey to build a road & a bridge and that he would be out of the USA for 6 weeks but he would stay in constant contact with me. About 2 weeks later, he emailed me to advise there was a construction accident & one of his workers was killed. There was some damage to a crane on the job site that was somehow inoperable & he needed to get a new crane right away. He then asked to borrow $50,000. from me. When I refused, he practically demanded that I get a loan and send him money.
When I again refused to comply, he asked me to borrow the money from my family and friends. Once again, I refused. After a fee days, he emailed me again saying he was able to borrow $25,000 from a friend but still needed to borrow $10,000 from me. I once again refused to loan him money, take out a loan or ask friends & family for money.
About one month later, October 2017, he emailed to advise that he wanted to send me some money he recieved as payment in fulfillment of his contract and asked me for my banking information, as well as for all of my personal identifying information such as my birthdate and social security number. He advised me thay he wanted to gift me with a significant sum of money so I could pay bills - he knew I am a single mother with a tight budget and he wanted to make sure I had everything my daughtet and I needed and to not worry about money. After struggling with my conscience for 2 weeks and assurances from Andrew that my personal information would be kept in strictest confidence, I foolishly gave him all of my information. Within a few days, $100,000 was wired into my account with Bank of America. When Andrew texted me to confirm receipt of the funds, Bank of America had frozen my online access to my account.
After about 2 weeks of running to the bank to determine the status of my account, the bank manager advised me that my account was closed & the money was fozen in the account. I advised Andrew of this & he was annoyed at the delay. After about six weeks, I received a certified check from Bank of America for $97,845.00 which I immediately deposited into a brand new account at Chase Bank. I did not inform Andrew if this new account information but I made him aware that I opened a new account at a different bank. Via text message, he asked me to send $80,000 to an auto dealership in Georgia. He provided me with all of the details to arrange a wire transfer from my account to the bank used by the auto dealership. This transaction was effectuated by in November 2017. Two days later, Andrew texted me again advising that the family members of his worker who died in the construction accident were making threats against him and would not let him leave Istanbul. He said the family was demanding $40,000 from him. He asked me to transfer the remaining money in my account to another person in Georgia and provided all of the information to me via text to effectuate a second wire transfer, which was accomplished in early December 2017.
A day or so later, I received another text from Andrew saying that it still was not enough money to satisfy the family of his worker who died in the construction accident and he again asked me to either raise or borrow $40,000 so he could pay off the family and return to the USA. He said he was being threatened & was afraid for his life. I repeated that I was unable to assist him and that this entire scenario was not making any sense to me. I asked him why he was always short of money since he previously informed that he was financially secure. He told me he had no money at all which was why he was asking me for a loan. I immediately ceased all communication with him and blocked him from texting me.
On December 24, 2017, I received a threatening email from someone demanding that I return $60,000 that was deposited into my Bank of America account. I emailed this person back demanding how he got my information and was told he knew all about me and how the money was mistakenly deposited into my account and if I didnt return the money right away, I wax going to jail. Frightened, I texted Andrew with a copy of the email, demanding an explanation. He told me not to worry, everything was fine. Dissatisfied with that reply, I immediately filed a report with my local police, showing them the receipts for the two wire transfers and the pertinent texts and emails from Andrew Smith. On Sunday, January 21, 2018, I received an email from Andrew begging my forgiveness and admitting to being a scam artist.
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Andrew Smith approached me on OK Cupid dating site advising that he was an architect living in Malibu California. I live on the East Coast. When I was hesitant about getting involved in a long distance communication with him, he advised that travel for him would not be an issue, he was financially secure and able to travel freely. Within a few days, I received an email from him advising that he accepted a job offer in Istanbul, Turkey to build a road & a bridge and that he would be out of the USA for 6 weeks but he would stay in constant contact with me. About 2 weeks later, he emailed me to advise there was a construction accident & one of his workers was killed. There was some damage to a crane on the job site that was somehow inoperable & he needed to get a new crane right away. He then asked to borrow $50,000. from me. When I refused, he practically demanded that I get a loan and send him money.
When I again refused to comply, he asked me to borrow the money from my family and friends. Once again, I refused. After a fee days, he emailed me again saying he was able to borrow $25,000 from a friend but still needed to borrow $10,000 from me. I once again refused to loan him money, take out a loan or ask friends & family for money.
About one month later, October 2017, he emailed to advise that he wanted to send me some money he recieved as payment in fulfillment of his contract and asked me for my banking information, as well as for all of my personal identifying information such as my birthdate and social security number. He advised me thay he wanted to gift me with a significant sum of money so I could pay bills - he knew I am a single mother with a tight budget and he wanted to make sure I had everything my daughtet and I needed and to not worry about money. After struggling with my conscience for 2 weeks and assurances from Andrew that my personal information would be kept in strictest confidence, I foolishly gave him all of my information. Within a few days, $100,000 was wired into my account with Bank of America. When Andrew texted me to confirm receipt of the funds, Bank of America had frozen my online access to my account.
After about 2 weeks of running to the bank to determine the status of my account, the bank manager advised me that my account was closed & the money was fozen in the account. I advised Andrew of this & he was annoyed at the delay. After about six weeks, I received a certified check from Bank of America for $97,845.00 which I immediately deposited into a brand new account at Chase Bank. I did not inform Andrew if this new account information but I made him aware that I opened a new account at a different bank. Via text message, he asked me to send $80,000 to an auto dealership in Georgia. He provided me with all of the details to arrange a wire transfer from my account to the bank used by the auto dealership. This transaction was effectuated by in November 2017. Two days later, Andrew texted me again advising that the family members of his worker who died in the construction accident were making threats against him and would not let him leave Istanbul. He said the family was demanding $40,000 from him. He asked me to transfer the remaining money in my account to another person in Georgia and provided all of the information to me via text to effectuate a second wire transfer, which was accomplished in early December 2017.
A day or so later, I received another text from Andrew saying that it still was not enough money to satisfy the family of his worker who died in the construction accident and he again asked me to either raise or borrow $40,000 so he could pay off the family and return to the USA. He said he was being threatened & was afraid for his life. I repeated that I was unable to assist him and that this entire scenario was not making any sense to me. I asked him why he was always short of money since he previously informed that he was financially secure. He told me he had no money at all which was why he was asking me for a loan. I immediately ceased all communication with him and blocked him from texting me.
On December 24, 2017, I received a threatening email from someone demanding that I return $60,000 that was deposited into my Bank of America account. I emailed this person back demanding how he got my information and was told he knew all about me and how the money was mistakenly deposited into my account and if I didnt return the money right away, I wax going to jail. Frightened, I texted Andrew with a copy of the email, demanding an explanation. He told me not to worry, everything was fine. Dissatisfied with that reply, I immediately filed a report with my local police, showing them the receipts for the two wire transfers and the pertinent texts and emails from Andrew Smith. On Sunday, January 21, 2018, I received an email from Andrew begging my forgiveness and admitting to being a scam artist.