A mother was forced to sell her space after her own “Tindler Swindler” defrauded her with £75,000.
Jordan Alexander, 54, heartbroken when their blitzkrieg collapsed, leaving her with a mountain of debt.
She thought she had met the boy of her dreams after meeting “millionaire” businessman James on a dating site.
The single mother of two, who lives in New Zealand, was duped by the ruthless scammer after signing up for the site in 2012.
James described himself as a hard-working father who traveled around the world as a railroad consultant while raising his teenage son.
It struck a chord with Jordan by telling him that he was widowed after his wife died of cancer and that he hadn’t married since.
Jordan told 7Life, “It’s not love at first sight, but it’s horny in a prominent way. I told myself I should be open-minded if these online dating were going to work. “
The spa owner says James has trained her with his great stories about being a faithful father, while impressing her with his successful paintings and filling her with attention.
The mother explained: “He was raising his teenage son ‘Michael’, the same age as my daughters at the time, and he was thinking about his globality.
“He seemed very willing to integrate our families, the circle of relatives has been vital for him. His accessory was very exotic, I couldn’t locate it.
“It was like a cross between a Spanish and South African accessory with words coming out from time to time. “
After weeks of flattering her and convincing Jordan that he is a high-flying businessman, James asked the 54-year-old if he could lend her £7,500 for paint supplies.
She agreed to rescue her new boyfriend and earned the money without problems.
James then brazenly asked his lover to lend him more than £20,000, before it was transferred to him within a few days.
Jordan claims that his monetary situation, the scammer even gave him his bank accounts, where he says he had “millions” of funds.
She said: He was there in black and white, his account balance remained at a healthy point of $12,218,664 AUD. Do you accept as much as true with me?
“It’s strange, especially since I had so much cash there, but I didn’t seem to have anything to hide. “
But like The Tinder Swindler victims Simon Leviev, the outrageous demands for sums of cash continued.
Jordan ended up taking loans in her space to finance her boyfriend, before they nevertheless reunited in Hawaii.
But James asked the mother if she could borrow more money, saying she might not be able to pay her bank bills because her “internet wasn’t working properly” while working in Sri Lanka.
The distraught mother then sent her the funds, convinced that her new boyfriend would return them to her.
But her world was turned upside down when she learned that the boy of her dreams was an experienced con artist after traveling to Hawaii to meet him, but he never showed up.
James began vomiting a series of apologies for the delay in his arrival, claiming that his paintings had been blocked in Sri Lanka.
Jordan continued, “He told me it was a big challenge and it would be my last. Hooray! Then you can rest and focus on life.
“But he’s making more excuses. “
The scammer then told her that her son was attending school in the United States when a hurricane hit, and asked for cash to help the teen.
We want to communicate about it and avoid the misfortune of making mistakes when we are in love and confident.
The mother says she ended up handing out £75,000 in total – the boy of her dreams never showed up in Hawaii, leaving her dry.
She was enraged: “With the investment in the day spa and the $140,000 that was given to James, I needed to sell the house of our circle of relatives to get out of debt.
“I had to take care of my kids, the spa staff and the professional commitments. I didn’t focus on the debt and how I would pay it off. “
Jordan had to get out of debt and never heard of James, leaving her terrified to this day.
She after all revealed her secret to her family two years after being diagnosed with uterine cancer, before she finally decided to write an ebook about her horrific experience.
“It’s easy to throw stones and make judgments when you hear about love scams,” he added.
“I think The Tinder Swindler initiates the verbal exchange about the complexity of those scammers. If we start talking about scams with our friends, family and co-workers, the problem is clarified.
“We want to communicate about it and avoid the misfortune of making mistakes when we are in love and confident.
“Let’s be so quick to make a judgment. “
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