John Ballack and scam ring
Complaint 157243 Details

this scam went on for 5 months from April to Sept. I met this man on internet dating site called Senior People Meet, he said he lived in Georgia and was taking a contract job in Belarus which would last 2 weeks and then we would meet. He supposedly got to Belarus e-mailed me with his laptop that he arrived safely and then a couple of days later said the equipment he shipped over did not arrive completely and he did not insure it. He needed this piece of equipment so I sent him $2800.00 to purchase the equipment, then he said the piece he purchased did not fit the companys equipment and he was going to have to upgrade which would cost more, so I sent him more money, that piece did not work either, the hotel he was staying in wanted to be paid for room and food he had accumulated and since he was not able to start the job could not make a draw on his pay, so I sent him more money, then he decided to just leave the job and come home so I sent him more money for plane ticket, the on his way to airport he was jumped by men robbed and his leg broke, now he was in hospital and needed an operation on his leg to fix it, but doctor would not do surgery without being paid at least part of the fee since John did not have insurance, so I sent him more money so he could get his operation, finally he got his operation and the doctor was holding his passport until he was paid the rest of the operation fee, so over time I sent more and more money until the doctor was paid off, I also sent him more money for plane ticket since his money was stolen. He supposedly got to airport and ticket prices had gone up, so I sent him more money. Then he was not able to board a plane and come home because he needed BTA money. This is when I really got suspicious and I called the American Embassy and found out that BTA had not been in effect for the past 20 years and this was something scammers used. I at that point called it off with this man. I have all the receipts of all the money I sent him and he had me send money to 3 different names which I also have. I think it was a ring of people. I also found a John Ballack on Facebook, it was the same pictures of the same man I was sent, it said he lived in Winnsboro, Louisiana. Now I don't know if this is the real John Ballack and his idenity was stolen or this was the scammer again. I have saved all the e=mail he sent me and all the pictures he sent me as well as a picture of John Ballack's passport, which says he was born in Georgia, the John Ballack I was talking to said he was born in Germany and moved to US when he was 24 and is now a US citizen. I would like to catch these theives as well as recover my money or at least some of it. I live with my daughter and her husband and all she knows is that I sent him $1,000.00 she does not know about the other $10,000.00 and I would like to keep it that way, it is embarrassing enough telling you how much. If you can help me I would greatly appreciate it. I was told you could go on my computer and get the IP which could show the location of where all these e-mails were sent from. All the money was sent to him from WalMart (Money Gram) maybe they can tell you the locations in Belarus where the monies were picked up at and trace them that way. I hope you can help me. Thankyou.