Ricky Daniels
Complaint 145975 Details

Ricky Daniels contacted me through Match.com. We started chatting and I thought we were developing something special because he made it sound like he wanted the same things I did. Ricky Daniels traveled to Nottinghamshire for a business deal that he would receive 1.94 million dollars. He said that he went to the country with $80,000, but spent it. On what, he never explained. He told me that he didn't have access to his account in Canada because he had all of these holds on his account due to fraud he had in the past. He had no way of accessing his "millions" from his bank. He only dealt with them in person and and deals in cash. He told me he had no credit cards. He then told me that he was out of money and needed $2000 for customs so they would release his product for the customer. He told me he loved me and promised we would be together and he would pay me the $2000, plus $15,000, and in addition $200,000. The product was supposedly released and he went to the client to retrieve his money. They went to the bank to get his money only to find out he needed $4000 to pay the magistrate for affidavits. He beggded me to get a loan for $4000 in order for us to be together. So I got the loan. He promised to pay me the $6000 and $40,000. Once again he went to the bank with the client to get his money, and supposedly was stopped by Parliament and was told he had to pay them 10% of the 1.94 million. He told me that he and the magistrate had a meeting with Parliament, and they reduced the %10 to $10,000 to enable for him to get his 1.94 million. According to him, they wouldn't allow him to use part of the 1.94 million to pay them. He had to give them the money upfront. So he decided that he wanted to get his papers back and come see me. I reminded him that he didn't have any money and needed to go home and get money before he could come visit me. Plus his daughter and nanny had no money. I felt as if he needed to take care of his daughter before he came to meet me. The magistrate told him that he couldn't leave the country unless he paid the penalty of almost $5000 to end the contract with the client. I asked him to ask the magistrate to give him his papers and passport back so he could go home and get his money. He was told that he had to pay $4800 to get his name out of the computer to go home. He then begged me to get another loan for $5000. That made me start wondering if this whole entire tale was true. I asked him to get the magistrate to write me a letter telling me he would release Ricky if he paid the $4800. I received a letter, but it was obvious that Ricky actually wrote the letter. I called Nottinghamshire to ask if there was a magistrate by the name of Fredrick Anderson, the name on the letter I received. They looked up the name, and there is no magistrate in Nottinghamshire by the name of Fredrick Anderson. Magistrates deal with criminals in the United Kingdom, not with situations that Ricky claimed he was in. I began asking questions, and I never received straight answers from Ricky.

He told me that the client wanted his $500,000 that was wired into Ricky's acct. in Canada, which, according to him, he had no access to. Ricky asked me if my bank account could handle millions of dollars. He then thought of a plan to access his late father's fortune of $5 million, but could only receive it if he were married. He wanted to include me in this scam. I didn't understand why I had to be involved once again, for in order to prove you are married, you send a marriage certificate. He told me that they would call me and ask me a couple of questions. I was emphatic about not being involved in fraud because I don't want to go to jail. Also, I didn't understand why the client didn't have to pay the penalty for ending the contract, and then Ricky could go home and wire the $500,000 to the client. But all of a sudden, he wanted to access his late father's fortune. None of it made sense to me at all. I kept on asking him why I had to be involved in this fraud. He never gave me an answer.

He somehow got me involved in his problems, I suppose because I was hoping we could be together in the end of this nightmare.

During this whole situation, he's telling me how mean the client is, but yet, the client is paying for his hotel room and food. One day, Ricky told me the client ended his food privileges. I have no idea how he is still alive because he told me that weeks ago. He is only surviving on water. I told him he should be dead by now, and he said it was a miracle that he was alive.

Ricky Daniels, if that's his real name, is a liar, a manipulator, and stole $6000 from me. I need that money in order to pay the $4000 loan back and I need the $2000 to live. I am a nursing student and live on a limited budget. I continued to tell him that, but he always needed more money. It just never ended.

I have no idea what he's doing with the money, but he didn't pay customs and he didn't pay for affidavits. He is sticking to his lie. I asked him for the phone numbers for customs and the magistrate's real name (he told me the magisrate used an alias when writing the letter).

I would like this man charged with fraud, and would like my money back.

I saved all of the emails between Ricky and me.

Thank you.