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Met this person named "Darryll Dimitroff" on an online dating site. I foolishly believed his story that he was a venture capitalist and recently moved to the Baton Rouge area. He told me he was originally from Canada. We were scheduled to meet, but he claimed he got tied up talking to investors. He said he had to leave for London to bid on a deal on an oil rig. He even sent me what seemed to be a legitimate plane ticket schedule confirmation. From there he "says" he flew to the Philippines. All this time, he knew that I had been recently widowed, and was having a hard time with finances and he preyed on my lonliness. He was very kind and sympathetic. He assured me that he was raised by a father who believed in helping people and that something in my profile just "stood out" and he felt like there was a future with us. He was also very religious and asked me to attend church. He told me that he would help me out with my expenses and assured me that he was real, sending me his "passport" and a receipt from 1800FLOWERS because I didn't go into this blind and wanted some proof that he was who he said he was. He kept running into financial issues with the lawyers and told me that business is done differently in the Philippines, and he had not finalized his banking in the U.S. so he was unable to have access. I foolishly believed this person and I sent many wires through Western Union and Money Gram. He told me he had some friends he met at the hotel in which he was staying who were helping him get everything started on the rig. Looking back, I was so stupid to send such large amounts of money. He kept assuring me that he would be home. He gained my trust by asking about my family and how he would love to be a father figure to my son, and that he had a daughter who was so excited that he had found happiness. He even emailed my mother. He called her mum. I am an educated individual who fell for this scam. I questioned him over and over asking him if everything was legal. He assured me everything would be alright once he got back into the states and that I had major trust issues that I needed to work on. I have just found out that his IP address is linked to Nigeria. I've notified the FBI, but I know I will never retrieve that money. I'm in such shock and disbelief that there are people in this world who would do this to someone in the name of money. I've made contact with the real person located in Canada which is where the scammer told me he was from whose identity he had stolen. The address was the same but the pictures he used for his passport and for sharing were of a different person. Somehow he found out my son's cell phone number and texted him last night. I asked him about it and he got extremely defensive. So this scumbag who was so sweet and caring and God fearing, is now cursing me out because he thinks I'm interrogating him.