Fred Tyler
Complaint 243370 Details

My name is (Personal Information Removed). My boyfriend-or who I thought was my boyfriend (I’m pretty sure I don’t know his real name anymore) He “says” he went to the UK. He called me and stated he “needed money because his supplies from China that he bought are held up in customs because he had the wrong paperwork”. He said he did not have enough money with him to get the supplies he needed and needed money. He said he could get 1/2 the money from a business partner but needed the other ½ from me desperately. We had started “dating” over the internet and I frankly never met him. He promised marriage, love, my not working and being at home – and I am now pretty certain that I have been “taken” by a scam of manipulators that organize this type of cruel game to steal people’s identity or money.
I gave the idea of lending some pause but I feel he used what I thought to be “love” to manipulate me into him promising me he would pay me back this week as the loan as due. It’s my understanding that in Texas, a verbal agreement is binding but I even have text messages regarding the monies needed, his agreement to pay back , etc. I decided to help him out trusting in the agreement that we made and the “love” that I thought we had. Before I obtained the loan I told him how much it would be for plus the interest that would be required to pay back . He said that was fine and he would pay it as soon as he returned. That was supposed to be on this Saturday. When i asked today if he was still coming home on Saturday he said it wouldn't be till the next Wednesday. I do not know if he is coming back. I now realize after my sister having concern (and running background checks, looking for a location he lives in but doesn’t exist) = My supposition is that I wont hear from him again especially since I believe, through my many questions, that he understands I have figured out his game. We have ONLY been communicating via email, text and phone calls.- I would go file a police report but I have so little information to go on because I am sure these scammers use fake names, phones bought from other illegitimate people, and I realized through a reverse phone lookup that his phone was voice over IP…so just an internet connection. He had me wire the funds to “help him out of an emergency” to the UK, Great Britain. I know, - some reading this may think I should have known better. I really thought we were getting married.
After I signed up for a pay day loan online, I began to receive MANY strange, threatening phone calls from Indian guy stating that I needed to call him with my attorney. He called my work and left a message with my supervisor (which I have saved, because it was recorded). Those calls have jeopardized my job and I am not even sure what the purpose would be to call my employers phone number versus mine. When i called him back he said that i had fraud charges placed on me. (At the time these calls were made, I had NOT defaulted on anything and I still haven’t – I have no clue what he was talking about unless it was connected to this circle/ring of scammers) when i said from where he said don't interrupt me and began yelling. He knew my cell#, my last 4 of my social, my address, DOB. This was very concerning. He continued to call. I disconnected my phone and when I checked with my bank about what i should do they suggested that I close my account and place a fraud warning on my account and credit given this man that I supposedly “dated” that took me to the cleaners and the subsequent strange stalking phone calls. I plan tomorrow to file police reports, and I have already put credit fraud, anything I can do to hold this man, or more, responsible for manipulating me into thinking there was an emergency, intimidating me into paying it, and then cutting/reducing communication and becoming very avoiding and not forth coming with any information about his whereabouts, projects of coming home (I’m pretty sure now he’s never even been to Texas), and he was elusive as to my questions of background reports that didn’t check out on the info he’s provided me about himself through eight weeks. I have tried to text and call non-stop but no returned phone calls or texts. After further investigation, I googled international call reverse for these numbers: 21340002145, 254300027624, 21260021977, 254300018178, 447700019059-these numbers originate from Algeria, Kenya, Morocco and St Helier. He uses a local number of 210-444-2337 and an email of [email protected] and he gave me the address of 125 Bowie St, San Antonio, TX. When my sister and I drove to find it, it doesn't exist.