She thought she had found a new love to fill the void left by her late husband. Instead, Pat was left heartbroken and broke after giving over $98,000 to a scam artist posing as her online lover.
The Westfield woman went on a dating website for older adults and met a match—a man named Lewis.Pat says Lewis had an accent that made it hard to understand him on the phone.
“Good Morning My Queen,” read one of the messages to Pat. “I hope you had enough rest last night. I pray for blessings and Grace for both of us. I love you."“It got extremely romantic,” said Breitkreuz. “He just drew me in. I fell in love with it. I fell in love with him." Many love scams originate overseas, making it difficult for the FBI and the Indiana Attorney General’s Office to hold scammers accountable.“These are very sophisticated operations,” said Scott Barnhart, director of consumer protection at the Indiana Attorney General’s Office. “A lot of this is offshore and it's very difficult to pursue foreign entities in foreign countries.
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