Victim Location 84108
Total money lost $150
Type of a scam Romance
I was approached Instagram by Stewart Michael Austin- Mich- (smich22462) and we later moved to texting via Skype (mich stewart). It began as exchanging information, some flirting. Mich stated he was from Nashville TN but working in Singapore. His dog was apparently with him but did not have to be in quarantine. He stated he was robbed and his phone broken. I was a sucker and sent him money to have it repaired. He then asked for $500 to purchase food, time for his repaired phone, food for his dog and meds. He was very persistent and demanding about the funds. He sent my father flowers for his 94th birthday. That became a point of why I should give him a ‘loan’. Some of his pictures were from a gay dating website- https://www.onescene.com/profile/AU-Juan-1978/ and the information he shared appeared to come from that site. Pictures also from Pinterest and tumblr. I tried to get a current picture but all I got were recycled ones from websites. My cousin is a police officer and one of his friends texted with Mich to warn him off but he was not concerned. I tried to check him out on social catfishing and tin eye as well as several others but nothing really came up. I have tons of pictures and some websites and other information. When money was all he could talk about I cut off communication.