Woman loses $300K to online romance scam
A woman looking for love online said she lost $300,000 after she claims a dishonest online con artist named "Donald Moore " used a counterfeit Match.com profile stole her heart and her life savings.
Betty Davies said she met a man who shared her interests and offered to share her life.
She believed Match.com the safest online dating site, so she joined it.
Donald Moore emailed her saying he was a chemical engineer on assignment in Malaysia.
"And the deeper he charmed me, the deeper I fell," Davies said.
They planned to meet in Atlanta, but their romance took a dark turn when he told her someone had grabbed his briefcase, which had his wallet and credit cards in it.
Donald said he needed cash.
Davies said she hesitated, but then wired $5,000 and then, $15,000 more .
That's when Donald told her he wanted to marry her. She was tricked until her savings account is empty.
Davies reported the case to the police and filled out federal complaints against Match.com.
Davies, who is facing breast cancer for the second time, said that $300,000 could have covered so much of her treatment.
"I have no heart left because of this, I'm heartless," Davies said.
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