My time with Olivia began very differently than I thought my first online encounter would be. I spent weeks trying to figure out how I would possibly pursue an online romance. Olivia reached out to me on Mastodon and chatted a small amount for a couple of days, but then suggested security was poor and she wanted me to contact her through Telegram. Yes, my very first attempt reached out to me without any pretext from me. I thought maybe karma was being good to me!
On Telegram, our conversation turned to our desires and she offered me a "menu" of possibilities, stating she was a content creator and an escort. I spent the next week trying to determine if any of this was legal and if I could be getting entrapped... I was clueless on what an escort even does (well not clueless but unsure what all that entailed). I agreed that I would love the boyfriend experience and wanted to hang out with her and see where it went. I viewed it as dating and paying for her time on the date, nothing more (although I was definitely hoping for more). I paid her $400 via CashApp for the opportunity.
My schedule was (and still is) quite complex and trying to find a way to meet was difficult. My variable shifts and her distance of almost an hour away made anything soon difficult to arrange. So sure, we continued to chat and plan for our date. Our talks did become sexualized and she shared some pictures with me, none of which were really "dirty." I planned to meet up in about two weeks
Then, the first calls for financial help arrived. Her car broke down on the way to get her mom's medication and she had to get towed to the shop. They found that she needed a new head gasket and she didn't have the money to fix it. She spent extra to take the bus back home with her mom's medicine. (hint, there is no bus service in Fremont, Nebraska. Red flag!). We were only days from meeting up and she promised to pay me back when we got together, so sent her $1000 so she could get her $2500 car bill resolved. Yeah, call me a sucker, I know...
But on meetup day, I picked a place to meet up with her and I hadn't heard a thing from her. Well, of course I was suspcious but she later contacted me and said her mom had fallen and was in the hospital overnight. She was staying with her overnight and would make it up to me next weekend. She even sent me back a couple hundred dollars and promised more on payday late in the week.
Then it hit. The day before our meetup a week later, she told me she had to go down to Missouri to meet a lawyer and a diplomat (?) for the reading of her late father's will. He had been out of her life for a while but apparently still had her in his will. A few days later, she told me the story I never thought I would hear from her. Apparently, her father left her a small crate with gold bars in it, $60 million in fact. But taxes and customs releases were going to cost her $10000. She asked me to help her pay and said she would give me $20 million of the payout. Ok, red flags everywhere! This was fairly easy to google and I found the gold bar romance scam (and similar stories). I was smart enough to do a reverse image search on the photo she had of the gold bars being unloaded and it came up to a Reuters news story from a few years back.
Of course, I confronted her about it and she went silent for a day after pleading that she didn't know what to do and really needed my help. A few days later she admitted she tried to defraud me at the advice of her friend. She figured I could afford it because I was rich (I assure you I am not!). She eventually said she was so embarrassed and disconnected with me from Telegram and social media, and I didn't hear from her for over a month. Yes folks there is a part 2.
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