Echeliar
Disciple of Prayer
I do not know what if anything you can do or suggest but I am at the end of my rope here. My name is ### and I am an embarrassed, stupid, stupid 60 year old fool. I am literally stuck in the Philippines because I was dumb enough to put my heart on the line and was scammed by this woman who obviously targeted me because I have no family nor friends who could cause her any trouble. My situation is that when I met her she was the most caring, understanding person I ever knew, she understood about my parents having cancer and consoled me when they passed away, not with the usual “I am so sorry to hear that” but talked to me in length about my feelings and loss. I really thought she was the perfect woman for me, but after taking myself to the Philippines with all my savings, moving into a small rental house and having her by my side, things obviously were no going to be as they seemed. All was relatively well until about 2 months ago, I completely understood what she was going through. She asked if I could help her with some money etc. I said of course, as I had set up a bank checking account in ### BUT was totally and completely stupid as I gave her access to the account in case I would have a medical emergency. Plus the fact I told her to take the ATM card with her in case she had something come up and needed to draw out some money while visiting her Mom. She emailed me telling me her Mom was doing worse and that she would stay for 7-10 days and keep me posted on her Mom’s condition. That was the last I heard from her, then the rest of the problems started. The landlord came over and asked when I was going to pay the “back rent”, I said she was paying you, I have receipts, she did not pay him and forged the receipts. I went to the bank to write a check to pay the landlord only to find out that there was a little over $100 left in the account, well at least she did not take it all, just left enough for me to eat for a month. I went back to the landlord and he told me that unless he gets paid he would keep my passport, in the Philippines you must extend your visa stay or be fined or subject to arrest and spending time in a Philippine jail is not something I care to think about. I have tried to get help from the few friends that I have (I don't have family), I basically kept to myself, but to no avail. I really am in dire straits here and my only thought was to try to ask other Christians to help me out but donating anything they can to get me out of the situation I put myself into by blindly following my heart. I know I was a stupid, blind old fool. It is very hard to admit I was scammed and used by someone I thought cared for me. Anything you or anyone you know can do to help me will be appreciated, I have prayed over my problems and hopefully this will the answer to my prayers. Thank you for reading this letter from an old stupid fool. Sincerely, ### ###
