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In the Altoona PA area?
My Mom called me last night and told me a friend of my sisters was taken in by a con man. I'm telling you it sounds like one of those lifetime movies. 2 years ago her husband died at 45, he had a stroke. She has a daughter who was 16 then. They owned their house. Last year, my sister's friend started meeting guys she met online. Well, this one guy she met told her he loved her and convinced her to sell her house, and move to PA to live with him, and eventually get married. She actually gave up guardianship of her daughter to her mother in law, so she could be with this guy. So, she sold her house and moved to the Altoona area where this guy lived. My sister was getting upset because her friend would email her and tell her how her new boyfriend would read her emails or stay in the same roon with her while she was on the phone and listen to her conversations. She thought he was protecting her, and that he loved her and that is why he did that. After a while my sister stopped talking to her and emailing her because she was getting tired of her friend getting mad at her for saying *negative things* about her new boyfriend.
Well, a 2 am this morning, my bil gets a phone call from the friend. She came home from work and found a mattress and a table in their house. That is all. Her "boyfriend" took everything. We then found out that when she sold her home, she put all the money from the sale into a joint checking account with him. Then they bought a house, and he put it in his name only. She said she trusted him completely, and that is why she did it. So, I talked to my sister this morning, and she told me the rest. He convinced her that he was getting a great job in North Carolina, and they decided to buy a house there. They bought one, and again, put it in his name, but they put the utilities in her name. Thursday, they rented a uhaul, and were loading it up with their things to go to NC to settle in, and I guess sell their house in PA after they were settled. She went to work, and he text messeged her saying he was leaving for North Carolina now, and oh by the way, he caught up with his old girlfriend, and she was moving in with him instead, and that he mailed her a letter explaining everything. He took everthing. He took all the money out of their account, all of her credit cards, her furniture everything. The only thing he left in PA was his car, and that is in his name.
Now, she is so depressed, she has stopped taking her insulin, and her blood pressure meds, and she keeps saying things like she would be better off dead. My Mom offered to have her live with her untill she decides what she wants to do. But for now, she refuses to even think about that, because she thinks he might come back. She did eventually go to the police, and told them the whole story. They contacted the police in NC, and told her to cancel the utilities at the house there. Which she did, and she also canceled his cell phone. Then, my sister said their phone bills were like $1000 a month. (probably him calling this old gf)
Anyway, if you all could keep her in your prayers, and if anyone knows a good lawyer in the Altoona area, please let me know.
thanks
My Mom called me last night and told me a friend of my sisters was taken in by a con man. I'm telling you it sounds like one of those lifetime movies. 2 years ago her husband died at 45, he had a stroke. She has a daughter who was 16 then. They owned their house. Last year, my sister's friend started meeting guys she met online. Well, this one guy she met told her he loved her and convinced her to sell her house, and move to PA to live with him, and eventually get married. She actually gave up guardianship of her daughter to her mother in law, so she could be with this guy. So, she sold her house and moved to the Altoona area where this guy lived. My sister was getting upset because her friend would email her and tell her how her new boyfriend would read her emails or stay in the same roon with her while she was on the phone and listen to her conversations. She thought he was protecting her, and that he loved her and that is why he did that. After a while my sister stopped talking to her and emailing her because she was getting tired of her friend getting mad at her for saying *negative things* about her new boyfriend.
Well, a 2 am this morning, my bil gets a phone call from the friend. She came home from work and found a mattress and a table in their house. That is all. Her "boyfriend" took everything. We then found out that when she sold her home, she put all the money from the sale into a joint checking account with him. Then they bought a house, and he put it in his name only. She said she trusted him completely, and that is why she did it. So, I talked to my sister this morning, and she told me the rest. He convinced her that he was getting a great job in North Carolina, and they decided to buy a house there. They bought one, and again, put it in his name, but they put the utilities in her name. Thursday, they rented a uhaul, and were loading it up with their things to go to NC to settle in, and I guess sell their house in PA after they were settled. She went to work, and he text messeged her saying he was leaving for North Carolina now, and oh by the way, he caught up with his old girlfriend, and she was moving in with him instead, and that he mailed her a letter explaining everything. He took everthing. He took all the money out of their account, all of her credit cards, her furniture everything. The only thing he left in PA was his car, and that is in his name.
Now, she is so depressed, she has stopped taking her insulin, and her blood pressure meds, and she keeps saying things like she would be better off dead. My Mom offered to have her live with her untill she decides what she wants to do. But for now, she refuses to even think about that, because she thinks he might come back. She did eventually go to the police, and told them the whole story. They contacted the police in NC, and told her to cancel the utilities at the house there. Which she did, and she also canceled his cell phone. Then, my sister said their phone bills were like $1000 a month. (probably him calling this old gf)
Anyway, if you all could keep her in your prayers, and if anyone knows a good lawyer in the Altoona area, please let me know.
thanks
~The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. ~
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