Fred Tyler
Complaint 281152 Details

My "boyfriend"-or who I thought was my boyfriend (I’m pretty sure I don’t know his real name anymore) He “says” he went to the UK. He called me and stated he “needed money because his supplies from China that he bought are held up in customs because he had the wrong paperwork”. He said he did not have enough money with him to get the supplies he needed and needed money. He said he could get 1/2 the money from a business partner but needed the other ½ from me desperately. We had started “dating” over the internet. He promised marriage, love, my not working and being at home – and I am now pretty certain that I have been “taken” by a scam of manipulators that organize this type of cruel game to steal people’s identity or money. I gave the idea of lending some pause but I feel he used what I thought to be “love” to manipulate me into him promising me he would pay me back as the loan is due. It’s my understanding that in Texas, a verbal agreement is binding but I even have text and email messages regarding the monies needed, his agreement to pay back , etc. I decided to help him out trusting in the agreement that we made and the “love” that I thought we had. Before I obtained the loans I told him how much it would be for plus the interest that would be required to pay back . He said that was fine and he would pay it as soon as he returned. That was supposed to be on a Saturday. When i asked if he was still coming home on Saturday he said it wouldn't be till the next Wednesday. I do not know if he is coming back. I now realize after my sister having concern (and running background checks, looking for a location he lives in but doesn’t exist) = My supposition is that I wont hear from him again especially since I believe, through my many questions, that he understands I have figured out his game. I would go file a police report but I have so little information to go on because I am sure these scammers use fake names, phones bought from other illegitimate people, and I realized through a reverse phone lookup that his phone was voice over IP…so just an internet connection. He had me wire the funds to “help him out of an emergency” to the UK, Great Britain. I know, - some reading this may think I should have known better. I really thought we were getting married. Anything I can do to hold this man, or more, responsible for manipulating me into thinking there was an emergency, intimidating me into paying it, and then cutting communication and becoming very avoiding and not forth coming with any information about his whereabouts, projects of coming home (I’m pretty sure now he’s never even been to Texas), and he was elusive as to my questions of background reports that didn’t check out on the info he’s provided me about himself through eight weeks. I have tried to text and call non-stop but no returned phone calls or texts. After further investigation, I googled international call reverse for these numbers: 21340002145, 254300027624, 21260021977, 254300018178, 447700019059-these numbers originate from Algeria, Kenya, Morocco and St Helier. These numbers are some of the numbers that showed up on my caller id. He uses a local number of 210-444-2337 and an email of [email protected] and he gave me the address of 125 Bowie St, San Antonio, TX. When my sister and I drove to find it, it doesn't exist. It is a parking lot next to the mall. He said that was mailing address. When I asked where he lived he gave me the address of 568 West Quill Street, San Antonio, Tx 78201. I mailed a certified letter on 10/05/13 to this address and it came back as"fred tyler not at this address". When I looked to see who owns and pays taxes, his name has NEVER been on the mortgage. It belongs to someone who has been there for a long time, but not "fred tyler".

I took out 2 payday losns and a title loan against my car. I was unable to pay the $2500 back so I had to cash out my small retirement fund. When you combine all the loans and my retirement (that I would never have had to cash)...he owes me $6200. He said he had a daughter named Alicia that is at a boarding school. He gave me some sob story that he is Polish and his wife died in a car accident in 2005 in poland. I now know that this was all a scam. Watch out for him. I met him on Christian Mingle. You think it's safe. He said he worked as an independent contractor for Chevron and BP.