Scam Artist in Ilocos Norte, Philippines

Below is a copy of a letter that I sent to the Philippine Police concerning a gentleman in Ilocos Norte that scammed and Hustled me out of $2500.00 on the promise that he was getting his Visa and would be with me in America.

Please, advise me of what to do further to catch this man and have him thrown in jail.

Thank You,

BrokenHeartedAmerican

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PNP National Hedquarters

Camp General Crame

Quezon City,Metro Manila

Tel. +632-7230401

Email: feedback@pnp.gov.ph

Reference: CALLANGA, Ryan Matutino

Date: December 23, 2009

To Whom it May Concern:

I want to report a Philippine Citizen, Ryan Matutino Callanga, scamming and hustling me out of my money on the presumption that he was applying for a Visa to come and live with me in the United States. It is a Scam and he has gotten me for $2500.00. I want to press charges against this individual and would like your advice on how to proceed. I want him arrested and punished for what he did to me. I have been corresponding to this gentleman for the past four months.

He led me to believe that he was in love with me and could not live without me. He said all the right things and played with my emotions. He made me fall in love with him as well. We talked about him coming to the United States and living with me for the past 6 weeks and in that time he led me to believe that he was in the process of applying for his Visa and needed money inorder to do so. I do not know what the process is and you know – “We were in Love”. So, I sent him money. Not all at one time, just at different intervals during the application process but totaling to $2500.00.

At on point during this, I was getting very curious if he was actually doing this or not; so, I asked him for something from the embassy that I could contact to get the information I needed to verify that all this was true. He invented an email address and sent it to me. The following is the email address he gave me that was supposedly for the United States Embassy there in Ilocos Norte:

unitedstatesofamericaembassy@ymail.com

It was all just strange. In America all Government Office’s email addresses end in “.gov”, this one did not but “Love Struck Idiot” that I am believed him and continued to send him money.

Below is a list of all the information I have on him – Of Course, If any of it is true.

These are the known email addresses I have:

ezekielwilson81@yahoo.com

versatile_rye@yahoo.com

ezekiel_wilson2001@yahoo.com

This is suppose to be his address:

RYAN MATUTINO CALLANGA

#14 BUNGON, BATAC, ILOCOS NORTE

2906 PHILIPPINES

This is the number he gave me and, of course, it is not a working phone number now:

639089975630

He also told me that he had a degree in BSBA major in management accounting.

And that he works for METROBANK.

BATAC, ILOCOS NORTE

Address: Washington St., Brgy. Ablan

City: Batac

Province: Ilocos Norte

Contact Nos.: (077)792-2112; (077)617-1345; Fax No.: (077)792-2113

http://www.tagged.com/ezekielwilson81

I met this gentleman on a dating site called TAGGED. His name on this site is Ezekiel Wilson. He is a Porno Actor and that is his Modeling name. Also, on his profile, he is telling everyone that he lives in Commerce, Ca. If I would have known that he actually lived in Ilocos Norte, Philippines, I would not have contacted him. But I did. (And this is also a very long false story he told me) And after 2 months of chatting with him on Yahoo Messenger, he confesses to me that he lives in the Philippines but that he loves me and that he really wants to be with me. And If I truly loved him, I would forgive him and help him come to the United States. Well, of course, by this time I am thinking with my penis instead of my brain – I mean a gorgeous young man wants to be with me, how can I refuse. This is of course a shorten version of the long trail of lies he gave me.

On the 18th of December, I sent him the balance of the fees for this supposed Visa and was also told that the Embassy was sending me all the information I needed to prove that the visa application was true through FedEx. And since then, I have had no contact with Mr. Callanga, I have tried to get him to be online for us to chat – he does not respond, supposedly he is having a problem with his Modem. I have tried to call him and the phone number does not work. It has been five days and I have not received one message from Mr. Callanga nor have I received a package from the embassy.

I will probably never see Mr. Callanga nor get my money back. This is a very expensive lesson for me. But to avoid this gentleman doing this again to some poor unsuspecting fool, he needs to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

I am also sending a copy of this email to the United States Citizen Immigration Service and the Embassy.

Thank You,

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