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I met Marjorie A Erezo on the Cherry Blossoms web site.  We became friendly, and we decided to meet.  Because I am a police officer and have a second job, I was unable to get away.  She decided to get a passport and visitor’s visa to come visit me.  So, she told me what it cost and I sent her the money, about $650.00 including some misc expenses.

She called me back to tell me that she needed more money for this and for that, and I sent it.  She and I talked every day, it seemed as though she wanted money every time we talked on the phone, by text, and by yahoo messenger.  She told me that she knew someone at the embassy and that they would help her know what to do to get approved for a visitor’s visa.

She told me that she needed show money to give a bank statement to the embassy to show that she had a tie to the Philippines.  She said that she was an only child, and did not have anything else to show that she had ties to the Philippines.  So, I sent her another $1,000.00 at her request.  I asked her to send me the bank statement, and to send me receipts for what she was buying with my money.  She said that she would send me receipts when the process was completed.  Around the first of January 2010, she said that she had her passport, and had submitted it to the embassy with an application for the visa.  She said that she forgot to scan it and send me a copy.  She asked for more money for the process, and I sent more money.

She told me that the interviewer told her that the money that she had was not enough and that she needed to have at least 300,000 pesos in order to get approved.  I challenged that amount and she said that she would ask for the minimum, which turned out to be 50,000 pesos.  So, more money.  She told me that the first money for a bank account was in US dollars and she was not able to withdraw it until she got to the US.  She said that the interviewer wanted her to have money in pesos to show a tie to the Philippines, and I sent her enough for 50,000 pesos.  She told me that the interviewer wanted her to get a Continental ticket and to fly out on a certain day. We started with January 20, then January 25, then January 30.  She told me that she needed to take the h1n1, and that she needed money for that.  Well, we agreed that the first money that I sent included the h1n1 shot.  She said that she had spent the money on other expenses.  So, more money for h1n1 flu shot.

I challenged her on all of the money and the process, and of course, the receipts for what she had spent my money on.  She told me that she was flying out on February 4, 2010.  I did not get a call, email, text, or yahoo message from her. I finally got her on the phone on February 6, 2010, and she told me that she did not know what to tell me about what she had done.  Then, she hung up on me.  She has not answered my texts, yahoo messages, emails, or phone calls.  She has about $5,500.00 of my money.

I contacted Cherry Blossoms, and they have deactivated her account.  I contacted Philippine news papers, and the Philippine National Police.  I am waiting on response from the Philippine National Police.  I am telling my story to everyone whom I come into contact with.  Her name again is Marjorie A Erezo, telephone # 011639 284 574 362, her email is littletreasure543@yahoo.com.  I have photos also – email me and I will send them to you atintl@aol.com

I met a woman named Madisson Krup on Cherry Blossoms. We talked for about a month and she said she was a nurse who had worked at Miami Childrens hospital but her boyfriend beat her so she went back to the Philippines. She said she wanted to find someone with a big heart. She claimed that she had a bank account here at Bank Of America but could only access if she was in the States. She said she had a ticket to Miami already but she could change it to fly to me in Michigan if I gave her the $200 to change it. Then when I sent it, the next day or two she asked for spending money for the flight and to pay the taxes and terminal fee. She sent me a flight itinerary and showed a visa number for her visa. But of course, she didn’t make it here. She supposedly got stopped in Hawaii and needed money. Of course she said she was flying back to Philippines. She would get on the phone with me and get on Yahoo Messenger on headset to talk for hours. She would even call me. She said she loved me and I fell in love with her. Madisson is fascinating to be with and she knew how to manipulate me. The money she asked for wasn’t much and she knew how to space out the requests. She would reveal to me things about herself just bit by bit. Said she had slept with a guy she met at a bar and he had made a secret sex video of them doing it. She had a bunch of stories like this. But every time, she said she was coming here, something stopped her. The last time, she lost her phone and a guy picked up and told me he found it in a lobby of a motel in Manila. The next day, she called and said she was in Nagoya, Japan which I knew was a lie. Then she started telling me how bad she felt about all the bad things she had done to me. Believe it or not, by then she had gotten $6000 from me…money I really needed to pay my mortgage and live but kept sending her money cuz she said she wanted to be with me and would pay me back. Thank God she lost that phone and that guy had talked to me because I finally woke up. My friends from the Philippines all told me she was fake but I loved talking to her. What can I say, I thought I met my dream. Her name is Madisson Krup, Myla Madisson Krup, or Madisson Tan and she uses the Yahoo ID of thai_girl2001 @yahoo.com. Don’t even talk to her. She is incredible and will suck you in so fast and hard that you won’t believe it.

I met Marjorie A. Erezo in December 2009 on Cherry Blossoms.  We became friendly overnight.  We exchanged phone numbers, email addresses, and yahoo messenger IDs.  We talked literally every day, sometimes several times a day.  My cell phone bill for this period was about $600.00.  She gave my an unusual story about not having any family and living alone, and just losing her job, so she was looking for another job.  After a short while, we decided to meet.  Since we talked every day, a lot transpired.  Well, she asked me to send her money to get a Visitor’s Visa.  I told her about another woman that got me also.  She told me that she was not like that and that she was going to send me receipts and make sure that I was informed of every step of the way.  OK, I send her money to get a visa.  One thing, another, and another, and I were very quickly in over $5,000.00.  Extra expenses, bank money, pesos bank account, US dollar bank account, and it was up to a point of no return.  At the same time that I was sending more money, she kept telling me that she was going to send receipts the next time.  In January, 2010, I told her that there was no more money.  Yet, she said that we were almost there.  She said that she had gotten the passport and was waiting on an interview for the visa.  She told me that she forgot to scan a copy of the passport.  After more questions for me, she told me that the interviewer wanted her to have the two separate accounts, one in US dollars and one in Pesos.  Then she said that the interviewer told her to get a ticket with Continental and for departure on a certain day.  The price for the ticket for this was higher than other air lines.  Also, she told me that the ticket agency was charging $400 to $500.00 more than what I told her I saw on the internet.  More money.  She told me that she was going to fly out on January 25, then January 30, then February 4th.  February 4th came and went, but no communication from her at all.  We went from talking multiple times a day and night, every day and night, to no communication at all.  She did not respond to my calls, texts, emails, or yahoo messages.  Nothing.  I called her from another phone on February 6, and she answered.  When she realized it was me, she hung up the phone.  I contacted Cherry Blossoms and they deactivated her profile.  I see a lot of deactivated profiles on that site.  I suppose they are scammers also.  I contacted the Philippine National Police and reported this.  She goes by the name of Marjorie A Erezo, and supposedly lives in Quezon City, her phone number is 011 639 284 574 362.  She has not answered my calls or any other form of communication since before February 4th.  Total spend on her was $5,825.00including fees and charges for Western Union and Money Gram.