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Complaint Review: Romance Scammer: Patrick Williams - Youngstown Ohio

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  • Romance Scammer: Patrick Williams 1461 Victor Avenue Youngstown, Ohio United States

Romance Scammer: Patrick Williams Peter Williams Patrick Williams emotionally and mentally scammed me. Youngstown Ohio

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Patrick Williams messaged me back in October 2017 on a dating website called Interracialmatch.com. Patrick and I developed a rapid rapport/connection and had started communicated incessantly via phone conversation, text and email. He claimed to be from Scotland, with a sister still residing in the country. Patrick said that he’d moved to Tampa, Florida with his dad at the age of 9; as his Mom was deceased. He mentioned that his Dad currently resides in Tampa, Florida as a Pastor along with his wife and another sibling named Ruth. He also claimed to have lived in Cape Charles, VA for several years, before relocating to Youngstown, Ohio. He claimed that he also has a 5-year-old daughter named Anna; that he raised along with a nanny because his wife had passed away from a car crash three years ago. Other claims mentioned was that he’d owned his own company called CEC Consultants, and was employed as a contractor with The Ohio Department of Transportation. He said that he traveled frequently on international business trips.


At some point, Patrick was interested in meeting me for the first time in my hometown; in which hotel reservations were put in place; with a legit itinerary sent to me via email. Sometime after that, he'd sent me a quote itinerary via email, for a flight to come and meet me in my hometown. Patrick claimed that his company was up for a presentation to win a bid; in which he mentioned he'd have to travel to the UK where the initial meeting was going to take place. I asked him what type of bid they were trying to win for his company; in which he’d mentioned, he didn't know what the project would entail until they won the bid. Shortly after, Patrick mentioned that his company had won a contract proposal along with $12, 000 up until 2018, to build a transnational bridge in Lagos, Nigeria. He mentioned that he and two of his staff were going to Lagos, Nigeria to meet contractors who were to help them with the project.


At some point, the $12,000 that he'd won was supposed to be used to collect 25 geological samples for testing to use for this project as well as for other resources. He mentioned that he was not going to book the airline ticket to meet me until he could see how much of those funds would be leftover to spend on the flight. Later sometime, he mentioned that he'd only had enough money to put a deposit down of $1, 000+, in which he needed an additional $320 to confirm the flight reservation that he'd initially sent me. He'd already mentioned borrowing money from a friend of $300 from Florida to be wired to him via MoneyGram. Instead of the initial $320 needed to confirm the flight, he mentioned he needed $920 instead; because he did not have enough funds to complete the testing for his geological samples. The project ran over the initial two days he thought he was going to be there; additionally, he mentioned because of security reasons, he was unable to withdraw any money from his personal or business account. The first MoneyGram wired I performed was $920. Four days later at the end of November 2017, he requested an additional $650 because he overstayed at the hotel over the initial two days, and was being charged higher rates the longer he stayed. When asked why he did not have any funds to be prepared for this purchase; he mentioned that he'd taken out some funds that he thought would have been enough before leaving the UK to go to Lagos, Nigeria- he also mentioned that he banked with The Bank of America. The second wire of $650 was initiated via MoneyGram. Patrick informed me that same day, that he was cleared from this project to leave Nigeria to finally come and meet me.

The last communication spoken by him was the day before I was to meet him. He mentioned that he was checking in his luggage and that he would inform me when it was time for the flight to take off. I had never heard from him. The communication in the UK was taken place by his original number from Ohio; and the communication thereafter once he arrived in Lagos, Nigeria was a Nigerian number from a Nigerian sim card he claimed. The day of the initial meeting to pick him up from the airport, I still hadn't heard from Patrick. I tried contacting him, but it kept going to voicemail, which had happened all but once in the month that I was talking to him. I thought there could have been a problem with him getting through customs, perhaps his phone died, or his charger was left in the country, I wasn't sure what was going on. The hotel confirmed that a reservation was still in place under his name when I called the day before I went to pick him up from the hotel. He never showed up to the airport, and his number was disconnected as I was trying to contact him on my way there. I then found out later, that his number was a Google number- and he also had several other reports filed on him from another website- where he was going under the name Patrick Williams and several other names, with different email addresses. Patrick has used and perhaps may still be using a local Ohio address and several pictures of what I believe are of someone else’s child and other people's identities. Patrick Williams also was found as a romance scammer on another website where he has underwent several alias names with similar stories. There are some photos I was not able to post so that I would not violate the terms of the agreenment; which were pictures whom he'd claimed to be his 5-year-old daugther.

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AUTHOR: Anonymous - (United States)

POSTED: Wednesday, December 13, 2017

I forgot to mention in my previous report, that Patrick Williams was extremely charming. He would send texts, emails, and poems every day of some form of prayer, poem, a song from Youtube, or something he said that God had spoken to him. This is an example of something he would send via email:

My Darling..   Thinking about YOU sweetheart..  I just wanted to tell you that in this short period of time that we have known each other, you have forever changed my life. knowing that you exist makes me realize that going with my heart and not my head has been the best thing I have ever done.    You have given me hope when I had given up on the idea, at least for myself in this lifetime.  You have shown me what real love feels like and that is priceless.  I still can't explain how I got so madly in love with you and so fond of you, that i can't have a moment without your thoughts in my head.    Knowing that no matter the distance there is someone (YOU) who genuinely cares about my feelings and happiness is so incredible.  I'll never be able to thank you enough.  You have been the person my heart has always longed for and it feels so amazing.  You are the person I want to spend the rest of my life with and I'm not ashamed to say it. You my sweet sweet woman have restored my faith in so many things, it's incredible. Your unwavering dedication to the people you love and things that you care about is awe inspiring.  I never dreamed I would meet someone like you but I have and I thank God for you and the experience.    As far as chemistry without even seeing you in person I know we have that in spades. You are the other side of my coin.  May God continue to bless you because you definitely deserve it. I can't but express how i feel about you, My heart draws near and near to you constantly and i am so grateful to God for letting me spot and pick you from the crowd. I want to be yours and yours forever. I want you to be able to sit in my world and be comfortable without fears nor worries. Like you already know my gorgeous, words alone cannot express how i feel about you, you are my one and only and no one can snatch you from me or me from you, be rest assured about that.   I woke up this morning with a smile on my face and i felt so happy. Just after saying my prayers. Like i said in my previous e mail yesterday, I love how i feel about you right now and i don't want to come down from the way i feel forever. We are one and we shall stay as one forever. I love you dear   Kisses and Hugs to the woman i love so much, and shout out to the world, I HAVE BEEN TAKEN by Her..   Love you,     Patrick Williams   P.S. I'm going to miss you terribly but you're in my thoughts and heart so I'm going to make it through these next two weeks fairly easy because I know I get to wrap my arms around the missing piece to my puzzle very soon.  Smooches!!!   There are several more of these "love email and text letters" and even the legit hotel reservation along with the information given to me to wire him money via Moneygram. The hotel reservation was never canceled in my hometown that he'd booked; as it was confirmed to me twice before and the day of hotel check-in by a representative that he'd indeed made a reservation under the name of Patrick Williams. So this also could possibly mean that he used someone else's credit card information?! As for the flight reservation sent to me via email; it was an actual quote of what the ticket would have cost him- however, I never received an official flight itinerary- as a deposit was never really made for the price of the flight like he'd initially mentioned; or completely paid for as he'd needed the money for. The only reason why I wired him cash twice was that I had no reason to believe that he wasn't going to pay me back; due to the fact that there was a legitimate hotel reservation confirmed to come and meet me. Patrick had until November 30th to cancel the hotel reservation with the Marriot, or his credit card would have started to charge. I called on December 1st to confirm his reservation; in which a hotel representative by the name of Zach did confirm that Patrick Williams had not canceled or checked in. I called the following day, which was December 2nd, and Patrick still hadn't canceled or checked in. This information was also reported to the General Manager of the hotel to get additional details into the form of payment in which he may have used to book these accommodations. Also, while he claimed to initially have flown to the UKL for his bid presentation, he was still calling me from his "google Ohio number", but had also given me a UK number in an email that I could never reach and he never called me from.  He claimed that his Dad "in Florida" was able to reach him on the UK number supplied to me. Once he arrived in Lagos, Nigeria; he mentioned that he had a Nigerian SIM card inserted into his real phone to be able to continue to communicate with me. Patrick would call me, and I would call him in Nigeria. My cell phone bill had run up to slightly over $200 in the process of making these international calls, in which he said that he would pay for so that I would not be stressed out. Once again, I had no reason not to believe him, because he had a legitimate hotel reservation to meet me. I didn't think anyone would be spending over $1400 on a hotel like that, and not be serious! Also, I forgot to mention in my previous report, that he'd already asked a friend in Florida to wire him $300 prior to asking me for any cash. He mentioned that he'd asked his friend for those funds to help fund the project in Nigeria that he was working on. Once again, he claimed that he was not able to withdraw any cash from his personal or business account due to "security reasons". He also mentioned that he took out what he thought was enough cash before leaving the UK to fund for anything that he may have needed in Nigeria. He claimed that he'd wired more money back in Youngstown, Ohio to the nanny so that she'd have more than enough cash; because of his longer than expected business trip. Not only do I believe these pictures are of someone else's identity, but he has also been using a Youngstown, Ohio address that belongs to someone else; in which I reported to the Youngstown Police Department. I have reported "Patrick Wiliams" to most of the Legal Authorities and other organizations that may be of help to this situation. I truly hope that someone may recognize the individuals in these pictures, so their identity and that of a child will not continued to be used.

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