George Foster This is this person's alias, as it is a stolen identity Used online dating site to initiate attempted wire fraud Internet

This gentleman, using the alias George Foster, which was obtained from a stolen credit card, set up a profile on internet dating site Spark.com around February 1, 2011. He contacted me on the site and we started communicating by personal email and Windows Messenger for live chat.

This man posed as a widower from London, Ontario Canada (which is where the credit card was stolen) with a 14 year old son who was living in Washington State with this man's "mother".  He stated that his "wife" died of cancer in 2005 and even sent me a picture of the 2 of them together.

"George" told me that he was leaving for Malaysia on 3/9/11 to settle his late "father's" estate ("father" died in 1999 and properties in Malaysia could not be claimed until 10 years after his death). We continued to communicate via live chat, text messaging, cell phone calls (he used DiGi as the cellular provider in Malaysia) and email, and on 3/20/11, he informed me that he was awarded a "Pronouncment of Next of Kin" by the Malaysian courts.

On 3/9/11, his "mother" called me from Washington using a MagicJack connection, which "George" also used as his "home" number in Canada.

In order to secure his "father's" estate, he needed to pay about $8000 in fees but was $4000 short because he "lost" his wallet during the flight over. He then asked if I could wire the funds to him. I refused and became suspicious that this was a new take on an old scam.

I did a White Pages search of the address that was noted in the Malaysian legal documents and did find that a G. Foster lived at the address listed and that there was a different residential phone number for the address. When I called, a woman's voice was on the answering machine. I confronted "George" when he called, asking him who Terry was. He became flustered and confused, and when I pressed for information, he said "Oh my God!" and immediately hung up.

I spoke with the real George Foster the following day, to learn that his credit card had indeed been stolen and that the Spark.com account was opened with it just prior to his cancellation of the card.
Police reports have been filed with authorities in London, Ontario, Walbridge, Ohio, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and with the FBI. I have not heard from the alias "George Foster" since 3/21/11.