Michael H Santschi Mike Santschi, Michael Santschi, Santschi Farms, Werner Farms, Sarah Santschi, Zurich Switzerland, Cattle Ranch Scammed into sending money Zurich

I was told the exact same story as the other person on this site from Michael- that he was in Switzerland on business, owned a cattle ranch, lived in Southlake, Tx, had a wife, Sarah, that died from cancer 2 years prior, had two children- a daughter, 7 and a son, 8.

The stories are indentical except he told me he lived in Southlake, not Wimberley. We met on the dating size, Zoosk. He contacted me and immediately asked me to use the Hangouts app to chat because it was free to use internationally. He was very romantic and charming and totally took advantage of my vulnerabilities.

It wasn't long before he asked me for money to help his horse that needed surgery. I believed him and sent him the money. The requests for money never stopped after that. He needed money to repair equipment on his ranch, then he needed money for vaccines for his sick cows.

He even sent me receipts from the vet to back up his claims. He always would give me a date that he was returning home, but when the date got close, some other tragedy would strike that he needed money for. I feel like an idiot for believing all of his lies, but I'm a trusting, giving person and couldn't imagine anyone could be so heartless!

I started to catch him in lies and he always had a reasonable excuse. He's obviously been doing this a while and is a pro at it. I finally got him to admit that he didn't actually live in the U.S., but rather lived in Switzerland, and that he and Sarah were never married and those kids weren't his, but hers with her ex. But honestly, I have strong reason to believe he isn't actually the person in the pictures, but that he stole those pictures from someone- probably off Facebook.

The guy in the pictures he sent me was very handsome. I fell for it, hook, line and sinker!! This went on for 2 months, but I finally refused to send him anymore money- this last effort to get money was with the excuse that he was in trouble with animal protection authorities because some cows had died and he was going to be sent to jail if he didn't pay the fine.

When I told him I couldn't send anymore money, he got very hateful with me and disappeared. Beware of this scammer and do not communicate with him if he contacts you!!