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I just discovered my boyfriend has been lying to me. He is not white and from the UK. he is from nigeria?

We have been chatting for 5 months he sent me photos of himself, he told me his life story told me his love for me, today I googled his name, I don't know why but I did and it came up under romance scams and I clicked on the website, they looked up his ISP and he is from Nigeria and is using some other mans photos and id to get me to do god knows what, but all he has said is a lie. he doesn't exist, and I feel like a death has occured. the man I love is not real, the man who pretends he loves me is not who or what he says he is, oh my god. I am hurt beyond belief and don't know how to deal with this. any one been through this kind of thing before? I fell in love with a photo of a man that doesnt even know his photo is out there being used. I feel like he has been killed and I am dead in side. SHould I tell this man

Saroj

Dey is his real name I am on to him now?

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  • Keith
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Never contact your scammer. He is probably a 12-14 year old boy in a room with several other boys his age trained to scam people like you over the web.

    Sorry for your loss. I hope you didn't send any money.

    Talk it over with a therapist or good female friend.

    There may be a support group you could attend for a little while.

  • 1 decade ago

    internet relationships never work out. it's b/c ur perspective of the person at the other end is what they want u to see. a mass murderer can put up a fake photo and tell u that he volunteers at an orphanage b/c he likes working with children and would lead u into thinking that he's a kind and considerate person. it's hard to verify anything and u can't tell if they're telling the truth or if they're just screwing with u. there's one exception though...if you've personally known someone for a while and moved away or something and u stay in touch through the net, then a serious relationship may be possible.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Cut all contact from him. You should just double check any info shared and see if you gave him any clues as to where you could be incase he is a dangerous person. I am sorry this happened to you and I hope that this doesnt scare you from dating online again. A few tips for safety in future when dating online:

    -Always insist on a cam to cam chat whenever possible because this will help in showing if the guy is real or not.

    -Try to call him or get at least a telephone number to contact him on and not just wait for him to call you all the time.

    -Always insist on viewing other profiles of theirs like facebook/myspace-theres someone on their list that is bound to know them.

  • 1 decade ago

    Hey there, sorry to hear what you have to go through now. These nigerian guys do these things so that they can drug women especially young women. They prostitute women and lie to them. So luckily for you, you found out. Imagine if u went to meet this guy. Its bad,that u fell in love with him but sometimes people are not wot they seem especially over the net. Trust nobody .

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  • 1 decade ago

    Hopefully, you practiced safety and did not give this criminal any personal info. Let it go. It was nothing to begin with, telling him will only give this scammer another opportunity to twist your infatuation with a pic into another scam of the heart.

    You were given a second chance. Next time Google before you give up your heart!!!!

  • 1 decade ago

    What a jack off-I guess the joke was on you but really what a truly pathetic person he is for fooling you like he did.

    I wouldn't waste one more breath or another ounce of energy even ever discussing him if I were you.

  • Emily
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    so you were disappointed that the man of your dreams turned out to be african?

    you only go for white guys?

    i think some ppl might think you are racist posting a question like this.

    anyways, it's a nigerian scam for sure.

    you shoud thank god that at least he didn'T ask you to send him money yet.

    do NOT fall in love with online guys again.

    they lie all the time. age.. race. nationality, job, marital status, looks, likes and dislikes, height , weight, everything!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yea, those things are pretty horrible. They make people fall in love with a fake person and charm them and then they start asking you to send them money. Its so unbelievably low messing with peoples emotions like that

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    unload him now. he's accusing you of cheating on him mutually as hes preserving his ex around and lies to you approximately stupid issues? Hes as much as no solid, walk away now. it could desire to be not undemanding to do yet hes the two cheating and attempting to cover it by ability of continuously accusing you or hes paranoid and could basically get greater psycho as time is going on. you may desire to not at all could desire to question your courting once you're with the mind-blowing guy you will not at all ask your self those question, I promise.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It's not love until u see the person.

    Just ignore whst happened.

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