A businessman becomes a widower, meets a "woman" online and ends up with a fraud that exceeds 5 million.

Then, Larry Sorenson, 72, fell for the tricks of a member who is a 'Tina': 'I can't stop the love'

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Businessman becomes a widower, meets 'girl' online and falls for scam of more than R$5 million

Carente, Larry Sorenson, de 72 anos, caiu na lábia de fraudadora que se apresentava como 'Tina': 'Não pude evitar me apaixonar'

The Road, in July, was "interrupted": "Hi. It's Caitlin. I'm back from my trip tomorrow."

Larry Sorenson, 72, said the response was that the person who sent the message got the wrong recipient.

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The person on the other side of the screen, identified only as Tina, dropped the rope.Larry fell.

According to the scammers' plan, the two started exchanging messages.The retired businessman from California (USA) became the owner last year after he was widowed last December and lost his wife in a battle with cancer.

Tina, in turn, told that she invested in real estate, vineyards and cryptocurrencies, which caught the American off guard.

Both originate from the exchange of messages via email on WhatsApp.They exchanged photos.

"For me, she is a beautiful young woman. Then she explained to me the whole story of her first life: because she was accepted by her child as her child, you began to comfort her," said ABC7.

"And it continues until you just grow feelings, real human feelings", he added.

The relationship became increasingly closer.The two exchanged messages daily.He woke up and sent her a message that said, "Hi honey."The two created an emotional bond.Larry even started training at Tina's suggestion.

In the exchange of messages, it became clear that a coup was brewing:

Larry: "We have so much to learn from each other and I'm excited... how could that be?"

Tina: "Sometimes the right people meet in a short time. It made me believe that I can find real friends on the Internet."

After losing Rhonda, the pensioner thought he had fallen in love again.

"Losing him was really hard. I cried every day. I am who I am and who I am. It was very inspiring," said Damci, who owns the company.

Larry and Tina had previously spoken about the lifestyle, which they described as luxurious.

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One day he opened his heart:

"You're so attractive, smart, caring, beautiful inside and out, and I couldn't help but love you, Tina."

That was when the mother said that she could make him rich.The only thing he did was to trust his shared work".

Larry believed.Tina suggested transferring money from her bank account to an online cryptocurrency exchange.At first, this is a small amount.Later, Premi emptied his entire retirement plan of US $ 1 million (about R $ 5.4 million).

The fraudster convinced Larry that his investment portfolio balance had ballooned to USD 2.4 million (R$13 million).So Larry agreed to invest more.Also.

"They want me to have money for my house, for my children, wherever I can. Friends, brothers, trying to reach $3 million," he said.

Banks asked for loans and loans, so she asked her daughter for "several hundred thousand dollars".

Meguri immediately realized something was wrong and quickly tried to withdraw $1 million from her online account, but the money was gone.

In addition to losing his retirement savings, Larry must pay nearly $400,000 (R2.1 million) in taxes to the IRS (Federal Revenue Service) to access his IRA account (

"I ended up homeless. I was 72 years old and I couldn't live in California anymore," he said.

Broken, Larry is still cruel receiving messages from "Tina" or another scammer using that identity.

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