He's not who he said he was!

Submitted by Emma (Malaysia), Jan 5, 2009 at 03:11

Ladies, my situation is slightly different. I met this guy online, he's living/working in Switzerland. We email, chat, phone, cam and finally met in Oct08, as I came over to Switzerland to meet him. He claimed to be Swiss and all the time I'm with him, I known him as a different name and the day we met, he comes clean and told me his real name (showed me his passport as prove) and he turns out to be a Muslim from Macedonia who works in Switzerland (he is holding a Visa C type pass). I obviously was taken aback with this "news" as I'm a Catholic. Recently I found out that he has a profile in Tagged with a different name ( a "Christian" name). My question would be - does anyone think this is a romance scam? Should I be worried? Would anyone be able to contact and flirt with this guy for me - and check him out?

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