His online dating profile included a handsome looking photo and an uncomplicated life.
He was from Calgary. He was 62. He was divorced with no kids. Christian. He had an advanced degree.
And he was a romantic at heart.
“He basically said, ‘I want to rush to where you are at the end of the day,'” said Shelley Smith, 60.
CBC News has agreed not to use the woman’s real name because she is ashamed of having fallen prey to a romance scam that left her near financial ruin, at one point shunned by her family and feeling suicidal.
Calgary police are now investigating. Its blockchain investigative team
