I dated and of course met someone overseas for a while. I guess like many other relationship scams, she was asking for a few hundred dollars per month for various reasons. In the end though, she was pushing for several thousand dollars a month. She started threatening extortion and blackmail when I decided enough was enough. I never filed a police report because I wasn't sure sure whether to do it there or here given that it was an overseas relationship.
When I chatted with a few friends about this dilemma, they mentioned similar stories where the girl could extort or blackmail the guy with fake sonogram results claiming she's pregnant only to find out within the appropriate time that she wasn't. 6-7 months after our last intercourse, I managed to sneak into her Facebook account since I originally helped her set it up, finding out she was never pregnant.
The last time I sent her a few thousand dollars in one transfer, she would change excuses why she needed it. At first she said it was to pay for mortgage. Few months later she said it's to pay for her dad's medical bills.
Can money lost in such relationship scams be tax-deductible?
When I chatted with a few friends about this dilemma, they mentioned similar stories where the girl could extort or blackmail the guy with fake sonogram results claiming she's pregnant only to find out within the appropriate time that she wasn't. 6-7 months after our last intercourse, I managed to sneak into her Facebook account since I originally helped her set it up, finding out she was never pregnant.
The last time I sent her a few thousand dollars in one transfer, she would change excuses why she needed it. At first she said it was to pay for mortgage. Few months later she said it's to pay for her dad's medical bills.
Can money lost in such relationship scams be tax-deductible?