I thought the show Catfish helped open some people’s eyes when it came to falling in love over the Internet with complete strangers. I guess this one man missed the memo.
The Daily Mail Reports:
A 53-year-old man who has sent over $100,000 to a woman he has never met in Nigeria insists he is only providing financial assistance until she inherits $25.6 million from her dead parents.
Steve appeared on Dr Phil to discuss his unusual relationship with ‘Kelly’ who he met on an online dating website in 2012.
He says the pair are legally married in Nigeria, even though he has never met her and they usually only communicate online.
Steve says he has been giving her the money for the last few years to help her until she receives her inheritance from her parents – she claims they were killed in an Ohio car crash in 2012.
Steve sells his plasma – a yellowish liquid that has to be separated from blood – twice a week to ensure he can make payments to ‘Kelly’ who lives with ‘James,’ her ‘attorney.’
“I’ve sent Kelly about $103,000 in the last 29 months,” he said on the show as a flabbergasted audience listened.
“I’ve not met Kelly, but it doesn’t matter. I love her just the same. She has an inheritance coming, and I’ve always wanted to be a millionaire, so it’s like a match made in heaven.”
$100,000 to a woman you never met? I vote for all men to be more like Steve.