Women say 'Internet Casanova' stole valuables, money

These women are pathetic lol! Women have been doing the samething to men for the longest yet you don't hear of no police man hunt for them. Its funny how society steps in and takes over for females making mistakes therefore alleving them of the bad choices they make on the regular. What about the women always asking for dinner expecting the man to pay and never follows up with him for another date????? ?These women are pathetic like i said and it SHOWS BIG TIME!

I don't know why I read these horrible comments. People dont deserve to be abused. The people on here that think what he did is her fault are disgusting. What if this happened to some one you loved. I for one do not blame the women..this happens to men and women all the time. Finally someone is t sitting back and keeping to themselves. Props to her for getting the story out. Its not like this has happened to just her!

She was losing her house before she even met this guy.  And she knew about his website set up by other "victims" (if thats what you want to call them, i call them ignorant woman that let men walk all over them) within the first month they were dating.  She knew what kind of guy this smuck was but chose to ignore the facts and proceed with the make believe relationship.... Some people with never learn.  Wouldnt surprise me if she got back together with him if he came crawling back.  Maybe he will promise her the moon this time. 

What was that P.T. Barnum said?

Some about something being born every minute?

It's right on the tip of my tongue...

LMAO!

HAAA, he took "her home, her car and everything else of real value.." what a stupid woman!!!! Hey there's plenty of shelters all around the Portland area, go for it lady! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! :)

There has to be more to the story. Maybe he talked her into taking a second mortgage against the house and they spend the money and now she cant make the payments. They also probably spent the money she got from the car. I was smart enough to stop before I lost my house but I sol my car and now he is driving a pickup that the money from the car sale bought

He looks like the 'boy next door'.  Sociopath: charming, persuasive, believes his own lies, no conscience, other people owe him a living, manipulative, lies when the truth would serve him better. DANG...sounds just like my

x-husband. 

what the heck! did he cast a spell over them to make them do all that?

"It's completely destroyed my life," she said. "I used to have a home, and I lost everything because of him."

 

SERIOUSLY!  He stole a computer a phone and some cash and now your life is over?

 

Jenn Clark needs to have her head examined before dating again and definitely before breeding.

He is by no means professional, these ladies were just very gullible.  It has nothing to do with having hope for humanity, this could happen in any day and age in different forms.  If you take a chance and a risk, you have to accept the fact that there could be bad consequences.  

 

It's sweet that they thought they'd found love though, and heartbreaking that a person could be so awful as to play on a person's deepest emotions.  

 

But please, don't give this guy any more credit than he's worth.  He's just like any other online creep and he's not worthy of being called a professional.  

Dating sites are just places to learn about other people's wants, needs, and desires. They do not guarantee happiness ever after. All they do is get 2 people together. It is up to those 2 to decide if their match was made in heaven or the gutter. This is where personal responsibility is supposed to take over. Most of the time, the old caveat about "buyer beware" must take over. Look before you leap! 

I'd pile on and write about how stoopid the victim was...except look at this dude--of course she hoped for the best!

 

I can and do have sympathy because about 15 years ago I was seeing someone incredibly attractive to me and it was as if I were drugged. I would have sold anything to ensure being with the object of my desire. Fortunately, *my* person was not a scam artist, and though I spent a small fortune, she did not ask me to sell my house. Believe me, if she would have asked...I would have! I did learn that we all have an amazing capacity to tell ourselves all sorts of stories about what is real. I'm glad she came forward to expose this guy. Karma will get him, but what would be much better would be if he got brought up on formal theft charges. 

People be kind... Lest you be judged in the same manner.

 

 There is something beautiful, in this day and age, about a woman who has not lost hope in humanity. It takes great strength to share your compassion, love and trust with a stranger. Is that not a characteristic we should all strive for? Think what a beautiful place this would be if everyone helped one another, and always gave them the benefit of the doubt. 

 

I don't claim to know these ladies' story or the time-frame by which he took their hearts/possessions, but it is clear that these women where not desperate. They were kind, loving, trusting and compassionate; a quality most of the previous commenters could stand to acquire.

 

 Money and possessions can be replaced. It's our faith in humanity, our love for a human being and the compassion we give to all walks of life that is priceless. 

 

These women were not victims. Victims lie down and take it. Clearly, through the websites created and these news reports they are fighting back and protecting others. That's what you do. You give your soul, your heart, completely... then deal with what comes. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. It's a balance of dark and light. With out darkness you never truly know the flame that lights your spirit. 

 

Sure it's easy to say in hindsight that there were "tells" and they should have seen the signs, but love is blinding, and love is the most powerful and important force in this world. I applaud these women, especially Jenn, for taking the risk, trying to help a stranger, and giving themselves over to love. It takes true strength and courage to give all of your heart 100% and then when it doesn't work out, set aside your pride, learn from the experience and create a nation wide alert to save other women. 

 

Please do not spread such evil hate towards women you do not know. This life is short and we all need each other. Walk in their shoes, get to know someone, before you pass such harsh judgements. 

 

What a wasted life he must have to spend it this way, but what a beautiful hope for humanity this world has if there are so many women still out there willing to care for a stranger and give everything for a chance at true love. These women give hope to a brighter future. It’s not what happens to us that makes you a victim. It’s what you do about it once the dust has settled. 

 

As sad as this story is, saddest of all is the comments on this page. Have we truly become so cynical, untrusting and self-entitled that we would cast such one-sided and negative stones? All of you who think so poorly of these women, can you honestly not see the love and compassion in their hearts? 

This is really sad.  Reminds me of Giovanni Vigliotto in AZ - men like this needs to hung by their body parts...and women that follow in their footsteps.  This is the worst kind of people to people crime.  Some of the posters here might do well to have or suffer some of what these women have....this is something you just don't ever recover from.

This story goes both ways women and men have been screwing over each other for years,the differance is when men get it done to them, the embarasment causes them to keep there mouths shut because most guy friends just pile on. Women on the other hand are much more compassionete to their female counterparts.

The fact that all of you are passing judgment on this sickens me. These women may have not been using the best judgment when trying to be a good person and were taken advantage of but the fact that you are saying such horrible things SICKENS ME.  Obviously you didn’t have a parent who taught you manners to keep your comments to yourself if you don’t have anything nice to say. The best part of this whole comment string is that if you would have been contacted by him you would have fallen for it hook line and sinker as well. People like you are the reason we have a society that treats others the way it does.

I am appalled at some of these comments. If you care to assume these women are desperate because they were smitten by a handsome smooth talker then so be it. But I don't find it necessary for you people to PRETEND to know a situation. Lets also not pretend that everyone has be "had" by a bad person once in their lives (maybe not scammed but taken advantage of). Congratulations on being so much smarter and better than online dating. But keep it to yourself. Jenn, I think you're very brave for going public and I hope this very expensive life lesson has a silver lining. Your friend, Amanda. 

I tried the free dating sites - plentyoffish.com and okcupid.com.  There may be a few good ones there, but I found that a pay site like match.com has a better selection.

 

My advice is to meet many to get a better feel what you are looking for, approach each meeting as an opportunity to learn about someone new, keep expectations low and dont be desperate to get into a relationship.  Also, it is a good idea to get ones "Bat Chit Crazy" detector tuned up.

I would totally be embarassed to go on TV and let a whole bunch of viewers know how desperate I was for a man that I fell for this scam hook line and sinker!  What is the MATTER with women??!???  And men too, because they fall into this pit also.  Don't these people think?!????  I'm not sorry for any of them...not one.  They are to blame for what happened also.  I'm with Billy...what the hell is the rush????  And met them online yet!!!  The worst possible place to meet someone with romance in mind.  Gosh...it's mindboggling.  Sorry ladies...no sympathies here.

I have never understood why anyone would be so desperate for a relationship that they would throw all reason out the window.  But I guess this isn't uncommon.

People, if someone asks to move in with you and you just met them, or if they ask for money and you just met them, or they ask you to sign for a loan or drastically change your life and you just met them, please realize it's not a relationship they want.

Please get a dog or a cat, they won't take advantage of you.  Well a cat will, but not like this!!!

Men have to think with the Big Head. Women just have to go a little slower, what's the rush?

There's women out there that do this too, except they ask for the money instead of stealing it.  They then go on and date like 8 other people at the same time and milk everyone for whatever they can get.

"Holycross did not respond to KATU's numerous text messages and emails asking for his side of the story."

 

Maybe they should place an ad at that site, and meet him in person.  Scam the scammer!

"Just a gigalo and everywhere I go people are talkin' about me"   David Lee Roth made a bunch of money about this.

"It's completely destroyed my life," she said. "I used to have a home, and I lost everything because of him."

Nooo... you lost everything because of the decisions YOU made, due to desperation on your part. All of the women did'nt even take the time to get to know this guy before moving him in with them. They could have helped pay for a motel for him. I venture to guess they were flattered that a good looking young guy wanted them. But you know what do you expect  when you pick someone up off the internet.

Yikes! Although this is especially bad,I've heard my share of nightmare stories from women who have done online dating.Maybe the Christian online dating site might be more reliable.*sarc*

I've been suckered by a pretty young woman (that's called Feminine Empowerment)  I can't say she was a criminal, i was just STUPID!

He's not a criminal just because all these women are STUPID!