FOX13 in Memphis is reporting Walker Properties resident Elizabeth Moore worries that she has misplaced a whole bunch, if not 1000’s of {dollars} to an individual impersonating WWE Famous person Roman Reigns.
“There’s lots of people that actually love this man. To only discover out that I’m speaking to a scammer…it hurts me.”
Moore instructed FOX13 that she has been an enormous fan of wrestling for years and in April 2023 she started texting what she believed was a cellphone quantity for the actual Roman Reigns she discovered on the web. She went on to say that the pretend Reigns would textual content her with messages like “Good morning, sunshine’”.
Moore stated whereas she regarded ahead to what she instructed FOX13 had been candy textual content messages, the individual quickly began asking her for cash. The scammer then started to soliciting Moore for monetary assist, asking her to ship “a number of little {dollars}” to assist him. At that time, she beginning sending a number of a whole bunch of {dollars} in gift-cards each few weeks for over two years. Moore has no concept how a lot cash she misplaced.
Moore instructed FOX13, “I’m like, ‘Why does this man need assistance? My mom instructed me, ‘Don’t do it.’ However I didn’t pay it no consideration. I assumed it was the actual Roman Reigns.”
On Monday evening, the Panola County Sheriff’s Workplace in Mississippi issued a warning (see under), a number of residents had been contacted by the imposters pretending to be Reigns.
Moore went on to inform FOX13 that she was actually harm and upset. “It actually harm me. I cried all evening, upset. I didn’t wish to discuss to no person.” She added that despite the fact that the imposter had by no means agreed to a video chat or a cellphone name, she ignored the warning indicators whereas mourning the lack of her mom in 2023.
As Moore warned the neighborhood, she stated it’s her hope the imposter is caught and put in jail.
