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Thread: Have you ever heard of a (BTA) basic travel allowance?
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[quote=GUEST14204,422989]Just had the same thing happen to me. Met a guy online who said he lived in Washington with a daughter, then had to leave to work in Malaysia for a month. We talked and talked on the phone and internet, then he had a car accident needed money for hospital bills or they would not treat him. Then ran out of money for the material and labor on the job he was suppose to be overseeing. Finally sent him money for tickets to come home to me and his daughter (whom I never met and she is in boarding school, don't even know if it exists since he never gave me the name of the school). He even sent a copy of the itinerary for his flight. I show up at the airport last Saturday and he never got off the plane. Got an email a day later saying he didn't have the BTA (Basic Traveling Expense) and they would not let him board the plane. After 7 months of a relationship and thousands of dollars, there were many "red flags" but like others on this posting, I fell in love with him (or his picture) and who I thought was real and he with me - turns out, I was a fool and it has all been a scam. I've heard very little from him in the past week which tells me he realizes I am on to him and won't send any more money so he's moving on to another victim. Please, Please, be very careful with these internet romances, I am fairly intelligent and a professional but still got taken for thousands. Hope this helps someone and it doesn't happen to them.[/quote]
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