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My ex boyfriend is still out there scamming people.

He met a pregnant woman and strung her along for three months claiming he was employing her with all this money when he doesnt have a dime to his name. She found me on Facebook somehow and I told her to contact authorities. He robbed me and my family before that. What should I do? Ive already gotten police involved and they didnt help at all just kept releasing him. He is going to continue lying to people it can RUIN lives with the type of stuff he comes up with. I feel somewhat liable that he isn’t/didn’t recieve psychological care and also I fear he will come after me again one day, like he always said he would. Should I be seeking legal help? This man is what I believe to be a schizophrenic pathological liar. He is living in his own world but he comes down to earth (never fully his lies were never revealed till they caught up with him). He also speaks very truthfully about people who are real people but he doesnt know them personally, for instance he spoke of his lawyer ALL THE TIME like he had a good relationship with him. Come to find out the name of the lawyer is a real lawyer but he has no affiliation with him. Any advice on what to do would be greatly appreciated

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DarkSnow offline Verified User (3 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 5 months ago (4 minutes after post)

My advice is to ignore him. If others have problems with him, as heartless as it may seem, they need to deal with it. They’re adults, they need to learn how to be responsible and avoid attacks from anyone. And what would you do? You’ve already mentioned that talking to the police has had no effect.
I would leave him to his own pitiful life, and the people who have issues with him will have to deal with him, because you can’t find and help all of those people. If he does come after you, or contact you again, *then* get the police involved again. But until then, move on with your life, enjoy being with your friends and family, and make a difference in the world on your own instead of just trying to stop him.
It’s nice of you to be bothered about it, but this kind of attention is likely the thing that he wants.

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spiritedsoul offline Verified User (6 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
Sandgate, G5, GB | 2 years, 5 months ago (13 minutes after post)

I recommend you leave him to live his own life too.

realistically, you cant go round and save every victim he targets.

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Jerry offline Verified User (4 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 5 months ago (13 minutes after post)

I don’t understand how someone can go to court for fraud, I’m not sure who the prosecutor would be. You would need to ask a lawyer how that can happen. There’s not much you can do with pestering the cops all by yourself. If this other woman also reports him then you’ve started building a case and you can stop him before he causes more trouble. Involved in the case they would conduct in-depth psychological testing to decide what is best for him. You need to know what he can be arrested and charged for and find out what needs to be done for this to happen.

J.

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mumstheword offline Verified User (5 years) Long Term User Shouts: 36 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 5 months ago (14 minutes after post)

If you have evidence of him defrauding others, then you need to keep reporting that to the Police.

There are website forums out there that support women who have been or fear being stalked, targeted by conmen or otherwise mentally abused.

If you feel that his behaviour has affected you significantly, I would suggest talking this through with a counsellor yourself. There is little you can do to force him to get help, but plenty that you can do to heal the damage he has done to you personally.

If you feel that he is dangerous to you, then please discuss this with the police and take measures to protect yourself. You may be able to take out an injuction against him to prevent him from accessing you at all.

Some sites that may be of interest to you:

http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs14-… (see fact sheet no. 14)

http://www.ncvc.org/src/AGP.Net/Compo… (a lot of useful resources including setting up a support group and accessing help)

http://www.supportline.org.uk/problem… (a UK based site with helpful advice)

mumstheword offline Verified User (5 years) Long Term User Shouts: 36 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 5 months ago (19 minutes after post)

Some people use the internet as a means of raising awareness about known convicted conmen. (eg. http://survivingabadchoice.spaces.liv…)

I would exercise caution before taking a similar route however, since it can backfire if legal action is taken against you.

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