The Cocaine Buttons: Romance scam victim in a Hong Kong prison for drug smuggling

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  • Опубликовано: 17 янв 2025

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  • @franklidgad
    @franklidgad 27 дней назад +57

    After spending nine months in prison she is now back home with her family in Canada.
    A big thanks goes out to Avery and her W5 team for all the work to help her with this case. Keep up the great work!!

    • @teddymills1188
      @teddymills1188 12 дней назад +1

      I think HK said here is a grandmother from Ontario. She is no intentional drug smuggler. HK decided to just end this. At the start she was smart like potatoe. No sympathy.

    • @jtm1129
      @jtm1129 12 дней назад

      @@teddymills1188what dies smart like a potato mean?

  • @urrdaddyy
    @urrdaddyy 10 месяцев назад +77

    I’m from Hong Kong, trust me hk government doesn’t spare anyone with drug trafficking, it’s so sad to see the daughter in this situation cause I understand her pain. I hope someday a miracle happens and they can be together once again.

    • @lominiski
      @lominiski Месяц назад

      I am was there too. She is lucky she did not end up in Singapore or Malaysia or China for drug trafficking.
      People try all sorts of things to smuggle drugs into Hong Kong. Some use the washrooms, but they do monitory who enters and exist the toilet. Customs did catch someone thinking they could do exchanges in the toilets.
      They have women from Nigeria trying to smuggle drugs in their vagina and say "I don't know how it got there". Yeah they get this in Hong Kong.

    • @macbrush
      @macbrush 18 дней назад +2

      It actually happened, the case was dropped all of a sudden.

    • @lominiski
      @lominiski 18 дней назад

      Yeah. I am from Hong Kong too. There is a lot of investigation when you land at the airport. Customs is only interested in drugs and not smuggling other things other than powder milk.
      But if you bring drugs....you are ffxxxxk'ed

    • @Sidicas
      @Sidicas 16 дней назад +1

      Honestly wish the USA would be more strict on drug related crimes. If those drugs made it through, she could have had the blood of countless people and families on her hands. You need to know with absolute certainty what you are carrying with you when you travel. If you're not sure, leave it behind. Ignorance is not an excuse. You need to learn these important things before you travel! I almost never bring anything back that I bought when traveling abroad. If you want to shop in a foreign country, there are online services for that!

    • @semihard
      @semihard 16 дней назад

      @@Sidicasif she had smuggled drugs, even unintentionally, in mainland China, she would’ve gotten death penalty. Chinese gov don’t mess around that’s for sure.

  • @rogernewman5903
    @rogernewman5903 Год назад +705

    Such gullibility is to be pitied but also annoying that she ignored those closest to her for someone who she has never met.

    • @beekeepermariadelgado6806
      @beekeepermariadelgado6806 Год назад

      And her continued hunt for a man, if I was a guy I would steer clear of such a desperate and dependent woman, she would be a freakin anchor .

    • @TheMangoMussolini
      @TheMangoMussolini Год назад +50

      And more annoying that her family and friends did not intervene more forcefully to protect her from the danger they all clearly saw.

    • @beekeepermariadelgado6806
      @beekeepermariadelgado6806 Год назад

      @@TheMangoMussolini she is the type that nobody can tell her a thing but now she is living with her daughter and continues to look for Mr. Goodbar to support her knarly arse.

    • @olgayarovaya3920
      @olgayarovaya3920 Год назад +86

      @@TheMangoMussoliniMore forcefully? How?!? Put her on a chain so she doesn’t run a way?

    • @TheMangoMussolini
      @TheMangoMussolini Год назад +23

      @@olgayarovaya3920 Yes, it's called restraining a person for their protection. Perhaps you're lacking in the basics of looking out for friends and family? My guess is if you had a 14 year old son who had just taken the shotgun off the rack and loaded it and was heading out the door to "settle" something with one of his friends, that you'd just say, fine dear, have fun.

  • @barbaraness4507
    @barbaraness4507 10 месяцев назад +180

    The worst thing about nearly all of the victims of these scams is they don’t, and won’t believe it when people tell them they’re scammers!

    • @GoAskAlice23
      @GoAskAlice23 2 месяца назад

      That’s because they refuse to accept the fact that they sexted with an 18 year old hoodlum, black as night. I became friends with the guy who tried to scam me and this is his description. We face timed.

    • @honeybunch5765
      @honeybunch5765 Месяц назад

      True, they are blind and death to the truth, no matter how obvious it is.

    • @maaki3389
      @maaki3389 Месяц назад +2

      yes they want handsome dude big.....................

    • @arendelle6531
      @arendelle6531 Месяц назад

      ​@@maaki3389Or perfect model.

    • @jerrydonquixote5927
      @jerrydonquixote5927 Месяц назад

      Completely unrealistic expectations that somebody 60 years old is going to get some young doctor that's 35 years old in the military I don't know how anybody can still fall for these big lip Nigerian scams especially lady that already got into a scam and lost all of her money and then goes for it a second time I don't even really feel sorry for her and I'm not glad it happened but I don't feel sorry for her. ​@@maaki3389

  • @mattyp6908
    @mattyp6908 Год назад +470

    That priest is a true Saint on Earth in so many ways.

    • @darleneachille491
      @darleneachille491 10 месяцев назад +10

      ❤❤❤

    • @davidRodriguez-k4b
      @davidRodriguez-k4b 10 месяцев назад

      & a paedohile…these people go there to target poor children! Don’t be naive!

    • @julierobinson2583
      @julierobinson2583 10 месяцев назад +21

      A SAINT!! Absolutely, the life line, all of these women that he’s helping!! He needs to be the focus of the documentary!!

    • @0703azgirl
      @0703azgirl 10 месяцев назад +10

      I do agree with you!

    • @carlmorgan8452
      @carlmorgan8452 10 месяцев назад +6

      Red flags always arise when I hear charity / church

  • @sandralauzon9416
    @sandralauzon9416 10 месяцев назад +351

    How can anyone think a neurosurgeon would have no money! WAKE UP.

    • @shizzynwa
      @shizzynwa 8 месяцев назад +25

      Or time to be on social media all day.

    • @dj_on_hugo
      @dj_on_hugo 8 месяцев назад +7

      love make you blind !

    • @Mozrgaming
      @Mozrgaming 7 месяцев назад +16

      @@dj_on_hugostupidity blinds

    • @matreen427
      @matreen427 6 месяцев назад +10

      there has been cases like hers, family, friends, colleagues etc telling the person it’s a scam, but the refuses to believe them

    • @Iya-v9w
      @Iya-v9w 5 месяцев назад +6

      She's from a small village,naive and looking for love probably. No one wants to be scammed and put in jail.

  • @kakashisensei38
    @kakashisensei38 11 месяцев назад +258

    Sounds like that hotel was in on the drug running and scammers. Too convenient that they deleted it. With full knowledge about it. Manager needs to be investigated.

    • @Nancie6290
      @Nancie6290 10 месяцев назад +22

      Yes probably not the first “ guest” that’s been there . Now they got to be careful cause they almost got caught . Probably some families never heard from their loved ones again

    • @michaelman9358
      @michaelman9358 10 месяцев назад

      Oh right! When a White male goes there and demand video tape it must provide or it's assumed to be guilty...
      Now imagine a Black Ethiopian Priest goes to Park Hyatt in Toronto and demand their CCTV footage?? He'd be kicked out or lockee up in jail...
      I cant stand that White ppl's will be done bs... this is 2023 not 1823 no more.

    • @Maruzzela-l1u
      @Maruzzela-l1u 10 месяцев назад +16

      Probably the police too.they had the responsibility to ask fir the footage.thats why the manager denied .she actually did her job well as instructed by her boss.she knew the police won't take the footage thsts why she s all confident in denying.that makes everything even more sad knowing how they watched her talked to her knowing they ll turn her into a mule and nobody felt pitty to give her a hint knowing well what might happen to her

    • @ayetigbotemitayo6272
      @ayetigbotemitayo6272 9 месяцев назад

      I love you so much, for that talk thank you so much

    • @miloslavski6149
      @miloslavski6149 7 месяцев назад +1

      This footage would still be useless. Even if someone else delivered the luggage, so what? Suzy could still be part of the gang.

  • @shy_sorai
    @shy_sorai 10 месяцев назад +99

    The fact that she compared herself to Job is proof she refuses to understand what she did wrong and will likely fall for a variety of different scams now that she's out of jail. 😳

    • @DFontaine7
      @DFontaine7 7 месяцев назад +6

      How do you know she is out of jail? Is there an update?

    • @mauricamcginnis4063
      @mauricamcginnis4063 Месяц назад +8

      I don't feel sorry for someone who will not listen.She wanted the good doctor .And lost .Get over yourself please 😊

  • @HennuhoMifirinso
    @HennuhoMifirinso Год назад +658

    I'm a Nigerian and I'm really ashamed of our image on the global space. I'm so sorry this innocent woman is going through this problem. The hotel manager should be arrested, I'm pretty sure she's a culprit. She initially said the cctv recording is kept for a year, how come it was deleted after 4 months?

    • @tcurry1531
      @tcurry1531 Год назад +81

      I agree that somehow the hotel was involved and should be investigated. The police should check into who paid for the room in Ethiopia and Hong Kong. There are very ordinary Internet Technicians who can investigate payments and internet messages.

    • @TheMangoMussolini
      @TheMangoMussolini Год назад +35

      I've had the pleasure of visiting Nigeria (Lagos, Abuja, and a quick cross border trip to Porto Novo). There are people in the world who only know how to imagine the worst about a place and its people based on the actions of a few. You do not need to feel shame for your image, because for the haters, there's nothing that can be done to change that view. The others, those that can see past the darkness that exists every country on earth, know what gracious and kind people there are in Nigeria, which is quite remarkable given the huge ethnic groupings there. My friend, who made the initial invitation to visit Nigeria, would not stop teaching me customs, language (which one of 200+ dialects!), food, and especially the warning signs of a scam heading my way. I've gone the long way around to say it, but I agree with you. The hotel manager was, in my view, certainly in on it. While I don't think he had anything to do with the actual crime, I have no doubt that he lined her pockets well to erase or otherwise dispose of the CCTV footage.

    • @annelouisejamieson402
      @annelouisejamieson402 Год назад +30

      She was a part of it

    • @josi4251
      @josi4251 11 месяцев назад +30

      I am sorry that some of your fellow Nigerians (likely a very small percentage of the population) engage in such dishonest and cruel behavior, all for money. There are scammers everywhere, but some of your countrymen were the first to get that image as they showed up early in the online scam game. This is just a very sad story, and I agree that something is going on with that hotel manager. Peace to you.

    • @MCee97
      @MCee97 11 месяцев назад

      I work as a fraud investigator in the UK and I can’t lie the majority of fraud cases I come across are from Nigerians

  • @janinewuerz7831
    @janinewuerz7831 10 месяцев назад +304

    It's sad that she valued a stranger (who turned out to be a scammer) more than she valued her family 😢

    • @dukecity7688
      @dukecity7688 10 месяцев назад +25

      We are talking about my sister. The biggest cheapskate I've ever known - not only gave every penny - took out a loan! This is a woman who will not even put a dollar in the collection basket on Sunday. She did this TWICE! She did this three years ago - We thought she stopped - She did it again!

    • @TCwade8202
      @TCwade8202 10 месяцев назад +9

      Sometimes it be like‼️especially if she is lonely and depressed‼️looking for love in the wrong‼️just like when we were younger we didn't listen to our family when they told us to leave people alone ‼️we didn't see what they saw in the people‼️💯💯

    • @leonardodalongisland
      @leonardodalongisland 10 месяцев назад

      I've seen this happen to women I know. They fall for this same scam and won't listen to anyone-not friends or family. I know you're one, but the truth is most of your kid are extremely insecure unwise to the World and men know this and prey upon it.

    • @smfarrie2943
      @smfarrie2943 10 месяцев назад +9

      @@dukecity7688 so sorry 😣 she made some really bad decisions.

    • @bonniekellyromeo9073
      @bonniekellyromeo9073 10 месяцев назад +4

      Well said

  • @christinebuckingham8369
    @christinebuckingham8369 Год назад +465

    Much safer to go and adopt a dog or cat from a shelter - that will be a guaranteed way to find Real Love!

    • @dizziechef9502
      @dizziechef9502 11 месяцев назад

      Yes Yes. That’s the best love at her age . You don’t find decent, honest, real guys. On line. And these women believe all this BS

    • @Linda-cg3pv
      @Linda-cg3pv 10 месяцев назад +17

      I couldn't have said better! Animals don't fake love and don't care about your money, your age, your size etc. She could have saved lots of animals with all this money! It's a pity she didn't listen to her best friend. It can happened one time ... but two ?!! And about the hotel manager he or she's surely involved in something! Why not showing or donating the CCTV the first time? It was a red flag! What about the authorities, cops etc? Are they all so corrupt and I mean in both countries!!! Only a 76 years man is doing their jobs one million times better ! Her poor daughter who traveled the world just to see her mom 15 minutes must have been her worst nightmare! I don't buy the covid excuse! The prison manager was surely aware that a TV Channel was covering the case and it was a problem!!!
      Finally don't trust ANYONE neither friends and family in many case too.

    • @carolannelewis8510
      @carolannelewis8510 10 месяцев назад +10

      I totally agree with you their love is forever bad or good situation they love you as long as you love them back with warmth food and lots of love , those men are heartless , surly her family told her or thought it was somthing wrong . Hope she gets out anyway if so get a puppy 🐶 or kitty

    • @maninscrubdallas8694
      @maninscrubdallas8694 10 месяцев назад

      Not quite about love, it’s also about sex. Some people can’t do without it. See her see-through tops. No hate towards her for being a sexual being; it’s just life; some still need sex till the end.

    • @TindoTuckshop-lo8zf
      @TindoTuckshop-lo8zf 10 месяцев назад +7

      Exactly what I'm saying, what does granny want a boyfriend for, you rode that bus already, time to sit on the bench

  • @barbaraness4507
    @barbaraness4507 10 месяцев назад +51

    My mother in law has been supporting Nigerian scammers for years! We’ve repeatedly shown her all of the proof that the pictures of men were not who she was talking to. We even contacted the real person whose photo they were using, and even after she talked to them she continued to communicate, and send money to scammers! At one point four Nigerian young men came forth, and apologized to her, showed her their real faces, but told her they found Jesus, and admitted to scamming her!! Even this didn’t stop the madness!

    • @Nancie6290
      @Nancie6290 10 месяцев назад +6

      Wow . What a sad predicament . Nice to hear some can repent ! That woman needs to wake up

    • @edwinkevin6741
      @edwinkevin6741 8 месяцев назад +1

      If they have truly found Jesus, they should return all what they've stolen to their poor victims

    • @philiptownsend4026
      @philiptownsend4026 8 месяцев назад

      Criminals and bad people hiding behind religion. Again. Never trust a "religion" person, there is plenty of proof of what they can really be.

    • @bluespangle
      @bluespangle 4 месяца назад

      I hope that you protect yourselves from her stupidity legally and financially.

    • @Sashazur
      @Sashazur 4 месяца назад +12

      I’ve heard that if the victim is religious, the scammers sometimes pretend to “come clean” and thank Jesus and profess their real love, just so they can extract even more money.

  • @philipketchell8369
    @philipketchell8369 Год назад +242

    She should have listened to her friend, after all she has the voice of a seasoned detective

    • @McVaio
      @McVaio 11 месяцев назад +16

      😂😂🤣

    • @azizaalihonou7680
      @azizaalihonou7680 11 месяцев назад +8

      😂😂😂😂

    • @Flatbushgirl1003
      @Flatbushgirl1003 10 месяцев назад +4

      😂😂😂😂 I holler not her voice

    • @icu3869
      @icu3869 10 месяцев назад +22

      She IS the wise voice of reason, actually. She saw everything immediately and was clear with her warnings. Shame to have such a savvy friend who just wasn’t listened to.

    • @SANE172
      @SANE172 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@icu3869exactly Tabatha foster u should of listened to me . This is the reason why I don't have friends now . They don't listen to me .

  • @ceciliamachado8177
    @ceciliamachado8177 10 месяцев назад +166

    I feel so sorry for the daughter. How can a grown as woman, a mother and grandmother be so naive? Its like a grown toddler.

    • @margaretWestminster
      @margaretWestminster 7 месяцев назад +13

      Yes, she is unbelievably gullible she lost all her savings and now her freedom and family and friend.

    • @333JM
      @333JM 7 месяцев назад +8

      Dont feel sorry for the daughter. She is also at fault for knowing what was happening and not alerting the police to look into it until it was too late. Why did she not tell the police immediately when her mom got a ticket to Ethiopia that she needed an intervention?

    • @하늘맑은-q3j
      @하늘맑은-q3j 7 месяцев назад +2

      Naivety and immaturity.

    • @woiowoiow190
      @woiowoiow190 6 месяцев назад

      Stupid..

    • @MsManeldias
      @MsManeldias 6 месяцев назад

      Some people grow in body & physically. But the brain cells stay as same as the day they were born.
      Then again 'Common sense is not common either'.

  • @Jaceson90210
    @Jaceson90210 11 месяцев назад +237

    Some lessons are hard to be learnt. Listen to your loved ones… not to the idiot you just met on the internet.

    • @atalantamariposa
      @atalantamariposa 9 месяцев назад +4

      and now she is in jail 😅

    • @DS-yr5hz
      @DS-yr5hz 7 месяцев назад +1

      I agree she had multiple warnings from multiple ppl. Had this not happened she would have cont to get scammed

    • @miloslavski6149
      @miloslavski6149 7 месяцев назад +3

      She says she is now done with online dating 😂🤣

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods 6 месяцев назад +1

      I just saw a thread on another channel where somebody said their 64 yr. old mother was on all the different dating sites trying to find a husband -- she met some guy online but only met him once in person and and one month is moving away giving up her life and everyone she knows to go move several states away to be with that man who she only met in person once .

    • @nt3352
      @nt3352 Месяц назад

      Desperation draws people into doing things they would not normally do, and the last piece of advice you would take is from a person you barely know "virtually".

  • @kbs8363
    @kbs8363 7 месяцев назад +114

    Hotel manager should be arrested for deleting the CCTV footage deliberately

    • @miloslavski6149
      @miloslavski6149 7 месяцев назад +3

      He doesn't have the obligation to share it with various Australian priests. It's for personal use.

    • @rnav36
      @rnav36 6 месяцев назад

      The hotel is quite obviously part of this drug organization.

    • @elisa7881
      @elisa7881 5 месяцев назад

      @@miloslavski6149 "Personal use"???

    • @xTsubasaCrossx
      @xTsubasaCrossx 4 месяца назад

      Man its Hong kong they don't care about white ppl stuff 😂😂

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods 4 месяца назад +8

      @@miloslavski6149 that is simply not true they are obligated to show anything that is related to Crime that could have possibly been on those tapes unless it is that corrupt ... I guess they are a corrupt country ?
      I had always heard that Ethiopia is actually a pretty cool place but then again I guess any place can have corruption

  • @nickgrant205
    @nickgrant205 10 месяцев назад +85

    Once bitten twice shy they say but twice and ignoring your friends and family warnings is straight stupidity I have no sympathy.

    • @ummmujahideen3123
      @ummmujahideen3123 6 месяцев назад +4

      💯 true she is very ignorant and naive

    • @Babyhaswon
      @Babyhaswon 2 месяца назад +3

      Exactly!!!

    • @GnosticElohim
      @GnosticElohim Месяц назад +2

      She was completely in on it and knew exactly what she was doing.

    • @Babyhaswon
      @Babyhaswon Месяц назад +1

      You may be right that's probably her way of getting the guy and keeping the guy if she would do anything for him

    • @playfulcatz
      @playfulcatz Месяц назад +1

      Yup! Lacking education and common sense too. I'm going to Utopia =)))) lol ...Ethiopia that it is. SMH. And, who in right mind going to a country without roundtrip ticket!?!?!?!? ... even agreeing to fly overseas ALONE on a one way ticket that was given from a stranger. She could be trafficked or organ harvested! Pure stupidity.

  • @christinebuckingham8369
    @christinebuckingham8369 Год назад +276

    I watched subsequent videos made by the television station regarding her case. She has returned safely home and is living with her daughter now. What struck me as odd, personally, was when she was meeting with the Priest, the Attorney advocate who works with him, Her personal Attorney, and the Journalist who covered her story,to say goodbye (to the Team who won her freedom) Never Once did she simply say Thank You to any of them! She did not say thank you to her daughter as she picked her up upon her arrival, who also helped her and who she now lives with either! (as she sent all of her money and money she borrowed to the scammer) She said she is disappointed by other family members who are having a hard time forgiving her. She said SHE is the ONLY Victim in all of this - she thinks her family did not suffer, only she did. She is also already dating - maybe her family would forgive her if she spent her time reconnecting with them all and getting a job to repay them and also help out her daughter too! She seems to wish to remain a perpetual child that everyone else has to take care of. She seems to expect from others without showing any gratitude. (from what was shown in the videos anyway.)

    • @avrilhaynes2842
      @avrilhaynes2842 Год назад +14

      She did say thankyou
      She was very grateful and praised god for her freedom
      To you, watch learn and listen

    • @eslynenembhard5269
      @eslynenembhard5269 Год назад +14

      Only when you are caught up in rat bags like this scammers, even not fully. Because some of us are ten
      Miles ahead of them. Having good families around is good, Being Lonely “ whether a widow, divorcee or a single woman can be frustrating, Worst very mature, this is why online dating surface, but now the young ones are using it more. And the old men do not want to date their age,
      Lonely and dating you have to be careful on line, In two weeks !
      Wait for it “ Oh
      I
      Have to the Far East to business, tell them to go and never return “ Block them.One “ yes Handsome, 3 weeks going to Dubai consultant engineering, He is an engineer working for a big company. How the hell in 2 weeks later , your job to finish he asking for £4,500.
      I was waiting for it. Straight I told him go and asked your Boss! You
      Are a CON MAN “ he denied it, but I blocked him again. To get my address he said he's got
      £3000 from s job but was leaving could I collect it, I was curious, but said okay. The day it supposed to arrived I text to say nothing came, And his reply was weak. I did say I knew nothing was coming, he's a fraud. Maybe he thought i
      Was a soft touch.
      This lady don't be hard on her not all of us pickup quickly, May she learn
      From her bad judgement And not online one 🎉

    • @emstirling-is4nu
      @emstirling-is4nu Год назад +6

      I am sad if this is true!

    • @tcurry1531
      @tcurry1531 Год назад +58

      Her daughter is accepting of her behavior and she believes that because her dad, her mother's husband who passed away, always took care of the mom that now her family should as well. This is a perfect example of why families need to teach their daughters to depend on themselves instead of depending on others. This mom is obviously looking for another man to take care of her, that is why she is putting herself back on the market. As far as some of the rest of the aren't rallying around her is that she lost over $205,000.00 in a scam. This is money her husband left her an she squandered it on a man/scam. The other family members have no more money to waste on a person who is not responsible with money. By the way I also noticed she did not say thank you to all those that helped her, to late now. I hope her daughter understands that these comments are not against her but she needs to step back and expect that her mom takes some responsibility and I am sure she has a monthly income from her husbands pension and life insurance and should step up and pay something the roof over her head.

    • @theconceptofmentalwellness355
      @theconceptofmentalwellness355 11 месяцев назад +27

      I did pick up on her selfish nature when in prison and the calls.
      I'm not surprised that this is true but I'm still glad she's out of prison

  • @kathy411
    @kathy411 11 месяцев назад +211

    I just can't imagine a woman who was married to a police officer for many years could be this gullible when people actually told her exactly what was going to happen. Now she's playing the poor grandma card. It's hard to have sympathy for such stupidity!

    • @edwinjones7307
      @edwinjones7307 10 месяцев назад +22

      I'm sure her husband protected her from the corruption that was going on outside the home.

    • @evaschwarzenberg4460
      @evaschwarzenberg4460 10 месяцев назад +1

      Well, Ms. Kathy 411
      you can not say that like that.
      You have to put yourself into her situation to understand the full picture.
      Yes, on the first sight somebody might think that what you do.
      This person or gang what I assume made all of this very smart.
      This person or they have choosen a persons profile of somebody she would relate to..
      a) most likely to trust..and as I recall it from my mind the first contact online was a military doctor working for the united nations.. That's a really high ranking person of trust.
      That's why she trusted this person.
      Beeing together before with a police officer. The contact happend to be in 2021 according to the cronical dates of this video after 2016 her husband passed away.
      2020/2021 Pandemic the so called pandemic made in China. The time of the Lockdowns and quarantines and big anxiety.
      And loneliness on a high scale around the Globe 🌎
      And after she sended him all the money..lots of money..she lost even her home 😳😓🤦‍♀️
      and had to move back to her daughter's home..
      ..actually this story should be over here..Normally..
      But then another Person or the same person (we don't know) the person got her attention..her friend suspects it's the same person..(that's an intersting idea)
      is getting her attention online while she is writing her book about the scam..
      ..and out of money as she is..drown out of everything..and then she gets again online and having a conversation with somebody she trusts and he is giving her a ticket for a vacation..
      If she would have a single cell she could request to have the police cap and picture of her husband and family at her cell..
      And her Bible. And the Constitution of her country.
      That would give her some more hope and privacy.
      I hope and pray that she may come out of this chinese prison one day soon.
      I hope this TV Station will make another story about that particular case then again.
      It was very well and professionally made.
      Let's hope and pray may she be free someday soon in the future. She does not deserve to be in that chinese prison any day longer.
      🥰❤🍀🙏

    • @evaschwarzenberg4460
      @evaschwarzenberg4460 10 месяцев назад +10

      I would try to find out who is Walter William..The person who is by pictures a doctor. Cyber Security of CSI Miami would find that out. And then tracking the online path..
      Tracking the money she sended to that
      "doctor of the military/united nations"
      Person of interest.

    • @evaschwarzenberg4460
      @evaschwarzenberg4460 10 месяцев назад +20

      There is just one thing
      I do not understand. Married online??
      Since when is that possible??
      This is ridiculous.
      Who is getting married online?
      There rules and laws to that.
      A marriage and a divorce are a very personal thing.
      Both should happen in person. As a ceremony. Eye to Eye signing also the papers of the absolutely important papers for lifetime.
      Anything else I would consider as illegal.

    • @ThatLadyInDallas2024
      @ThatLadyInDallas2024 10 месяцев назад +14

      ​@@edwinjones7307I think he had too because she was short a few crayons in her box. Should have made their daughter her guardian as she wasn't functional enough to be alone. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Sad. 😢

  • @Ilistentoyou
    @Ilistentoyou Год назад +131

    I can imagine how she would feel when being incarcerated in a foreign country. However, she was deceived once and lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Her stupidity dominated her action again. What is wrong with her? Now that she was released from prison and returned to Ontario, she should wake up, not try to live in a brain of an infant.

    • @beekeepermariadelgado6806
      @beekeepermariadelgado6806 Год назад +27

      Exactly like teen in heat

    • @Hassania-jw8zm
      @Hassania-jw8zm 10 месяцев назад +23

      Don't worry about her, next step she would just fall in love with someone who will just be using her to get a visa. Speaking from an African girl

    • @femiraji6294
      @femiraji6294 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@Hassania-jw8zmOhhhh I know that one! Yep!

    • @eerthangel
      @eerthangel 8 месяцев назад +5

      She was released?

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@eerthangelyeah I'm going to have to look that up also I hope she was released and I hope she finally wised up and if not to hell with her stupid ass😂

  • @TracyUhiara
    @TracyUhiara 8 месяцев назад +76

    For her to put her daughter through all this is despicable 😮

  • @veronicacrabtreehill6608
    @veronicacrabtreehill6608 Год назад +137

    Utopia is not real. For goodness sake was she educated or not ?
    Sorry to sound harsh but I am now 86 and would never ever fall for any scammer.

    • @ChiquitaMia-ci2vg
      @ChiquitaMia-ci2vg Год назад +18

      I think that was just a mispronunciation and they meant Ethiopia.

    • @christinebuckingham8369
      @christinebuckingham8369 Год назад +20

      She was very sheltered and totally naive - she was desperately lonely too unfortunately! There are Call Centers in Nigeria and other countries where they’re all scamming Old Men and Women at the same time in the same room stealing Other people’s photos and Social Media profiles!

    • @msdecemberloveangel8236
      @msdecemberloveangel8236 10 месяцев назад +9

      Age has nothing to do with it. These scammers are skilled in their tactics

    • @claire6838
      @claire6838 10 месяцев назад

      For goodness sakes, Never say never. Seriously. In fact, of the 2.4 million scam reports in 2021, young people are still the fastest growing demographic - and more likely to report being victimized by scams. These scams grow more and more sophisticated by the day.
      For example, in 2021, Gen Xers, Millennials, and Gen Z young adults (ages 18-59) were 34% more likely than older adults (ages 60+) to report losing money to fraud.
      Consumers reported losing almost $8.8 billion to scams and fraud in 2022, up 30% over 2021’s losses, according to newly released numbers from the (FTC). The rising cost of these crimes is staggering, considering that in 2020 Americans lost only $3.5 billion to fraud, including identity theft.

    • @ThatLadyInDallas2024
      @ThatLadyInDallas2024 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@christinebuckingham8369
      She should have been under daughter's supervision. She wasn't capable of self care. After her first fiasco she should not have been allowed to be online. IMO.

  • @arthurbutler4849
    @arthurbutler4849 9 месяцев назад +29

    Difficult to document how many hours go into a presentation like this and the number of setbacks along the way. So, I greatly appreciate the entire crew, from logistics to loggers to coordinates and archivist!

  • @11laila11
    @11laila11 Год назад +106

    Am I the only one finding the Ethiopian hotel manager suspicious af? Refusing to hand over the cctv footage or at least just offer to look through or help look through it. Once he's ordered by the police to hand it over, it happens to have been deleted just shortly prior. Wonder if he's somehow a collaborator

    • @beekeepermariadelgado6806
      @beekeepermariadelgado6806 Год назад +6

      I think he is!

    • @yvonnewright3449
      @yvonnewright3449 11 месяцев назад +4

      You just never know those people over that side you just don’t trust

    • @franchescarsimon2192
      @franchescarsimon2192 11 месяцев назад +3

      broken hearts, broken system ..... I am almost of words

    • @ivanacool1
      @ivanacool1 11 месяцев назад +6

      who knows even the police are not bribed?

    • @arohaodufu7998
      @arohaodufu7998 11 месяцев назад +3

      They all worked together…even from Hong Kong..messages are relayed back to these gangs..the whole system is corrupt.

  • @momsfactory4866
    @momsfactory4866 10 месяцев назад +27

    How sad....and also frustrating to see the stubbornness and blindness of this poor woman. I feel so much for her daughter.....

  • @patreimer7696
    @patreimer7696 Год назад +218

    Father John is a saint for trying to help the innocent women. By the way, his Cantonese is excellent too. 😇

    • @josi4251
      @josi4251 Год назад +15

      He is a living saint, I agree. I don't speak Cantonese, but I am a teacher of Spanish and ESL/TESOL. It's clear he is quite comfortable with the language, and that's quite a feat. I've heard it's one of the more difficult ones on the planet to learn.

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods 7 месяцев назад +2

      Well he's been living there for 30 years so I'm sure the Cantonese became very easy for him at one point

  • @West-End
    @West-End 8 месяцев назад +16

    Father John and the social worker are a fantastic team! Amazing work, amazing people ❤

  • @shell6551
    @shell6551 11 месяцев назад +80

    She actually said that she even love the ones that hurt her. Wow! What an idiot!!! She could still be scammed.

    • @CathieWhitlock
      @CathieWhitlock 9 месяцев назад +6

      I would imagine that she will be scammed again.

    • @kam-eb3jh
      @kam-eb3jh 9 месяцев назад +1

      sigh,she's still no realized no such person

    • @Western_ENT
      @Western_ENT 8 месяцев назад +3

      Seriously, she's just beyond repair!

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods 7 месяцев назад

      I'm sure what she meant was she's trying to be a good person a good Christian and forgive them in her heart I think that's what she meant but this tells me the fact that they released her out of the blue I believe is because they knew the investigative report was digging up too much information and was going to find out about their Connection in Hong Kong .
      Obviously drug dealers have gotten in at that place before and deliberately let them in and so the day this woman was stopped was probably because whoever was supposed to let them in was sick or not there .
      Sounds like the corruption there in that section of Hong Kong did not want to be exposed and realized the smartest thing they can do is hurry up and let her out of prison

    • @deannalumia1707
      @deannalumia1707 7 месяцев назад +3

      Apparently she is. You were right. She is out of prison, living with her daughter and dating AGAIN.

  • @NazIhsan1
    @NazIhsan1 11 месяцев назад +14

    W55 thank you for bringing this to our attention, I appreciate what your doing and I am greatly proud of your news channel. Thank You

  • @peggyquintana3957
    @peggyquintana3957 11 месяцев назад +51

    My guess is…The hotel manager in Ethiopia is covering for the suitcase delivery men…either to get money or to avoid the wrath of the drug cartels. My sympathy goes out to the innocent people affected by this.

    • @miloslavski6149
      @miloslavski6149 7 месяцев назад +2

      Is it illegal to deliver suitcases to hotels? How do you know what was inside?

    • @JeanClaudeCOCO
      @JeanClaudeCOCO 6 месяцев назад

      @@miloslavski6149it’s not illegal but if you had known a potential crime happened on your property with a guess who had stayed for 3 weeks at your complex, guests and workers confirmed you wouldn’t go and delete a file after investigators had ask and the police came knocking.

    • @ChristineDiMauro-j2h
      @ChristineDiMauro-j2h 5 месяцев назад

      How can you love someone you haven’t met?

    • @miloslavski6149
      @miloslavski6149 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@ChristineDiMauro-j2h You construct your perception of that person in your head and then fall in love with this perception, which is essentially an imaginary person. So, the less you know about a real person, the more you can imagine things about them and construct a perception in your head that you want to believe.

    • @randykarl4351
      @randykarl4351 Месяц назад

      They are in it too....

  • @nickyb7266
    @nickyb7266 Год назад +86

    Father John is a true human angel! ❤

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods 7 месяцев назад

      Yes but he and the other gentlemen are starting to get pretty elderly and what will happen ... who will take over for them when they can no longer do the work or have passed on

  • @sheilawilliams9080
    @sheilawilliams9080 6 месяцев назад +10

    The amazing part of the story is the "victim" having such a smart best friend who repeatedly advises her and she repeatedly ignores her advice. In addition, her daughter is loyal and repeatedly rescues her. God protects fools and children.

    • @karendegenerous8044
      @karendegenerous8044 5 месяцев назад

      sheilawilliams9080.
      Go to a very bad job then, did he.

  • @annefalola9278
    @annefalola9278 Год назад +50

    As a Nigerian,I really feel sad that we are linked to this tragedy! I believe the hotel is key into the investigation. But it really beats my imagination that Susana took so much risk for a total stranger because of ‘love’ ….sad. My prayers are with the family and I believe that it will have a happy ending for them. Courage!

  • @Babyhaswon
    @Babyhaswon 2 месяца назад +21

    She is dangerous. If she gets off when will be fooled again. This is the second incident, she does not learn. Her friend warned her repeatedly about both men. There will be a third, she cannot help herself.

  • @gracemunich1476
    @gracemunich1476 Год назад +148

    Who sends over $200,000 to person you have never met? This is more than naivety more like downright stupidity and desperation….. How could she be so blind ?

    • @shell6551
      @shell6551 11 месяцев назад +22

      I agree 100%. I dont feel sorry for her.

    • @elizabethalmario3913
      @elizabethalmario3913 11 месяцев назад +25

      And had she ever really paused n think wat n a hell was a Neuro doctor needs money for!!!??? Gosh these doctors earned tons of money by their profession....🤨

    • @URaggedybetch
      @URaggedybetch 11 месяцев назад +7

      They basically used her money to buy the tickets, clothes, etc and make a profit.

    • @underratedunity1528
      @underratedunity1528 11 месяцев назад +1

      Me either, she honestly sounds like the stupidest person on earth
      Utopia- seriously? @@shell6551

    • @kdizzle901
      @kdizzle901 11 месяцев назад

      A moron

  • @dusttodust4295
    @dusttodust4295 Год назад +78

    It takes two to tango. She made multiple free will choices. Ignored family and friend’s warnings. It is important to take accountability for one’s choices. Although she is a victim about the drug smuggling, she is responsible for her actions. I wonder if it possible that she is not all together neurotypical and maybe has personality disorder that impairs her judgment? 🤷‍♀️

    • @didirosezainor1640
      @didirosezainor1640 11 месяцев назад +4

      You're absolutely right

    • @kdizzle901
      @kdizzle901 11 месяцев назад +2

      She’s blind

    • @Nancie6290
      @Nancie6290 10 месяцев назад +4

      Mid life crazies ! I know I wrecked my marriage over nothing . Couldn’t get a grip on myself . 10 years ago now I’m 65 . Wasn’t online it was my personal trainer . Let myself be taken for a ride . But I owned the responsibility for making bad choices . I’m thankful for a roof over my head and a clean place to live and I do not talk to strangers anymore . I was full of myself . I feel for this woman but at some point you really have to stop 🛑

    • @ThatLadyInDallas2024
      @ThatLadyInDallas2024 10 месяцев назад +4

      I think cop husband w her since she was 13, knew she was a few sheets short of a full tablet. Too bad he dropped the ball. Daughter should have had guardianship. Grandma should have not had Internet access.

    • @philiptownsend4026
      @philiptownsend4026 8 месяцев назад +1

      She stayed a naive and stubborn child all her life, at first overprotected by her parents then immediately by a new young husband who cosseted her and insulated her from reality just as her parents had done (rightly so) as a child.
      She somehow needs to be protected from harming herself and those that love her.

  • @CathieWhitlock
    @CathieWhitlock 9 месяцев назад +9

    Her best friend in Canada is savvy! She knew exactly what was up.

  • @jojigeorige1056
    @jojigeorige1056 Год назад +25

    The hotel officer who deleted the footage almost put me in tears.

    • @miloslavski6149
      @miloslavski6149 7 месяцев назад +3

      The footage wouldn't be able to prove anything. Ok some african men brought some suitcase. So what? Can the footage show what was inside?

    • @caroles5502
      @caroles5502 3 месяца назад +7

      @@miloslavski6149 The purpose of viewing the footage would be to help identify the perpetrators.

    • @GnosticElohim
      @GnosticElohim Месяц назад

      Why?

  • @mwallm5906
    @mwallm5906 10 месяцев назад +14

    Her mother has no learning curve and is her own worst enemy. Her husband was a cop and she should have known better. Her friend warned her more than once but she chose to ignore it for a fantasy relationship. Twice!!! First money, then her freedom!!!

  • @teacherabreo4263
    @teacherabreo4263 11 месяцев назад +39

    I hate victim blaming but that's what you get for being so stubborn. I hope this becomes a lesson to everyone to listen to those who genuinely care and ignore those who you just met.

  • @iamjoycelewis
    @iamjoycelewis 11 месяцев назад +12

    I hope everyone learns a lesson from this. The hotel manager should be investigated for deleting evidence, she might be an accomplice or under duress by these drug dealers. As a Nigerian, I strongly condemn all forms of scams. My heart goes out to Susan and her loved ones. I pray she gets vindicated. May God bless and protect Father John and all those who are working towards helping the victims of scams.

  • @cruisepaige
    @cruisepaige 11 месяцев назад +67

    I hope she keeps her mom away from computers now.

    • @lucysphotosfromar
      @lucysphotosfromar 10 месяцев назад

      PROBLEM IS........... she could also meet a man at church, the bingo hall, a family picnic
      and he could be the 'love of her life'.......... and turn into an alcoholic,. wife beater and snake. There are no guarantees. Look how many divorces there are.

    • @julierichens4218
      @julierichens4218 10 месяцев назад +15

      Good luck on that mission! In case you hadn't noticed, her mother's a little bit of a knot head. She's not interested in doing what she's told, she's interested in doing what she wants. Many of us have moms who do not listen at all, for any reason, but want to blame us when something goes wrong in their lives for not protecting them. The problem is the mom, not the daughter. And in truth, nobody has much control over another adult

    • @SANE172
      @SANE172 10 месяцев назад +1

      I Hate computers.

  • @elizabethmchenry3102
    @elizabethmchenry3102 10 месяцев назад +16

    Bless this godly man who is helping the unfortunate people who were either innocent, trapped and have no hope. I pray for his health and that he will accomplish his mission. Thank you, Lord for this man.

  • @beekeepermariadelgado6806
    @beekeepermariadelgado6806 Год назад +52

    I don’t blame the other family members are disgusted and pissed for her very poor judgement. She needs to face that her spending money on an online love makes her other children feel they will pay for future expense, and it places a financial burden. I would never trust her. I am 65, my husband passed away 2 years ago and there is no way I would allow a man to take my husbands place let alone a freakin online fantasy man. She was a victim made from her horniness and her children were victims of her inconsiderate selfishness.

    • @patony_1288
      @patony_1288 11 месяцев назад

      I don't think 65 yrs old women get horny anymore.

    • @Nancie6290
      @Nancie6290 10 месяцев назад +3

      Ya I am 65 and 10 years ago I wrecked my marriage from stupidity in my mid life crazies . Total fool ,but I took responsibility for scamming myself . It’s called learning . I have days where I can’t help but have regrets . This woman needs to learn to stop being self absorbed like I was and stop . Be happy with yourself . ☺️

    • @CathieWhitlock
      @CathieWhitlock 9 месяцев назад

      I’m with you sister! Some women NEED a man.

  • @anglophils645
    @anglophils645 2 месяца назад +6

    If someone you love starts acting like this, call a lawyer immediately. Calling the police was good, but call a family attorney. He or she can help you obtain guardianship, so you can protect your loved one's health and money.

    • @BruceLee-fd7uw
      @BruceLee-fd7uw Месяц назад

      She's bk home and has a new boyfriend 😅😅😅

    • @bernadettelovespie4734
      @bernadettelovespie4734 Месяц назад

      Guardianship is extremely hard to obtain. She’s not an imbecile and so mentally unstable where one would be granted…just foolish and makes poor decisions. It amazes me once losing all that money, she’d trust anyone else again over the internet. And to fly off to Ethiopia on a whim. 🤦🏽‍♀️

  • @kriswillems5661
    @kriswillems5661 Год назад +60

    Some people are addicted to the attention they receive from scammers and do the most stupid things against the advice of all people that love them. And they do it over and over again. I am not sure such people can really be helped. And I am also not sure it's smart to help such people.

  • @VOODOOphg
    @VOODOOphg 10 месяцев назад +14

    Sue Ryan, Susanna’s best friend, seemed to be correct about every single thing she told her. The fact that (assuming this is true) she told Susanna that the Ethiopians (who were really Nigerians) were going to use her as a drug mule and NOT to take anything with her that these guys give her was absolutely prescient!

  • @Onsanio
    @Onsanio 11 месяцев назад +16

    Keep watching 90 day fiancee and thinking you can find yourself a foreign toyboy thats not scamming you ladies. The only reason the people in that show are safe is because of the 15 tv crew right behind them 😂

  • @cherrub27
    @cherrub27 9 месяцев назад +19

    That's unbelievable that a woman from a first world country could fall into scam for twice.

    • @Ashronz
      @Ashronz 6 месяцев назад

      Most or the ppl scammed from what you called first world country
      Whom are the least educated by the way and not so smart

    • @JeanClaudeCOCO
      @JeanClaudeCOCO 6 месяцев назад

      This woman was sheltered all her life and only just got outside of that mindset only to be taken advantage off by Nigerian scammers.

    • @trickolas78
      @trickolas78 2 месяца назад

      She is mentally challenged. This happens all the time

  • @vanadians3819
    @vanadians3819 Год назад +22

    As a Canadian I suggest to other Canadians to NEVER stay in the hotel in Ethiopia. I think they are in on it. I figure better safe than sorry.

    • @lavn314
      @lavn314 7 месяцев назад

      Or just be alert? Never hurt to be suspicious.

    • @justhefacts8358
      @justhefacts8358 7 месяцев назад +3

      That sounds like some toddler logic, like avoiding drowning by never going near water.

    • @shimmer8289
      @shimmer8289 Месяц назад

      I can offer better suggestion never stay in Africa

  • @goldfishglass
    @goldfishglass 10 месяцев назад +8

    My mom always said to me, "Hard head,you can't hear,hard head you will feel."

  • @Alladimedia
    @Alladimedia 11 месяцев назад +18

    I’m ethiopian and i’ very sorry how our police officers act, I know this is what they do everyday, I would like to donate her book if she is publishing, please let me know.

    • @RetaKiki-h4z
      @RetaKiki-h4z 10 месяцев назад

      Even the air port workers on it to ለሌላ ሲሆን አንደኛ ናቸው

  • @wwondertwin
    @wwondertwin Месяц назад +3

    This level of gullibility makes me angry. The pain she has caused to her loved ones by not listening is just unbelievable.

  • @BalmoralBaal
    @BalmoralBaal Год назад +31

    The fact that most of these people never considered the warning by friends, is amazing!!

    • @patreimer7696
      @patreimer7696 Год назад +2

      Love is blind.

    • @GnosticElohim
      @GnosticElohim Месяц назад

      Because they know exactly what's going on and are not victims.

  • @rosimckeana6052
    @rosimckeana6052 10 месяцев назад +16

    What truly scares me is that these people have a right to vote, when they cannot make even the most basic decisions correctly.

    • @h.h2610
      @h.h2610 10 месяцев назад

      👍

  • @coronabuster3611
    @coronabuster3611 11 месяцев назад +18

    I was so relieved that she was freed and is back home. I think most people can get into a vulnerable place and be taken advantage of. I know I'd never have thought someone paying for my trip was doing it for nefarious reasons, well other than sex but not to hide drugs in buttons and use me as a drug mule. Granted, I'd never have accepted the free trip from someone I'd never met but that's because I tend to distrust things that are too good to be true.
    I think she had a lovely marriage and was surrounded by good, honest people, and evil like this would never have entered her mind. It's horrible that monsters prey on innocent people and that people blame the victim for what happened.

    • @elsang1903
      @elsang1903 10 месяцев назад +4

      Most people might get into a vulnerable situation but most people would not be that desperate and hungry for attention and love from a man, to be selfish enough to sacrifice their family financially for strangers; and believe strangers’ lies over their best friend’s repeated warnings and concerns.

    • @nola706
      @nola706 7 месяцев назад

      Unfortunately in the name of Love I hear far too many desperate stories weather they travel near or afar.

  • @kdizzle901
    @kdizzle901 11 месяцев назад +18

    She sure is paying for not listening to her family now…..I just don’t feel sorry for her….her husband is turning in his grave

  • @maxiscoozuba4338
    @maxiscoozuba4338 Год назад +58

    This makes me wonder what is wrong with her.

    • @IamPINKIEDaniels
      @IamPINKIEDaniels Год назад

      I’m wondering if she doesn’t have a high iq 😢

    • @veronicacrabtreehill6608
      @veronicacrabtreehill6608 Год назад +17

      It does make us wonder what was really wrong with her. Surely nobody is THAT desperate to be loved. She had a family who loved her.

    • @beekeepermariadelgado6806
      @beekeepermariadelgado6806 11 месяцев назад

      @@veronicacrabtreehill6608 would have been cheaper and better to buy a Silver Bullet vibrator.

    • @kdizzle901
      @kdizzle901 11 месяцев назад

      @@veronicacrabtreehill6608she’s a blind bat

    • @Nancie6290
      @Nancie6290 10 месяцев назад +2

      Mid life crazies I call it . I had my own stupid phase . A person has to appreciate what u have and stop thinking just of yourself 💔

  • @JohnathanMackenzie-h8z
    @JohnathanMackenzie-h8z 10 месяцев назад +17

    A neurosurgeon needing cash...ffs woman...really? Sorry for your trouble...

    • @miloslavski6149
      @miloslavski6149 7 месяцев назад

      Rich people may also need cash sometimes. For example for medical reasons or to invest into something profitable.

    • @Rocklover478
      @Rocklover478 3 месяца назад

      ​@miloslavski6149 rich people don't need people to send them money, they already have lots of it.

  • @purplebutterfly7257
    @purplebutterfly7257 Год назад +60

    This woman should’ve just been content with the love of her family but instead she had to be all needy and act like a high school girl thinking a big romance and love was around the corner for her. Tsk tsk terrible terrible.

    • @beekeepermariadelgado6806
      @beekeepermariadelgado6806 Год назад +8

      I hope her new boyfriend wised up and bailed, she is to desperate.

    • @Nancie6290
      @Nancie6290 10 месяцев назад +3

      Yes the grass is never greener on the other side .

    • @franciaochoa9114
      @franciaochoa9114 10 месяцев назад

      Wow is incredible that lady is so stupid.. how the police don’t get involved and investigate the owner, manager of the hotel. It’s soo sad but’s most of those African are dishonest and scams. They done like to work ..

    • @Maruzzela-l1u
      @Maruzzela-l1u 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@Nancie6290what are you talking about??how does a relationship love compare to your kids love?her kids her their own life AND husband..jeez you ppl are terrible

    • @Maruzzela-l1u
      @Maruzzela-l1u 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@leonardodalongislandwho is "they"?

  • @satraramek9760
    @satraramek9760 11 месяцев назад +11

    My cousin fell crazily for a man online. Her only Daughter told her if she pursued that or any other online relationship she would disown her. That ended that🎉🎉

  • @kisabuli
    @kisabuli 11 месяцев назад +21

    So, she was released after 270 days? That's incredible. I think this documentary influenced the decision.

    • @danieldj9194
      @danieldj9194 20 дней назад

      Unfortunately this is only the tip of the iceberg. Think how many who is not helped like this?

  • @chetdeter5137
    @chetdeter5137 Год назад +19

    Terrible thing to do to your children.

  • @loretapereras8643
    @loretapereras8643 10 месяцев назад +11

    This happened to me but I predicted right away that that was a love scam… the man was fast falling in love and asked for money !!!! Why a man asked money to a woman that he fall in love?? It’s a scam!!!!

    • @Nancie6290
      @Nancie6290 10 месяцев назад +4

      Ya I tried writing to an idiot and the letters were so long from him … normal people don’t write like that plus then he “ got assaulted and lost his wallet “ in Nigeria 😂😂😂😂I asked him if he’s trying to scam me . He said no then I just blocked and deleted . I never like fb anyway . I don’t need imaginary friends to feel important . I have 5 friends I go for coffee and they don’t want money 😂

    • @miloslavski6149
      @miloslavski6149 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@Nancie6290 What was the point of asking him if he trying to scam you? What answer were you expecting?

  • @EstherKibui-vy7dm
    @EstherKibui-vy7dm Год назад +21

    This is a nightmare.

  • @Mohamed_margarita25
    @Mohamed_margarita25 6 месяцев назад +5

    Father jon helped me way back 2021 in hongkong when i lost my job because of covid i stayed in his shelter he is a good person he helped alot refugees woman who got pregnant and foreign domestic helpers who are jobless and over stay in hongkong
    May God bless you father jon

  • @lovemagicandroad
    @lovemagicandroad Год назад +36

    Immature needy woman! What a terrible story of this 64 yo Canadian woman, but I was struck by how she was victimizing herself to her daughter. Saying things like “I don’t even want you to know what it’s like here!” I think that is worse than saying. It’s dirty crowded smelly etc. Imagination of the listener can be greater than the mother’s reality. She sounds immature and needy, the mom that is.

    • @BrigidSamhain
      @BrigidSamhain Год назад +9

      Yes, and the pictures of her on her phone, clueless, ignoring everyone else are foreshadow of what is to come for her self- centredness.

    • @DaveSabharwal
      @DaveSabharwal Год назад +7

      I agree, she faced the consequences of her poor judgement and ignorance. If u r lonely, why not try find sm1 face to face in same country or region u r in ...this is not blind love or lust..its pure stupidity

    • @beekeepermariadelgado6806
      @beekeepermariadelgado6806 Год назад

      Plus she really thinks a handsome independent man would want an old lady, she was just kinda okay but not good looking enough to fly to see.@@DaveSabharwal

    • @CathieWhitlock
      @CathieWhitlock 9 месяцев назад

      @@DaveSabharwalWith AI you can no longer be sure that you are Face-Time with someone that you think is real.😊

    • @deannalumia1707
      @deannalumia1707 7 месяцев назад

      That is exactly what I thought. If you don't want your loved ones to think about it, don't mention it. And especially not that way!
      I feel so sorry fer her daughter.

  • @ArticLover
    @ArticLover Месяц назад +8

    My ex wife has fallen for one of these scammers, sending 10,000 dollars to someone via gift cards, never to a bank account, never to an address, always loading up these cards. She finally caught on to the first guy, dropped him, went back to SAME online chat room and found a so-called other guy, who said and does the same thing as the first guy and is sending him money the exact same way. She is a Canadian too and I do not know what is wrong with these older Canadian women who defy reality to pursue these crazy dreams. I never knew how many of these older women are mentally ill.

    • @franklidgad
      @franklidgad 12 дней назад

      Rule #1. If they, at anytime, ask for money (including gift cards) then STOP immediately!! SCAM ALERT!!!

    • @gummybearsh
      @gummybearsh 10 дней назад

      It’s not just women, romance scams are very effective on lonely elderly people. They have poor understanding of technology, tons of free time, and most importantly, are desperate to get love and attention. There’s also often an element of cognitive decline at that age. Combined with the fact that their generation believes that the parent is always right, it makes it impossible for them to listen to their children.

  • @donna-leeking2211
    @donna-leeking2211 11 месяцев назад +5

    I am an Australia 💁‍♀️🇦🇺 who tunes in from down under. This story is compelling to say the least and my heart pours tears for this Lady’s children. To find that behind the scenes is a Samaritan minister who reigns from here is stunning to say the least. His tenacity, honesty & God driven role to assist in this matter will be key to resolving the outcome. Thankyou for reporting on this fragile case, while building and armistice to cast light on internet scandals and life altering injustices. Blessings abound🙏☦️☮️

  • @mikka8755
    @mikka8755 Месяц назад +3

    Father John is one kind of a man! What a blessing for all those people! Thank you for your work!!!

  • @marshallturley8844
    @marshallturley8844 11 месяцев назад +10

    As someone who has had loved ones taken from me suddenly & unexpectedly, I felt a deep compassion for the daughter in this story and how helpless she must have felt. I was happy to read that her mother was released and is back with her family.
    I hope that the mother will have the courage to seek out the psychological help & support that she needs. I wish her nothing but the very best on the rest of her life’s journey.
    I would like to give a very sincere & heartfelt “thank you” to Father John, Jane & Michael Arthur for the work that you’re doing. What a Dream Team you were for that whole family & also for all of the other families in similar circumstances. I tip my cap to all 3 of you. 🧢

    • @leeroberts5129
      @leeroberts5129 9 месяцев назад

      WOW! THANK GOD SHE WAS RELEASED! SHE IS AN INNOCENT, SHE WAS SHELTERED FROM REAL WORLD FROM FAMILY, AND HUSBAND, THEN HE DIED, SO I IMAGINE SHE WAS LOST TO THE WORLD, A TARGET FOR EVIL PEOPLE! I PRAY SHES MATURED IN HER HARDSHIPS, A HARD WAY TO LEARN, A LIFES VALUED LESSONS, EVERYONE IS NOT GOOD , TRUSTING! PRAYING FOR HER, SO SAD! SMH! ONLY EVIL CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LESS FORTUNATE, WOMEN, PEOPLE, PERIOD! GOD 👀 SEES, I HOPE THEY ARE STOPPED!!

  • @kristyvang9684
    @kristyvang9684 9 месяцев назад +8

    If your mom listened to you and her best friend she won't ended up like this. Don't feel sad and bad.😢

  • @theknitwit7098
    @theknitwit7098 Год назад +23

    Gee, I wonder whether the guys who set Suzanne up are associated with the hotel owner/staff. One must ask why THAT hotel was selected, or how the CCTV video file was erased.

  • @carolinestreeter975
    @carolinestreeter975 Месяц назад +2

    First time is a mistake second time is just plain stupidity

  • @markbyron1
    @markbyron1 11 месяцев назад +12

    A well produced story. I noticed you shut off commenting on the next show involving this woman. She was fooled once and claimed to want to help prevent any other person from getting scammed yet decided to do the same thing, this time placing herself clearly into harm's way. It's difficult to fathom doing the same thing twice and expecting different results.

    • @Nancie6290
      @Nancie6290 10 месяцев назад +2

      This is how people stop it … quit talking to strangers and stop answering the phone to no body’s . I know I did my own stupidity . I psyched myself out thinking my personal trainer would want someone 17 years older 😂😂😂😂mid life crazies . Took myself down the garden path .

    • @BruceLee-fd7uw
      @BruceLee-fd7uw Месяц назад

      She's got another boyfriend now and she's bk home in Canada 😅😅😅

  • @AnitaAnnonuevo
    @AnitaAnnonuevo 9 месяцев назад +2

    blinded by love, broken and now suffering behind bars..

    • @miloslavski6149
      @miloslavski6149 7 месяцев назад +1

      Now released and looking for her next love on a dating site 😂🤣

  • @nanamiya3396
    @nanamiya3396 11 месяцев назад +21

    Why this hotel manager refused to hand over the video😡😡😡😡

    • @BlueHeron654
      @BlueHeron654 11 месяцев назад

      Because she could be unalived if not compliant.

    • @lynncollver6067
      @lynncollver6067 10 месяцев назад +2

      Paid

    • @nora4981
      @nora4981 8 месяцев назад

      @@BlueHeron654don’t paint her as a victim… she got paid

  • @Jazzylady216
    @Jazzylady216 10 месяцев назад +14

    A suitcase full of presents and over 260 buttons attached to the clothes and a ticket to Hongkong from someone you never met. Yes. Thats totally insuspicious 😅.

    • @Nancie6290
      @Nancie6290 10 месяцев назад +3

      Ya no alarm bells going off 😵‍💫. Sad cause she could have just found a guy from down the street who would gladly take her money . Keep it in her own country . 😂

  • @nanaking3042
    @nanaking3042 Год назад +33

    I believe the manager of the hotel knows something about the situation, he must be Questioning by the authorities.

  • @QyXR2
    @QyXR2 10 месяцев назад +5

    In some countries, the punishment for drug smuggling is death.

  • @jacquieconklin3543
    @jacquieconklin3543 Год назад +70

    How can you be so gullible!!☹️🤦‍♀️

    • @marimont26
      @marimont26 Год назад +8

      she's not gullible,she's desperate to have a bf to show people she's not alone

    • @TheMangoMussolini
      @TheMangoMussolini Год назад

      What a self-righteous, sanctimonious, holier-than-thou comment. Perhaps you missed the part that explained her early life? It's perfectly understandable that she would fall prey to these kinds of scams. What's indefensible is that her family and friends could see the danger but did not intervene to stop her.

    • @giogomez3657
      @giogomez3657 11 месяцев назад

      She's gullible ​@@marimont26

    • @iceman4660
      @iceman4660 11 месяцев назад +13

      ​@@marimont26both are true. Gullible because she was desperate for love.
      Btw being tricked once is bad, but for a 2nd time is inexcusable.

    • @youngdkout
      @youngdkout 11 месяцев назад

      Was the lady set free

  • @juancarlossaavedra6757
    @juancarlossaavedra6757 Год назад +22

    That Hotel in Nigeria is involved in the scam.

    • @miloslavski6149
      @miloslavski6149 7 месяцев назад +1

      Ethiopia. Could be any random hotel. For the scammers there is no difference which hotel to use.

  • @CianWalsh-vr7pi
    @CianWalsh-vr7pi 10 месяцев назад +92

    Psychedelics saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety, smoking, and illicit pills addiction. Imagine carving heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone. Believe it or not, in a couple of years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues.

    • @QuekCheung
      @QuekCheung 10 месяцев назад +2

      Psilocybin is legal in some states and mushroom therapy is allowed in many states as a legitimate medical treatment. So I believe soon it'll be globally used as a treatment for anxiety, depression, and more.

    • @Hikari-xh2sq
      @Hikari-xh2sq 10 месяцев назад +1

      To be honest, mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on the planet and it is natural, they serve in many ways not only for mental related issues.

    • @AlianDubois
      @AlianDubois 10 месяцев назад

      Can you help me with a reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. It is very hard to get a reliable source here in New Zealand. Really need!

    • @halllauren8879
      @halllauren8879 10 месяцев назад +3

      Yes, Sporeville. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction... Mushrooms definitely made a huge difference to why I'm clean today.

    • @KathrineKassandra
      @KathrineKassandra 10 месяцев назад

      I wish they were readily available in my place.
      Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He's 59 & has many mental health issues plus probably CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone.
      He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD knows if it is common for an obsession with violence.

  • @annelouisejamieson402
    @annelouisejamieson402 Год назад +38

    She did not realize how vulnerable she was or that she put herself at risk without any type of common sense. In many ways she’s lucky to be alive and such a rude awakening. The fact that she survived this ordeal is a tribute to her strength and newly acquired life skills.

    • @kdizzle901
      @kdizzle901 11 месяцев назад +1

      She’s blind

    • @msdecemberloveangel8236
      @msdecemberloveangel8236 10 месяцев назад +2

      Her husband protected her from the world of good and evil she had no life experiences. This is one of the reasons why she is so gullible.

    • @Hard_Car_Life
      @Hard_Car_Life 10 месяцев назад

      Seriously? A part of her brain doesn't work properly. It's eroded with thoughts of fantasy.

    • @phyllisben-odigie3626
      @phyllisben-odigie3626 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@msdecemberloveangel8236I totally agree with you.

    • @Iya-v9w
      @Iya-v9w 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@msdecemberloveangel8236True!

  • @coppervixen33
    @coppervixen33 10 месяцев назад +11

    Who else thinks the hotel is tied into this?

    • @Nancie6290
      @Nancie6290 10 месяцев назад

      If they were not ,one may think they could be more helpful .

    • @coppervixen33
      @coppervixen33 10 месяцев назад

      @@Nancie6290 agree completely. Just feels fishy to me to destroy what they know people are legally trying to obtain.

  • @aprila4616
    @aprila4616 11 месяцев назад +12

    What a heartbreaking story

  • @nbbim2012
    @nbbim2012 15 дней назад +2

    She refused to listen to the truth about both of these men multiple times from people who actually care & love her. Seems like she never had to grow up & she allowed herself to be naive because her husband looked after her. This is the prime example of just because you have to be smart & listen to good advice from people in your real life. She brought this on herself

  • @nickyb7266
    @nickyb7266 Год назад +25

    Absolutely tragic! The worse case of romance scamming I’ve ever heard of! To be first scammed out of all your money, then put in major debt and then jail for the rest of your life in another country is unbelievable! Why won’t the court system there have some sort of investigation into these cases. Seems crazy that they are allowed to just throw people in prison and throw away the key. So sad!

    • @ivanacool1
      @ivanacool1 11 месяцев назад +5

      If they let go of this woman, the drug dealers will rely fully on this method on these people

  • @jacquia.2606
    @jacquia.2606 10 месяцев назад +8

    John Weatherspoon and his colleague Jane are such beautiful people. Even through the lens of a camera you can feel their generous and loving vibes 🥰

  • @derekking2662
    @derekking2662 9 месяцев назад +4

    It is incredible how vicious people can be to make money,first they drain the poor woman of her life savings then they trick her into smuggling drug into one of the worst country with human abuses in the world

    • @tdpmayhemyt
      @tdpmayhemyt 10 дней назад

      Have you ever been to Hong Kong?

  • @flowerjpotter1629
    @flowerjpotter1629 8 месяцев назад +5

    The fake "romance" puts the victim into similar shoes as an addict.
    We all know addicts will do anything to get their drug and so the scammers have total control of their victims.
    In a later later about this lady her friend shows photos from a day out they had together, but in every photo the scammed friend was involved with her phone, it showed how she had become so reliant on the constant drip drip of communication from the pretend boyfriend.
    This is a horrible long term crime.

  • @user-marlesefourie17
    @user-marlesefourie17 Год назад +21

    I'm very sorry for what happened to this lady. My heart goes out to her and her family.
    I spent 1 year in Tai Lam center and 6 years in Lo Wu CI. Things were very bad when I got there in 2011. By the time I left in 2018, I've been through a lot, I've stood my ground on human rights to make things better for everyone, mostly for us Westerners. I was just one of two white Westerners. Prison in HK is not easy, you need to stand strong, there are many good prison guards.
    The law of HK is very bad when ot come to DDT, Dangerous Drug Trafficking.
    I'm really one of the very few people that ever won appeal against sentace.
    I know father John, I've met him while I was there. He try to help some of the people.

    • @BruceLee-fd7uw
      @BruceLee-fd7uw Месяц назад

      Well I can tell by ur facecthatvur an ex junkie...it makes ur life so much harder

    • @user-marlesefourie17
      @user-marlesefourie17 Месяц назад +1

      It takes a junkie to see another, and yes, I was using before. Been there done that.
      I've been clean for over 13 years, and I don't look back on my life.
      I look forward.
      And just to inform you, you know nothing.
      I'm a hustler 💯
      I do what i need to do.
      I have no fear only of my Creator.
      Judge and you will be judged by Him.
      Before starting, calling people names, think off YOUR own life, and then cast the first stone.
      No one I've ever met used any kind of substance for NO reason. The devil is everywhere and deserves the vonorable.
      I WAS broken and vonorable. Thanks to all I've been through in HK, IM A STONG WOMAN
      your shallow words are nothing to me.
      PS. get a life 😊

    • @user-marlesefourie17
      @user-marlesefourie17 Месяц назад +1

      At least I have a face, a BEAUTIFUL FACE ❤❤❤
      Thank you LORD

    • @ritaamor283
      @ritaamor283 Месяц назад +1

      God bless you 🙏

  • @Honeybager1337
    @Honeybager1337 10 месяцев назад +29

    Granny should be placed in a retirement home with no access to money or the internet, where she can fall in love with the many widowers, join knitting clubs, play bridge and do water aerobics. She will be safe to live out her crushes and cause no harm to her frustrated family due to her feeble mind.

    • @Western_ENT
      @Western_ENT 8 месяцев назад

      The 2nd scam was using her as a drugs smuggler, they paid for her trip! They would need to put a flight constrain on her as well, somehow!

    • @foxywhitetip7387
      @foxywhitetip7387 8 месяцев назад

      💯

  • @barbaraness4507
    @barbaraness4507 10 месяцев назад +6

    The frustration, and resentment that has been caused by my mother in law’s constant contact with the scammers has almost completely alienated her from the family. She wasn’t a great person to begin with so this behavior of hers with the scammer involvement has made it easier to not want anything to do with her.

    • @Nancie6290
      @Nancie6290 10 месяцев назад +1

      Definitely dangerous . Especially when they run out of money and want to borrow to keep their addiction alive . Very sad

    • @eatnplaytoday
      @eatnplaytoday 10 месяцев назад +1

      My hubby’s older brother got scammed. He borrowed from everyone and even wanted my hubby to take a loan out of their own mother’s home

  • @Phlegethon
    @Phlegethon Месяц назад +2

    I'd imagine the city that got messed up due to the opium wars isn't so keen on drugs...problem is the scammers really should be the ones in jail.

  • @cattymajiv
    @cattymajiv 11 месяцев назад +8

    I would never go to a third world country with a strange man, all expenses paid or not!

    • @Nancie6290
      @Nancie6290 10 месяцев назад +1

      Exactly ! I hate flying anyway but Ethiopia . Egads .

    • @stephenbanks5952
      @stephenbanks5952 8 месяцев назад +2

      He wasn't even there. What was she doing for three weeks on her own? The level of stupidity is off the charts.

  • @ns86532
    @ns86532 9 месяцев назад +6

    feel so miserable for the daughter who is moving the earth and sky to meet her.

  • @awesam7
    @awesam7 11 месяцев назад +12

    Glad they didnt send her to Singapore. It will be a death penalty.

    • @miloslavski6149
      @miloslavski6149 7 месяцев назад +1

      Never say never. I bet she is now looking again for her next love on a dating site.

  • @pauloladimeji8855
    @pauloladimeji8855 9 месяцев назад +4

    I don’t know why I am so angry right now. How can you over look all the red lines and believe some one else to your own friends and family.

  • @theofficialnataliax1
    @theofficialnataliax1 11 месяцев назад +9

    Those who don’t hear must feel 🤷🏼‍♀️