First he took her to a fancy French restaurant on the upper West Side, then he took her to the cleaners.
A 65-year-old married man from Brooklyn turned out to be the Internet date from hell for a widow who was looking for love – but instead found a con man who scammed her out of $100,000, prosecutors charged.
Investigators believe there are more victims of Alan Sarner, who allegedly used the computer in his Sheepshead Bay apartment to transform himself from a married retiree into a phony investment banker looking to fleece lonely women….On their first date at the Cafe des Artistes restaurant on the upper West Side, Sarner pitched a get-rich-quick deal for a company on the verge of curing leukemia, according to prosecutors. Within a month, Lynn allegedly gave Sarner three checks totaling $100,000.
We at Corra Group are constantly warning people against the predators stalking the online dating sites and dating clubs. They are out there, feeding on the hopes and wishes of many, and the desperation of most. In fact, recently I was compelled to write an article, “Meet the New Mr. Goodbar,” addressing this very issue. What disturbs us is that for a couple of bucks you can run a background check on someone’s criminal and financial records and find out if they are for real. A few bucks of prevention is worth, in this case, losing $100,000, to say nothing of the humiliation and the embarrassment. And in the extreme cases you risk physical harm and and even death. So, as we say at Corra, “Check Them Out Before You Date Them.”
