Based on a real-life story

Why This Man Insisted on Keeping on Sending Money to a Woman He’d Never Met

The frightening consequences of Mike’s loneliness

Lioness Rue
Human Stories
Published in
6 min readMar 21, 2024

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Mike: She’s beautiful. She’s light-skinned, with long hair — like a brown color. She’s beautiful, man.

Investigator: You can’t send her any money.

Mike: Why not? I mean, I’ve been doing it so it wouldn’t affect me.

Investigator: -Silent PAUSE- (speechless)

Mike: So, if I did send this money every day or every other day or whatever, what would that do? If I send her this little money, would that affect anything? It’s not gonna affect me.

Mike was deeply enchanted. It all began with a random text from a woman who quickly apologized for her mistake, saying it was the wrong number. Then she introduced herself. Her name was Mary.

Mary was a beautiful thirty-two-year-old with brown hair — a light-skinned Puerto Rican woman by origin. She was in the military.

Mike already thought that Mary was beautiful from her photo. So he entertained her.

Mike also gave Mary details about himself. He was a hardworking man who grew up in a strict religious home. From a very young age, he…

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