i think my uncle has been scammed, kidnapped, or something worse.
he went to visit a woman he met online that he had met while he was married to his now ex-wife. they sponsered her and paid for her enternet and got her a cell phone, sent her clothes and money and showed her the path to god, the things most christian based sponser programs do.
his wife started cheating on him, some bad things went down and they divorced. where things get sticky is this girl, lets call her jane, stayed in contact with him the whole time but not as just a friend. she started to "fall in love" and then she started talking to my mom and over the course of a few months she talked him into flying out there to see her. she's in the philipeans and he's never left the country,yet he agrees to go see her.
i thought the whole thing was shady from the begining because when my mom would ask her questions she would reply with how much she loves god and she's so thankful she met my uncle, always the same answer. the way she talked about her family was strange and sounded nothing at all like the usual traditions of that region, plus she knows perfect english, always knew exactly what to say and kept pushing for him to go see her, but never tried to keep in contact with his ex wife who was a very good friend of hers.
now my uncle has vanished. he's the type of man who calls you every day, calls his mom every day, calls my mom every day. he's kept in contact with us every single day since the divorce happened and the last time we heard from him was last tuesday. he was supposed to be back today, and some odd things have happened since the last time we talked to him. he sent an email to my mom but it sounded like 'jane' sent it rather than him, and a card was sent to his mom 's but he had not signed it, 'jane' did. at first i told mom he may be jet lagged but something happened with this girl's mom and she had to go to the hostpital and my uncle was left with her twin brother, alone. i believe that is the last time he contacted us. i opposed the whole affair in the first place but no one listened to me. now it seems like something has happened and i'm not sure what to tell my mom. grandma is not the type of person that would know what to do, she's a small town trusting person like her son, my uncle, and my mom doesn't know much about scams or things like this. just what we've seen in movies.
i told her to call the embassy if she can't get a hold of him but that might not be what she's suppoesd to do. has anyone been in this situation or have any clue as to what to do? we are getting worried and i know some dancers go over seas and maybe someone might know what to do in this situation. we are stuck right now and really getting worried. i would really appreciate any help. we can't be sure of what city he is in right now but we know the country.
thank you for taking the time to read this. this isn't a situation i thought my family could ever be in but mom's side of the family is so trusting, they don't think they could ever be scammed. i warned him but..he didn't listen. again, any help and thank you for you time.



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