The Fraudster - part 2

J contacted me recently and proposed a meeting. He had been very elusive up until now. I made up a fib that I had my mother staying with me so that he would not just show up on my doorstep. I met him yesterday in a very odd place called Freddy's. It was a student bar, in the Goodenough College. How low the mighty have fallen -he could not even afford a normal bar anymore.

The most embarassing thing happened. I was going to text two friends whom I had been keeping posted on the whole affair that I was "with the fraudster" and if I ring them and hang up, they should ring me back. By accident I sent that text to J! I almost laughed. he came back and of course checked his phone right away. I cringed inside. What a moment. When he saw it he put up this hurt look on face and asked innocently "What does this mean?" At least it served as an excellent pretext to confront him. I pulled out all the bank statements I had printed and asked him why he stole from me. He denied everything. He remained extremely calm and composed, his voice was steady, sublte and suprised. He was a very good actor, or as my friend said later, a professional con man. He claimed he himself was a victim of fraud and the only way that "other person" could've done that was because he was in touch with me via email and they must have been able to use my email address to get to my details. At least that lie was as illegimiate as it was impossible. I dropped it, got my books, finished my cider and we parted shortly. He had the nerve to invite me to dinner the following evening. Of course he called today and cancelled it. He had to go to France to celebrate the Bastille Day. Hmm, some spur of a moment decision, wasn't it?

I suspect he hasn't gone to France. I suspect he hasn't been staying with any friends either. I suspect he is still staying at the Goodenough Club, which is a 4 star hotel. So I phoned up the club and warned them about J. I had made up a fraudster profile and sent it to them. Hopefully he is still there and hopefully he will be caught red handed trying to use someone else's details.