Keziah Gonzales wearing a diamond ring she scammed from John McPherson. (Name published with permission)

jm30180@yahoo.com(email address published with permission) wrote us:

Dear Filipino Investigator,
My name is John. I had been communicating with a Filipina in Ozamis City for the past 9 months. I sent her packages and money to come here. She told me that she worked with a financial firm A1 Financial there in Ozamis. She was due to arrive here last Friday in Atlanta but never came. Her cell phone is now turned off and I have heard nothing on IM or email either. I have a friend who had her sister-in-law who lives in the Philippines contact A1 Financial and the HR department there says that they have no employee there using the name that she gave me. I need closure and need to know if this was a scam or if she was for real and what happened. She received packages there at A1 Financial in Ozamis City from me. She also told me that it was a very small office there which I have verified since. They have only four employees there. I have sent her several packages via the US Post Office and an IKOBO card that was delivered via FEDEX to her home address. I have many pictures, cell phone numbers, money transactions, and in particular pictures of her wearing the ring that I recently sent her that she received in early September. Her name is Keziah Dasigan Gonzalez with the address: purok 1 villa consuelo,ozamiz city 7200. Thank you so much

Result of investigation:

We sought the help of Ozamis Police City and we found out the the pictures she sent to our client isnt her. This unknown poor lady’s pics was stolen by Keziah for her scamming activities. Presumably, the source of those pics were from Friendster of unknown account. We have also discovered that Keziah isnt alone on this swindling schemes, one informant estimated that this gang is composed of more or less 7 persons (gays and females), whose hobby is internet chatting, and there, they are looking for unwary foriegners as their prey.

They can be found using numerous fictitious Handle names on different on-line dating sites.

We also check A1 financial Services Inc in Ozamis City if they have a personnel in the name of Keziah D. Gonzales, the result is negative. The gang just merely used the name of the lending firm. They also assured us of their cooperation for the arrest of these scammers.

Keziah’s mother is not a teacher nor have been a teacher. Keziah has a daughter out of wedlock. Their primary source of living is through swindling. Living in a slum place of Ozamis City, Keziah must have promised to herself ” I shall never go hungry again!”


Pictures stolen by keziah for her scamming activities: