I’ve known a lot of women who’ve said they’re unlucky in love. When all else failed several of them tried to improve their odds of meeting Mr. Right by enlisting the help of the matchmaking professionals at Match.com. With 15 million users and 20,000 new people signing up each day, their chances of finding a nice guy seem pretty good, right?
That’s probably what two women from the Tampa area were thinking when they signed up and met David Joseph Jiminez, AKA Michael Jiminez. Unfortunately, these two ladies weren’t only unlucky in love; they were unlucky in finances, too. Jiminez conned them out of more than $100,000.
Jiminez used their personal information to open credit card accounts and then added himself as an authorized user. When the bills came due, he had them mailed to other addresses or hid them himself to avoid detection.
One of the women was left holding the bag for a $60,000 Mercedes-Benz that Jiminez bought with an altered car loan application. She can’t even sell the car to pay it off because Jiminez had already wrecked it by the time she learned of the scam.
The other woman came out of the deal in even worse shape after marrying Jiminez and becoming pregnant with his baby. He opened credit card accounts and took out cash advance loans using her identity and then tallied up a whopping $50,000 in debts.
Law enforcement officials say they think there are probably other women in the Orlando and Tampa areas who were also swindled by Jiminez. Considering Match.com has 15 million users and 20,000 new people signing up every day, Jiminez’s chances of bamboozling more than two women out of their money seems pretty good, right?
Identity thieves employ a limitless number of scams to get to their victims’ money. Match.com charges roughly $50 for a 3-month membership. When you sign up for LifeLock’s identity theft protection using the LifeLock coupon code Defense, you pay only $9 a month. Online dating services and LifeLock; they’re a perfect match.
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My name popped up here on a search and I was freaking out a bit until I read the article. Too bad I have to share a name raked through the mud like that. Although the Mike Jiminez of Carson City, Nevada is happily married and has never used Match or any other dating service (just wanted to state this in case my wife ever came across this page).
Dear Mike’s wife: If he’s scumbag enough for all the other, can you trust him not to lie in comments?
I am an ID theft victim and have ready many of your articles. It’s a very good webpage you have here, and you’ve convinced me to sign up for LifeLock.