Hi Ladies:
I connected with Anthony Ricciardi of Chicago on 5/5/08 on eHarmony. He "is" 42, 6'2", Italian, Veterinarian MD working for the UN and on contracts of his own. He was moving fast. Got me onto Yahoo Messenger and email quickly. Had his "mother", Cynthia Ricciardi, send me emails 1-2 days after I spoke with him on the phone. Will post all emails below.
From his mother:Dear Miss xxx,
It is so wonderful the news my son brought home to me. I woke up to his wonderful email about a woman he met. He said I could write you and here I am a happy mother writing to my would be daughter-in-law.
You have really done a good job in affecting Anthony's life, I have been worried he'll never be able to fall inlove again after his loss. I have one thing to tell you, Don't you ever let him go. This is the best news I've heard in a while now, I don't want to hear anything different. I look forward to seeing you in Milan. Am going to leave you babies to enjoy yourselves.
Update me, or if he becomes naughty tell me.
Sincerely,
Cynthia
From "Anthony":
Honey,
You are a blessing that my entire being is very thankful for. I feel that we were made to love, listen, understand, and work through all times in our lives together and individually.
I feel that we have shared more time together than we ever will and I know there are many more special occassions and moments in our lives that will surprise and bring us closer.
You are my soul mate and nothing, and no one else feels more right than you!! I love you eternally and unconditionally. God's love has answered this prayer I've wanted and been almost too anxious for so long. I miss you more than words can say and my love will reach any distance and fly to be in your dreams and heart each evening that we can not be together. I physically long for you each night and will see you in my dreams until we find ourselves wrapped in the love that grows stronger and deeper each day, into our future together. I believe and have faith in you. You are my love and will always be mine.
Love Always
Your Romeo
Reply from his mother
Dear xxxx,
Good to read you back, am so happy to hear you and my son are having a great time. Am particularly happy that you wrote back. It is so nice reading the words of the woman who has brought back happiness in Anthony, Thank you so much.
I wish you lucks ahead, and can't wait for the time, you'll have to come over. Have you started planning that already? From your words and what my son told me, am sure there can be no other one for him.
Best Wishes
Cynthia
Honey,
Am back, it was a great breakfast around intellectuals. It was fun but not to compare to when its just you and me on the dining. I miss you so much.
Honey, having your love, has been the best thing that has ever happened to me. I have never loved anyone as much as I love you. Everyday, when I awake from a dream of us together, I thank God I found you! What have I ever done to deserve such a loving, caring, wonderful woman? Everything about you is just so perfect. I know you are not without imperfections, but in my eyes, everything you do just seems so flawless. The way you express your love to me is so awesome!! I feel so loved! I need only to think of you to have all my troubles melt away. I want to spend my whole life with you, loving you and receiving your love in return. I long to hold you and feel your sweet caress. The miles that lie between us will soon disappear, and we will have each other always. I don't care what others say about you and me. All I know is that I love you, and that will never change. Sweet, Thank you for loving me the way you do. I couldn't ask for more in a woman!
My request to be taken out of eharmony has been honored, am completely off. Its just me and you now. Thanks for your beautiful french breakfast email.
I love you more than the world
Anthony
Honey,
You kill me with the expression of love you have for me and how great our life will be. I wish i can write my own beautiful version.
There's this special love that I have deep within my heart. That love is only just for you. It is far greater than this planet, galaxy or universe. I wish I could show you how much you really mean to me. If I could let you feel how much I do really love you in a kiss or hug, you would only feel the surface of the love that I have for you. The only time when I can show you how much I do really love you is when we are married. For then you will see and taste how much I love you. You can hear the language of my love for you by listening to my heart; it will speak to you. You can taste the sweetest of it in a kiss and you can feel it in a hug. When you look deep into my eyes, you will see how great my love for you is. You will also know and see that it's no lie!
My heart will always remain yours forever and ever for you taught me how to love again, you taught me to give and receive love by trusting in you and believing. You taught me to go the extra mile. And though there are miles between us, I never stop thinking of you, you have brought a change into my life and my heart is forever yours.
Thoughts of you warm my heart. You complete me, you are everything my heart desire.
Loving You Always,
Your Romeo
Honey,
There is no doubt you are the girl i dreamt of as a child. I dreamed of that one person that I would share my dreams, happiness and energy with ... I could not see her face but she was there. I always felt like she was out there, I just needed to feel her. I visualized the bond we would have and the courage she would give me to endure life's obstacles.. All these years I was with others, and feeling my way through life, learning lessons that later on would prepare me to become the person that I am now. I have felt alone and sad. Then one day my eyes opened and I became that little boy again ... realizing that she is here now. Here in my world was the girl that I had dreamed of and I'd hoped would not miss our meeting in life. You are a my dream come true honey, your emails, your sweet soft voice, they are so great that i wonder what it will be like when am there on Saturday.
I can't wait to have you in my arm, cuddle with you, Kiss you, look into your eyes and tell you that you are all i care for and that i will love you forever.
My love, My angel, My dream come true
Till we talk,
I love you so much
Anthony
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Hi Honey,
Am so sorry i have not been able to call or write before now, Things have been busy around here. Just got internet access and thought i should tell you how much i missed you.
I love you forever babe, and will talk to you soon
Anthony
Hi honey,
Your babe is sick here, I think I have cold. Am having headache and fever, couldn’t be there at the conclusion of the session today. Missing you coupled with the illness makes it feel like the world is ending for me.
I love you so much honey and If I don’t get on the plane tomorrow, you know why. I’ll try and take my medication so that’ll feel better.
Love you so much
Your Romeo
You can call me on 011 44 704 571 2795
Hi babe,
Am sorry i couldn't make it today, as i feel its gonna be a disaster if i fly all those miles with my health situation. Its ok babe, for we have eternity to live and take care of each other. I miss you more now, but i know that you are always there for me.
I won't be going to Egypt anymore, someone is going to take care of that. I have Ireland and Lituania to take care of, and the good news is that i won't be taking all 2 weeks as already planned. From my sick bed, I have ordered for the vaccines, i will just have to do The AGP and ELISA tests and then apply the vaccine with the help of the other doctors there.
I love you so much honey, and my heart longs for the day we'll be together.
hugs and kisses
Your One
Honey,
It was so beautiful being able to talk to you yesterday night. I enjoyed every bit of our conversation and it makes me long for you more.
We are gonna having amazing, wonderful, loving life together. You are an angel sent to me by God, I can't wait to meet your family, kiss you, whisper loving words to you and make passionate love to you.
I love you xxxx, I will always do [he spelled my name wrong here]
Your Anthony
Well Ladies, that is all he wrote. From the online research that I've done, I haven't seen him use Anthony Ricciardi yet, and his other writing has been marginally correct in both grammar and spelling. However, phrases were the same like the way he spelled "babe", "cos", "mum" etc. My story was that he lost his fiancee, Andrea, six years ago in a car crash. He was born in Newark, NJ, his father died when he was 4 and his mother took him to Milan to be raised by his grandfather. When his grandfather died, he moved to Yukoslavia to be raised by his uncle as to maintain a solid male role model in his life. He went to South Hampton University in the UK for his veterinarian MD, met Andrea whispering in the library in college. When I asked him how long they'd been together before she died, he said, "I don't know, since college. I never really counted." After her death, he moved to Wyoming with his friend Michael. Michael had just had success on eHarmony and married his wife six months ago and moved to Austrailia with her. Anthony then moved to Chicago where he'd been living for 6 months. He was set on moving to my town, paying off my house mortgage to prove his worth to my family, and starting up a pet hospital locally so that he wouldn't have to travel one month at a time as it wasn't fair to the relationship. He actually spoke to my mother on the phone! Additionally, he sent me his flight information for last weekend (I just found out about the scam last night). He was supposed to go to Egypt for 2 weeks and had changed his trip to come to my town. Then he got sick (he really sounded sick on the phone), and cancelled Egypt all together to take 2 short trips this week to Ireland and to Lituania. He was then planning to fly home to me in the US on Friday or Saturday.
Well, after crying my eyes out, I let my brain do its intellectual rationalization work, I let my soul breathe compassion through my heart, and I moved on. He called me twice this morning. Once at 8:30AM EST and asked me why I was down. I told him that I'd found his whole story online and that it was over. He said "why didn't you tell me"? I said, "I just found out last night". He said, "I don't want to hear this." I said, "I wouldn't either if I were you." He said, "I have to go, I will call you back later." I said, "Don't bother". Well two hours later my cell rings from an unknown number and he says, "Hi Babe". I say,"Don't call again, and don't bother to get vicious with me because I've read that you get really mean." He said,"Why do you hurt me?" I hung up. Note that after speaking with him for 4 days, I brought up the topic of internet scams and he said that his friends said the same thing except for Michael. Whenever I said that I was nervous, that its going too fast, that I was nervous about picking him up from the airport, his reply was, "Honey, don't be so negative. I love you and it is all going to work out." He is much more intelligent than the guys listed as Dino, Nino, Michael, or David. Their writing was really shabby. I know now that he changed his style because he asked me what I'd read about the scammers and I'd told him about the shoddy grammar, asking for money, fast paced romance etc. That was when he offered to pay off my mortgage ($1.2million dollar house) and cited his financial stability and that he co-owned 3 properties in the UK, had been working so hard since Andrea died, and saved in stocks and bonds since college. He even didn't need to work anymore if the money was managed right. I said "that's great, but it doesn't impact me at all. With or without you, I can manage on my own." He offered to be my "world tour guide" and suggested that after we went to Milan to meet his mother, that we should go to Greece. La La La La...it was all music to my ears.
Lastly, ladies, you should know that he asked me for phone gender. I told him that it was not my style until last night, when we got into it. Afterwards, he said, "I broke you". He meant that he'd broken me down against my will. I said, "No, I chose to do it because I care about you." No reply.
The phone gender was another method to bring me in more intimately. When he knew that my family was researching romance scams, that he'd have to meet my father, brother, and 4 male friends next weekend, I think he got desperate to secure my heart.
My gut instinct is that he wouldn't have come this weekend. Also, you should know that I went to all of the romance scam sites on this Veterinarian MD working for the UN and none of the pictures are the same. This guy even sent me a picture of him and Michael with their arms around each other. Also, a side view in his apartment while reading the newspaper, a beautiful headshot, a casual picture of him in the bar with friends and one on the beach. Sounds like he invaded FaceBook or something. He is gorgeous. I will come back and post his pictures once I have time. For now, I am off to the gym to release some sadness and rebuild my self-esteem. He never did ask me for money, however, he did lay the groundwork by telling me that he orders the vaccines himself and pays for them and then goes to the country to receive them, set up the studies, and manage the doctors through the process. Oh yes, one other similiarity: some women had said that he'd travelled to San Diego to Vical, Inc. to work with some doctors over there. He told me that as well and even called me before he got on the plane (it was quiet in the background). Of course I researched Vical and it was viable. Then he told me about the ERISA tests that he was running on the poultry on the farms. Of course, I researched the test, got smart about the biology, and started grilling him about the difference between an indirect application and a direct application of ERISA. He couldn't answer the questions, but laughed and said,"Good, I like that you are interested in my work."
Well best of luck to you all.
His handle on yahoo is
dr8021@yahoo.com His international phone number is 011 44 704 571 2795. Another number from Chicago is: 708-572-4930. Another international number is 1042317689. His mother's email is Cynthia Ricciardi <cinricciardi@operamail.com>. His mother is a nurse volunteering on a cancer project now in Florence. His middle name is Timothy.