Michael started to chat from a dating site, Older Dating in New Zealand, chat a few times then he suggested we talk on Gmail chat. We had contact for 5 months,.Requested monies for $500 at first to help with gold mining.Had up to 4 requested for money. Nearly $20,000 in total.The money was sent by Western Union and Michael Duke was the name used for pick up.He was suppose to be getting monies from the US and that was going to get him to New Zealand and pay me back. He just stopped contact.