Michael Roberts first contacted me on Match.com on September 23 via the website's chat function. He quickly asked me to establish a yahoo messenger account so that we could communicate more easily. We chatted, texted and emailed frequently and his expressions of love quickly became very passionate and serious. On October 3 he said that he would have to leave for Ghana to look at some land in order to build luxury apartments as an investment. On October 5, he requested that I send him an iPhone 5 and a pair of boots to his hotel in Ghana (value $775) so that he could use them to survey the land. He said he couldn't purchase the phone or boots in Ghana. He then requested $500 to pay customs duties to get the package through customs on October 11. He then requested an additional $400 to cover his living expenses on October 14.