This caller is going by the name: Agostino Lombardo, he does not live in Los Angeles. From the information that I have researched and gathered, he is most likely in West Africa, which is known for a large romance scamming operation. He pretends to be in California and targets single women for money.
I did talk to this scammer for some time and did a little research. I came across a Facebook page of a guy that goes by "Shakes Junior" he has the phrase "Italian.vibe" on his cover page, which is the email name that this Agostino uses in his scams. He is from somewhere in West Africa. Some of his post are interesting such one he wrote that he says it's easy to deceive in the emails and messaging. I have quite a bit of information that I have gathered. Phone numbers that are from Italy, a few bank account's full information, from Oregon, Australia, & Istanbul, Turkey along with account holder names. Any help I can be please let me know.
I was scamed from this man for nearly 7mos last year.. You are correct.. he took $16,0000 + from me and many people he used to send the money too. I have reported him to the FBI and some sites that deal with internet scams..same email address as you listed Ja... it pains me what he's doing to women but get this he does the men too.. found him on many dating websites for gays to reg sites... I fear this person one day wiill rob me blind again and knows far too much information about me as well... they have no sham and please avoide this person at all costs!