Scott Korum (Spelled it out for me) called our pastor who referred him to me...he was very persistent and had an answer for every one of my questions. Before attempting to wire money, I prayed that if wasn't legit, God would stop it from going through. The wire transfer could not be completed because of verification issues. I called him back and told him I couldn't help him, he became very distressed, put his "wife", Maryanne, on the phone for a few minutes to tell me how disappointed they were that they couldn't go home...and how they had recently been converted and prayed and read their Bible every day. I decided to try one more thing...I called Greyhound and they told me that the bus didn't even stop in Fern Park, Fl. I called him back, told him there was too much information that I could not verify and that he should go to the local police station, they would connect him with someone who could help...He hung up on me!! I should have checked him out online first!!
Just got a call from Texas from a brother Pastor with this same story and phone number. Thanx to this site we have a new tool!
I spoke with "scott" but I think I asked too many questions. He was suppose to call me back but hasn't.
I received the same call from Scott Kouren at 2:30 am on Friday, Oct. 01, 2010.. He was in Winter Haven, Fl. His mom was hit and killed again. He needed the $124.12 to get his family back to Texas. I got in touch with a pastor and he made contact with Scott. Same story with a few mistakes. The Pastor called me back with the info about this website. I'm reporting this to the PD's in the DFW area and to the Tarrant County District Office.
Same story - my pastor tried to wire him money and thankfully his credit card didn't work - he called again this morning and i googled his story and came to this site - won't be sending any money his way.
Same story, same baloney. Almost fell for it. Thank God for this website. I was racking my brain trying to remember meeting this guy since he said he had visited the church 5 weeks ago. So thankful for other people sharing their information.