I thought I was dating Jon Bon Jovi. Ten months later, I realized I'd been scammed out of $10,000.
Leslie Pickett believed she was romantically involved with Jon Bon Jovi. After 10 months, she discovered it was a scam and had lost $10,000.
Leslie Pickett, a mortgage lender from north Louisiana, thought she was texting rock star Jon Bon Jovi and fell in love with him. In reality, she was being scammed by an imposter who continually asked her for money. After ten months, Pickett realized she had been scammed out of $10,000. She now appears in a documentary about a romance scam she experienced.
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