Scammer posing as WWE star Alexa Bliss swindles 73-year-old man out of $1million

An imposter claiming to beryllium WWE star Alexa Bliss scammed an aged man retired of almost $1million aft starring them to judge they were successful a romanticist relationship.

The New York Times detailed nan shocking communicative this week aft a man named Chris Mancinelli revealed his 73-year-old father, Alfred, mislaid his status savings and immoderate of his granddaughter's assemblage money to nan fraudster earlier his passing.

Mancinelli explained that Alfred, who died past summer, had a history of dealing pinch scammers arsenic he 'opened his bosom to them' and allowed himself to beryllium manipulated.

And earlier his decease successful 2023, a clone relationship posing arsenic stunning wrestler Alexa became nan latest to con him retired of a devastating amount.

During nan pandemic Alfred is said to person mislaid astir $770,000 aft seeing his status savings driblet from astir $900,000 to $130,000 - which Chris believes mostly went to nan Alexa imposter.

The scammer, who went by nan sanction 'Lexi', reportedly told him fictional stories astir WWE laminitis Vince McMahon humiliating her aft rejecting his advances, arsenic good arsenic being hospitalized owed to her menstrual periods.

They past asked Alfred to thief salary for expenses, which he duly obliged contempt ne'er communicating via audio aliases video, earlier Chris tried his champion to intervene.

In a hopeless bid to extremity his dada from draining nan entirety of his savings, Mancinelli transferred his past remaining $100,000 into different account, only to beryllium deed pinch a suit by Alfred.

He was yet ordered to return nan money to him, which past vanished a period later.

'There was thing we could do to person him,' Chris is quoted arsenic saying.

Alfred died successful 2023 aft undergoing a post-fall cervix operation, but his boy is convinced his dealings pinch 'Lexi' would different not person ended. 'If he didn’t pass, he would person kept going.'

'He mislaid each his money, his family relationships and was perpetually stressed done it trying to get much and much money for them,' Chris added.

'I loved him. I wanted a adjacent narration pinch him, but it ruined it.'

The existent Alexa, whose existent sanction is Alexis Cabrera, has antecedently warned fans astir falling unfortunate to scammers who usage her likeness to con them retired of money.

Bliss has not competed since nan 2023 WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view arena aft giving commencement to her and hubby Ryan Cabrera's girl Hendrix later that year.