soliticitor. IRS scam

met this man on a dating site on 3 weeks ago. he says he loves me and wants to come and visit me. he sent a picture but it looks like picture has been cropped or fixed. i did not tell him my real name but he has my number. he needs money to come to see me as his wallet was stolen. how can i report him to the authorities? please help

Do you have any idea where the scam originates?  Quite a few of these are run from outside the USA, so a report to you local cops does not really do much.  Report this to the website you were on, that is at least a start.

Don't waste a lot of time concerned about the fake photo, it is not a photo of the crook in any case, they just grab photos of the interwebs.  A lot of these guys pretend to be US Military, and have some of the most preposterous and illogical stories to tell.  Be careful out there!

I keep getting calls from this number with funny music in background. Obviously from outside of USA. Irritating.