A wedding was already being planned.

Kristi was torn. Was this a misunderstanding? Or was her mom being scammed? Her concerns were dismissed. “You just don’t want me to be happy,” her mother snapped.

Unwilling to let it go, Kristi tracked down Isabella using the airline’s lost-and-found records. When they met at a hotel café, Isabella was shocked to hear Edwin was engaged to someone else—and admitted he had recently asked her for a large sum of money.

The two women teamed up. They set a trap: Isabella arranged to meet Edwin at a fancy restaurant, with Kristi disguised as a waitress. When Edwin got distracted, Kristi swapped his phone and found dating profiles and messages he’d sent to other women—including her mother.

Things spiraled fast. Edwin caught on