Man who died in Mexico was romance scam victim, family says – KKTV

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) – A North Carolina man’s family is searching for answers and justice after he died in Mexico months after moving there for what his family says was a romance scam.Frank Mazziotti’s mother got a late-night call in August from her 44-year-old son’s new wife in Mexico. The call was devastating news. He killed himself, his mother was told.“I said, ‘No. What are you talking about?’ And I just kind of went all to pieces when I realized she was being serious,” Frank’s mother, Louise Mazziotti, recalled.Frank Mazziotti and his new wife, from Mexico, were married a year before that phone call after meeting on an app called Clubhouse.“I know he loved languages. And he spoke Spanish fluently, and French and Italian, and so he loved to talk to people in different languages,” Louise Mazzioti said. “So, he got on that app and met Lucia. And there was like a fast romance.”He divorced his wife of 11 years, paused his business, sold his home and made plans to move to Mexico.“The whole thing was troubling to me. I didn’t want him to go. I tried to get him to rethink and give himself time,” Louise said. “I said
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