Cassandra Taulaki from the Gold Coast, Queensland, is now heartbroken and homeless after her partner, who used the fake name of ‘Marcus Bennet’, allegedly conned her into thinking he was a successful businessman
A pregnant mum has been left heartbroken and homeless after her alleged love rat boyfriend lied to her about everything throughout their relationship.
Mum-of-one Cassandra Taulaki was in a relationship with the man, who called himself Marcus Bennet and claimed to to be a businessman in Australia’s Gold Coast.
Cassandra, who is just days away from giving birth, was told by Bennet that he was childless, but has since found out he is the father of at least seven more kids.
“You see this kind of thing in movies and documentaries and I couldn’t believe this has happened to me,” Ms Taulaki told Daily Mail Australia. I fell for a man who wasn’t even real – he lied about everything, his name, his age, his job, his family, his entire life.
“I was in really deep and I’m currently pregnant with our child. I’m due in a week. We had made plans for our future and our life together, but it was a future that was built on the foundation of all his lies and I had no idea who I was really dealing with.”
Cassandra alleged that he spent years creating fake identities and fake social media accounts in a con that has gone on for years. The expectant mum started dating the “Marcus” at the end of 2023, and thought she’d met the successful jet-setter she’d spend the rest of her life with.
Marcus claimed he had been in Australia for the Christmas period, but would be heading back to his engineering job in the Middle East, where he claimed he was paid big bucks. In a social media post, Cassandra said the man lied about his name, and has used several monikers to disguise himself, including Paul, Pauly, Dartanian, Sam, Ryan, Dox, and Antonio.
His entire life story was a lie, she said, with him dreaming up fictional life events and non-existent brothers who aren’t even real people. He even claimed to be in the Australian army after showing her photographs of himself in military uniform.
Cassandra has set up a GoFundMe for “starting over after a betrayal”. “Help me and my babies find a home”, she asks.