{"id":8448,"date":"2026-09-09T07:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T07:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448"},"modified":"2026-09-09T07:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T07:07:10","slug":"louisiana-cruise-passenger-tracks-down-alleged-1100-scammer-who-used-funds-for-luxury-trip-wheres-my-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana cruise passenger tracks down alleged $1,100 scammer who used funds for luxury trip: ‘Where’s my money?”"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

She was cruising for revenge. <\/p>\n

A Louisiana cruise passenger was allegedly scammed out of nearly $1,100 for her Caribbean getaway before she tracked down the man she blames and confronted him aboard the same ship.<\/p>\n

Read more Sen. Jeanne Shaheen\u2019s daughter Stefany wins nasty primary for New Hampshire House seat<\/a><\/p>\n

Vanessa Phillips planned to sail aboard the MSC Seascape on a Western Caribbean cruise from Galveston, Texas, on Aug. 30 to Sept. 6, with Armonte Domious Wilson, an associate she met on a cruise in December 2025.<\/p>\n

Phillips claimed that Wilson asked her for $1,100 to secure her spot on the luxury megaship. However, she alleged Wilson cut off all communication near the sailing date and learned that the alleged con man spent $524 for the cruise and excluded Phillips from the reservation. <\/p>\n

Phillips then purchased a separate ticket to confront Wilson with the \u201cintention to get him to confess.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou thought I wasn\u2019t going to get on here? You took my $1,100. You thought I wasn\u2019t going to make it? Where my money at?\u201d Phillips scolded Wilson in a video posted to Facebook Sept. 5.<\/p>\n

Wilson, who was found seated in a jacuzzi aboard the vessel, initially claimed he had her money, but when Phillips asked if he had it on him then, he said no.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s OK for you to take my $1,100 and you on a cruise \u2026 Where\u2019s my money?\u201d Phillips continued.<\/p>\n

Wilson then denied taking her money and said he had not removed her from the reservation. He called security as Phillips followed him away from the jacuzzi.<\/p>\n

Read more Data shows Amazon jet\u2019s key braking systems did not deploy during deadly Miami crash: NTSB<\/a><\/p>\n

In a message accompanying the video on Facebook, Phillips explained Wilson had been looking for someone to sail with when she reached out to him about the trip.<\/p>\n

\u201cI reached out to [him] and we made plans, plans that included a FAKE itinerary, FAKE AGENT BOOKING NUMBERS, INVOICES and payments sent totaling near $1100,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

MSC Seascape\u2019s seven-day Western Caribbean cruise package takes travelers from Texas to Mexico and Honduras before returning to the Lone Star State. <\/p>\n

Travel packages aboard the vessel, which was awarded Forbes\u2019 \u201cBest Cruise for Families Overall,\u201d next year start at $524 per person \u2014 half of what Phillips claimed she paid Wilson for her trip. <\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

Wilson later denied trying to scam Phillips, saying he removed her from the booking after learning she had allegedly disputed Venmo payments she sent him.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease consider the facts and documentation provided rather than relying solely on portions of the live conversation,\u201d Wilson wrote on Instagram Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegarding the money that was sent, the transactions have been disputed through Venmo. I understand that Venmo may ultimately rule in her favor because I was unable to respond within the required timeframe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more LSU fills roster in major twist to former NFL player drama<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAt this point, I am waiting to see how that process is resolved,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vanessa Phillips booked her own cruise ticket to confront Armonte Wilson in a ship jacuzzi after he allegedly scammed her out of $1,100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-news"],"yoast_head":"\nLouisiana cruise passenger tracks down alleged $1,100 scammer who used funds for luxury trip: 'Where's my money?" - Metro Transit Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Louisiana cruise passenger tracks down alleged $1,100 scammer who used funds for luxury trip: 'Where's my money?" - Metro Transit Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vanessa Phillips booked her own cruise ticket to confront Armonte Wilson in a ship jacuzzi after he allegedly scammed her out of $1,100.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Metro Transit Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-09T07:07:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=8448#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=8448\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7cd7bd9683106710eed62ba5da559b14\"},\"headline\":\"Louisiana cruise passenger tracks down alleged $1,100 scammer who used funds for luxury trip: ‘Where’s my money?”\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-09T07:07:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=8448\"},\"wordCount\":510,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=8448#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/82f30191c6dc6e8c44c15c379074aa84.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"US News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=8448#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=8448\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=8448\",\"name\":\"Louisiana cruise passenger tracks down alleged $1,100 scammer who used funds for luxury trip: 'Where's my money?\\\" - Metro Transit Review\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=8448#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=8448#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/82f30191c6dc6e8c44c15c379074aa84.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-09T07:07:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7cd7bd9683106710eed62ba5da559b14\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=8448#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=8448\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=8448#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/82f30191c6dc6e8c44c15c379074aa84.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/82f30191c6dc6e8c44c15c379074aa84.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":799},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=8448#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Louisiana cruise passenger tracks down alleged $1,100 scammer who used funds for luxury trip: ‘Where’s my money?”\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Metro Transit Review\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7cd7bd9683106710eed62ba5da559b14\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Louisiana cruise passenger tracks down alleged $1,100 scammer who used funds for luxury trip: 'Where's my money?\" - Metro Transit Review","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Louisiana cruise passenger tracks down alleged $1,100 scammer who used funds for luxury trip: 'Where's my money?\" - Metro Transit Review","og_description":"Vanessa Phillips booked her own cruise ticket to confront Armonte Wilson in a ship jacuzzi after he allegedly scammed her out of $1,100.","og_url":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448","og_site_name":"Metro Transit Review","article_published_time":"2026-09-09T07:07:10+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7cd7bd9683106710eed62ba5da559b14"},"headline":"Louisiana cruise passenger tracks down alleged $1,100 scammer who used funds for luxury trip: ‘Where’s my money?”","datePublished":"2026-09-09T07:07:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448"},"wordCount":510,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/82f30191c6dc6e8c44c15c379074aa84.webp","articleSection":["US News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448","url":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448","name":"Louisiana cruise passenger tracks down alleged $1,100 scammer who used funds for luxury trip: 'Where's my money?\" - Metro Transit Review","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/82f30191c6dc6e8c44c15c379074aa84.webp","datePublished":"2026-09-09T07:07:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7cd7bd9683106710eed62ba5da559b14"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/82f30191c6dc6e8c44c15c379074aa84.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/82f30191c6dc6e8c44c15c379074aa84.webp","width":1200,"height":799},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8448#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Louisiana cruise passenger tracks down alleged $1,100 scammer who used funds for luxury trip: ‘Where’s my money?”"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/","name":"Metro Transit Review","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7cd7bd9683106710eed62ba5da559b14","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/metrotransitreview.com"],"url":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}