Black professor claims he lost $50k after being deceived by Russian mail order bride...

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BALTIMORE — A Morgan State University math professor believes he's the victim of a romance scam. Dr. Jonathan Farley met his wife through a Russian online dating site. He was after true love, but he believes his wife was after a Green Card and his money. He estimates he lost close to $50,000.

Farley, an accomplished mathematician, looked at finding love like a statistics problem.

"There are 10 million more women than men in Russia," said Farley.

He liked his odds, so he traveled to Siberia where he met a woman in an unconventional way.

“I met her in 2013. I used a mail order bride website called Elenasmodels.com. Even though they used the term ‘mail order,’ no one actually arrives in the mail,” Farley said.

The website delivered a match. She was 20, he was 42. Despite the age difference, they thought they'd give it a shot.

“We stayed in touch. I sent her about 250 questions about family life, how many kids you'd want to have, other aspects and she answered all of them,” Farley said.