Take a look at this guy. Doughy, pasty, pudgy. Not exactly matinee idol looks, yet several ladies thought this guy “was all that…”

Who the hell would buy this guy a Corvette, an Escalade and other high end cars? Read on and learn what this 28-year-old Missouri man, Timothy Rossell’s been up to. KMOV.com brings us the story.

This mid-west lothario has been accused of convincing lonely gals to buy him a fleet of exotic cars as part of an online dating swindle that spanned several states and snared at least three women, according to authorities.

The car list is impressive consisting of a Lamborghini Gallardo, Corvette Z06, Cadillac Escalade, Ford Mustang Shelby, as well as a Can-Am Spyder 3-wheeled motorcycle, to name a few.

If that weren’t enough, when he was arrested on October 13, he was also charged with one count of impersonating a federal officer and four counts of identity theft. According to police, Rossell was engaged in a scam in which he would convince women to buy sports cars for him, drive them for a time, and then secretly sell them while telling the women the vehicles were stolen, KMOV.com reports.

Rossell was shacked up with his 27-year-old fiancee in Union, Missouri, under the identity of deputy U.S. Marshal Austyn Gardner when the cops finally caught up to him.

During their time together, Rossell convinced his wife-to-be to purchase the Cadillac Escalade, Shelby Mustang, and Can-Am Spyder; he also opened several credit cards in her name, racking up boatloads of debt.

In yet another dupe, Rossell used the name Timothy Brandhorst to heist a Ford F250 from a couple illegally. Rossell also conned a 20-year old of $650, promising to deliver a car which he never did.

The party was shut down when a victim from Missouri confronted him with a credit card in her name which she never knew existed. Rossell fled using the Gallardo but got a flat tire. He was later collared at a bus stop where he was waiting to hop a bus.

What the hell? We’ve all been down in the dumps before, but to trawl dating websites looking for lonely hearts is the epitome of immoral conduct.

And why does this nutty behavior usually go hand in hand with a grandiose alter-ego like a billionaire, rock star, or in this guy’s case, a U.S. Marshal?

All kinds of crazy. What most disturbing is there’s probably many of these clowns lurking in every community with varying degrees of this pathology.

Takeaway? Don’t buy anyone a car who  you just met online. Yeesh.