[US] Scammer on my hands?

Crossposting from dating advice.

Might have a scammer on my hands… help.

So, basically. This guy is saying/doing all the right things. He’s cute (38M, I’m 32F), he’s tall, has a good job, doesn’t drink/do drugs (so he says), and is the single father of an 18 year old. He’s currently traveling the world and staying in seemingly good setups. His Instagram and everything else seem totally normal, and I’ve background checked him.

Red flag time. Well, yellow, at first. This past Saturday, he wanted to FaceTime and during it, he decided to book us a massage for when he gets back from his worldwide trip. I agree. He then gives me a story about how his cards aren’t working in Thailand, and he has to get some fellow English speakers to get money from an ATM and then he’ll Apple Pay them.

Tonight, he texted me saying he’s a nightmare scenario and needs to call me. I pick up and he tells me he missed his flight, had to buy a new ticket, and neither of his cards were working. He said he’d called his brother asking for money, but he hadn’t answered. I ran him through a million solutions that should work, all of which he said wouldn’t. He said his phone couldn’t place calls (we were on FaceTime audio), so he couldn’t get capital one customer service, and they MAKE you call to unlock your card. He said the reason it got locked is because Thai Airways was headquartered in Singapore. I hung up with an excuse and the problem was suddenly fixed with no explanation minutes later.

I looked it up and there’s NO airline with Thai in the name that’s based in Singapore. I gave ChatGPT all the deets (card companies, etc), and it said odds of this being true are 0.0000001% lol.

Is he trying to scam me? I’m so mad right now. I hope someone can think of an alternative here.