Snared in his ‘Web’

Online Romeo XXX-torted women: feds

A creepy con man posed as a billionaire on big-name dating sites to lure unsuspecting women into an identity-theft scam — and then threatened to release explicit photos when they caught onto him, the feds charged Thursday.

At least 15 women from New York, Atlanta and other cities told the FBI they were tricked by John Edward Taylor, 46, after meeting him on sites like match.com, Seeking Arrangement and eHarmony, Manhattan feds charge.

A newly unsealed complaint details the lies he allegedly told his victims, with whom he had either a sex- ual or business relationship between 2011 and 2016 using the name Jay Taylor.

Taylor usually passed himself off as a billionaire entrepreneur who owned two oil refineries in North Dakota, according to court papers.

He allegedly lied about being robbed in order to gain access to one woman’s credit card and have another pay for his stay at a Chicago hotel.

None of the hapless victims was identified in court papers.

A woman ID’d only as Victim 2, who lives and works in Manhattan, began dating Taylor in April 2013 after meeting him on match.com.

Under the guise of ordering furni- ture for her, he got her to give him personal info, including her Social Security number, so he could open a store credit account.

But instead, he used the information to get an American Express card, on which he racked up $60,000 in charges, the complaint says.

When Victim 2 confronted him about the bill, he promised to pay her back. But when she later pressed him about repayment, he allegedly threatened to send X-rated photos of her to her employer.

“Have fun at [work],” Taylor allegedly mocked in a text to Victim 2, who gave screenshots of the messages to the FBI.

Meanwhile, two other women, Victims 5 and 6, believed they were getting into lucrative business deals with Taylor after connecting on Seeking Arrangement.

He allegedly told them he sought to start a business marketed toward “professional women” who could meet and become friends with each other, court papers say.

In total, the bogus businessman made off with $360,000 before he was nabbed in March on similar state charges out of Virginia, the feds say.

Taylor is charged with wire fraud, bank fraud, aggravated identity theft and other charges and faces up to 30 years in prison.

His lawyer declined to comment.