A father has discovered that Facebook photos of him and his seven-year-old daughter were used to set up a fake account and scam an Austrian woman out of $4,000. Antonio Valente, from Dallas, Texas, first learned of the ruse when he received a message from Marianne Heinrich, who lives in Vienna, two weeks ago, he told NBC DFW. She told him that someone using the name 'Johnson Michael Lynn' had created a fake Facebook profile using photos of him and his daughter before befriending Heinrich online. Scroll down for video . Shock: Antonio Valente, from Dallas, Texas, learned that his Facebook photos were being used on a fake account - and ultimately scammed an Austrian woman out of $4,000 . After a few weeks of friendly conversations with Heinrich, the man said he wanted to marry her and move to Austria to be with her and his daughter, she told Valente. When he said he needed money to pay taxes in England, Heinrich wired him $4,000. She soon realized she had been conned and used an image from the profile to search Google photos and discovered they had been stolen from Valente. Among the photographs shared by 'Johnson Michael Lynn' was also a photoshopped image showing Valente's face oddly placed on another person's body in hospital. Fake: The profile used his pictures but the name 'Johnson Michael Lynn' and claimed he was from Ohio . Scam: The profile showed photos of Valente's head pasted onto another person's body in hospital, left, and images of his seven-year-old daughter, right. The scammer told the woman he wanted to marry her . The Texas dad was stunned. 'It's very scary to think someone could do this,' he told NBC. But he also realized it was just the start of the battle. He wanted to report the problem to Facebook to get the fake profile removed but, because the scammer had blocked him on the website, it did not allow Valente to file a complaint. 'If you're blocked, it's circular,' Valente said. 'You can't do anything.' After being contacted by NBC, Facebook removed the profile. Victim: Marianne Heinrich, who lives in Vienna, said she does not expect to get her $4,000 back . The company's help page  gives instructions on how to file reports about a user who is pretending to be someone else; the reports can be filed even if the victim does not have a Facebook page. The section can be found on the Help Page under 'Report Something' and 'Report a Violation', which then gives a list of the violations, including how to file reports in a similar situation to Valente's. A Facebook spokesperson told NBC that the process is being reviewed to make it easier. Heinrich has contacted authorities in England but said she does not expect to get her money back. See below for video .
Antonio Valente, from Dallas, Texas, learned his photos had been used in a scam after he was contacted by the victim, Marianne Heinrich from Vienna.
She had been befriended online by a man calling himself 'Johnson Michael Lynn' who said he wanted to marry her and live with her and his daughter.
She sent him $4,000 - but realized it was a scam and tracked Valente down.
He has now reported the problem to Facebook who removed the profile.