So happy you learned about these scams before you lost money. Thank you for adding a new scammer name and email here. You're right, he was leading you to the bank. If his lies didn't get money from you (he would have asked you to take a loan) then he would have asked you to cash a check for him and the check would have been fake - but you wouldn't have found out before you sent him the money, because the fake checks take at least a week to come back to your bank.
Another trick he might have involved you in is money laundering. He would have told you that someone owed you money so he would ask them to send the money to you. Then you should pick up the cash from Western Union and resend it to him. The cash would have come from another victim.
Or he might have purchased electronics, cell phones, computers, jewelry or clothing and had it delivered to your house. He would have purchased these things with stolen credit cards. He would ask you to reship them and later the stores would have come to you for the thefts.
There are even more ways he might have tried on you. Let's just say you dodged a bullet. Now, please cease all communication with him and block him from contacting you again. Do not tell him you know or accuse him of being a scammer. This will tip him off that he's been reported and he'll change his name, email and story in 15 minutes. This will negate your report and we won't know who he is again until his next victim reports him.