Because it's on a "men's rights" site, which will set off huge red flags.
And hosting in on pastebin doesn't raise any red flags?
It masks the obvious agenda; but yea, it also presents problems of its own.
This seems an elementary question, but did/does the poor man have an attorney? It doesn't seem to be mentioned in the paste. If not, that's where he should start.
Welcome to life, this happens all the time, this is pretty much the standard of what happens. Pay whatever they say you have to pay, find a nice girl and start a new family.