Faking it — scammers’ tricks to steal your heart and money

Hey Lucylou...I believe we spoke to the same man. How long have you been chatting with him and did you get a video chat call?? I got one and it was short and no sound. He said it was because of the Waves and connection. I'm aware of fake videos that can be made to look like anyone. They are usually short like 10 seconds. He is about 52 gray hair very nice looking, very attractive crazy handsome blue eyes? Very sweet talker and sends love videos. Says he is a captain on container cargo ship, goes by Eddy James Mike Wayne? He has two children, daughter 17 and son 14 and widowed, his sister watches them while he is out on containership. He told me part of engine broke and they could not move forward without the repair part flown by helicopter...lol Then asked me to access HIS bank for him and transfer money to seller of the part. At that point I was OUT!!! We really need to exchange photos, how can we do this?? I appreciate you posting this info as it will help my brain tell my heart he isn't real! I knew things seemed off and no way it could be true. I just kept playing along while enjoying the attention and was waiting for the money transaction question to drop....and it did!! What name did he use with you? I am going to have some fun with this one before I block. lol Sad there are people in this world this shallow.

my friend is also talking to someone "on an oil rig" - Lucas Garcia, obviously fake name. I can't get her to stop talking to him!

What was his name?

I'm also talking to a guy that claims to be a petroleum engineer, shortly after we started talking he said he was being sent offshore and is now in the gulf of Mexico, hes been there for a little over a month. Anytime I questioned anything dealing with the idea he could be a scammer he would get upset. But then he wanted to pay off not only my credit card but also my student loan, so around $12,000 of debt, without ever having met me. He emailed his "account manager " about it, I asked him to send me the emails...which made him mad but he did it. And they seemed fishy as the account managers email was through gmail, not a company address and the emails between them were not professional at all. Sometimes this guys English is really good, other times I have no clue what he's trying to say. Like during the whole talk of getting me $2000 to pay off my credit card, saying that I would get the money and then a payment plan would be set up. Eventually I found out that he meant that I'd get the money for my credit card debt and then money would be put into my account monthly to help me pay other bills. He didn't want my bank info, but instead wanted to use cashapp....which I dont have. I refused to let him do this, told him I would be more comfortable having this conversation after we met. We had the talk 3 times, always the same argument. Then a couple days before Christmas he told me that he had the day off and had a problem that he hoped I could help with. He wanted to update his itunes list but couldn't access his account. Which he told me previously that he didnt have a subscription currently. I asked if he could just go online to do it, or use amazon to purchase a card, or if his account manager could help. Conveniently his account manager is on vacation, and his payment was denied on apple. He wanted $100 gift card...I told him no and ever since then hes been moody and says that things are good between us, that we are different, and doesnt get why things will be different when we meet.....he had told me previously that as soon as he got home he was coming to meet me, now he says he doesn't know if he will come at all. I told him a friend of mine was recently scammed, the guy wanted to pay her credit card and then give her money monthly, and he told me he doesnt need to know about what happened to my friend. I feel bad not believing him, but I know that I have to protect myself. I've even asked him how he can't be worried about me.... this guy claims to be Stephen Robert (no middle name), said he was born in Wyoming but raised by his dad in south Africa and moved back to wyoming when he was 20, because his dad died. He says him and his mom dont really speak because she hates his job (his dad died doing the same job) and he has no other family. First he told me his bday was dec 24th, I wished him a happy bday and now suddenly his bday is dec 28th and hes going to be 39. He claims that he cant use his cell phone while offshore, but has been sneaking using it to talk to me. Yet I tried calling his number one day and it's a Google voice account, which can be used by a phone or a computer.

I think the oil rig guy has been talking with me as well. He always called me sunshine. That is why your post caught my attention.