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

Please be careful of anyone on Tinder online dating or FB Messenger named Anton. He is pretending to be a doctor is using his pictures but it is not him. He will try romancing for a few weeks. And then ask for money. And supposedly he got paid millions of dollars on contract for job he had done. It made no sense. He doesn't speak English well. DO NOT FALL FOR HIS CHARMS. Phone #202-922-1852 Plasticity Brain Centers

Does anyone know a Dr Robert Heinrich here? Working in Aleppo, Syria as a orthopedic surgeon? Can we compare photos??

I have been talking to someone for 4 or 5 months who says they are a rig engineer on their way to Turkey. His name is Mike Campbell has anyone come across someone by this name? He has not asked for any money but did ask me to open a new bank account to date nothing has happened he does tell me that he loves me that he wants to get married and he did send an engagement ring. The only odd thing is that a package got held up in customs and because there was money involved there was a fee that he paid to have it released. Does this sound like I'm being scammed? Please help me I'm a single mom and don't know what to do.

I started talking to a man named Lawrence Peter Martin. He says hes a soccer scout for Celtic F.C. He too has a daughter but she is older and has a heart condition. Of course his one and only love, his wife passed away during child birth. This man has convinced me to send him over 8000.00. These people lie, cheat, and steal to get what ever they need. They dont care where you get the money. They suck the life out of the women they are scamming.

Has any one been contacted by a female named Patricia Long who said she was working in Bagram Afghanistan in the US Army as First Class Sergeant ?

Anyone talk to someone on match.com? Tattoo guy cute with daughter Lilly and from South Africa and is a geologist that buys oil rigs and has broken equipment.

This is all disturbing for me. I met a man on POF back about 6 months ago. Italian. Interior Designer. His team went to Dubai for a contract job and was supposed to be back now. We still talk everyday and while other people have sent him money that owes him, he is trying to redo the finishing result so he can get paid and come home to USA he says. He said he has a house in Texas and has a son I really want to believe him but a part of me wonders if he will ever get here. Good looking man in the photos I was given. People have weird him money which did not touch my acct But just doing research to try and get to bottom of it.

I was contacted by a guy named Franklin Andrew McGuire on OkCupid. Good looking, says he’s a civil engineer, widowed and lives alone in Austin Texas. He profess to love me in less than a month. Sends a few pics with his dog Max. When we started chatting on WhatsApp I realized his number is from SanDiego, California. Anyway, he ssys he travels a lot for work. So he’s supposedly in Kenya and Nigeria. He says his dad is ill and can’t get in touch with him and that he’s very worried. Says he has connectivity problems. I offered to help. Supposedly message his dad who went to Turkey for vacation and is in the hospital because he’s now diagnosed with coronary disease. I chat with his dad via hangouts. He says he’s very ill and worried about his son, that he misses him. Anyway, Franklin now asks me to get in touch with their attorney. I do and he asked for Id before he can give information about his client. I was very hesitant but sent just the front of an id with no particulars but my and pic. I regret it off course but it’s already done. The attorney then sends banking information for Franklin to wire money to an account in Turkey. I relay the message to Franklin. He then tells me he needs me to do it because his account was hacked into in Kenya and that he can’t use his email either because it’s linked to the account. He sends me information about his bank account in the UK to transfer the money. I told him no, that I don’t do any financial transactions for anyone especially since we haven’t even met. He said things to make me feel like it’s my fault that his dad would not have his surgery and die. I told him it was very unfair of him to ask that of me. Nevertheless, I just said I was very sorry and he should have his close friend do it for him and he he should go straight to Turkey. He said I was throwing away our love just because he asked me to do a financial transaction to save his dad life. Again I said sorry and wished him all the best and hope one day he can understand for position. Please be careful all

Anyone ever been scammed by a gaming site? Man texted and sent pictures and was immediately in love with me. Lived in Minnesota and was currently in Gulf of Mexico on a oil rig. Wife passed away and has daughter in boarding school. Originally from UK. Full of compliments. 67 years old, name is Jeffrey Jones. Such nice texts every day. Also has a home in Florida near where I live. His contract is up in two weeks and was flying to Florida to sell his home here and we would meet. Today oil rig broke and needs money! I am broken-hearted to say the least!!! Of course I didn’t give him money so am now not important. Why do men do this to single women???? Has anyone had anything similar happen? The gaming site was word with friends

Has anyone heard of a Derrick Geraldo? Meet on words with friends. Says he is an only child, has a 7 year old son, and is retiring but needs funds sent to his agent to retire. Says he's coming home to me because he loves me so much. Is bald, with mustach and accent. Wants I tune cards.

Anyone been approached by a Derek Myles, supposed to be SSA, IN Iraq,

Similar story! I have been chatting with a guy that random request me on Instagram. Says he is a military captain (army) stationed is ASIA working in a secret mission out in the desert, father of two children named Presley and Sandra mother passed away (4years ago of Leukemia in the blood) we have been chatting for over a month he’s never asked me for anything no money no nothing he tells me Darling, my love, sweetheart, you name it , LOL. I asked it will be awesome to meet his kids and him if he can come for the holidays. His answer CHATTING recent sent me,,,,,,,(Yes darling I will really love to be with you and the kids for the Xmas holidays, but it's not actually easy to get a leave permission from here, it has to go through process and if you are willing to help me get through it, I will be glad if you do my love) Cant' speak with him over the phone facetime because of the security of the mission. He has sent me pictures of his kids, himself, the last picture he sent me It looks (Photoshop) with the beach background wearing a black shirt, I asked him thought you were in the desert till now he hasn't replied. I feel the same comment from (glpblues) April 18, 2018, Wish I can attach his picture!

By a Franklin Martins. Claims to be on a offshore oil rig and is stuck. Needs to come back home to San Diego.

Has anyone had Williams Jackson smith who has had his kid kidnapped in Istanbul

Please help me. An American soldier is writing to me. It lasts three weeks and everything was ok, he wrote so beautifully about love ... that he is a widower with his wife died of cancer. I am almost sure that this is a scammer but ... he called me several times with I also saw him through the webcam and it really was him. I do not know what to think now. He says that he has to load the phone in order to talk with me and ask me to send money to the red cross ... and they flood him. Can he be a scammer? I saw his face on and talk to him...

This woman I'm chatting with is in the army going by the name Barbara Sherlock currently stationed in belguim, she claims that she misplaced her credit card and needs me to open a checking account. Plus she is texting me from a 973 area code. She admin will send me the check and all I have to is deposit in a checking account. Nothing makes sense. Hoping I can play this out and catch them. Anyone else have a scenario similar to this.

All of these stories sounds so similar to the guy I met on social media. I'm not sure if he's real or not but I met a Guy that goes by the name of Alex Payne does that name sound similar to anyone? He says he's Deployed in Afghanistan on some kind of mission & just went through a Divorce with his now ex-wife & they have a 4yr old son which at 1st I swear he told me his son was 7yrs old but now he's 4yrs old & all of a sudden his ex wife died & his son is living with his aged Grandma & we've been chatting for about 8 months now & kind of formed a really attached Relationship to each other although we've never actually talked on the phone or video chatted or anything like that but I've come to really fall for this guy although my heart is really in love with him I still feel like I'm being scammed because he's been asking me to send him iTunes cards & I saw a similar story to where he transferred money into my bank Account to have it sent to an Agent so he claims that he will get it sent to him in Afghanistan...like an idiot I sent it & then he claims he dropped his iPhone & needed me to send him money so he can purchase a new iPhone & wanted me to send it through Western Union or Money Gram & all these months I've been so hooked on him it's been making me more to fall Stupid in love with him even if he drives me crazy I'm still doing things for him! He showed me a pix of a bank Account under the name Alex & it was Loaded with money but he told me he couldn't get access to it until he got home in the State because they had locked his Account due to Access from being out of the state & so they locked his account & I told him many times I'm deleting him & all social media & he begs me not to that if I do leave him he's gonna be dead & he says he's so in love with me & can't wait to be with me & my daughter so that we can be a happy family Forever! He's been asking me to try & open up an online Banking Account but I've been telling him I don't need or want another Account because I have my Account but he insists it's for us to have...The story goes on & on but if anyone has been messaged by this guy which I have pix of him please let me know...I mean I still chat with him but if he's also doing it to other people I am going to tell him off for good.

Azeez Babarinde.. He text me on facebook on the 12th.. Asked me which county I was from.. On the 25th he told me he needed a lover and also said that he loved me. He then asked me if I was a student and when I said no he asked me if I could help him with $2,000 for his schooling.. I have family and friends that could use some help.. not going to send it to someone I just met online a few weeks ago.. Sad how much money they can get from doing this to people..

Daniel Bobby on facebook.. Messaged me on fb on the 28th.. Asked me if I was married or had kids..told me how his ex broke his heart and he had loved her so much but now he hates her.. Asked me who I worked for and then told me he works for cellular companies. On the 29th he told me he was in his office and asked me who my cell provider is.. He told me this is great. He asked me if we could do a business together and that to make things easier for him and to save him money, he wanted to ship some phones to me and I would ship them to him in Nigeria, he would then send me money when he has sold them. He wanted my cellular log in info.. He asked me for it about 8 times. Not sure why he thinks I would give out this info to someone I don't know. And why I would be willing to go out of my way to make things easier and cheaper for someone I don't know.. Sad that people will believe these individuals..

I met this US Soldier on Facebook. We started chatting and developed a relationship. He sent me flowers and edible arrangements. He professed he was in love with me and even sent me a promise ring with our relationship. I have tried my hardest to find out if this soldier is being catfished. He is now asking me to send him money for food and wanted me to send it to another’s soldiers wife. I just want answers of this is the real things. I would talk to him on the phone but he told me he is not 100% American. Father was American and mother from India. When I couldn’t send because the receiver getting the money was blocked. More red flags went up. I just want answers. I think that if we are being scammed we need answers right away. Because sometimes it could be true. His name is Richard Clifford. Says he is from Austin, Texas and is in Kabul Afghanistan. I can post a picture but can someone please give me advice.

A man named Benjamin Tom scammed me for iTunes gift card and then money gram. Always being sent to a man in Nigeria. Benjamin's picture is it a good looking man he is an American man but he speaks with an accent when I talked to him on the phone and I stupidly let him talk me into sending him a picture that I shouldn't have now he's blackmailing me for money or he's going to post pictures on the internet for my family to see he has already scammed me $3,000 promised he would ask for no more never ever and tonight he's asked for $100 iTunes card I'm so sick of fake men I wish they would all die and go to hell

I met a person on Instagram in May this year His name is called Patrickbillyjoe and his google email is called Patrickbillyjoe41 @gmail. com. He claimed to be an independent Contractor working on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. He professed to have a Check worth of 1.9millions. He is good at speaking sweet words to make you fall in love with him. He told me his bank account was closed for some reasons and need my help with money. I believed him and wired 28k dollars to two bank accounts that he provided me with. He is a horrible love scammer!!! I lost my money and my heart. Be careful ladies!!! Don’t send any money to these two bank accounts!!!One Account name is Chantel Bell in Wells Fargo ,the other is Cyrus kaine in Union Citizen.

Dr. Matt David, from San Francisco, a widower whose wife died in childbirth. They had a son, 9. Who is back east in a boarding school friended me on Messenger. Told me about Google Hangouts being the "safe place to text." Professed love, image of pictures of flowers every morning, along with an image of hot coffee. Sometimes music. He then gave me a sob story about his kid needing Itunes cards despite me telling him I had no money, would reply "borrow it." I cut my losses at $350.00 after much research and heartache, plus loss of that money. Lol update: he asked me today after long silence to pay for his "container." Fool me once only. Please do not be scammed like so many of us big-hearted, loving and believing people. You have been warned.

I'm speaking to a guy called colin wilson . meet him on fb joined him on hangout been sending him I tunes for a few months . his ask me for myuser name on my bank . he said his a segent in afagansan

Ok so I have been contacted by a Dr who claims to live in the USA but is now in Afghanistan. Widow, his wife passed 6 years ago and have a daughter that just turned 11 years 3 days ago. I know it's a scam but I am interested to see where this goes. These people go out of their way to scam others I figure I will take a moment of their time to waste each day. He is now at the point that he wants to send me a package containing personal belongings, jewelry and money. Of course for my love and dedication he is giving me 800,000.00 USD. Can someone explain to me how this is done? Because I have made it clear that I am aware of different scams, through Money Orders, Western Union, people being bribed to send money to release their loved one.......I have made it clear that under no circumstances would I ever give my banking information as well. Any ideas?

Has anyone talked to a Tom unerveth says he is in China and needs a million dollars to get his precious gems out of the country he said he found me on plenty of fish he is really rude and aggressive first he asked for a new phone then a I card then 500 to help with his sons medical bills then the big hit for a million anyone else heard of him

Hi i just had someone try to scam me using Tom Cruise profile. Was friendly then said he WAS Tom. Kept up the pretence for a week and then said he wanted to send me a gift. I played along to see what happened. Wanted email address to give Shipping company. I then got an email from a Timothy Ayers saying he had an iphone and cases from Tom Cruise for me but i had to pay $205.56 (£150) shipping and gave instructions to send by Western Union or Money Gram to a Keli Brown in Shippenville. PA Zip Code 16254. Told him i would not be paying any money and not to send package. My argument was that Tom Cruise is a millionaire and if he wanted to send me a gift he wouldn't ask for money. Also the Scammer said Tom was in Los Angeles but i know he sold that property and moved to Florida. The whole thing sickened me declaring his undying love for me when i never even met him. Just a nasty piece of work . He closed that messenger a/c and had the nerve to send me a new request the following day. What a scumbag

This is the same guy! 58 yea old widower from child birth with 10 year old daughter Cynthia in boarding school. he was originally from Latvia. Welding engineer on an oil rig in Texas but lives in Los Angeles. Asked for iTunes card. Very romantic. Never uses my name. Always, angel, my love, my[princess, my queen. I met him on Words With Friends. Great speller but his English doesn't match his scrabble abilities. wanted to text on What's App. When I told him I was uncomfortable with that, I received texts form phone numbers based out of different parts of the State of Florida so he either has a cloner , re- router, or many phones. I

This sounds familiar. Name is Mark d Jeff on Instagram. Instantly said I love on day 2, said he had a daughter but she died. Overly Christian, wife cheated 14 year old son at home named David. Overseas in the Black Sea on an oil rig. Shipping engineer. From Russia supposedly but accent sounds African. Won’t send current pics “against the rules of his contract”. Has zero idea of when he will be home to see his kid for bday and Christmas. Hasn’t asked for money but asked me to research good business ideas. Blonde hair with some gray. Age 53, his Instagram has pics of him and his “late daughter”. Wanted to send his 14 year old to me for Christmas. It’s against the rules to video chat or call. All messages are being monitored.

Has anyone ever heard of anyone that may of had one of these con men really fall in love with the woman he was trying to con. I’ve been talking to a man for over a month I know he is a con man he has asked me for money and iTune cards but I haven’t sent him anything. At first he even had me second guessing myself but I stood my ground, I’m sure he knows I’m onto him but he keeps talking to me. Like everyone else I have fallen for this man, does anyone think that maybe he may have feelings for me or is he just playing with me.

Watch out for Frank Cusack, says he’s an orphan, raised in Dublin, moved to LA 26 years ago. Wife died of cancer, has daughter Sarah in college in Dublin. Building contractor. All full of romance of course, had an accent but it didn’t sound quite Irish, more middle eastern. Had to go to NY to bid on a job. Said he got it, job was in Istanbul Turkey, $2.9 million. Couldn’t go home to pack, said I could send him things when he got there. Then asked me to buy iTunes gift card for his daughter. I said I would not. Never heard from him again.

Hi my mam keeps sending money to a guy called kelvin from sweeden any one hears of him

Has anyone heard of George Nicholas? 50 year old white male (in pics) says he’s an Engineering Geologist on a ship in the Mediterranean in Egypt. I know it’s a scam, just wondering if anyone else has crossed paths with him.