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

Mine is an orthopedic surgeon in Istanbul for a 6 month humanitarian work in conjunction with the UN, lives in Fairbanks, Alaska. Says he has a 5 year old son who’s birthday is coming up and he’s saddened because he can’t get him anything due to the inability to access his American account. We’re two weeks in and he loves me and wants to marry me. This far he’s asked for a phone, iPad, or Apple laptop for his son and even tried to get me to invest in bit coin. We’ve both video called and talked regularly . He’s a very attractive guy and his name is supposedly Fletcher Bryan .

Hi everyone, I had started chatting with a man his name was Denise that I had met on POF. He send me the first message saying that my beauty catch his eye and that he really loved my profile so he had to send me a message then right away he asked me for my phone number then he said after I texted him that he knows that I'm struggling with my bills and he wants to help me and spoil me with good things but then he asked me for my bank user name and password to login to my account to deposit money into my checking account I fell for it and gave him the info but then I seen that 3,580.00 was deposit into my account but it was getting in and out guess that the bank was checking it but then my checking account was closed out without a warning and when I contacted the bank she said that my account was closed because of a fraud check that I deposit I said I didn't deposit it. It was someone else that did it she didn't want to hear it but then I didn't get my check I get each month it was direct deposit into my account, I almost gotten evicted from my apartment for not paying my rent but I couldn't pay it I didn't get my money to pay it but I was able to get help cause the manager didn't want to help me at all by taking the month of July and late and pay August a little later when I try to get my ex to help me with the rent so I had to get help from the church that way she can help me stay at my apartment. But then I had opened a second account to pay other bills online but I would deposit the amount of my bill and just 10 dollars more that way they won't close the account, but then I met someone else on POF he was named Paul Siek and he had asked me if I have kik and ask for my user name to chat there but then right away he said that he had to leave me a message cause I was so beautiful and that he loved my profile and that he was sorry for what I went through with false reports to CPS and my girls were temporary taken away that it might of been hard for me not having them with me, then said he wants to spoil me and help me again we never met just chat online but we never talked on the phone only chat on kik then he asked me for my bank account info saying that he was gonna deposit money into my account but to see if he can trust me to do something for him when he needs it with his money that this time he'said gonna deposit 1,500. And with that he wants me to go to a store and buy 2 gift cardshop and 3 iTunes cards but he wants it done right away in the morning to withdraw all the money he deposit and buy that after I do that only 200 will be left that's for you for whatever you have to pay I fell for it again like I didn't learned from the first time but this time I gave him the info from my second account not my actual bank account I get my direct deposit at, I seen the same thing happened to this account it was withdrawal and redeposit into the account but then the checking account was closed out but I didn't wake up early I slept in then he message me and treated me and said I'll find you for not doing what I asked you to do and that I had used 45 dollars from his money. I said I was not even out I had just woke up not that long ago and because I was not able to login to my account I called the bank and I was told that I can't login because my account was closed because of a fraud check I said I didn't deposit that check she said it was done through your app so you have to be the one that did it, because no one is supposed to have that info. Then I met someone else that message me on Google hangout and he gave me a long sad story that he lost his wife in a hit and run car accident and he has a 7 year old son that he needs a mother for his son, then after he would send me some beautiful romantic poems and he he said that he was in the army based over sea and he's son is going to a school and he lives on campus of this school. . And said that he loves me and wants to marry me then said that he was gonna be transferred to a different station based and he can't keep his stuff there that it's a lot of money and his important papers and that he's trusting me with this and that once I get these packages I won't be struggling with my bills that I can use his money for anything that I have to pay I thought he's a dream come true he didn't ask me for my bank account info he's sending me money through express mail but then I got a email saying that it was a company that was gonna delivery the packages to me. But I have to send 1,500. Through Western union to pay for the packages to get delivered right to my door, but then I message him back that I got this email saying that I have to pay 1,500 to get the packages delivered right to my door, then he said you have to pay it I have a lot of money in those packages and his very important papers that he can't lose it. But then I told him that I have cousins that are in the army and there wife didn't have to pay anything to get the packages. Then he mention that maybe he was told about a different way to send it and she didn't have to pay anything for them but here I wasn't told about that one. I said I don't have money to pay anything then he said that for me to find someone to give the money to pay the company and when you get the packages you can pay them back. But I felt something that this had to be a scam so I got the money to pay this.

I have recently been contacted/friended by a "Gen Agelina Porter" on Facebook. Immediately from the deeply personal 'in depth' questions and answers s/he offered, I suspect fraud. Her(?) photo, -I checked it and it is of a English (UK) television producer... Agelina's age she tells me is "32 years" but her profile states a reference to "1976," making her 42 years old and only IF she joined on the day of her birth. Else, add another decade or more... Small lie, could still be legit... but still, a lie... She is 'single,' from Washington, DC, and is a 'General' in the (US?) Army, stationed in Iran under the United Nations peacekeeping forces -another lie. Iran is a hostile nation to the USA and while we're not at war with Iran, the US has no personnel stationed in Iran under any military or peacekeeping presence.... 'She' portends to want to find love, marriage, ultimately to return to the US with her 'amassed' sum of money to invest in real estate with her new life partner... whatd'ya think? Scammer? Damn right s/he's scamming! Beware of "Gen Agelina Porter" on Facebook, its fake -a scammer...

I have been talking to soldier deployed to Iraq. Story is wife of 10 years passes away around the time of the birth of their daughter. He has two kids. Supposedly born in Paris stayed until he was 5 and they moved to Texas. Dad passed away mom moved back to Paris. She is watching his kids. Asked for Amazon gift card, I sent a 50 ecard but it was the first time sending one and I didnt scroll down to add a name. I didnt know to do that since it was my first time on a new amazon account and first time buying a card. It was redeemed but not by him. He kept asking saying the local food is making him sick. Van I just send a regular Amazon card and take a picture with the receipt. Things he has said i googled a few times and found matches online. I also just searched scams and there is a similar story on a scam site. He met me on instagram and I have reverse searches but no other matches were found. We have been chatting on Hangouts then WhatsApp. He said he lives in Texas and when he first got to Iraq which he didnt tell me where he was until I asked, he said they were bombed and he lost his bank card and phone. His friend got him another phone but the number is an East Coast number and if he lives in San Antonio, Texas why would he have an east coast number? We cant Skype, he cant send voice recordings. He has posted a video on ig of him in his uniform. In all the pictures he looks the same on Instagram and WhatsApp. He has sent more pictures on WhatsApp then is posted on instagram. He sent a video of him working out boxing. I just dont know what to believe.

Does anyone know of a guy named Marcello mohan... He say he is a pilot.. He told he he was sending a package from Poland to me but it cud not reach Trinidad so he have to send it to India and den it will be shipped to me.. So some one called me from India say that it is a customs agent and I have to pay 10000 dollars to get the pakage cleared..

Im talking a scammer too He use anamae Simon Browne US military base in Syria asking money for his leave

i just want to point out to watch out for lesbian scammers as well..they are just as bad as any other scammers out there...

I have had conversations with guys asking me for my internet service provider. Why would they want to know that?

I have had conversations with guys asking me for my internet service provider. Why would they want to know that?

Be careful guys! I believe I met the same man. I just ended it yesterday, blocked him and reported him. I am from Europe. He said his name is Wesley Floyd. He works on an oil rig in Florida (I think). He is a widower, his wife died in a car crash. He has a son in a boarding school in the US. He was sweet and he said he loved me from the moment we first started writing. Because I am not into these kinds of romance things, I reacted angrily, so he apologised, but he was trying again and again. Then I got angry and said we were finished and I ignored him. He stopped writing for a month and on Saturday he wrote again, just to ask how I am (he said that). Then he started asking for money for his son's (David) school trip to West Africa. I asked him what school does his son attend, he told me (St. John's High School in Massachusetts). As I am overly careful, I told him that I will contact the headmaster to ask about this trip, because it was suspicious - school trip from the US to West Africa? (I was bluffing of course, I just wanted to see how he would react) He got angry, emotionally blackmailing me, that I am a horrible person, not wanting to help, bla, bla bla.... He even got "his son" to write me an email, that it's all true. But I said no and blocked him and reported him. Then today I found all of these comments and I feel lucky that I didn't fall for the scam. Pay attention and don't trust anyone on the internet, that you don't know!!!

I am having a problem with a man from Nigeria his name is David William Paul he says he's on a pipeline in Nigeria he keeps on asking my mother to send him money constantly iTune cards the whole nine yards and the only time they have ever talked is through chat can somebody please help me

Hi I need some help my mother is dealing with a guy his name is David William Paul he's from Nigeria he says he has a house in California he's always asking my mother to send him money she does it and I'm just going by what my wits and I need help please my mother is 76 years old and he is just making my life oh worst.

Does anyone think that they can hack your email and Facebook profile pic then get matched with their daughter and have a seemingly normal don’t tell your mom conversation with her? Is this a scammer or is scammer an excuse?

I met this guy on Facebook 2 months ago, immediately he started confessing his love for me, planning a wedding, I was very suspicious and told him about it, he told me that he was not fake. Eventually I started falling for him even though I knew the flags were there. He claimed he is in the military located in West Africa on a mission. He doesn't have access to his accounts, but needed money to get to the embassy and aviation office to get access to send me money. Each time I would question him about anything he began to play victim and say I am breaking his heart but he never provides information about his past or family life only that he has 2 sons who live with his mom in North Carolina. He wants me to wire the money via MoneyGram to an anonymous person because he says he cant go with his ID. He says he will send me a large lump sum of money in my bank account days later. I know it is a scam, I didn't give out any personal information.

I was scammed out of 17,000 by a guy named Tony James. VERY HANDSOME. He never got off the plane. I started the very next day looking for him. Everyone said I would never find him. I finally did after months and months. He is now Robert Benderk. Still living in Turkey but a totally different life than the one he told me. He did talk to me again and said he was sorry and would pay me my money back. I played along and was like I wasn't mad that was between him and God I was just so in love with him and blah blah blah. Before long he was asking me again for itune cards then more itune cards then money to come home.....These guys just don't stop. I finally had enough and told him I am not giving him a dime until he paid in debt....Judge Judy would kill me...lol. He made excuse after excuse and was so angry. I am never going to see my money. He has no morals, no conscience and no fear of God. I am not sure what name he is using but either Tony James or Robert Benderk.

Aaron Nathan instagram picture / image look up approved the guy was a scammer. As soon as I confronted him he called me. Same story as the others guy he is working on an oil rig in Galway Ireland but he's from Houston he says he's a Spanish man which is why his English is not good but when he called me he sounded Nigerian/ African not spanish. Used a picture of a goid looking white guy with blue eyes, says his wife passed 9 years ago, talks about being God fearing says daughter Peggy is 14 and at boarding school and with nanny. SCAMMER!! Report this guy immediately

I have been talking to a Alex David fr a fb friend request, say he is a orthopedic dr. On official duty with UN peacekeepers in Syria,we talk on WhatsApp he had me to download, I sent him an itunes card ,two days after he ask for $650.00 say his son was ill in Nigeria, now he asking for money to have a replacement of his duties of a contract he have with a ministry mission .sent me a us general e-mail address to e-mail asking for his replacement, to say I his wife and he's needed in the states.honesty promise he is real and God sent him to me.I blocked him and he found a family member on line to contact me .I need to know if David Alex is real.for he is in my heart.

Use google reverse image search! That’s how we got proof the filthy guy talking to my mom is a scammer. He used a fake picture!

I'm talking to this man.. Claiming a US Army Captain,his name is Adam Jacob Campbell.. born June 18,1975..single assigned in Syria..the stories same as yours but he can't scammed me hahaha

Has anyone had anything to do with Ryan Marines. Says he's an ex Marine from North Carolina. Wife died 5 years ago. Has a 15 year old daughter Tracy. Is on contract to the US government in Syria. Is coming to meet me and my family. Hasn't asked for any money or cards.

Jack Smith who later stated his name is Austin. Took me for funds. I did a copy and paste of the photos. It was a man who is a professional speaker. I also notified the professional speaker that his pictures and private pictures of his family were being used as a scam. Tineye reverse image helped alot. I wish I had knew about it before getting scammed. I lost a loved one and its hard now. So I am telling this to the most vulnerable who are widows or widowers or who have lost loved ones. These scammers seek you out some way. I think they found me by orbituary.

Does anyone know a soldier Justin Pettit?

I was scammed by someone who said if they were the prince of Dubai, Crown Prince hamdan. This individual told me through an app that I have on my phone where I post my pictures of the fish I caught. That he would like me to contact him on Hangouts app. He claimed to be the Crown Prince of Dubai Prince Hamdan. He said that he liked the idea that I helped others here in my state that I live in and I had a heart for my community. Over a period of three weeks, he text me on Hangouts and said that he wanted to send me a courier package from Dubai. However he also said that I had to have a royal ambassador card first which cost $800.00 in order for me to get this package from Dubai I told him but that sounded like a scam. He replied that he was angered that that I would think that I would be being scammed by him. A day or two later he claims that he went ahead and he sent me the membership card and a courier was some food and provisions in it. And then he sent me a voucher over the internet in the form of email that he had done so. So then I'm contacted by this courier company and told that I need to pay $850 in order to get this container sent to me. Then a few days later I'm being told that is being held because customs found out that there is money in there as well. And in order to get this package sent to me now it's going to cost $3,500 to pay for taxes and other occurring cost due to the fact that it has foreign currency such as Euro in it and I must pay this taxes due to these reasons. Then this individual comes back and tells me that he is in trouble with his father who is the king of Dubai and that he wants to set up some bank account in the Bank of Dubai for me and supply me with funding, but of course I must have this Royal ambassadors card. And making me feel guilty about it because he can no longer be trusted by the royal family Etc. I spent close to $1,000 believing because this guy actually said he was the Saudi Prince of Dubai and come to find out the prince of Dubai is a follower and does have a profile on this fishing app that I belong to. This makes us all very confusing and such. I contacted different authorities and they all told me that this was an elaborate scam and I was lucky that my money from my bank account was not tapped Out or worse. It amazes me how people can take on the identity of other people who are important and scam others such as myself.

Got an Ig message from an Ernest gourge. Claims to be a Un doctor in Syria. Claims he has a 3 year old in Florida. Says he has save ed enough money wants to settle Down. Tells you all the sweet things you'd want to hear. Wants You to chat with him in hangouts in google as well. He is very attractive and I also saw All 40 of his followers are women. His name is Ernest go urge but his name on try e picture is charles

Alex danny is scammer I think Works fir oil rig finishing a project And states he will be with me . He is a widow with a young boy 15 . He says he works for chevron .as a supervisor This guy sends poetry beautiful music and sent many pics of him says he's gonna retire soon also . He pledges love so fast and sweetens you up with sweet talk . This guy is so sweet and can be very trusting I met him on Badoo

I was scammed by Eric Ritchie Hill. Aka mark Woodson. He has like 209 different names. He show profile pic of white man but he is really Nigerian. He says he is chief medical officer in army working for UN. He wants money for a plane ticket to come marry you n buy you a house n car n live happily ever after. He is a pro at this. Beware!

Robert Myers ,a Captain in the military. He hasn't asked for cash but for other items to be sent. No number,Skype,address,cell. Nothing verifiable. But has pictures,lot, to send me.

Does fernando dan herman also scammer was any body scammed by this name

Does anyone know a Alexander Morgan who works as a contractor in scotland? He has two children. I think i am being scammed

Hi all, I was approached on Instagram by a guy who said he was Nelson Artin, SGT in the US Army, stationed in Syria, we have been chatting for quite a few months, I really like him and he says he really likes me, he only recently when I asked him when we were going to video call, he said I had to fill in a Military Spouse form and there was an admin fee of $200US. He said also if I cant pay the whole lot, I can pay whatever I could and he would make up the difference. He said that I can pay it by Weston Union or Money gram. I live in New Zealand and I dont know who to ask if it's legit. He seems to be, he has sent me dozens of photos, some in his uniform. By the way stay clear of anyone called Bryan Thompson, deployed to Nigeria, or Richard Andersen, US Army, deployed

Currently talking to one ... it started off in Instagram and now hangouts... lmao so funny his name is Calvin Stevens ... thankfully my friend really is a marine and helped me out lol

I have been chatting with someone for 8 months. About 2 months in he said he was falling in love with me. He is supposedly in the Army in Aleppo Syria, but lives normally in Denver,Colo.. Wife died of cancer 5yrs ago. His 19 yr old daughter is going to school in NY. I have sent well over 10k in itunes, Amazon gift cards, to his daughter for her school. I am not on disability and now owe more money in credit card debt than I make in a year. He has recently asked me to open a bank account in my name. He says he needs to deposit money in it so he can get home to the states . He can never video chat, although he has called me numerous times. He also asked for nude pics. Although I know better and against my better judgement I have given in to this man, with pictures and all the gift cards. He supposedly will be coming home in December. He wants to marry me and keeps assuring me, he will take care of all my debt, as soon as he returns in Dec. Red flags went up all along and I have ignored them because I was lonely. I wanted to believe him even though in the back of my mind I knew it wasn't true. He keeps telling me, that he would never do anything to hurt me. That he loves me and will always love me no matter what. Help... I don't know how to get out of this... His name is James Rice, I met him on a singing app. His daughters name is Shelly. I have even emailed her and we conversed a few times. How stupid can an intelligent woman be? I'm my case...pretty darn stupid!!! Lord help me get out of this non- relationship !

I have a guy who showed me a receipt for $6500 that he paid to send me his retirement. Now I get emails stating the the UN has this package and I have to pay to get it sent to me. I can send the money to an account at the bank. I have an account number, address for the bank, this ladies name.

I need help in finding this person that goes by Matthew Andreas Sparks says that he is a construction engineer Has a 6 year old son name John and lives in Woodway Tx He says that his wife died six years ago while given birth to his son He claims he is working down in Malaysia on condiums He also sent me a copy of his flight ticket from Malaysia to Houston Tx Has anyone run into this person because I believe that I got scammed

Hello, ladies our story or changed around but anyway you look at it we have all been scammed .stories have changed and names my scammer was a captain in the army but it was different then our regular army .yea right .he was was with the peace keeping mission .went as far as tilling me his address .and he didn't realize how the process worked but to get him out of Afghanistan early he comander sent me papers to sign .but I had already sent money to him and I tune cards what's up with the I tune cards ? I was hoot line and sinker .I was trying to get over a 40 year marriage where my husband had cheated on me so my selfastem was very low so I believed everything he told me.I only wish I had listen to my family every one knew he was scamming me but me .I hope our stories helps other people .its so hard to believe not only are they scammers but they also play with our hearts.best wishes we live and learn.

This kind of thing happened to me recently. I had only been chatting for under 4 weeks. On the first week he told me that he was falling in love. Within the second week he asked if I would get an ITune card for his son who is in boarding school. He told me that as he was in a war zone area and all the shops were closed, he could not get anything for his sons birthday. Like an idiot I did. The following week he asked for one thousand, four hundred euro, again to send packages to his son in boarding school. This is when I ended everything. I have googled his name, he is one of the top most hated romance on-line dating scammer. And he goes by several names. Although he is white, he has an African accent. I did message him to say that he should stop what he is doing, and it’s never too late to change his life around. I have no further contact.

I had a guy that looked me up via intagram. His whole name was John Walker bliss, he was a widower, lost his wife to a card accident teo years ago. He was very much the charmer, and definitely knew how to seduce your heart, mind and sould. About 3 weeks into the conversation i told him i had a day off for Thanksgiving, that’s when he said, well if you have time off maybe you could run a couple of errands, i have a guy that owes me money, I’ll have him get a hold of you so you can collect for me. I asked will the check be in your name? And he said I don’t know I’m waiting for him to call me back, I’ll just have him write it out for you. I said I don’t accept check from people that I don’t know. Then i asked him to send me a picture of himself, he did, so he was the person i was talking too, and then i said thanks for your kind words, thanks for making me feel vibrant again, for letting me dream and for making me realize how lonely I truly was, that i was so gullible to fall for a scam. Good luck scamming the next person. Deleted Hangouts and got off instagram. Be careful i could see how easy it is to want to fall in love and believe someone, but if it feels off, trust your instincts and listen to those opposing the relationship.

Does anyone knows Terry Young telling that his wife died while giving birth to their son and his son is 3 now?