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

A friend of mine has been talking to this lady on (Instagram), she says she works with the UN in Syria. She didn't want any money but the Consignment box delivery system wanted about 1 thousand dollars to retrieve a Trunk Box when I "contacted" the UN via Gmail Could this be a scam???

Has anyone been hit by a Michael jnr Hilary? A diver on an oil rig in the North Sea, Scotland. Father died before he was born. Mother died of brain cancer when he was a baby. Grew up in an orphanage. Married 27 years. Wife died in an automobile accident 4 years ago. Raising a 12 yesr old daughter. I told him he should write a book and this would be a Lifetime movie for sure. We all need to wake up and not waste our time on such rubbish. These con artists know how to manipulate and pull our heartstrings. Beautiful, sweet, romantic... no one in this life time will ever fit the bill of what they make up. Naturally, they always fine, good looking men you just can’t resist. Wish there was a way we could let someone know there photos are being used all over the internet.

If a person expresses there love for you & several others but never asks for money or any other help. How can they be defined as a scammer

Talking to a man on Instagram...Kay mateuwz from Poland. Claims his wife was murdered and he lost his brother in an accident. Both parents are also dead. He has 2 kiddos and is in the military in Poland. He sends a lot of pictures through Instagram and has never asked to chat offline...yet.

Im so mad at myself. I fell completely in love or was totally infactuated with what I think was a scammer. I was communicating with him for a month. I met him on Match.com he was korean went by by name Billy Riggs very professional looking claimed to be a civil engineer from Austin Tx had son living with caretaker in DC and a widow wife had died 4 years earlier. He was looking for a wife. We talked and chatted. He said he wished he had met me before his wife and always claimed to have flund his fufjre in me. He asked me to leave Match.com and go to hangouts. He was never available to meet always had an excuse. I was always questioning him and he would turn things around and make me feel guilty for questioning him. Then we made a date to finally meet he all of a sudden had to go out of country to acquire a big contract in saudia arabia and the calls and texts became almost non existetent. I demanded he let me know what was going on and then he said he had a big problem he was dealing with something about a license that he needed from DC but could not leave where he was because he had to present his proposal or lose millions on acquiring project. He asked me to go to DC get the package and mail to him. I told him I had no funds to go and he said ok. That was 3 days ago and I have yet to hear from him. Has anyone else had a korean man with same MO??

I've met someone at dating site and he is a doctor who work as volunteer under MSF at Syria now. He don't ask for money but he need my help to get his out from there. And he told me that i must tell the MSF that I'm his wife and need he come back. I ask him how and he told me they will send me the form and I just sign to prove that I'm his wife. I just want to know if someone in here got problem same like me. Because he didn't ask me for money. And he is an Asians man. Please I need help from you.

This site is great to share. But no authority care about us, the victims. I know: I did file my case everywhere.

Something similar happened to me! But I didn't meet him on any dating site. A got a friend and he saw my picture on her Facebook account. And asked her to contact me because I was his soul mate , we exchange numbers and started talking every date! He pose a Chang Khang a Chinese man 51 y/o an engineer who lives in New York and widow with no children. He wanted me to become partners in a business deal and asked me for money to invest, right there I was spooked and told him that I didn't had the money for it. He became so furious about it. Then he told me he got bussines partners in Turkey and had lo leave for 6 months. When he got there he told me that he wanted to send me a package and gave me all the info on the tracking number and everything then I recieve an email saying the package was put on hold in Russia due to a tax clearance . And that I need it to pay 2,530 so my package will arrived in 24 HRS. He begged me to pay the money so I could get the package. I STARTED TO WONDER WHAT WAS GOING ON . AND THEN I discover everything. I know is hard BECAUSE YOU GET EMOTIONAL AND IN LOVED WITH THIS SCAMMERS!! ' BE AWARE, AND DONT LOOSE YOUR HEART AND MONEY!!

Henry Jayson love poems that he googled has 2 kids in boarding school. Went to Athens Greece to do some contract on the "high seas" lost his wallet and c.c. needs help in returning home. Wants $4000 for return ticket. So in love wants to spend the rest of our lives together. Will repay double as our live will be one. Very strong accent..Then came Eduardo big contract in Iceland..I tunes card request $200 . If you really love me you would do this for me. Both IG and hangouts both sound the same. This has to STOP. TOO MANY SCAMMERS...

I believe my mother in law is being scammed. She received a FB request from a guy that lives in Toronto Canada. His profile pic is a middle age man in a white tux with a black bow. Gray hair, glasses and little facial hair. He has confessed his love and they r talking on Hangout now. Says he was married wife died in plane crash and he had a 16 year old son. He is looking for a woman to take care of him. My mother in law is 79 so I'm confused by this. He says he is in London working but lives in Canada and she thinks he does something with oil. Then he says he is very wealthy and will be coming down to Florida to buy a house and to see her. Now, he has asked her if he and his son can stay at her house and they r coming next month. If he was wealthy he wouldn't want to stay with her and get a hotel. Things don't add up. He never asked her for her age but says he is in love and wants to marry her. She is in lala land right now thinking all this is true. I'm hoping she hasn't given him any personal info but feel like she has. He said that he doesn't need to talk to anyone else on Facebook because he found the love he needed and asked her to get off Facebook and not to write anyone. He goes by the name Salah Chalheb (Christ Salah) had been on Facebook since April 2018. I can't find anything on this guy only two pics from his FB. Does anyone know how to search a pic or how to track where there at on Hangout? I'm nervous because my mother in law lives her her daughter and 2 kids and she is brining some strange guy to her house next month.

I became friends with this girl from nygeria goes by the name of Anita Crystal Smith. She’s now asking for iTunes cards so she can do some work. She blocked me when I didn’t send it I told her if she unblock me I would and she also ask other men for this too. I think she’s scamming a lot of men because she has a great body . Has anyone else been scammed by her

Has anyone talked to Mark Anderson?

The sad reality is that it happens, and that it can happen to anyone. My online romance is a real person, we've even met, but, the guile of this long-distance love interest is to ask for money. Often several times each month. If not cash, then a Mobile Phone top-up. It's really bizarre behaviour, but it's explained away easily. Oh, Government pension does not cover my expenses. Life is not fair. The sad part news for me is that this person has a number of nice people to call on for help. Must be spending over £1000.00 per week. Chronic Alcoholic. There is nothing which is okay about this manipulative behaviour. If it were happening in front of my eyes, I would be finding other ways of helping this individual. The manipulation happens because I have been naieve about the true story. This person uses romance to pull me in. Is now in the jail

I did not fall for this guy who said he wanted to get to know me amd visit me. He started with the first red flag. He ask for my bank account and i told him it was none of his business. He tried every trick in the book to trick me and IT DOD NOT WORK. I TOLD HIM HE WAS A SCAM AND A LIAR. AND I DELETED HIM

I have been talking to Michael in Lagos, Nigeria.went to work construction there with7 year old daughter .end result.lost passports no money starving ..wants to marry me .sent Amazon cards sent ITunes.don't know what to believe .he only needs 4,000.00 to get back to me .I live on Social security .when he says they have no food breaks my heart .I'm at my wits end.Help ..

My friend recently got romance scammer by a man that was going by Anthony Felipe who claimed to be Italian, from Texas, a software engineer contractor for Apple and is currently in Thailand. He has sad story after sad story. His mom was in a coma, he got severely beat up and robbed while in Thailand and his leg was busted, his employee is in a coma. He lost his passport and his leg was broken and he's about to be thrown in a Thai jail. Send me money! Lol! We found the real man who had his pictures stolen, a Brazilian man. John Anthony's Facebook was shut down but he will be back under a new name and pictures.

Ladies dont settle for just online dating and chatting theres a lot of guys out there youll feel it when you see it . thats the reason why your prone to scams coz ur making urself a target .

What happens if they use a Famous persons profile? How do they access it? I was sent a chat from Boz Scagg's fan page on Facebook originally. Then it graduated to Google Hangouts, for almost 2 months...Geez was I a dreamer... He never got anything from me- but he tried. (iTunes gift cards) Be wary girls. If it sounds too good to be true. It most likely is.

has anyone ever heard of a guy named edward casterline? my grandmother has been talking to this hangout scammer since august 2018 and he has damn near cleaned out her savings account.she has sent numerous itunes gift cards, he says hes from california and is in dubai working as a engineer and wants her to help pay for a plane ticket to come be with her and live happily ever after. but every time its time for him to come there is alwys a reason as to why he needs more money to be able to come, i have tried to explain to her that its weird tht he is in dubai but western unions she sends is always in these weird nigerian names and sent to legos nigeria. i want her to stop before its gone way to far

Has anyone been contacted by a medical Doctor contracted in Syria his name is Jame Brown Mark and says he has a 14yr old boy his wife died and his parents died when he was very young kind of weird. In a plane crash. How can someone say u are the love.of.their life in 2 days

I have been communicating with someone on Instagram for a few weeks now, and he has always seemed off to me. He never asked me for anything, but to love someone in 2 days is not normal. I never said I loved him back, just that I loved “his spirit.” He says he’s an orphan, his mother (adoptive?—whatever) is dead, and he has a 2 year old daughter whose mother died in childbirth. His “cousin” happens to be stationed with him in Afghanistan. Which would make him a very lucky unlucky person. I think he uses the cousin profile to help validate his primary one, which I told him from the start I didn’t believe. Then the “cousin” introduced herself. Thankfully, I’m still in love with my ex and was unable to develop any feelings at all for this fake guy. I have lost no money, I have no hurt feelings. But I was curious enough to Google fake Instagram profiles, because I’m tired of his gushy love messages every day and thought he just can’t be real because no one is this lame— and I found this. I only posted my story here along with everyone else’s because the “cousin” communicating with me too is a little different, but still fishy. She texts the exact same way he does. They are from Chicago, but their English is not quite right. You’ll notice if you see it. Also, he wasn’t even able to get his name right. The last name on his Army uniform is Morgan. When I asked his whole name, he said it’s Andrew Morgan Olivia. I do notice that in one of his pics, this guy has a tattoo of his child’s name and birthdate. The real person apparently has a daughter named Olivia. Olivia is obviously not his last name. Another reason I lost nothing here, including my feelings. I can’t love a liar. And for the first time in a long time, I’m thankful to still be in love with my ex, the main reason I couldn’t love Morgan or fall for his story. I’m so sorry you all had to go through all of this, and that so many of you lost so much. Peace and blessings.

John Torres he says he is in the military that was in Iraq and that they going to move to afghanistan to train other soldiers. he claims to be a widow that his wife died of cancer that his son is in boarding school that he doesnt have no one in this world. That he has a box if I could hold it for him until he comes home. It was thru Safeguard company too. He wanted me to send 5850. To send for the box. Ladys just dont trust no one that says they love u from the begining they just scammers. No matter how convincing they seem dont trust..

Met this guy on dating site, he is 66 years old, white male, goes by Franklin or Frank B. We have been communicating via email, then by text, only spoken to him 2 x on the phone. He has a very pronounced "dutch" accent, even though claims has lived in the US for over 40 years. He sent me picks with his son, who is an adult, but looks younger in the picture. He claims son lives in California, and he lives in Texas. I checked the internet and he shows up as active on Lidenkin (business owner - Engineer), also checked MyLife and he also show up there, and son and other's show up under his name. He also sent me his website of his business., so needless to say it all seems legit (right). Around a week ago, he sends me a text that a proposal he submitted was accepted and is off to Canada to make a presentation, next thing I know he is texting me saying that he won the proposal and is off to Kuwait for a drilling project. (all good right). Well he did send me a copy of the contract with Kuwait Petroleum, signed, and sealed. Then 2 days later we text and he told me that he can not get all of his equipment there in Kuwait (I don't know if he understands that I researched and Kuwait is a drilling nation, and all types of equipment is available there). He told me that needs $55,000 to obtain the equipment from the US, that he has $39,000 is short $20,000 and how much can I afford to lend him. I said not a penny. He did not mention it again. I referred him to call his son for the monies, which according to him he did, but the son could only give him $9000 because of family responsibilities. A day went by then again he asked for 7,500 which he said was short, again I said not a penny. Yesterday 2/16 he text again, hi my love, baby, sweetheart are his words of choice, after pleasantries he says that he is not doing well, as he does not have any personal money, and needless to say he asked for $4,700. I did not reply. Last night again he sends a text and says "have you been able to think about the money" which I did not reply. Today I sent him an email letting him know that I am on to him, but if what I was thinking was not true, that I am sorry. Anybody else have encountered this person, is he a scammer or just a guy on hard luck, needless to say I will not send monies to any one. I hope I made the right decision.

Met a guy going by the name, Thomas Parsley from Meetmindful. Said he was a widower had a daughter, and an only child and his parents were dead He sent me flowers, and a cheap ring that was supposed to be some kind of engagement ring...I guess. Anyway, I haven't communicated with him in a long time. I did not respond to his proposal and he hasn't contacted me since. I assume he has other women on his hit list. Now another guy requested friendship on Facebook. His credentials are almost identical to Thomas Parsely. Only this guy's name is Jimy Benadictus ! Lol..strange last name, huh? Incidently, both men claim to be German...so wierd...I am going to unfriend and block this guy. The other thing these 2 guys have in common is they claim to be wealthy. Thomas' dad was supposed to have been in the oil business, and that's how he could be in the Army but have loads of money. He emailed some documents that appeared so official. The documents appeared to be a financial statement that showed him having 7 million dollars credited to him. He then said the bank had frozen his account, but could I please buy some gift cards and scratch off the pin numbet and tell him the numbers. His excuse was that the money was somehow going to benefit both of us !! Haha. Now this guy , Benedictus himself is in oil !! What a crock !! And a crook ! Don't fall for it. If it's too good to be true, it is.

Hey is anyone talking to a Jordan Hopkins in the army and stationed in Somali? I've been talking to him for almost a week. Hes a single dad and his daughter Laura is in a boarding school in Canada.....and hes from California. Today he said he needed money for her excursions....of course he sends me a picture of a beautiful little girl cos he knows I'm a mother and loves kids! No I'm not sending him a dime! The nerve of these scammers!!!

does Alvin martins ring a bell to anyone?

Any hear of a Nicholas Antonu? I think he is scamming my sister but she won't believe me.

Does anyone know a Anthony Jason Smith? He is a scammer He is stationed in Kenya claiming he works for CIA and that he's due to come home by this weekend to me but first he needs my help with 2500.00 for the gold that he purchased...he's already got 2-itunes cards from me equalling 150 and a iPhone xr. He has sweet words and shares pics he has tatoos and is very muscular pretty white teeth and a bald head... He's from jacksonville flordia his momma is from Miami flordia her name is Michelle delawder and his daddy's name is James Smith which is all BS he's claiming if I don't send this 2500 to get his gold for our future he will sent off to turkey BS again I haven't busted him yet but it's gonna happen with in the next day or 2 I have all the evidence I need. Never say never because this can happen to you. I'm so sick over this I almost lost my marriage and lots of money but think Jesus I told my husband in time. I feel like a fool! I'm out money and a phone well lesson learned....karma is a bitch and this person will get theirs.

I’ve been talking with a Andy Nash for about 5 months . He is divorced with a 13 year old son and his mother live in New Jersey. I met him on Skout then after a month he asked to talk on hangouts. He hadn’t asked for anything until December, at that time he wanted iTunes cards an every since he’s asked for cards. He wanted me to start a bank account so his pay could be deposited into it monthly. Then I started having money problems he did send me money to help me. But now I’m struggling again and he wants me to send him money for authorization and process fee and he was sending more money to me. I have spoke and texted with his mother also I was suppose to go visit with her in a couple weeks. So, I’m not sure. Does anyone else know him.

I have just found out that my mother maybe has been fooled by the same scam. This time a engineer working near the UK on oil rigs. Going by the name Alex Henry. Has been messaging my mother for months. Asking her to transfer money via Western Union. She did! £900. Luckily it got flagged up and stopped. My mother is a vulnerable woman. He has asked her to receive packages and pay the £600!!! Delivery fee! I'm glad she has finally spoken to me about this. She shown me a picture of the guy. I do not have the picture to hand but a bald muscular guy around 40 ish. He said he has a son in boarding school. Unfortunately she has deleted most the messages so I can't see everything. But he is still messaging her. It started on Facebook then he asked her to change to hangouts. Ive asked her to continue to speak to him if he messages her so I can get as much info as possible. But she has promised not to send any more money. Does this sound familiar to any body else's experience on here?

I was scammed by a guy going by the name of George toni Larsson, said his polish and his mother was from south africa. We met on an online paid dating sight called seniors50. Im from Australia and he said he was living in sydney and on 5 year working visa . He worked as a marine engineer on a cruise ship, but landed a job in sydney working on the dock. We were to meet in sydney then an emergency happened and he was required to join the ship to London. We continued our relationship which grew. A very smooth sophisticated scam which i was sucked in good an proper. The actual photos turned out to be on an entertainer in usa, very convincing, many photos, but of course all stolen. Still trying to find out who the entertainer is whose photos he stole, have been able to identify others in the photos. This continued for 12 months and I lost lot of money.