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

I have been also tried to be scammed.I have alwayssuspected on them and let them know about my fiercy concern for scammers. The first was either a marine ingineer in an oil rig at Venezuela.Very nice writing and very professional manners by the way. Hemeet me in POF and then send me his number and invite me to hangout app. I think this app is the favorite for scammers, either IG. He asked me for my full name and address to send me a gift after a week or more varely chatting.I have never gave it to him.He just never replied back after I said he could be an scammer. His name was Andrew Grant. He looked extremely handsome on the photos and said living here in Miami but in mission.In addition , the scammers are using phone numbers from New York and Watshington, 202 codes. The last scammer who approached me just after Andrew left the chat, and it was this week.His name is Michael and now he said is in a peace keeping mission in Turkey. He sent me all it's pictures even of his luggage and guns before departing. I don't believe in him. He had a tremendous marital history. All of them are divorced but haven't asked me for money. The MORE confusing thing is that this guy called me a many times and he said is from Germany but transferred to USA army. He also did a video call with me and it was the guy from the photos and has it's uniform and everything .He was in a truck hidden to contact with me. This is extremely extrange. His name is Michaelbound in Instagram.He has sent me many military photos of him even it's awards. Please advice

My wife has been talking to a guy supposedly named Ramsey Mathews , he has no middle name , wife divorced him / left him with the 2 kids , his pic. Is like totally out of GQ of him and his wife , HE SUPPOSEDLY lives In Mass. but is working in Canada , THIS GUY HAS MY WIFE TOTALLY BRAINWASHED she wants a divorce - and we've been married for 15 years / together for 25 - HEwith 6 kids , he hasn't asked for money but all the red flags are there . My mother just died and it doesn't even faze her , I told her to ask him for a pic of him doing something requested in the pic ....... nothing ....... I NEED HELP !!!! I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY WIFE / FAMILY !!!!! He had a Facebook profile it supposedly got hacked then he gave her his personal number and they've been communicating for about 3 months now , and they tell each other they love them ..... My heart is crushed -please help me !!!!!!

TRUST YOUR GUT LADIES LADIES IF ITS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, GUESS WHAT, IT IS!!!!! Ok so my friend met a "David" on a online dating web site and he wanted to use the app hangouts to chat. After 2 weeks of him telling her he loved her and said he had so much money and made her check his fake bank account which had millions of $$ in his account he asked her for 1000 . With a fake photo of him on his bank statement top right hand corner. She refused and he said why are you saying no you have checked my accounts ect. He was supposed to fly over hear and stay with her and her family which was all organised. Then i came accross this oil rig scam which i looked into. Fortunately i had to tell her the truth. Shes absolutely shocked. He talked about marriage phone calls and messages calling her "my love" He had an accent which she couldn't make out what it was. About 55-60 ish years old, salt and pepper coloured hair woth black frame glasses. Sent a few pics to try and make her believe he was "real" Online dating is so dangerous, take a secondto think about it.

A friend blocked a guy named @ jeff noah davis 985/ Jeff Noah David on IG. A widower, with 3 yr old daughter Eva. Wife died during childbirth. A communication engineer based in Sacramento,CA for 17 yrs but originally from Switzerland. Dad passed and mom had heart failure the past 2 years. He wasn’t able to ask nothing because we got his BS early but twas creepy as hell! He even sent pictures of him and his parents. So as his daughter Eva.

I never send money i know not too. But i do enjoy playing with them. I pissed one off someone name David alen downey. I told him and sent photos of me pretending to send him money through walmart lol. I made him waste his time and gas going to his walmart for nothing lol

Be careful, on interpals, there is so many scammers last time

A man contacted me on messenger, claiming to be a GAVIN BIERMANN, or GREISY LOPEZ , asked to go directly to hangout, started talking...claimed to be a mechanical engineer working for maersk, currently in the noth sea...sent photos of him and his daughter, claims to be separated. His daughter wanted to talk via e mail, wanted to call me mom. He wanted to be together forever when he got back from his trip to china....his daughter, in a non existent boarding school in norway, she goes on a school trip, leaves her card behind and asks me to send 3000 dollars for " books and things"....has anyone come across greisy lopez or gavin biermann.?

Has anyone heard of a army Sargent in afghan or Iraq goes by the name Robert Good or Robert Good-Swift?? Beware!

I was talking to a guy that works on the oil rig he has a contract and when it's done he will be getting a lot of money. His machines caught fire and needs money. He signed a contract and if they don't get it fixed he could lose everything and maybe jail time.. But I called a lot of oil company's and they told me they are not allowed on the oil rig unless they have insurance.. And told me that they have what they need and not to seed money. He has a daughter back at home and she wants him back which makes me feel bad for her. But he told me where he lived well city and state and I couldn't find a thing on him. and I have caught him in a lie after that I never said anything to him about it. I wished I did but I ended up blocking him cause he was getting mad at me cause I wouldn't send him money. But I'm so confused!!! he was so nice and loving and said he would never let me go. I was his queen, babe , earth angel. But he did leave, I know that I blocked him, but if he really meant everything he said then he would figure out away to talk to me. I have pictures of him if anyone wants to see if they are talking to him. I wished I could find away to add his picture to the scam list, but I'm not sure how you do it.

This good looking, but somewhat dimwitted guy calling himself Kevin Ferguson first started messaging me on instagram claiming he was a widowed member of the U.S. Army stationed in a secret mission in Iraq. His story for more and more outlandish...with him even suggesting I fly to the Ukraine to meet his rich cousin who owned a construction business....what first tipped me off to the scam was a reference made during a strictly texting session with him where he referenced a Nigerian national holiday...hamdsome on video...though slightly unintelligent ...his persons would change drastically when texting...with use of foreign slang that I found out was distinct to Nigeria....ladies beware...I hope no one actually falls for these people....I felt like they might be human traffickers or worse.

I've been talking to this guy Kevin Kerecman from Houston wh I claims to be a widower whose cousin owns a construction company in Dubai, he is also a bodybuilder , millionaire , and get this...clsims to work for the C.I.A....the more outrageous his story got the more i was certain it was a scam...especially when he wanted me to fly with him to the Ukraine for vacation....isnt that where they kidnap women and sell them on the black market....guy was cute but obviously a scammer.

I´m talking with a guy, same story, He is a doctor working for UN in Syria at military camp . He had a daughter, widower. Beautiful writing... third week, let´s see what he want to show me... Tank you for this site, it is really helping me... let see her next movement.

I am talking with this man whom calles himself Sammy Austin Johnson, he claims to be a self-employed civil engineer, lives with his 19 year old daughter whos mom abondoned them, he said he was offered a thousand dollar contract byt had to go to Turkey to buy heavy equipment, and after he was coming to see me, well thats when it gets good, he was robbed in Turkey and does not have any money to return and needs me to send him $1,200.00 do get out of there with his daughter. Does this sound familiar to anyone else ?

My young son has been victimized by a scammer for over 1 year...I have done everything. It will not stop. They are taking advantage of his disability ...they keep depositing fake checks in different bank accounts, he keeps opening new ones...they keep telling him " she will be there to see him but she needs rent money"..its awful. I want this scam Sarah Bell to be put in jail.

Anyone heard the name Christian Duru (Nigerian) living in Liverpool England as a scammer please let me know

There is a man name is calling Dr Samuel Locklear he in Syria. We started texting on POF and then started texting on our phone numbers. The end of November we was getting close and I was starting trusting him So he sent flowers with strawberry. Then he ask me if he could send some packages toy mom they where gifts for his Co worker s in Ghana that where he was going to be working after leaving Syria. He was going to be working out of his home in altantic Beach FL. But he would need to be going to Gahan working over surgery unit there with a Dr frank Boateng he over the hospital. I told him okay do o got them and sent to the hospital I got a necklace from him. Then he ask for me to open account so he had sponsor giving him money for his work on Syria so I did The bank notice the money was going in bit Samuel wanted me to send to this Dr Boateng over seas and it srrmoney launding so we sent the money went back to the people sent it. So I could not get in trouble. So at the end of January I had emergency neck surgery. He had a friend open bill pay site and he had friend send 679.00 in my account. So I told him I just had surgery not had time to deal with money issues. Do it cost 200.00 nail the packages and I am not going to send no money no where. I told him I was not send no money over seas. So I kept 470. Dollars and I told him to take the money back from pay pal I was not dealing with not more money. I sent his so call daughter grace Christmas gifts which I had not that much money but I did. I have the address where they where the packages where sent. He kept saying send the rest of the money to Dr Frank Boateng and I never did.i knew he was scamming me. I never heard from him again. I win this time but believe me watch out for this man. He will want you to you to send packages to Gahan and then open account. Please ladies this Nan is trouble.i have the address of which his daughter care giver is and he in Syria and he is there helping these people and he does not get payed he his helping the people. He has people there but he says he has sponers donate money.but he can not get in his account until he gets back. So he wants you to open account and you send money to this Dr frank Boateng. Because he going in to business with this doctotlr. If I can helple to n any way let me know.

I read you posts and it seems like my story.. Was anyone contacted by Captain Needham on peacekeeping mission in Syria?

Has anyone been contacted by a guy named Ray Jason who is supposedly from Warner Robins, Georgia. He states he is going to Israel to work on an oil drilling platform and then come back to the states. States his wife died of breast cancer 4 years ago.

Please be careful of a guy named Terry Donford. Met him on Words with friends. Fell in love right away and when he comes back to the US he wants us to move into his new house, be a father to my kids and live happily ever after. When he asked for money and I called him on his crap and said I knew he was a scammer he turned very nasty to a point where I became afraid. If he does contact you, block him immediately!!!!

Anyone hear of Dana Antrobus from Staten Island? Wife died 3 years ago. A petroleum engineer working as a contractor for Exxon Mobile. Doing a job in the Gulf Shores. Son goes to the University of Texas. Claims to be smart and wealthy. This job is worth 22 million. Yeah right. Started putting real pressure on me to be a beneficiary of his contract. Wanted to call me, talk right now, needs help, etc. He claims he is 59 years old and from Athens Greece but now resides in NY. Please let me know.

I'm talking to some guy from the UK, he says he is an engineer and that he has sent me gifts but I have to pay clearance money to the airport in order to get the luggage, but I've told him I don't have any money

I recently been talking to this "girl" named Ariel Falkner and I first meet her on instagram and she sent me a friend request and I look on her profile and I thought she look cute so I decided to chat with her for a bit. She was saying things like "oh I'm for someone to love and I thnk you be a good companion". Then she say that I should donload this app called hangouts and so I did. I talk with her some more and I was starting to have feelings for her. Then I notice that her instagram profile was gone and I ask her What happened to it and she just kinda push it off. I think that was my first red flag. Then she was asking me to buy her Amazon and Steam gift cards and I just got her the smallest amount and then she said oh that's not enough. My second red flag. Then she made me add her "lawer" named Smith Tayo and he said that I should open a new bank account and I was like no. She was giving some sob story about how she lost her parents and she poor and stuff. I really hate these scammers!!!

James Wesley on instagram has about 10 accts. Beware!!!

There is a guy leave me a message on a dating site. His name is Ryan Murphy he said he is a US Navy. His wife died and He has a son. he's smart and has wonderful words to lure women. Then he said that he has money to blah.blah. there's an urgency in my mind that this is scam.

David Taylor? Anyone had this name pop up?

Does anyone know a Steve Lima? Says he was born in Brazil came to America at a young age a d list both his parents in a car accident. .has no contact with his siblings says he cant stand them....he tells me that he has to pay his airfare home from a warzone in Afghanistan after his deployment has been up for the past 3 or 4 times now...he says hes been there for 4 years now hasn't really asked for alot of money but wants me to set up an account through aspiration bank. I guess he thinks I'm completely stupid and is trying to make me feel guilty for giving some attention and importance to a dog that I have to put down in a few days he says that is my excuse for not getting him out of there...he keeps insisting that he has to pay his airfare...I have asked him for his APO and he says the rebels destroyed it so I asked for his military email address and he tells me it is against the rules because he is special missions..help

Intoo was approached by a friend of "Donna Renman " exact same story as one posted Sad

I almost got scammed too..started chatting with a supposedly Air Force man in Afghanistan, widower with a 14 y/o son. Name is Teddy Doukas, but when he started to ask me to send iTunes to his son that posed a red flag. Unfortunately I didn’t screenshot his pictures.

This Wilson Benjamin uses tom cheaualk profile said his wife died ha looks after granddaughter but said it’s his daughter . Think he is scamming so charming . Now wants bitcoins to pay landlord

It doesn’t matter if it sounds the same or not it probably is still a different person I found 13 pictures of the same man all different names some different pictures of kids some different sex of kid if your people are talking like this you have your warnings here block them. I lecture people to help them all the time but still one gave a man money. Well his kids are hungry. No real person would use their kids to get money there is government assistance for that . Please be careful out there and heed everybody’s warnings thank you.

I am in a very simillar situation this man. Military from Iraq. He supposedly send me some gold bars and money and is asking me to pay for the package. I am sending emails to the carrier company and they want me to pay 2,570 dollars for the pacage to be deliver. I feel like a fool He is so convincing I feel for him. My red flags are coming in. He comes out as Stephen A. Henderson Wish pictures were able to share

My veteran father has fallen prey to a woman calling herself Anna Michael in Ghana Africa whom is using Talia Shepard's photos and videos. He is going thru economic necessity because of that person. There is no way of having him see the truth he is like a dumb puppy. Using Faith and God as excuses to continue believing in that person despite of all the evidence given.

I just finished being scammed by a Louis Williams. Good looking. Has grandson named Gabriel. Scammer is an “Engineer”. Now on a Rigger in Turkey. Love talks. Marriage talks. Calls you his wife. Going to buy you a new car. Blah blah blah. Needed money to pay nanny while on Rig. Needed money to pay up phone bill. Wonderful sweet talker. He got $150.00 from me before I got suspicious. Asked for $300 and I said No. wanted to know my bank account situation. On And on and on. I finally called him a liar. He blocked me. Thank goodness