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

Hello everyone. I'm here because I have found online more scammers then real people. I have been alone for nearly 2 years now and been on numerous dating apps and it seems that only scammers are on there. I have met over 300 in just 2 months alone. It's not just military related scams anymore. The latest scam is he is a web design/editor and he applied for a job got it and the job is in Nigeria. He asked my opinion about taking it but made sure to stress that he really wanted the job because it was a great opportunity for him. Even with me stressing my fears and such he went and is now claiming his phone and wallet were lost/stolen but took what cash he had on him paid for a hotel for 4 nights and a cheap phone. Has asked me to send $470 for the remainder of his stay promising he will give back double in 3 weeks time when he returns. Well... Even though I haven't sent money to him.... I'm just here to hopefully let all the women be aware that its not just military romance scammed anymore. So please pass in your knowledge of this.

Hi, just want to share you one lady dated me.. almost 8months stated from usa.. missori then.. after asking certain question on doubt proving, when check phone no..on asking.. she sad its no is gvn by my friend, i stay in texas... alone.. and i m deployed in w africa.. as a army doctor on assumption she is scammer.. i start having conversation with her respectively.. she showd love..stated every time.. want to come at my place.. as she never found love.. her father is passed away..mother left gained sympathy.. told her name lisa vlastiun.. age 29,..she sad last month.. she want to send me some money.. and i need to sign on her paper so she can get leave from her job.. from army.. after few days.. sge sad she gotta paid in gold and want to send some gold worth 2.5to3million.. o sad we can pay texas.. she sated she is going to send a delivery via doorstepdelivery.com.. she send me receipt of delivery from syria..she change her statement she is in syria..so person should feel affaired..while reporting its big scam group including delivery website.. she mentioned she paid $2500already which still showing on website code-dsdc207414, asking for me to pay $1600 for partial amount she tried multiple ways to get the money from me.. as we all know that we have to pay delivery charges first or after delivery.. then i gotta call from male voice with same accents.. she called me on whats app she shared its sensitive zone.. on asking making video call.. sharing photo.. making any call she always denied to do so... and always shows love romance.. on every time.. she tried many times where she never had time for me.. she called me.. by what's app i discussed with a lawyer..whole story as we all are human being fall in love with unknown person as well. As i searched on google..on instagram.. she had multiple a/c.. lisa vlastuin001, sherri vlastuin with 34.3k follower, sherrivlastuin496, sherrivla1234, vlastuinsherri84, vlastuinsherri800, sherrivlastuin270 and many more..phone no she used while conversation it could be fake phn no are-18597952883,14690002100 including website its big scam.. she hurt feelings of the person.. i thought may i should leave as it is.. she is scamming person to person just by showing love.. my whole thought are the story of sharing main concern is may.. other person like me.. can save thier moral as well as financial loss. Thanks

I’m a 57 year old guy living in the UK and recently contacted by a beautiful girl in the USA who has taken to me says she wants to be with me and age means nothing. She started asking for money as she needs it for her phone data so she can still talk to me so got her an Amazon card. She then needed money to pay for a program to go to school so convinced me to help pay for it, in return she had been sending photos of herself and tells me how much she wants to be with me. She has again now asked for another amazon card for more data, considering she has no money as most of her money goes to her mom to look after her yet she is out every night with her friends who apparently pay for everything for her. Am I really being taken for a ride? Her previous followers on Instagram were all middle to late aged men and she is in her mid 20’s and came off it and got me sign up to telegram, l take it this is a common problem as I have had other girls being similar.

I met a guy saying he is in the military and immediately he starts saying how he loves me he missed me and bomb can I send him a gift card for Google Play because he's so bored then he just start asking for money in bank account is saying that he needs to come home and set up this fake email saying that I had to pay $180 as a retainer fee to prove that I really want him home but the money be refunded and I actually called him out on it and he still can provide any legit hardcore information saying that he was official military officer so I just deleted him and blocked him thank God my red flag since it was on and I came out of no money the only way I can describe him is the picture said he posed he has he has a beard like a goatee and very muscular thighs and a low haircut and he said he's from Australia but when I talked to him on the phone, he sound like he was from the UK but he was a US military so many red flags so ladies be careful his name is James Jack and he is in Afghanistan and apparently his fiance died 6 years ago and has no family but a brother in Australia

Hey anyone come across guy, Bill Stenseth , Heavy Swedish ascent, too good to be true claiming to be a project manager overseas?

My husband is a victim of this. Her name is Angela Moore. He has sent over 2000 for the gold and another 100 in gift cards. How do I wake him up from this scam?!?!

Has anybody else had chats with a Johnson Anderson sometimes goes by other names Daniel Anderson frank anderson I could carry on I’ve tried doing reverse image search but can’t seem to do it He has asked me for £850 to get him home but I don’t think he is from England I have deep suspicion he is from Miami Please I need your help people to try and find out who it really is I’ve been chatting too I have not sent any money If he is a scammer then the fella who’s profile and info he has stolen needs to be informed

I was contacted in IG from a very good looking man. At first it was normal conversation and he invited me over to Hangouts to chat. He claims he is a dr from New York but currently in Norway working. Asked for iTunes gift card so he could update his apps so he can video chat. I had suspicions so bought just a $20 card. Told me he is a widow with a daughter. I google image searched his photos but it didn’t come up with anything. So I was kind of relieved. He claims daily he loves me wants to marry me blah blah blah. Then the next thing he’s asking me to pay for his ticket over here. I told him why can’t he pay for his tickets as he is a dr. He replied that his money is all tied up until he gets back to New York. He then asked me to ask my friends for the money I said well you can ask your family and friends too. He got rather annoyed and his demeanor changed. I told him he’s a scammer and a hypocrite.

Does anyone talk to Clarke Hughes?

Hi this woman contacted me her name is Natashia Sun from the Ukraine within a few hours she said she had a business and was a massager she also told me she had money but was upset as she had no family and friends I asked her why ? She didn’t answer many questions she was just interested in me if I went off line she said where are you ?yoi must hate me you not my friend I will kill my self !! I will come to London England I told her No I be only known you 12 hours if she texted me and u did t a answer her she said you must hate me I said no I have a life and at this moment I’m busy next thing I know she’s asking me to accept her Facebook request I said no then she said I want photos of you and I sent her one But she said I like your pictures I said I sent you one and your showing other pictures of me I didn’t give you permission she never got back because I blocked her from containing me again!!!

Now these scammers are using gaming site like words with friends. I had a guy try and get me to send money to his nanny because his daughter got in a car crash. I knew he was lying. So I asked for her name and I would send the funds to the hospital and he didn't like that answer. I wasn't planning on sending money.

Has anyone been contacted by a guy stating he is dr. Bryan d Jackson working for the UN in Yemen?

Says he is Richard Wilson. He could be looking for someone to transfer drug money or something for him.

Watch out for so many scammers on Instagram . I have one name Shawn Van on Instagram , he got me off Instagram and on hangout . I hate when he says I love you just in 2 days, what the hell. Now he ask for a book convenant, hell no. I talk to him on the hangout, something just don't add up. I need to block him. I had scammers before, they are getting smarter. Someone needs to start tracking them down and stop doing this to women, I am smart not sending them money and flat out and said no. Something needs to be done with these idiots .

I have been talking to someone for about 3 weeks and he will not talk to me on the phone. When he texts me he has alot of what I call broken English. He says alot of words that I have never heard before. The phone number that he uses has another name for it. And I can't find any information about him. Because I have paid for companies to check. All those companies want more money. So if anyone can help me find out who this person really is.

I met a man claiming to be in the US army. His name is John brown!? He’s been asking me for money, cards. And now his personal internet!?? He says he doesn’t have access to his account.. since he is deployed in Africa!?? Is this a real US soldier..? Or what??!

I'm also a victim of a scam. Good thing us no money yet because i already detect before i send my bank account to him. He claim that he is a LT. Colonel Ronald Scot Evans. 41 yrs old. I meet him in one of the dating site. Claiming this he is a soldier. Parents and wife are deceased and has a son taking care of a care giver in Dublin. I have pictures of him and i was able to talk to him over the phone but no video call. His voice is too far from all the pictures that he send. He makes me feel loved and special. I fell in love with him immediately and it's crazy. Very good looking guy in the pictures. How i wish he is real.

Does anyone know a guy Alek Scheffler a guy i am talking to now on hangouts for 7 months he , said his parents died in a car crash in Bronx NYC, he is an only child, he tried to get me to pay for a real state agent $3K He is in the military ( mariners) in Damascus Syria and he wants me to send money to someone else in the USA ( third party) and needs me to buy him a ITunes card. He has a 7 years old son name Levi, his wife was a drug user .. He has sent me several videos in the gym, videos with the son and several photos .. we have never talked on the phone because he tells me he does not have permission to do so ... let me know if I send you the photos and videos. he wants me to use western union, make a deposit in an atm using biocoin oh sending a friend to collect the money ... I need your help please

Does anyone know a guy Alek Scheffler a guy i am talking to now on hangouts for 7 months he , said his parents died in a car crash in Bronx NYC, he is an only child, he tried to get me to pay for a real state agent $3K He is in the military ( mariners) in Damascus Syria and he wants me to send money to someone else in the USA ( third party) and needs me to buy him a ITunes card. He has a 7 years old son name Levi, his wife was a drug user .. He has sent me several videos in the gym, videos with the son and several photos .. we have never talked on the phone because he tells me he does not have permission to do so ... let me know if I send you the photos and videos. he wants me to use western union, make a deposit in an atm using biocoin oh sending a friend to collect the money ... I need your help please

I met a Chris on an online dating site last month who has a son who turned 12 recently lives in Florida travels a lot leaves his son with a nanny says he’s in the import/export business professes his love and devotion blah blah blah wants to get married... convinced me to buy a cellphone and send it Nigeria. I cried to him for pressuring me to do so because it was literally breaking me financially but he assured me he would reimburse me within a few days. I’m a nice looking woman he’s a nice looking man I’m really thrown off by this I really don’t want this to be a scam situation because I have feelings for this man. Someone please help! I have pictures of this man if anyone would like to exchange to see if we have the same person.

Has anyone been scammed by a person named Kelly JACK

Watch out for nionni 999 on Instagram got in touch with me Nov 18 was everything a woman would dream of .we moved to hangouts he claims to be American working in qatar temporarily and deals in car sales and gold. Sent me love poems and all sort of romantic gestures made out he was so in love with me and we would be together for ever. Suddenly his gold was seized and if he didn't pay a currupt government official he was going to jail so I blocked him scammer

I have been romanced by a man on a dating site professing to be SPC Jeffrey Shane Witcher. Wanted me to pay for missing weapons in Ghana

I have had the unfortunate experience of dealing with a scammer. He had a similar story to what has been shared by others. He claimed to be engineer working on an oil Rigg in Texas. He told me a very sad life story. Divorced, was raising his granddaughter because his daughter had passed away, but the Nanny had that responsibility now. No parents and no other family. He was looking for a woman to spend his life with. Someone he would love and spoil, treat like a Queen. He eagerly showed me a photo of his car, house and even showed me a photo of his work contract worth nearly $7 million dollars, you know, biggest one he ever landed. It looked pretty authentic, his name on it, company logo and signatures on the bottom. He claimed that this was his last job and then he was coming to sweep me off my feet and share with me an unbelievable life. In a day he professed undying love and in 3 came a marriage proposal. Over a week, questions were asked about how big my house was, what kind of car I had etc, did I have money? Then a few days later, came an urgent message that money was needed to repair work equipment. It was an emergency. There was no one that could help, but me.He was on the Rigg and had no access to any of his own funds. When I questioned him and said I couldn’t send any money he became very angry. He even showed me a photo of his bank statement showing he had several million dollars. Again, it looked pretty authentic. Yeah I know, not buying it! He got over his anger quickly and told me after a couple of days that he had figured out the payment he needed. A few more days passed, he went back to being this kind, loving man that would do anything for me. Approximately a week later, another emergency. Money was again demanded. Yes ladies, be careful of men on sites like Instagram that innocently trip over your photo and can’t resist you. I was suspicious from the beginning, many things about his story didn’t seem to add up, but wondered really what the scam would be. Isn’t it always about money??? Be real, no one falls in love in a day with someone they have never even laid eyes on! Be wary, ask lots of questions. If things don’t make sense, guess why? SCAM!

Mine was a engineer name Eric J Norbert Supposedly on a oil rig in the Black Sea Thank God my son recognized the photo shop photos before things went to far Confronted him to FaceTime to clear up any misconceptions but he said no

Yikes! The same thing happened to me last week (no $$ was involved!)! I feel much better knowing it was a scam.

Hey all, I could use some help. I think my aunt is being scammed. She met someone on Facebook, who's Facebook immediately deactivated. (His reason: He isn't supposed to have one at his job.) He says he is a marine engineer (Works on boats) for "Phoenix Petroleum Drainage Refinery Company" in the Baltic Sea. He says he is in Norway. Says his phone doesn't have calling capabilities and his work contract will not allow him to do social media calls. So they only use Google Hangouts to communicate. He has never asked her for money, but has mentioned money issues, but never tried to get her to do it. So she trusts him. They've been communicating for about 3 months, and he says he wants to marry her. Says he's from a place that is 6 hours from where she lives, and when he gets home, he wants her to move there. He has two girls (deceased wife) in boarding school in Texas. He supposedly worked out his contract, and was trying to get paid. That's where the trouble started. Apparently his work wants him to open a bank account. He says his option was Wells Fargo, but they don't have a branch in Norway, so he will open up an account online, and send his debit card to my aunt. He wants her to take out the money, wire it to him, and he will buy his plane ticket home. Recently, he's been having many health issues, such as malaria and typhoid, high blood pressure, and stress issues, and he blames the fact that he is stressed about wanting to see her, and about his pay. I can't convince her that it's a scam and it could make her liable for that money. She thinks that because it's supposedly his card and his money, and he's giving her permission to do it, that she isn't doing anything wrong. I see a lot of scams where they want the victim to open an account, but he says he is opening one and sending HER the debit card. It's different from what I've seen. She knows her family thinks he is a scammer, so she is tight-lipped about his email address, but I'm really concerned he's scamming her. So my two questions are: 1. Has anyone seen a scam similar to this? 2. How can I show her that if she does this, she becomes a part of the fraud? I'll take any resources I can get. Please help me.

Has anyone ran across a Tony (Anthony) James, Robert Benderk, or Johnny Smith? This mad is very handsome and knows just want to say. DO NOT SEND HIM ANY MONEY!!!! Don't waste your time with him for he is the scum of the earth. He says he lives in Austin Texas has two sons 7 and 15. His story was he was stuck in Istanbul for every reason in the book.

ive been talking to a man claims hes a sargent first class in the us army by the name of doug t howard. his story is inconsistent, his spelling, speech change regularly like its several people sending the emails. recently asked me for money, which I couldn't provide. now im getting freaky emails apparently from the us military intelligence through a gmail account trying to extort me. an ip search reveals its the same ip from the guy. reverse image searches come up with nothing, email search comes up with nothing, ip search comes up with nothing. the phone number he gave me is disconnected. the address he gave me, is listed on a real estate site as 4 units. ive reported him to the us army criminal investigation command, and the Australian federal police with a copy of the extortion email. its definitely scammers, be aware, I think this guy is using a stolen us soldiers ID, I just cant prove it. they aren't aware that I have reported them yet.

Funny how the dude in Syria is on a peace mission , wanted me to email the UN , ok fine gave me a UN address with gmail ahhh Not , told him I emailed them entered in his name an no name of American Solider came up. Then he needed money to give to a friend , not from me American Solider get paid there salary don't ever get held. Here's the best his phone was broken so wanted a new I phone even sent the photo of the one he wanted .He was a widow wife died son 14 in boarding school . Lived in Washington DC . Was a doctor . Ps go online found his photo on scammer websites, he has more photos then this year's top model . Best ever his name is George Michael omg really