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

Has anyone been approached by Laim Evalds a very good looking man, who says he is a pilot from Fort Worth, Tx, single dad of young son who has a heart problem. He is good, but seemed like there was different people I was talking to depending on time of day... I finally told him he was a scammer and not to contact me anymore.

I met this guy who goes by Justin Smith on a dating app. Says he is in the marines stationed in Ukraine for peace keeping. Very sweet, wants to marry me some day, parentS are deceased, has a son who is watched by a nanny, and he has sent me multiple pictures of himself. Some in his uniform some in civilian or workout clothes. He has asked me for money. He demonstrates the signs Or red flags of a scammer but there are other things he does that say he’s not a scammer. I’m so confused. I really like him but don’t want to get sucked in to far. I also sent him a photo that he could potentially use for black mail. What do I do or how can I really tell if he’s a scammer?

I met someone in October on the Slowly App for penpals. We started out as Penpals and discovered, that we had a lot in common. He claims his name is Jamie Murray and he is a Military doctor in Syria on a secret operation. He then envited me to Telegram and I opened an account there. After a while we exchanged pictures. He video called me once and his face and pictures coincided. Last week he told me the troubles (fears) he had regarding a new mission they were to embark on on Friday the 22 November 2019. He dissappear on Friday for about 36 hours. He contacted me again Saturday evening and said their mission was a success. Coincidentally that was confirmed by an article that appeared in New York times on Monday. Everything he says seems to be true. The problem is, he contacted me yesterday and said they are each receiving a 200 000 US dollars award. He said since it rings a red flag to send money directly to US, he wants me to accept a package, since it's for our future. I live in Germany. Has anyone had a similar experience?

I have had several contacts who ask for a card steam in certain denominations

I have been scammed by a person going by the name of James Edwards. He claimed he was going to inherit money and provided papers that appeared to be legal. However, after flying to wherever he was going to pick up his money, he needed more money to claim the inheritance for the attorney. After I sent several thousand dollars, he needed more money to get his "gold" through customs. Several thousand dollars more, he needed more money to get home. To say the least, I figured out what he was and blocked him. Then an Mac Book arrived at my house and he found a way to contact me to sent the computer to North Korea. I sent the computer back and blocked him again. Several months went by and he found a way to contact me, claiming he had my money but he needed $100 to activate his bank account. I have never heard of any bank requiring a fee to access your money. Then his son and uncle fell ill suddenly and he needed to money to get to the hospital before they died. Well somehow he made it to the hospital but they both died. After a few days, he again found a way to contact me and wanted money to travel back to Ohio from Texas. Somehow he made it back to Ohio and again tried to get $100 to access his bank account to recover my money. Moral of the story - he is a smooth talking dead beat who took me for $15,000. A very hard lesson for a widow to learn. I wish I could have him arrested till he paid me back!

Hey my 62 yr old friend had been talking to a girl name katie laura trout says she lives in Nigeria some damn where..any one heard of her?

Anybody talked to a Jim Ponto. He says he is the US army stationed in Nigeria and that he needs money to come home. I have already been an idiot when it comes to him. I thought I was smarter than this.

Reading through all these stories, it sounds like I am being scanned, too! Basic same back story! My guy’s name is David Schultz Martinez. Oh he’s very charming, and the photos he’s shared show him to be quite handsome! I fell hard! He uses the same words, as others have noted here: calls me his Queen, babe, and insists I am his wife. His parents are dead, and he had to be raised by an uncle-he sent photos of his uncle and him fishing. He was on an oil rig in Florida when we first started chatting via Instagram. He quickly wanted me to start communicating to him via email, and now we are chatting on an app called “Hang Outs.” Unfortunately I did wire him some money to get leave time to come see me. But, he is now on an oil rig offshore in Poland (he sent me a photo of him getting in a plane from Florida to Poland!) He now needs more money to get a new passport and secure a flight to the US, to the tune of $15,100! Of course I won’t send him another dime, and I have reported him to the FTC. I am stringing him along just to see what he says when I tell him there is no way I can get the money. I feel so very stupid! His wife died in child birth with their second child. Both his kids are in a boarding school in Australia (that is where he says he was born.) Is there any way we can share photos here to see if this guy is one of the scammers that others have mentioned here? He’s also talking a lot about God, and how we are destined to be together even though he’s 59 and I am 70, and unhappy in my current marriage! His English is a bit odd too. I immediately brought that to his attention and he got very defensive. When I tried to break it off from him, he really laid on a guilt trip! So, I am going to play his game a bit longer, then when I flatly refuse to send him the 15k, we will see what he says. Oh, and he says he has over a million dollars in his account in the US, and says he’ll pay me back every “damn!” I have called him out on that word “damn” too, but he never commented on it,

I was taken by a very handsome scammer named Mark Becker. He also goes by James Becker, and David Becker. He said that he was a Dr in the Army. He messaged me in Facebook. After that we went to hangouts. I was in a very bad place at the time. My mom was sick and I just got out of a very bad relationship. He said everything that I wanted to hear. I felt loved for the first time in a while. He told me his wife died of while she was giving birth to there late child. He also had a 13 year old named Max who lived in Canada with a family friend. He told me that they found gold bars in Iraq and that they were his. I had to send 10,000 to get them out and sent to me. So being the fool I sent him all my savings. It came into the US but was taken by immigration. That I had to pay another 5 grand to get it out. I did and still was told I had to pay more. So I tried to end it and move on. I recently got married and now I’m expecting our first child. He found my Facebook page and took my picture and shared it. So I deactivated my account. And he sent emails saying all these mean things. So I deleted that account. Ladies please be careful of this man.

has anyone been contacted by a guy by the name of Oliver Hart. Says he is from England. His job keeps him over in England alot. He said he is divorced has a 6 year old son. He has an automobile shop.

Did anyone run into Olivia Ben, senior seargent u.s. Army, stationed in shindand air base Afghanistan ? I don't find something via image search.

My girlfriend met "Mark Robinson" on an online game called "Words with Friends". Apparently at some point during their competition they deviated from the game and started to chat. It became a little more personal over time. She learned he was married and lost his wife in a motor accident seven years ago. He is finally ready to start dating again and hopes to meet someone. My friend is happily married so she referred him to me. He came on to me like he was advertising for himself at one of those dating sites. I was uncomfortable with how quickly he took a liking to me. He sent pictures. He was a handsome white man, around 40 or 50. He has two very attractive children. A girl and boy both looked like they could be models. In one photo he is holding a large cup of Starbucks coffee. In another he was imitating the pose Barbara Striesdan was making on the black shirt he was wearing. There was also a picture of him in a vehicle and after we were chatting for a few days he sent some "selfies" . In one he was in his pajamas with a blue silky bathrobe. The top buttons of his PJs were open and his chest hair was showing. I thought for someone who was first starting to date again he was awful forward and seemed very experienced with talking about himself and knowing what pictures to send. From his discription, he was the perfect man. Possessed ALL the qualities a woman could possibly want !!! That is when I knew something was up. He fell in love too quickly. Started sending little pictures of flowers and hearts and used the words "honey, babe, sweetheart" to address me. He said he was a contractor working on an oil rig in Istanbul, Turkey. He was from Brussels Belgium but was raised and went to school in Houston, Texas. I asked if he had a southern or flemish accent. He said flemish. He never mentioned money or that he wanted anything other than a special woman in his life and he wanted to get married again. I played along while I tried to find the identity of the person he claimed to be. He was very smart and cunning. He may have become suspecious at one point because he cooled down a pit and started to ask me questions like what qualities I look for in a man. (Probably so he could use that info on other women.) However, he was convincing and there were times when we thought maybe he was real. When I wouldn't "commit" to him, and needed more time to get to know him, his conversations became disjointed as if there was someone else taking over at times. The grammar deteriorated and the responses always kept coming back to what a beautiful, kind hearted, loving woman I was. How did he know that? I asked him what all did my friend tell him about me. His answer was accurate about what little she did say. He just knew who I was because I was taking the time to talk to him. He had answers for everything! I eventually called him out. He acted hurt, surprised, and asked if it was really me on the other end of the phone. I finally said to him "HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU WANT TO GIVE ME THE TRUE IDENTITY OF THE MAN IN THE PHOTOS YOU SENT". It took some coaxing and bluffing on my part until finally he showed himself and said " $600.00 in an iTune card will get you all the information you need". Now his english was perfect and grammar correct. He sounded rough and almost scary. Of course he totally rejected my very low counter and he didn't use the sweet, mushy, romantic words he used before! The next evening, I got another text that was totally disjointed to where we left off. He said "Good Morning Sweetie" with a pretty picture. I told him he better coordinate with the other imposters. He wrote back "Okay". I can see how someone who is hurting and vulnerable and looking for love could fall for this scam. He was cunning, attractive, convincing and said all the right things to play on your emotions. I just hope they don't have the ability to get my identity. This men are pros and very smart. I actually felt scared reading his harsh, ruthless words when he knew I was on to him.

Has anybody spoken with a Kelvin Miller? Infantryman in afghanistan 37,has an 8 year old daughter,lives in beverly hills,from cleveland ohio..owns a road construction company grew up working on that with his single mom...dad died in military when he was 14. He has beautiful blue eyes.,light brown hair MOS 0311?

Mark Williams also contacted me. instagram and then hangouts environment. His wife died of lung cancer and has a 4-year-old daughter. also sent pictures. Very little was said about himself. We communicated for a few days. Expressed great feelings. I realized this was wrong. Instagram usa1 3 _ mark williams

Has anyone heard of a gentleman name Ayine Samuel in Afghanistan..pls let me know. Sadie

I met this man named Brandon, I forgot his last name. I think he is a scammer because he refused to have a videocall amd ge got mad, lol. But he sent a photo of "him" and his "kids". He claimed he's a US navy. He suddenly told me that he has something to tell me and that he's deployed to CHAD. He said I might stop texting him now that he's gonna be deployed. I told him why would I stop? And then, here's his reply "Some woman doesn’t like texting texting someone in deployment coz if the man Needs their help They ain’t gonna render the help". my gut feeling tells me that he's a scammer. So I asked him what kind of help would that be. I assumed it is financial. When I tried calling him, he threatened that he will sto talking to me (as if I care). I really wanted to find out his real identity. I hope I can post the pictures he sent me.

Met him on zoosk/IL. James bernard Williams from west palm beach, fl. Has the Florida ph#. Says he relocating to il once his coco bean plantation is up & running in Ecuador. He just asked me to send him $2400 because his bank acct is having problems. He has a 3 yr old daughter named Jennifer. His wife died 3 yrs ago in car accident. He has a strong accent. Broken English. Was born in Alabama but moved to Grenada. His mother is Hispanic and father is Irish American. He's good looking. Talks sweet. Wins your heart and bam the scamming comes. We spoke on Skype & I saw him

Met this guy on Facebook after chatting switched to hangouts .two weeks of texting started asking for money for minutes on phone .said he was a engineer on a oil rig in the UK. Then it was money for a vacation said his contract was not up all he could ask for was money though he could break me down. Finally he said he left the oil rig at airport said his passport had expired needed $1500 to get home said his home was in Texas. Have a daughter wife dead died in childbirth both parents dead. Then got another friends request had some of my family as friends of his my ex husband home town but a different name but he was in Ireland a engineer to almost the same profile thought he was a friend of my cousin one week asking for money just like the first one first one name James c McConville man was he a sweet talker second one name Charles bell but I think they was the same person if these names come up be careful .

Has someone experiences with a guy named Henderson Taylor? He contacted me a few weeks before. Thanks

I have been chatting with a young lady? named Nora who has professed her love for me. Each time I have set up a meet she comes up with most outlandish excuses to not meet. I have given small amounts of money but now says she has this inheritance that she can only access by a man that she says will take care of her. They “lawyer” she has managing wanted access to one of my credit cards accounts so they can put money into the account and then I can send to Nora. They even offered to pay my accounts off for access. Of course I did not do this but Nora is so believable. I know better then to do what they ask. Has anyone ever ran across Nora or this scam

Anyone heard from Chris Robert Huston Texas

It happens to the men too. One of them tried to add my Google account to their device. I also got 2 security codes I was supposed to enter. One lady needed $132 for bus fare but was short $50. The user kept getting mad because I wasn't trusting her. 2 sent me nude photos I did not ask for or want. Another 2 outright tried to solicit me on the site itself. I am so frustrated because I want to find love again after the passing of my wife. I am very lonely and also want female companionship. The last one to ask for money was supposed to be in South Africa and wanted $100 Amazon gift card and this came from a paid site. Most of the scammers seem to be on the free sites like Plenty of Fish.

I just met someone online his name is brain Matthew on ig, he said he is one of U.S army but right now he has duty on Afghanistan. He was so sweet and we speak for 2 weeks, and he said that he needed my help to receive some of his personal documents and box with gold bars. This is so scary, in my gut I feel like there is something wrong. How can someone just knew for 2 weeks and want to send a box with gold inside, this doesn't make sense to me until I googled and found this page. He kept asking my details like address and such but I refused. If anyone has an idea what to do, please let me know. Thank you

William Orozco or Edwards williams pretending to be military from Benin Nigeria

It is possible 2 person work out to scam me asking me money sending money to the bank account... For transaction...

On the 29th October 2019 I was introduced to an online dating called bumble and I met a guy by the name of Vega Benjamin. I’ve to say it all started with romance in a sense that Vega kept on telling me that he loves and of which I myself I’ve told him up to this day. He told me that he’s a geologist divorced and have a son Jake that’s leaving with ex. He said he will retire end of January 2020 because he has made lots of money. We carried on our love journey till he asked me to go look for a house and I said whose house he said ours. I said wow man you move very fast. I did go viewed the house and sent him the purchase to offer, well he had said that I can chose anything that I want. OTP were sent to him and he kept on saying that he’s having problems to get his money out because he’s is in iran and the Iranian monetary fund does not allow him to have access his money that’s in UK, so he suggested that I end an email to Butterfield Cooperative Bank giving them to open an account in my name with Vega’s permission of which was done. Well the account was opened and money was transferred into my Butterfield Bank. The problem started when I was asked to transfer money into my account of which I did and I did not know if it pounds or rands. Fortunately I did not transfer the whole amount that was in the Butterfield account. I chatted with Vega and told him how much I’ve transferred the problem is that they need COT cost of transfer R18,908 for them to process the transaction and I said no way Vega that I will not do and I refused because I received an email from Butterfield Bank stipulating that I must transfer the money into a South African bank account Capitec to Mrs M Minne. I refused and I told him that I’ve emailed Capitec fraud department and also alerted Bumble about him. Vega use to communicate with me on email, hangout and he once Skyped though it was not clear.

What if a soldier takes his German Shepherd dog on deployment as working dog went into combat got shot, him and dog, soldier is telling me military he has to pay for treatment for dog because he's his personal dog, is that true Military soldier uses his personal dog in army, they were deployed got shot him and dog, military won't pay for dog to get treatment because he's soldier personal dog but he fight in deployment, want s me to send money , I did video chat once he's real

Dr wong samson. Have anyone heard of him?

I am worried about an acquaintance of mine. I'm sure she is being scammed but I don't know her well enough to tell her. She doesn't have any money and is on food stamps but I'm worried it may be money laundering or something. Scammer is "stuck in Africa" after visiting relatives. The scam is her father passed away and left her gold bullion. She is going to ship one brick to my friend so she can sell it and send $ to her in Africa. Is there anyway I can report this and stop it before it happens? I hardly know this lady but met her through a cat rescue friend and I don't think she would listen to me anyway.

My friend is being scammed by a guy online using names Russell yess or Russell Ironsides or Russell yess Ironsides he's being getting her money for over a year now sent her 2 engagement rings says he has a son and a nanny and lives in Pennsylvania and she won't listen to anyone about it

What about Lee Gate Plastic Surgeon from Houston, Chinese/Asian Male in his late 50's. He states he has a daughter, works in Houston but was transferred over seas to work on a mission. He asked for money to help him cover the expenses over Traverler's Insurance. Has several pictures of him, and communicates via email. Please help.

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I have been talking with a guy Mateo Davis says he’s in Yemen in the navy and found gold bar he’s had it sent to me because there is no one he trusts now I’ve had an email from the delivery company asking for 3500USD and because I haven’t got it. He is now threatening to post pictures that I sent to him and destroy me. He also asks for google play card of 50 or 100 but I never sent any I only ever sent 2 x 10 play cards.

I’m chatting with a man who is a oil rig engineer in Turkey. Chatted for about one month then the chatting stopped. Started chatting and wanted $50,000 US dollars so he could send luggage to me . The $50,000 were clearance fees to be paid by me before the luggage could be shipped to my house in the US.

I have been talking to some one who had professed his love who was military... now a few months later.. he has asked for a lot of money he stated he has an inheritance put in my name. He states he needs the money for insurance on the money or it will be turned over to an agency that investigates money laundering .He is now telling me to watch out.. sounds very threatening. I sent one pic that I shouldn't have... I am concerned he will post it... help?

Any one heard of a chally David's??? Trying to help my mom

It is not just guys, have had two gals, if they are gals playing this same scam, get you from the site and in no time there profile is unavailable on the site, plus they seem to like going to work in Malaysia. Red flags fly for me very fast!!

Was contacted by Kelvin Rogers - a doctor in WHO- wife died - 2 daughters boarding School - Lots of writings in messenger. Sooo sympathic!!. I Night have fallen a loyale in love...he wanted me to help him - so i transferred money in western union bank..but it was never enough... Always problems.. when i didnt have more money, he first got angry - then cut me off...

My mum is currently being scammed by a man named Daniel Hook. Starting off with iTunes cards and now money transfers through western union. He has told her his daughter Frances Burke is in trouble and mum has wired through money to an account in New Jersey. My mum believes this is all real. She has lost everything our family home, her marriage, every piece of jewellery she owned and even taking money off my elderly grandmother. Please help me prove to her that this a scam. Any information is appreciated.

I have been talking to a very romantic guy. His name is Hammond Clark. he told me he loved me to quickly. He said his wife has been dead for 6yrs. He's a sub contractor in Dubai and in Scotland. Ask me for itunes card,pictures The pictures look like Anthony Durhman. The day before he was suppose to come to St. Louis and meet me. He needed $3000 for Taxes. They always make an excuse. I did not give it to him. Step by step he did exactly like a scammer would. Please don't accept him on hangouts His name again is Hammond Clark

I only chatted for a day to a guy who claimed he was a UK medic in Yemen, widower. Had millions in the bank, wanted to retire at 49 and buy a house in Ireland and marry me. Yeah right. Did reverse Google search and a black ladies name came up with scam alert warnings. He used training photos from an army manual. I mean please. Blocked him, before he could even got the chance to ask for money.