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

Very close to the story I'm getting from Michael Ian. From Scotland, Chemical Engineer, 2 kids in boarding school, Very sweet, good looking guy. Would love to share pictures.

Trying to figure out if the guy I have Been in contact with is real or a scam.Met him on Words with Friends then he suggested HAng Out, All to familar story I fear but how can I be sure. If true he is the best at this.lplayimg scrabble with him and talking on Hang Out for about three months. Wife died, kid in boarding school . He then asked Me to buy $600, In iTunes cards so he could call his son from the oil rig, I sent him $100, Last week he needed &200.00 for emergency. First name Robert. How do I find out if he is a fake or for real, Please help. thanks,,

Hi since the 31st of July 2018 I went on a dating site called pof where I got taking to a man. Goes by the name of David Wright in this early 50s he told me that he has a contract job with the military base in Turkey. For 8 weeks . By the 3 day he asked me for iTunes cards told me it was update his moblie number . He said he couldn't get any in English as they where all in Turkish .And asked me .Then he could up date his phone and could make phone calls. Hangouts. I trusted him after three days in thoses days he made me feel really good and he told me he loved me on a regular basis words like you are my dream come true x I love you and I love you to the end of time . And love you until my last breath and babe and honey and my love ect . He said he was divsored and has a 17 your old dauther jeccsia and both his dad and mum no longer here he said his dad died when he was young and his mum died last Feb. And that he lives with his grandma in Mansfield but has his own place in London. And he had to go away coz he had no one special. And his grandma got cancer and his dauther jeccsia is loo king after her . By the 4 th day we where talking about our wedding day ect .I asked if I had ever been out of the country and I said no . He said that will have to change. Where would you like to go .... By the 6th of August he was saying that there was a way that he could come back to UK and live with me before his contract job so up. But I had to send his commoredr a email. Which I did as he had got into my head and my heart I was deeply in love with him so I thought. I would have done anything and everything for him . I didn't see the red flags as what he said and how he said it . He took me for a ride. He said that he could put in for a early leave .which he did . But I had to tell them my full name and home address and contact details. So I had to pay £585.00 So he could come home and we could start a new live together and get married . I send it . Then 3 days time I got an other email saying that they had booked his flight to come home .And they said I would have to pay £1046.00 I said all that was my savings he told me that he couldn't execcs his bank account and he would pay me back. And we where perfect for each other and so in love . This is how he got me to do exactly what he wanted me to do . I wouldn't normally do any of this .but I did .He told me to send it with moneygram which I did it went thought everything was good for about half an hour. I had booked the taxi to go to the airport. And I checked my email to discover that they had canlled my account down I immurply called them and they said that they didn't know what had happened. But I would get my money back with in 3 10 days . So then I had to let him know that he wasn't going to come home . He blamed me he said I canlled it . Then he said he wouldn't get all his benefits of them and at a later date he said that they had to keep him on for yet an other year coz he didn't take his leave and it was all my fault.

Hi there, I was scammed by the same guy, called himself David Wright. After I had sent him money, I found out I could do a reverse image search via Google. His photo was of a news reporter in Chicago. He also claimed he had a daughter named Jessica. He claimed he was widowed. He claimed he lived in Calgary, Alberta Canada and even told me his address. We were planning to meet for dinner and he even talked of cooking me dinner at his home. The day of the date, he called me and told me that he had to leave right away for Nova Scotia for this job he was bidding on the prior week, which I was aware of. His scam was very involved. He told me he wanted me to travel to Halifax, Nova Scotia to be with him. He booked me a one way ticket. I was all prepared to leave two days later when he asked if I could delay my flight for one week as he was so busy at the worksite. He wanted to be able to dedicate his time to me. He also did not want me to arrive there without his commitment. He purchased a princess cut diamond engagement ring for me, which he ordered via Costco. There was an error with the delivery address, as I saw the shipping details. It was a $1700 ring. He was planning to send me my money back when the company he was contracting for was paying him. I then received $42,000 deposit in my bank account. I proceeded to take the money out that was owed to me. The next day, I received a call from my bank to tell me that the funds deposited were stolen and did not belong to me. I had to return the money, which overdrew my bank account and has left me destitute. Dont' trust anyone you meet on line who asks for money. I learned the hard way. He claims to love you, cannot live without you etc etc.

This sounds a lot like a guy I'm talking to named Aaron Cooper. Grew up in Greece. Dad is American and deceased. Mom still lives in Greece. Widowed with a 13 year old daughter and owns some type of underwater drilling company. About to have to go to Istanbul for a project. Hmmmm. Wonder what his story will be once he gets there.

This sounds so familiar. He went by Anthony Fredrick. We did a love oath . Got me for iTune cards. Then asked me for calling cards. Scammer !! I feel dumb . These guys are good .

Pumpkin did he have you cut your thumb? To take a blood oath??? My man is going by the name Anthony.. And I'm so So in love with him.. We have been talking for over a year.. He is suppose to be home in two weeks so we can get married.. He was on a rig out of Alabama, but he got into trouble and has to stay and fix some machines that got broke.. (Yah right) he does have a heavy accent says he was born in Spain.. Has a son in Dallas with a caregiver.. I am his wife.. Does he get mad at you easily.. He doesn't like to argue.. He knows how to make you fall in love with him.. I have fallen in love with him so hard..he is very handsome.. He has sent me lots of pictures and we have talked on the phone.. But he won't send me any recent pictures.. I so want him to be real..

Same guy just contacted me through Words with Friends. I suspected it was a scam, just set up a suspicious looking Facebook account with someone else's picture. Walk away, it's a scam....who contacts someone on Words like this??

I just met Thomas Platt on Words with Friends. Said he was a widower with a daughter in boarding school. He worked on an oil rig off the shore of Alabama but home was Charlotte, NC. Pic was dark-haired, graying goateed, good looking guy in gray suit in front of some gold certificates of some kind. He asked quickly if I’m happily married and what I do for a living. When I said I’m disabled and take care of my mom, who is more disabled, he blocked me and disappeared. It seemed weird so I searched his name and your post came up.