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

I think I’m being scammed his name is Paul Wilson, a marine engineer, is Italian, wife died in car accident, has 15 year old daughter, lives in Ohio, says he loves me and calls me babe. Yes, he has asked for money. He is on a rig in the gulf and they needed jackets & blankets. Now he is worried about losing millions because he needs money for the machine oil or he will default on his Exxon contract. He calls, texts and plays Words with Friends. Has anyone met him?

I've been talking to my guy for four months. I met him on a dating site, claimed to live about four hours away. After about 5 weeks of not being able to meet due to work schedules, he had to fly back to Belgium to help his daughter who was in the hospital from alcohol poisoning. English is clearly not his first language, says that he speaks Dutch and is from Brussels. I checked the accent and that is pretty accurate. Sounds French, unique to Brussels. From Belgium, he had to go to China for a gold mining contract and has been there ever since mid-July (it's now mid-September). When he first got here, he asked me to send him a laptop. I refused. Then, I discovered some text on a scammer website that was unique to an email he sent me. Called him out on it, said that he used to be a scammer once, but no more! and he still wants to communicate. I have many pictures of him, so I'm pretty sure it's him. He did send me a video via Vimo that has expired early on, but we have never skyped. Just a few weeks ago, he tried pulling the broken equipment scam on me with the gold mining equipment. He wanted to make me a partner on his gold mining project and promised to send documents if I sent money! I should have let him send them, but I got scared and I once again told him that I would never send him money and threatened to turn him into the FBI. About a week later, he messaged me again! So, we're talking again, he claims that he will be "home" to meet me in person next week. I'm bracing myself for the next money hit. Maybe I'll ask for an address this time before I fly off the handle at him again! I really feel like he is in love with me, but I'm skeptical. Also, I don't really think I could ever trust a man who has tried to scam me twice. But, oh! The house and the trips he has promised with his gold mining money! LOL! I'm just having fun with it now...

I am chatting with a guy. He claims to be from Pennsylvania. I am at whatsapp with him. I found him at FB but there it says that he lives in Vancouver BC. He told me that he used to live there before and that he is not at FB anymore. He is an geologist working on a rig in Turkey. He is divorced and have a son off 14 year. The machine is broken and he will order a new one and come and visit me while he is waiting for the new machine. Not been asked for money yet. His name is Ryan and his very romantic. Calls me his love, babe, queen and so on. I mean the world to him. Met him on Tinder. Anyone know him?

Ok so I have met a scammer, this is so weird because I did meet him, he travelled to see me several times and when I was gonna go see him he just vanished. I searched him, and I found he had an account with a guy thats not him on social media! So this guy probably scam other women but showed me his him. But he is nowhere to find on searchengines, no adress, its like he doesnt exist. He changed number and he got several e-mail accounts I found out, several skype account atleast 4. Maybe he does scam women on money so he can live a fancy life. I got scammed on my heart.

Okay. I can’t get catfish to help me and I guess after reading these comments I think I was scammed. But I would really like to know. 13 months ago I fell for “john ralph”. We meant everything to each other. We texted. Phone calls. But of course no video calls. We planned to meet on my birthday. But a legal battle came up. Kept him busy. We then planned for thanksgiving. And his mother fell and went to hospital. I drove three times to VA to meet him but he never showed. I planned on proposing to him on New Year’s Eve. That’s how close we became online. Yes I sent money. And the excuses keep coming that family are keeping him from me. He wants me to hangon even with no more money. If someone knows this name or can share anything. I can share pictures.

I think my identity has compromised I feel incredibly foolish. Dude says wife died in a ghastly motorcycle accident has two kids 3 and 6. Within a week says he loves me yadda yadda. Got me through Instagram oil rig dude. Unfortunately for him girl here is broke. But I know he may use information for illegal laundering. Goes by Ernest Dempsey or Depmsey? His writing is NOT like a person from the UK sounds more Portuguese. He claims there’s no video on his rig needs to get leave has you write an email.

I don’t know if he is a scammer,I’ll tell my story.I was on a German dating website (I am German) when a guy named Dwayne Proctor,SFC in the Army,currently deployed in Afghanistan,textet me and we quickly switched to WhatsApp. He had lost both of his parents(mother at birth,Father two years ago. His will soon be re-deployed to Syris for a week,then he wants to come to Germany seeing me.He wants to send his safebox to me with big sums of cash and gold.He never requested any money from me,always told me he has enough of it. I’ve never been in this situation,so maybe one of you could help me.

Friended Mark Gaspar on fasebook...sweet talker. Lucious voice, thick accent. Widower 10 years. Wife died of cancer 2 years ago. Sister beaten to death by drug husband, died and then Mark adopted is sister'sr daughter Alandre just turned 14. Attends Seton Catholic school in Hudson, Oh. He is on an oil rig off Scotland high sea. been there 5 months. Needed iTune cards for software of computer on rig and communications. Moved to Hangout quickly, a lot of sweet talk with pictures exchanged. Bought several of them, scratched them off and sent photos of access numbers. Elaborate scam: Mark has an inactive account in the UK needing 5200 English pounds (or $6800.00) to activate a dormant account . Was notified by Marks bank (Nationwide Bank wanting full name, acct#, etc. as Mark's named benefactor the $1.5 M (deposit for rig contract by Shell Oil) would be transferred to my bank acct. (I SAW THIS ACCOUNT...LOOKS AUTHENTIC) Mark's acct access acct info: ID#65476Km password: markgaspar, and acct#7698435678 then we would live happily ever after...I would never want for anything ever again. But the $6800 needed to be paid to activate the acct. Mark's agent for his daughter is who I would send $800 for Alandre's excursion to Disneyworld $500 for spending money...Alandre was going to be my new daughter...right? She had even emailed me several times. Then there were the $1,000 and $2000 cashier checks I mailed overnight to Mark's agent : Carol J. Weston17704 Bay View Dr. Park Rapids, Mn 56470 it was suppose to be wired, but the acct#4302568 Rtg#091214753 would NOT except wires only ACHPAY transactions. After selling all my furniture & car I was to overnight $3000 to Carol then overnight $1000 to Halifax Bank 9-12 Powis St. Woolwich, London SE18 6HZ Acct name: Diantha Imanuel Acct#11049560 Sort code: 11-08-68 IBAN: GB71HLFX (11086811049560) Swift Bic: HLFXGB21Y22. The tracking code shows it was signed for by front desk but has not been cashed. I will need to wait for another 2.5 months b4 I can put a STP on it. This is my pitiful, but true story of a woman who didn't expect another love interest, but fell head over heels for this man, says he's Italian lives (18 years) at 5 Lexington Ave. Greenville, TX (that doesn't exist) His phone #850-397-3110 that he sometimes does pick up ....with cautions that calls can cause sparks and can cause explosions on an oil rig. Please be careful....The worse part is I am still so in love with this guy....not sending anymore $ but still crazy for him.

Has anyone met Deborah Brown from Missouri. She needs a passport to come be with me. Wants me to send money to Nelson Yates junior who is helping to get passport for her.

My mother just asked me to send $300.00 To some exxon mobile contractor that needs to get his system up and running via amazon card, due to video of Hurricane damage. Billy Lee is the name being used. Said she just wanted to find out the truth if he is lying. I warned her just yesterday of scammers and I quote" If he asks you to send money he is a scammer, no matter what form." She is addiment on doing it anyway just to find out the truth. I am her caregiver. Not going to happen friends!!! She insists I drive her to the Bank! This is sad that she is trying to convince me she just wants to know the truth. TRUTH... DON'T GIVE ANYONE ONLINE YOUR MONEY, EVER!!!!!! Sad story down on Luck, mother dying, child dying, hungry, whatever the story... It is just that! A STORY! AND YOUR MONEY WILL BE HISTORY.

I’ve been taking to a George Rodney from Ireland off of Tinder. Widowed with 12 year old daughter and wife Emma died in car accident. He was supposedly born in Cuba and moved to Ireland to live with aunt after mother died. He’s asked for and received money for business loans, asked for and received iTunes and bitcoin. We talk on Hangouts and have talked on the phone but never met. Supposedly in import/export business and sends selfie pictures from an audi. Any of this sound familiar?

William James: big time scammer, he was my 2nd, but he did not get a thing from me as the 1st one did not either. William swore up & down he was a true man & true men are hard to believe, I knew from the beginning he was a scammer. I told him his words sounded like he was reading a script which I'm sure he was. he said he was a merchant marine and on the high seas. he was madly in love with me even though we really did not know each other. I could tell he was very busy with his other fish on his line. after a very short time he was asking me for ITunes. I refused he said he was going to kill him self if I didn't send him ITunes, I told him I could not so he quit talking with me like he thought he was punishing me. Then he started in again, asking for ITunes and why couldn't I send him some. He said he wanted to be husband and wife with me and raise our kids in the same house, I kept telling him I had been there done that and I was not going to do it again. All I wanted was a friend I could chat with. He kept begging I finally told him I was of no value to him. He blocked me! I was relieved! I hate being begged for money. Also he was 17years my junior I said that kind of relationship does not work out he said age is just a number. Ladies don't let these phonies pull at your heart strings, they are all scammers with beautiful romantic words.

This sounds like the guy who been chatting with me for a month. Now all of a sudden he ask me for $200 in itunes cards. He has money and wants to marry me. I have been getting these hints about him. Not wanting to use google chat

My cousin has recently been talking to a man on Facebook by the name Kevin Mark, he told her very quickly that he loves her and wants to marry her. He is supposedly 55 years old, widow and with a 14year old son, And works for an oil platform. All red flags to me, especially because he does not want to FaceTime with her or and asked to download a separate app to contact her. Has anyone else experienced something similar? His name is Kevin Mark.

I met a guy named Zadee Walker also know as Robert Walker he claims 2 have a fabric company n lives in Washington and is in Nigeria with his so called workers. Be careful he is full of lies and stories about gold, and also knowing the Kardashian family. He also so called went 2 Canada n got rob at gun point. All lies including the fact that we was get this 5 Billion dollars in debt that he so called paid off in 2 minths .

I got this guy's message from POF a few days ago, he told me he is an orthopedic surgeon serving for a peacekeeping mission in Yemen. Lost his beloved wife two years ago and refused to tell the reason and has a 12 year old son in a boarding school. He is using wechat accout which is a popular chatting tool. (Watch out, Chinese ladies!) I always feel there is something wrong, coz he called me my woman my everything from Day 1 when we didn't know each other. He kept telling me he is a medical doctor, his work is very demanding, and doesn't have much time but he would like to talk to me, coz it reminds him he is still alive. Something I don't feel right is he always begins his sentences like "so tell me....", and he repeats his words "I wish this relationship will lead to a fruitful end", which doesn't sound genuine. And last night he asked me if I own my place and how much do I make a month. Luckily, I found her by searching "fake UN doctor", lol, first thing to do this morning, and it proofs I am right!

Met a girl named Claudia online, pretty blonde from Texas, anyone else meet a Claudia?

James M. Larry telling me to pay $200000.00 for a shipment he arranged from Koreas

Anybody knows a Johnson Lee? Born in Singapore but apparently, living in the US his whole life. Works as a businessman for a contractor company. When it’s too good to be true, then it is NOT true.

it is this young man named Danny Baxter.. Ladies beware... he can use a different first name but Baxter is always his last name... He claims to be in a different country on a secret mission he is a sergeant in the Army.. He will get to know you then request an I tunes card.. DO NOT SEND HIM ANYTHING! i reversed looked his picture up.. he is a faker and a fraud

I'm a female on Hinge dating website, met this guy who is supposedly from NC originally, lives in NY now (moved from NJ 5 years ago when divorced wife). No kids of his own. He is "deployed" in Djibouti Africa and a Marine. TOO good to be true, tons of pics and sent me a shot of his passport to prove he's legit. It's a shot someone stole from the real guys passport I'm sure, and a bunch of shots from a FB page I'm guessing. His father is dead and left him a piece of land worth $2 mil in Mexico which he (maybe we) can go claim when he is discharged in a couple of months. We've been talking for 2 days and he's telling me this? He says he's 38, but the pics are totally of a younger guy. Claims to be a Marine engineer serving for 19 years... 6'2 blue eyes, brown hair nice teeth. The guy whose info they are using is cute, wonder if he knows he's being used. I asked the guy to call me tonight or tomorrow and he said they can't just call, they have to put in a request and see if it's approved. HAHAA. RIGHT. His English is good with the writing, but the WhatsApp phone number has a "44" code at the beginning which is the UK I believe. Hold onto your purse strings and dirty pics ladies!

March of 2018 I was approached on Instagram I have since deleted my Instagram this guy had use somebody else's picture and was pretending to be that person he talked to me for about months I refused he would always ask for iTune gift cards or money transfers and I would just want people to be aware the account has been taken down from Hangout but I wanted to be people to be aware he still contacts me via phone and he calls me his wife but when I told him I'm not his wife I don't know who he is he gets very angry with me he pretends to be with the FBI my sister who is 19 was the original person that contact him but she's not mentally competent and this is how the whole thing started and she has to use my phone so I let her and and ever since then I've had issues this guy has made up of. Account going by the name of Donald Howard he has pretended to be celebrity when I first talked to him and then he changed his name I don't know what is going on he still contacts me I've gone to the police that there's nothing they can do I have considered going to a private investigator just to find out what the hell is going on he kept asking me for my bank information and I would not give it it all started because he said that he needed me to donate to a children's home in Kentucky and so I looked up this place and I was like hey this is a legit place I did not donate to it but my sister did

Has anyone of you heard of Recal Marcel Burleson?

I was wondering there's a girl that has been talkin to me on the messenger for like 6 or 7 months we talked for about 2 weeks and all the sudden she started needing $100 Amazon cards and I'll get her one every couple weeks and sometimes every week but she has to have the receipt with it okay yesterday and I'll Sunday I got her one and no she claimed she she couldn't read the thing and it was planted as he couldn't read the numbers on it I respectfully thank you

Hi I'm in the same situation. I received a friends request on Facebook. We text each other for about 2 days then asked me to download Hangouts, or what's app. He asked me for a $50 iTunes card. The day after that he asked me to get an AT&T account so he can buy phones and sale them. Now today he says he adopted a son from Africa and his son is in Africa with caretaker and needs $200 for food. I didn't do any of that. Anyways real charming Says on a secret mission can't take photos or video chat. Is in the Army lives in Colin,Ohio . Stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan but called from a Ghana number deleted his FB profile. He goes by the name Joseph McGee

these all sound so familiar... my guy is Elliott. Started as Elliott Rashford on Tinder. He got us off Tinder in minute, and he took his profile down. Italian, 52, widower with teenage daughter. I got him on his last name, why did he use a soccer player's name? He is 'protecting his private life'. Construction engineer, now in Dubai on a big contract he won. He texts me all the time, calls every few days- his accent is real thick. He's darling, gray hair, graying beard. He got me to get him iTunes cards for'his daughter'. He says love at first sight. He asked for money for duty fees, I refused. we had a big fight. he says he wont' ask for money any more. Calls me 'his wife' or wifey, babe, honey, darling, etc. he'll be 'in dubai' for another 5 weeks supposedly. I am smitten, so embarrassing. He also is very Catholic and throws parables at me once in awhile. He as been comforting in a time of trouble I was going through. I won't send any money or any more iTunes. What do I do?! is he familiar to any of you? He 'lives in Manhatten'. I've done all the searches I know- phone number, email, image look ups - nothing comes up on this guy. Let me know if this is familiar, I will send photos.

Adding a name to the scammers list - Michael Kings on Instagram. Will DM you and says he is from Quebec, Canada. He claims to fix airplanes. He will give you his # and want to talk on WhatsApp. Within a few hours he was sending his conversations with kisses. Within a day I was Queen, honey, baby, etc. Heart emojis. He laid it on thick. All he really wanted to do was flatter me and not get to know each other. He talked a lot about his parents and God. Said he was divorced. Wife cheated on him with his best friend. Contacted me first ting in the morning and thoughout the day. Within a few days we were going to be together forever. I had a feeling he was buttering me up for something, but I did not give him a chance. Told him I suspected he was not real. He got very upset and said I ruined everything and that I had betrayed him. I do not want to see him scam anyone else. I blocked him, but Instagram does not let you report these guys.

Im scared for my mom ..she is 65 and has been talking to someone .. Now talking about a 11 year old girl being sent to her cause this person is being deployed.. Told her noone send a 11year old randomly to anyone they have never met.. Im thinking its a scam to get address and money .. What u all think

I been talking to this man Lordek Buck has anyone has he toll he is a marine been 7 months of this and I’m pretty sure he is scammer he toll me has 2 kids Sean and rose divorce please let me know

I talk with someone called Justin Brandon in Kabul. 2 children in NY. Their mother is dead. He is an doctor in military. He wants itunecard and money the to get out of there earlyer. He says he has this contract.