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

You can add CAPTAIN JAMES WILLIAMS to the list of scammers. According to his email (which was sent to my work address; he says he found it through LinkedIn), he's the commanding officer of the "third battalion soldier regime". He is 49 years old and has been sent to Syria for a peace-keeping mission. He just wants to talk, because he's bored and needs a friend to "keep him going". I'll bet he also needs iTunes gift cards...

so I've been chatting to a Steven Young who approached me on IG, then switched to hangouts, claims to have fallen in love with me but is constantly asking for stuff. I haven't given in and been probing but everyday is some request or something to pull at the hearstrings. He claims to be in the US Army on deployment in Nigeria. Anyone heard of him? or been scammed by him. His pictures are of a bearded guy with amazing blue eyes. Claims to have lost his dad and brother in a car accident in the US when he was a child. Raised by his mother who now has cancer.

There is a guy in Lagos, Nigeria who claims to be American. His name is Scott Peterson. He borrowed money from me and never paid it back. He has disappeared. He is a scammer. Don't get involved with him

I have been in a similar situation. I would like to find out if anyone was contacted by a person claiming to be an orthopedical doctor in Syria with the UN Peace Keeping Forces with the name James Werner Walker. He pretends to have a daughter but I am not sure! If you know where he is from as he claims to be American. I would be grateful if you could offer me any information! Thank you!

This has gone on so be August 18 He read scripture quote bible His parents were missionary Can"y het out of Malaysia I need too send money too lawyer on Malaysia Because cusyoms holxonh his documents on EQUIPMENT plus pass port..win he returns too USA he will pay everyone back. I have already sent him 600.00 iTunes And 1000.00 for on equipment.. But when I sent it was too a person on usa.. the religion he has me going too church his drivers liscense is registered he has never owned or lived in..help I researched all this today... it's difficult because I love him I am 73 he is 58

I fell a bit for one. Quite good looking. Named Michael Vlaar claimed to be Dutch born, working in Australia as architect contractor. Single 3 years, bad divorce with 2nd wife, 1st wife died at childbirth. Have son named Klaus staying with his mom in Missouri, 9 years-old. Cute boy--my heart went for this cutiepie. So that's when he asked to send money to his son.---for school excursion. Heck I even tell him wow you're scamming me and naahh it's not just a small amount LOL. I fell for it. $100 went to Missouri ---by Money Gram to Mark Anderson who he claimed his "cousin". His budget was tight, Klaus has been sick since small, have hole in heart, paid for surgery $55k, that's why short in money. Need $5k to clear tax. Luckily I don't have $5k and pretend to sympathy and said I tried to get loan but failed (I didn't try). Come again Klaus need some new clothes for school and upkeeps. I was like..wow he's really spoiled. But then he sent me again his pictures and there goes my $100 to Jeff Morgan. Same address, 1145 Arsenal St St louis Missouri. with fake phone number. "Cousin" again. Yeah, sweet talker--my woman, queen, honey and what not. Even promised to marry and everything. I pity the real guy he used the photo of, but I can't find anything on reverse search. This scam is turning very professional and careful. I confronted him and he denied about scamming me, said he'll pay back in March 2019. My heart was long sinking since all he get to talk is getting money lol. So I'm staying to play his game and will try to get my money back (I know it's impossible). So yeah. Careful ladies. They manipulate our goodwill and heart. He asked to delete photos and tried to end things with me, pretending to be upset when confronted. Hell yeah I know now. LOL Reported his profile in muslima.com and they removed him. Hope no one else fell for this guy. If you're nearby St Louis or Missouri could try report to police, might be they camped out there scamming women like us.

Ezek goes by. Big time scammer. Real name Marlon.

Has anybody else received any messages from a John Bailly Weeks?

I have carefully read almost all the posts in here..its a bit true though.I just want to contribute a little.how can someone send money to who you haven't seen? How can you fall so deeply in love to the extent of granting a leave for someone you don't know?we should all be careful.. And I want to talk about those that have the impression that Nigerians are scammers.not all.come over here to Nigeria you'd find hardworking Nigerians that want nothing but legal money..so that impressions are false

Does anyone play words2 games...I started playing with a man, who has the picture of the real Admiral John Richardson on his profile. First he wanted me to send into naval phoning service an email,which has a charge to it.i did this,then he couldn't provide true info to them,he copied off the internet. I turned him into the naval base,who tried to catch him. Then he wanted me on Skype to talk to.You go from there to where he tries to scam YOU into sending iTunes and Amazon cards.I sent that info to scamming and harassment, Silly me,then kept playing the word game and talking to him. He says he has a 3 yr old daughter mis homeless,needs money for food and rent. I have told him repeatedly I can't send money to him. It's the same story over and over. Finally blocked him, yesterday altho he did say his real name is Richard Ovie Onini. Whether true or not, I don't care, I am done with him.

A mN going by name of Andrea Williams o tacted me through Instagram. He claims on oil rig In North Sea Scotland. Lives in WShington DC. Boy called John 12. Wife killed 5 years ago car accident. Very loving quick to say he loved me. You tube songs to me. I called him out and he denied it. Very angry. I’m his Queen he’d die instantly if he left me. Sound familiar to anyone. ?? Even had a cat called Gwen!! Airplane , yacht 2 houses. Etc

I think I have been dealing with a scammer for several reasons, but when i try all the different image search the pictures of this person there is no results at all. I am trying everything to reach out to the real person that is in yhe pictures, and I even believe I found her location state. I am bound to find her to tell her. I know pictures r used everyday it's just the point. Any suggestions please help.

I had been in contact with a guy called Mason Earnet for almost 3 month. He was claiming to be in love with me and was even Planning to Marry me although he had not yet met me. Bis promises were increasing Suddenly he wanted me to send him cash. Then it all changed that I was to send cash to Turkey via Western Union or money gram. Thats when I realized and refused ..

Does anyone out there know a Jones Richard or a David Collins?

Their on words with friends too! Benjamin fletcher

Ive been followed on instagram by Richard Benson. Pictures looked great. He told me about his son who is looked after by a nanny. He works on an oil rig. From Atlanta Georgia. Declared love at first sight. Wanted to come to Uk and have me be Mom to his son. Has a pet spider monkey called Mona. Photos add up, but he was on hangouts 24 hours. I questioned him and his answer was short and sweet. English on text was bad and messages inconsistent, I smelt a rat. Have blocked him.

Thank you all for your posts. I have been talking to this guy Simon Clay for about three months. He wants to rescue me from my abusive relationship. He supposedly is from Turkey and moved to Texas because his mom is an American. His wife died a few years ago and now he's raising his son alone. His son is in boarding school and his wife's mother helps out. He had to go out of the country for a bit while we were talking. He's on contract as an engineer in the middle east. Someone supposedly stole his identity and bank information so now his account is frozen till he gets back. He has asked me for Steam gift cards so he can buy software he needs to complete his job. I'm a mom of three and the only income. So I have told him no numerous times. I have sent him $100 one time. Now he wants me to open a bank account for him. I feel devastated. I know he's catfishing me.

How about a guy named Angelo Thomas who works for a British petroleum company in the golf of Mexico

I got hit up on Facebook by George Williams. Independent contractor on a oil rig, daughter Tracy 13 years old, living at homein Virginia with a nanny, widower wife died 4 years ago, his contract is up in April, says he's 59 years old, retiring after this contract.Told me after 2 days that our connection was like no other, loved me, couldn't wait to be with me. Great words, strong biblical presence. I investigated his Facebook information and when confronted him on it - why don't you trust me, angel. He asked for itune cards $200 after 2 days. Also, in one of his messages, he called me Debbi.

I just start talking to a guy by the name Ryan Williams.. added me in insta yesterday.. and today asking me if he can add me as his spouse in his company details.. told me on the 10th his company anniversary and they will send out gifts.. if chosen they will send to the given add.. he asking my add, full name and cont no.. I didn't send yet..

Anyone heard of a Michael Larson Nelson fraud??

Has anyone come across a Robert Alon or Robert Ryan Cater on IG?? He has been messaging me for a while with similar stories, and know of his stories make sense. States he is a foster dad and an engineer working in Sweden now but is from Minnesota??

Back in August, my wife decided to go to a dating sight. By beginning of October, she told me she was talking to someone she met from the dating sight. When I looked into this, I found that she had been texting and calling this guy from the end of August. Many of our friends was telling me they think she is being scammed. I didn't believe that because I felt she definitely knew better, until I saw her changes in behavior. She told me this guy lives in Georgia, though he's finishing a job he's working on in the UK, and our friends were telling me she says she was moving to there soon. This was the beginning of October. She is still here. Since that time, she has sent off thousands in itune and amazon cards. In November, she sent a Western Union transfer to a James Faith Precilla in Akure, Nigeria in excess of $700. Also confronted her about a $600 and $500 itune card transaction. The latter one she told me did for this guy because he said his bank had been compromised. In December, she got a check for nearly $10,000 from a Bank of America account where at the top it said"please post payment for our mutual customer". She told me the check just wasn't for her. Approximately 10 days later, she sent a Western Union transfer to a Geraldine Nwiwu Enyinna from Africa for approximately $1000 who lives in Maryland. Back in November her bank account she just opened a month earlier had been compromised and she closed it. In doing so, she also closed our daughter's account there because her name was on it. By the end of December, she found that her identity had been stolen and had to go through a lot of processes and stress to fix it. But I believe she still doesn't get it. I just found a $500 reload it card and she told me it wasn't her money that bought it. And this past Thursday I believe he got her to drive 2 hours away to send off a cashiers check to a Victor Ikemba Ukaibe in excess of $3000 and a cashiers check to a Oluwagbemiga O. Obagbamigbe in excess of $14,000. Both, once again, are obviously African. This guy goes by the name David. She lied to me about his last name. He is 5'7" weighs 140 lbs. Bald or balding with blue eyes. Says he has a daughter named Cassie and a dog named Captain. Says he owns a car dealership. Believe it to be in the Atlanta area. He uses the phone number (678)671-7633. Has anyone heard of this guy or can anyone help.

Boy this sounds familiar. Dr. from Norway, working in Mogadishu on a UN contract, former Dr. at Mass General. Widowed, son in Florida with the nanny. I fell for an iTunes card before I smartened up. He is now blocked from my Instagram and WhatsApp account. He is going by the name Jostein Eivind, says his birthday is Jan. 15th, 1963, and says his son is 16. I reported him to both accounts, probably won't do any good. The photos he was using were apparently stolen off a modeling website. Wish I could find the person in the photos to let him know he' s being used to scam other innocent people!!

I am very confused. Am emailing David Symank. Army just moved from afghanistan to syria. no emails now, combat zone. He's from Orlando Florida, his parents keep his 2 daughters. Divorced. But I have done a county property search and that name does not come up. He asked for proxy marriage 3 weeks in, and I refused. Some of the things he sends poems, thoughts, are really cool. But then next email is mispelled or strange grammar. Is anyone talking to Robert David Symank. met on Mingle.

Anybody hear of a guy named Dickson David Scott he found me on instagram said he was from Boston Massachusetts working in Afghanistan as a orphophedic surgeon wife cheated on him with his best friend parents died in car crash raised by his grandma one daughter away studying No family aid reworked at Massachusetts general hospital told me he was a military doctor Sweet talked me too quickly finoallyasked for 4,700 Ididnt give him any money seemed so convincing German American How do they get somebody else's profile pic and info ?

I started talking to a gentleman who claims to be 58 years old on POF in Michigan. He is very attractive, funny, and very likeable. He claims to live in New Baltimore. He started to talk to me, only on POF. Then he quit talking to me. I asked if we could text. About a week later, he agreed. He said he had a lot of stress over a contract in Cyprus, and had to go to New York to work on it. I talked on the phone to him, he supplied lots of photos of the same Norwegian gentleman. Full beard, viking tattoo. He sounded like he was from Norway, but had a strange Jamacian accent to his voice. Very well spoken. He could make me laugh! Then, he disappeared for three weeks. I was crushed. We started talking again. He said he was in New Jersey with friends and was working on an even bigger contract in Cyprus. Again, we spoke for weeks. He you guessed it disappeared again, making me want him more. He said he was finally going oversees. We exchanged music videos, etc. I told him a lot about me. He then, at Christmas, told me he had a letter for me....It was very touching. How, I had been patient through all of this. I remember he said, he was divorced and he lived in England when he was married. He told me he was schooled in Aberdeen, Scotland. Well, I was over the moon. I told him I always wanted to go to Seattle, so he bought me a ticket...and sent it via Whatsapp. A full 6,000.00 trip! He sent me a ticket back home from his contract as a solar panel engineer in Cyprus. He sent me an article about it in the Turkish newspaper. He told me at length about the project and how hot it was there and how they needed solar energy. Impressive. Just one thing, he imposed his name on the newspaper article as I later learned, it was from two years ago. He goes by Bottje Sam. Or Sam Bottje. Very suave. I fell hard. He sent me a picture of his on the plane! He said he was going home, to s ee me but, I needed to look up prices for two MacBook Pros and a new I Phone xs. He told me he would pay me when we seen each other at the airport...things were sketchy in Cyprus. I said, no, and remembered I had told him where I lived and stuff. He immediately stopped contacting me. You could not believe how crushed I was. He never existed. We had hours of conversation, and he would disappear, and reappear. Sad.....I safe guarded my information now. and gave not ONE PENNY!

Is anyone familiar with an Arthur Morgan supposed to be a contractor

I'm becoming very concerned about a online relationship I've been in apparently it's supposed to be Natasha Nice relationship has fully been through Google hangouts I've never been able to talk to her on the phone yes and I have to admit there's been a lot of money sent it to her through i tunes cards and Amazon cards I even made the mistake of getting her a brand new iPhone which apparently never made it to her she use the excuse that her brother-in-law stole itI was contacted through Verizon that a lot of international calls are made with this phone until we shut it down it seems as though the pictures she sends me I want instead are taking off her different sites she has but occasionally I will get pictures that it says to reverse image search that that picture has been taken down and the most unbelievable part seems to be dead on I have a lot of things that she says she is doing or has done seems to be exactly what's going on with her I don't know if I try to send a message through Natasha Nice actual site I'm very confused I don't know what to do she has been very good to me but then again a dog could be nice to a person tothe time that she says that she tries to call me she said it's a bad connection does not go through she said that her present iPhone is bad last night she hit me up to help her support her live online web shows she wants $150 every Friday so she can continue on with her shows the funny thing is is I am not desperate or looking for any type of love but she did show up through my Instagram message all the way back in May of 2017 I just don't know where to go or where to turn can somebody please help me do the situation I just don't know what to do once again she says her name is Natasha Nice and the only contact we have is through Google hangouts could somebody please contact me and help me get through this let me just add this she had asked me to please help her set up a Avon business so that she can start working her way out of the industry she asked for a loan of $20,000 to be deposited into her account or if I could open an account give her the debit card I have noticed that some of her spelling in English is off a little bit but I know she is French but I don't know how well her English is please somebody contact me to help me here thank you

I am currently speaking to a Freddie Brown from Romania but works on ships as a Marine Engineer and works 6 months on the ship. Random invitation on FB and offline on WhatsApp. Same spiel, widower 3 years, daughter Jennifer 8 years old. Won't send me photo of daughter who lives in London with his old mother. After a few chats, he is madly in love with me and wants to marry me, because I am not happy in my marriage (no judgements please). When I refused to accept a car from him, he was surprised. I told him I could send his daughter a Christmas gift, but he said it would be better if I sent her money. I sent $100 via Moneygram but he said that the person who was to pick up the money said that it's too little for her to bother picking up a mere £76. He wanted me to send $200 but when I told him I had never spent $200 on a child, he told me it was okay and I should get my money back, which I did. The next request was for me to send his mother $500 because "our" daughter was in hospital. I told him I didn't have the money. To cut a long story short and needless to say, the texts are now infrequent, but he says he will come and visit when he goes on vacation. As if....

I have made match in Tinder with a guy named Robert in October he says he is 36 years old, then we began to chat in WhatsApp he said he is from USA, he was the only child of his late parents and that his aunt take care of him, he is an industrial safety engineer and a contractor but he usually travel overseas now he is in Kuwait. So quickly he was in love with me and he wants to marry with me, then in November he told me her aunt needs an emergency surgery that cost $ 15.000, days before I saw his account with many money $ 1.000.000 he said it was in a fixed deposit until February. He said to borrow money for the surgery of his aunt I said I don’t have but he insist so I send $ 400 through Western Union, the he has continue chatting me by WhatsApp and he is continue saying he is in love with me and he can’t live without me, he says he will come in February when his contract in Kuwait finish, he haven’t asked yet for more money. He has send me photos from him but I have searched in google images and I found some of the photos in different Instagram accounts, I have confronted him but he says someone has stolen his photos, another thing he says he can’t make video call from Kuwait, and only say that I have to trust in him that he is not lying, then I asked for a selfie and he send me a photo saying it was taken in that moment, but I have discovered that photo in one of the Instagram account I have said before. So someone has met this guy telling the same story??

Names to look out for: Sterling Collins, Nathan Or Nathaniel Goodin and Todd T. Davis

How do I do a reverse photo id?

how about Thomas Rex?anyone who knows this guy from houston texas?He keeps on chatting me...He said he is an army and will be based at africa..

talked with a guy for a little over a month. Claims to be on an offshore rig out of San Diego as a contractor . Asked for $50 on a gift card then later on there was trouble with his equipment and all his money was tied up and I was the only person who could help him. He wanted me to send money. When I said I didn’t have money to send he said he’d pay off my cards and then I could get a cash advance to send him. Each time i refuses he became more and more mentally unstable. One minute he would be sending love poems the next I was being accused of not loving him or trusting him enough. Finally, he completely lost it and told me he didn’t want to talk to me anymore and that he was going to send me back the $50 I had sent for Christmas. Yeah. I know I shouldn’t have sent it. Anyway, anyone else have this experience? I’m willing to share details on a less public venue complete with photos he sent me.

WORDS WITH FRIENDS: Scammer Alert! Do NOT start to chat with: Geoffrey Scott, Palmer Cox, Cap.Thomas or Thomas Apostel. He is using someone elses' identity to obtain money by romance scamming.

I have a Very dear friend who has been writing texting whatever to a man named Raymond Frederick who claims he’s in Ethiopia is the special forces Army. He has sent her several photos and they’ve communicated for several months now and she think she’s in love with him he has asked her to wire him money through Western Union because he can’t get ATM access plus he’s got her to include cards or money through her western union account for his comrades who can’t receive such things from their love interests. everyone had told her he’s a scammer . I’ve looked him up , he was supposed to have property in Dallas and I can’t find anything on him I can’t find Facebook I can’t find ancestry.com nada . the name comes back to a young black man who was recently discharged from the Army. He supposed to come home at Christmas and he couldn’t then he was supposed to come home around New Year’s Eve and he couldn’t well now he supposed to land on and Tuesday in San Antonio and she’s going to meet his flight we shall see. But has anybody been in touch with a Raymond Frederick young white male I think he’s 4041 supposed to be divorced doesn’t claim to have children who is from the Texas area thank you

I don't know if he is a scammer, but when i told this story to my friends they tod me he is, so I think I came across a scammer in instagram, first he will ask how is the weather and where are you, second your work and nationality, a certain Franklin Horn he told me he lives in texas and he is a turkish american, he told me that he was married and was divorced 3 years ago, he have 1 son.his wife cheated on him. He told me he is a civil engineer , working presently at Syria - United Nation Goverment, working in the sea. After 24 hours he asked my whats app no. We started chatting there, he asked me as if he is really interested in me and he proposed me to marry him, but i asked him to give me time at least one month, but he didnt gave me one month to think,he gave me 3 days only,. In our chat he always emphasize his love and trust on me. After 3 days i answer him yes. He told me he send his son to indonesia to his friend to study, but his friend die, but his son still there to study and the school send him to nigeria to study different culture. Then on the 4th day he told me he have problem, because his son need $400, for the accomodation of his son, but i didn't offer help to him, because i hve a bad feeling about that, so finally he told me that he needs help and he will pay once the contract in syria will be finished, because their company will pay them only once the contract will end on march. I answer him i dont have money and i have also some finacial issue. Until he changed, he didn't message often in IG and whats app. Then after that he told me that his wife of his military friend lend him money but they cannot transferred the money, so his asking me if i know someone whom i trusted from america, i told him i have a friend but i dont have anymore connection, so he ask me if they can send the money to me thru western union and i will send it to his son in nigeria, i told him i don't want to involve my self in money issue. He become upset and started to block me in his 2 account in IG and he block me in whats app. He block me becuse he didn't get anything from me. He told me i cannot help him.