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

I am being scam by a man I met on pof. His name is Steven Lee knight. Has anyone talk to him. I check him out didn't find anything about him. He suppose to be in tx stuck there. Can someone help me find out who he is

I have been reading the stories from the other ladies and it makes me so relieved that I haven't sent any money to a man who reached out in exactly the same way as he has to you. He is widowed, with a daughter that lives with his mother. I was suspicious at first but like the others he knows what to say to get your attention. Then he asked for money cause he was in an accident. Big red flag about that. Women have such big hearts that we want to help out. He goes by the name of Patrick Quimby and of course has a nice picture to go along. I couldn't understand him on a phone call. I feel he was trying to disguise his voice. Amazing that after a month one can fall into such a story but we want to believe that there actually are good people out there and these evil people are praying on that Please take care ladies

I met a guy named Desmond Williams on Badoo 3 years ago. Has anyone been speaking to him. Says he is anContract Engineer with Chevron in London. His contract was to pay $5.7million USD. Do Not Speak to this person. He never showe me his face only talked on the phone and text. Beware of this one. Oh and he is traveling with his friend another Engineer named Timothy Carter.

Has anyone in NJ recently been scammed by a Jack Palmer. Says he is a engineer working in Bahrain. Says he has a daughter in Australia who recently wed. This guy had pictures, but I am positive they were stolen. He is now trying to get $25,000 from a friend...she is totally gullible. She believes everything he says. Says he is being held captive by a guy named Ahmed, and needs the $25 to get free. In return, she will be given millions when he gets access to his money. Holy cow...can you even believe she could fall for this. We cannot talk any sense to her. She will lose her house! If anyone has any information, please, please write on here!

I think I'm in the process of a potential scam! A guy (going by the name of ALVAN HERNANDEZ, Master Sargeant in the US Army) befriended me on FB, in the Army, picture of his on on FB. Cant see any of his friends list nor pictures. We start texting on Messenger. He says he is on deployment and on "top secret" mission. That he can't send/receive any type of voice messages (but messenger is ok?).

Within a few days he is talking love and marriage. He said that a few months ago, they found a terrorist hideout and he found gold and lost of valuable. After a few days, he said that he would send the items to me for safekeeping until his return, as proof of his love. (yeah right). Today, I received the tracking number.

The shipping company is laneexpress. net and it's a fake. It originates in Nigeriya yet the package is supposedly coming from Syria and is scheduled to be here in two days!! (Really?!! I can't even send a package within the US that fast!). I am just waiting for the call or e-mail from the fake shipping company asking for money for the package, then for the duty (as the package is supposedly worth over $3 million dollars). All red flags. Is there anywhere to report this now, as it is unfolding. I will be blocking the guy, but I wanted to check this first. Thank you. I've been scammed in different ways before, so hopefully, I learned by now.

Bridget, what happens to these people who do make the mistake of receiving & sending back the money as the scammer asks? Are they prosecuted for money laundering?

The man I spoke to for almost 2 years using the emails berryscott66      and berryscott26      is using a soldies photos named B    . I know that's not his name because first time I sent money to him he added that name to Berry Scott. Always wanted to use Western Union and ask wanted to use money gram. Did get 1500.00 from me. Thank God I was monitoring Pig Buster's and Google using his email and under the images area. There's several images associated w these two emails. He tried to get me to attach PayPal to my bank accounts,wanted my western union card info including the code. He did manage to get two boxes from me w some odds and ends, and a tablet worth 50.00. He wanted a laptop, jewelry, and another tablet. I kept saying I had to pay bills. I brokebthings off due to him lieng to be coming to be w me by Christmas, again changed dates at the last min. It's obviously he kept it going for as long as possible. I would send between 50-100 per themonth. Christmas of 2015 was 200. He/ used emails w the USA emblem on them to convince that it was official. I won't be surprised if my photos aren't being used to scam someone. I did send over 200 photos of myself to him in this time frame mentioned.

Obviously he kept saying security and how he would be in trouble was the reason we could not communicate on Skype, but did use hangouts where I could hear him but not see his face. I fell in love w him due to the photos, the way he would talk w me, and it was everyday. In the morning and evening. I didn't want to believe this person was doing this due to having confirming emails from the military of who he was, a general named Dunam, and his secretary using the email w the name of Jeffery Davis.I feel like a good, but I do realize that he's the fool for doing this, he's the one who will have me as his witness at judgement day, either here on earth or not. He has added the cupid and heart image from this cite to his image, Google his emails and look under images. You'll see.

Watch out for this names: Clive john, Fabien Peterson, Dennis Brown, they all say they have a big contract in Malaysia. Other guy named Earnest Williams, send me package but I have to pay handling fee in Chicago for $1850.00. I don't have money, but I send $400.to a girl name Albina Almita. A few minutes after she called, said she cannot get the money in Western Union because she don't have an account there, she wants me to send it to Ukraine. The next day, Thanksgiving I withdrewd back my money. Earnest Williams got angry because I didn't get the package with iPhone, laptop, diamond earrin gold bracelet and 450000 pnds. I didn't know that was he said on the package.

I told him get it himself back as a return to sender package. I block him on my fb, whatApp and messenger. Who in the right mind will put cash on a package? Another one, named Anthony Reynord, asking for money so he can get out at oil rig, he is asking ng for helicopter fee. Last one named Steve Mark Frank. He said he paid his plane ticket but needs $750.00 for the balance. He said he is stuck in Bangkok, Thailand now. Supposed to be his flight was on Feb 12, 2017 enroute to US to meet me. What they think of me? I have no money to send them. All scammers Oh almost forgot, a scammer named AmberEdens, Eden Warner, etc. He assumed the identity of the real colonel. He said his real name now "Jude David™ a retired military photographer. He was asking money for his keeps in Nigeria.

I was the victim of an online romance scam recently. I met this woman, Haley , through Craiglist. She asked for my phone number, so we started texting. We hit it off immediately. I live in Missouri, and she lives in Georgia, but she said she was born in my city and wanted to move back here. We talked a lot for a few days. She mentioned how she lived with her ex who treated her like crap. Since I had become so close to her, I suggested that I send her some gas money so she could come up here to stay with me. (I had just gotten a huge income tax refund). She was happy with the idea and said she would find a job up here. Shortly after this, she changed her number to hide from her ex. So, I sent her $200 through MoneyGram. She picked it up that night and said she was on her way to Missouri. Approximately 1 1/2 hours later, she sent me a text saying that she was having car trouble but found a mechanic who was working "under the table," and she got a motel room for the night. I said I could send money for repairs, so I sent $600 through Western Union. Later that evening, she found out that her car needed more repairs, so I sent another $500. However, things were not adding up. She would not give me the name of the motel where she was staying. I had requested a selfie while she was at the motel, but then I found a Facebook account that she supposedly did not use, and it had a picture that was taken in the same room, which made it more obvious that it was not a motel room. I also discovered that she had a young son. I canceled the Western Union payments immediately. She found out about this the next day, and I tried to play dumb for a while. She also had the "mechanic" call me. She called me herself from another number as well. (After downloading the Mr. Number app, I found that the second number was under her name, and not a borrowed phone like she had claimed). I contacted the police, but they couldn't do anything because I offered the money. Later on I admitted that I knew she was scamming me. She denied it, and she claimed that she didn't tell me about her son because she wasn't sure I would want to be with her if I knew she was a mother. (Actually, I love kids!) I told her that I didn't agree with her leaving her son with her abusive ex. She kept saying that she wanted to be with me, and that I didn't trust her. I pointed out the fact that she didn't trust me enough to tell me about her son. She said she'd have to go back to her ex if I didn't pay for her car repairs. I offered to go down there and get her, and we would pay for the car repairs later. She kept claiming that she couldn't do that. Then she said that her ex could only pay $600 for the repairs, and she wanted to know if I would pay the other $500 if he paid the %600. I told her that he wouldn't go for that, and she said, "He doesn't know I'm going to be with you and not with him." I told her that wouldn't work. Then she said that her ex was borrowing the whole amount from his boss, and that he would be picking her up. I kept offering to go get her, or to drive down there and give her the money. I was concerned because she never actually talked to me on the phone; she claimed that her ex had gotten her phone wet on purpose, and that she could only text. This ended up being a red flag for me! The next day (today) when I told her I was heartbroken, she demanded I give her the money or she wouldn't be with me. I told her that she only loved my money! I think the mechanic, "Jerry," is actually her boyfriend. She had sent 2 selfies from the mechanic's garage, but I'm guessing they were from a place near her home! It's an awful situation. In the beginning, she never asked for money, but she was probably hoping I would offer it! I'm glad I only lost $200 instead of $1,300!

Their is a man Jason Palmer from Albany NY, 2 kids wife passed. He says he's in the UK engineer work on pipeline. Was due back in states since November. he claimed he was on the way back in December. Got call from a Doctor. Stating they Mr Palmer was on the way back, attached by sea pirates in Falkland Island. And he is in a coma... And 6500.00 is needed for his care.. what a joke the here he come few weeks later calling with his side of the sad story. up until today he's still saying the Dr. needs 6500.00 in order for him to leave. I told him he needs to go the US embassy or get a GO FUND ME page... he got upset.... Well I guess he'll be their.

I was the victim of an online scammer, by the name of Patrick Hruby. He came to see me here in Australia, as a supposed friend, and lied to me about a business opportunity i invested in, and later about his various visa problems i had to help him with. All in all, he has scammed me of more than $15.000AUD. To this day he still tries to scam people online, i`m sure. He lives in Chiang Mai/Thailand, and told me originally he comes from Czech Republic. If you ever run into him. Do not give him any money.

I believe I am in the beginning stages of a scam with a Markson Stewart, who claims he is from Denver, but is in Nairobi. He contacted me through facebook and we started talking. He now says he has finished his 'last'engineering job in Nairobi and unfortunately he and his daughter were involved in a car accident going to the airport to leave. He needs $55,000 to pay the hospital for surgery on his leg. I have pictures if anyone is interested. Thanks.

im on line talking to a us soldier he says his name is david jones he is in baghdad he says he is not allowed to use cash machines but i can send it to his diplomat

How about paying shipping fee's for a box and the owner will pick it up from you??? Saying they don't trust their people and their accounts were hacked by russians. Did I mention famous owner

I suddenly and unexpectantly was friended in FB by a fellow named Captain William Wilcox. He said he was in Afghanistan and we began a conversation now going on a week. I asked him where he found my name and he said on his desktop. I have been thinking that his stories are fishy and have begun to question him deeper. He said his son and daughter are in college in Boston, that he has a house in North Caroline but that his so called Commander will not let him write to me due to security reasons. He texts me on messenger at random times and often disappears all day and says he was busy in the office, he also says he grew up in Germany but is an American after his parents died. One day I took a chance and called him on Messenger and he had a strange accent yes like German or Russian. I am concerned about this growing relationship since he says he has fallen in love with me and that it is a God given chance for he has asked God for a woman like me. I told him that I am a Pastor but he doesn't seem bothered by that, but I will continue to question him to trap him and then will close this chapter. So far its early so he hasn't asked for money or goods, and if he attempts that it will be my final judgement.

HOW DO I DO AN IMAGE SEARCH? STARTED OUT ON A DATE SITE AND VIDEO CAMED 1 TIME FOR 5 MINS AND SAW HE WAS WHO HE SAID HE WAS. BUT THEN OUR ACCOUNTS WERE HACKED HE CHANGED NAMES AND WE CONTINUED TO CHAT "I THOUGHT" YA I WAS STUPID I SENT 100.00 BUT I WOULDNT SEND MORE. HE HASNT ASKED AGAIN...BUTNOW THAT I DID THAT ANOTHER PICTURE CAME UP WITH HIS NAME ON IT HE (NEW ONE) IS CLAIMING TO BE THE MAN I ORIGINALLY SPOKE TOO....SO HELP ME PLEASE!

I Met someone on POF and he messaged me heavily the first and second day on their site. On the 3rd day he wanted to "get off the site". I was a little leary but did it anyway. What is scary to me is he wanted to meet me right away and gave me the name if Terry Delbow and said he was from Maple Lake,MN which close to where I live. He wanted to meet in St. Cloud. The phone number he used was 612-247-8282. When I sent him my number it went instead to a .mail address. well silly me I talked for another day with him and he then wanted me to have supper with him.. Which I did. We met at a local public place. He craftily pumped me for my private information all night mixed in with flirting. I went home and went to bed. When I awoke it just didn't feel right. I called the local Police and I explained. They seem kind of unaware of what all goes on. Said they like to pursue, pursue until they get the hook up they want. Not sure what his game is, but he wanted to come to my house to help me work and I refused his help. I looked up the name he used on Facebook after our meeting and it isn't him who met with me. So scary...don't trust dating sites. So many creeps and fake accounts on there.

Gabriel Logan is the name of my scammer. I was onto him from the beginning in January 2017. I don't know if he's an idiot or he thinks I am. He "found" a suitcase full of money on the ship. The picture he sent was from Pintrest. He delivered the money to the American Embassy so the diplomats can bring it to me after I pay the fee, which I never will. He's suppose to be on the Gulf of Mexico, but hid IP address is off the coast of Africa. This is how you find IP address: In email look for the header. In gmail there is a small arrow at top that says "show original" click it and the header will come up. Look for the line that says "senders ID" It will look like 000.00.00.00. Do a google search for "look up IP"

rockafellafinance0 is a scram email that collect money from people trying to give them loan,please i send money to them beware

Has anyone been in conversation with a guy named Mark Scott Flores from Ohio stationed in Nigeria?

Yesterday I was using a social site there I met a girl of age 23 from Ghana. She seemed friendly she told me that she is an orphan who lives with her uncle and his family she told me that she wants a favour from me she wants to get out of Ghana and live in the USA. I agreed to help her. She said she wants a legal parent and she has 10 million dollars. And i agreed to help because she seemed helpless she told me if i become her legal parent she can get out of Ghana and live happily i thought i just need to be her parent so i said ok she told me that she will talk to her lawyer and she did now today she's telling me in need to give her $3800 and the lawyer will fight her case i doubt it because she is a woman of 23 who lives in ghana and has millions of dollars and im just a teen of 17 who lives in nepal and im still dependent on my family i dont even have my citizenship card i think she's faking the whole thing she told me if i dont have the money i should borrow from my friends and she will repay me i dont think so i should help her or should i?

I lost my job beacause of a firm that has a site www. globalbuilding. uk /,their names are Ciprian Geru and Elena Petcu. They called me on an interview and promised me a very well paid job if I start to collaborate immediately,and I worked for 2 weeks having no contract for free....Please watch out if they contact you. Their domain are constructions

I'm speechless, I'm speechless... I lost over a million OMG, I have all the wire transfer receipts. His name is Jean Gates in Singapore owner of crude oil.... Im scare to go to police, any advice??? Please, please. Thank you.

my name is Michelle the guy scum me he said he is a seargent name Nicolas Bylerly he said he is diploy in west africa sambisa forest base he make story that he is very lonely and no family the truth i have a boyfriend i just intertain him because he said he wnants to help me to go his country like fiancee visa and then planing to divorce after two years he wrote me a letter that i mail to a military office and then 1 week later the mail comes to my mail the said from the base all of his money well send to my account its because the military cant bring to the person to handle for safety then after 4 days he have surprize me he show his leave bunos check i was shock $ 300,000 he said that money send to my account i was confused like buying me something i tough it was true or not we get fighting after my boyfriend knows the news he has a friends in military too he shows me the news scummers so i kick him in We chat and uninstall the application he promisss to go in my counrty to see me this april but i cant its because i love my boyfriend

I want to report this case; a supposed captain of USA ARMY,with these different names:Sattler Hank (Dallas, Texas), Sattler Torren(New Jersey), Sattler Huge, Settler Huge, Sattler Hank in Syria.. he promised me marriage, happiness and so on!

then he asked me to send an email to USA Military ,asking for an emergency leave application, of course I did it,and they answered me, asking for money, a payment for his safe return home.. inmediately I sent the email the profiles disappeared from facebook and I was scared of it..I didn´t sent any money, but I sent some personal information..it doesn´t include information about banks or credit cards, but I´m really scared and worried..I would appreciate your suggestions, and excuse me if I made mistakes related to language..I´m not a native speaker..I´m from Venezuela...I do it because it involves USA ARMY, and I think it can be useful for you, Thanks..

Met a guy on Coffee meets Bagel, Lives in state, has his own company is a structural engineer. Working on Oil spill in Houston Tx. Widower ( lung cancer) daughter that's lives with mother in CA. Needs money for materials due to exchange rate of currency. Then asks for money for VTA...Value added tax of shipment from Turkey. Also asks for money for upkeep for living "until I get paid" Half a million dollar job. I did send money at first then I got wise....Suddenly his phone is messing up and I don't here from him again. Hard lessen learned.

more names for you scammers: Aaron Ryan, Alister Colton, Bryan Dunn Brochu,Antonio Gonzales Garcia all widowed, all with one child in boarding school all asked for money after falling in love with me after talking for less than a week. None received money

Anyone else knows Derek Conte who claims he is from Utah USA? His telephone number is 001 435 5351145. He is now supposed to be in South Africa on a project and he claims he is civil engineer

Be aware of a very good-looking man on Meetme who goes by the name of William Goodwin or Desmond Goodwin. Photos of the same gorgeous guy are being used in both their profiles. William Goodwin claims he's deployed in Syria, has a four-year-old child name Lincoln, and his mother is in Illinois and has Alzheimer's. She has a caretaker named Julie, and this Julie person goes by the name of Julie Ann Smith with Western Union, in Maine with a zip code of 04654. He is comfortable having you transfer money into her account at Wells Fargo, so he has no problem giving her checking account information out (Can't the authorities find her then?). He's very, very sweet and convincing and will try to convince you he wants to retire soon and wants to get married before doing so. He will then proceed to send you a Military proxy form, and after that, an Emergency Leave letter indicating he is being granted emergency leave to get married and have a honeymoon. But there's a catch--it costs lots of money, and his money is gone and he can't access his account at home due to his ex stealing money from him. He then says he's going to get a travel allowance, but that gets delayed so he asks you for it. Now Desmond Goodwin has the same photos but he doesn't talk the same as William Goodwin. He's not near as sweet and his goal is to get you to send him iTunes cards. He claims he's at a base in Baldwin Hills Los Angeles (no base there) and will send you a (fake) copy of his military I.D. I asked him to send me an instant photo on Kik to prove he's the guy in the photos, and to my surprise, the two photos he sent me were of the guy in the online photos he shared and posted in his Meetme profile. Not sure how he did that if he's not really the guy in the photos. Does anyone know how he can do that if he's a Nigerian scammer or not the guy in the photos? I believed he was a Nigerian scammer due to the way he "talked/texted", but then he sent photos of himself--not uploaded or downloaded photos or a photo of a photo, but actual instant photos. Anyway, if you run across him/them--RUN! The guy in the photos is very good-looking and hard to resist. He will gladly send you photos and videos of him and his son to melt your heart. Don't let him! William is humble about his looks, but Desmond is very conceited. So, I know they're not the same guy as there's an obvious difference in style and speech pattern.

I'm being threatened with money over pics and videos.....I changed my email deleted Facebook....he's threatening to let my spouse know about my pics and videos I sent to him....he said he will see me soon....should I be scared?

hmmm... the stories are similar,so my dear readers do not send money on any account to anyone you meet online(be it Facebook,Instagram,twitter...etc) learn from the mistake of others. also try to educate others just as I intend to start doing soon. To the owners of this blog, God bless, you are doing a great job keep it up.

hey ppl pls! im dealing with dozens of scammers everyday! each girl seems to be nice and sweet and love me, and then they come up with "love u pls buy me an itunes gift card". i say i got no money and they say bye xd. neva!: neva falling in love through fb or any internet site! full of scams. its fun though to practice my supposed flirting skills haha. neva will help anyone steal money from any other person. WORK is key, a work that pleases the Lord. I dont consider myself tbh a player, just play with girls online that actually try to play with me, thats fun actually xd, and another one coming up right now i ll see: they usually tell u "oh im from new york" or whatever from usa then "but presently in nigeria" or whatever african place. xd, is there police in africa xd?

Anyone had any contact from a Frank or Franklin Honza, a Franklin Stan or a Serner Borjesson???