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

One person is using the name Fritsch Brown . The picture is of a sergeant first class in the Army. What a shame to disrespect our veterans. He claims to be from San Jose California. Wanted money sent to Accura Ghana. Didn't fall for it.

A man named Jack Rowley friended me on Facebook then messenger i thought he was ok since he was a friend of a friend on Facebook. Then after 2 weeks he said he loved me. He has a daughter supposedly her name is Leigh she contacted me thru email wanting an iTunes card. Her email is leighrowley8 he said he had his own construction company & had to leave Tulsa Oklahoma where he supposedly lives to go to Vilnius Lithuania to do a job of building a veterinarian hospital he sent me the pdf file of the contract with his home address & everything. He had talked about his daughter's birthday coming which was supposed to be April 25th & he had gambled all his money away she wants an iTunes card. I ask him for a current picture & he wouldn't send one until about a week later 1 with 2 guys then 1 group picture on a golf course they had short sleeve shirts on & some in the picture had shorts on. I checked & the weather in Vilnius Lithuania on this past Sunday April 23rd 2017 was 45° i ask him about it & he said the sun was shining & you can't believe everything you read on the internet. Lol!!! He really said that. In the meantime i was conversing with his daughter & had ask her for a picture she sent it a week later & it was 1 of the same one's he had put on his Facebook page last year 2016. She said she had taken it a week ago. She wanted to call me mom !! That her mom left when she was 3. After talking to him a week he wanted to talk in the app Viber so i did. When he called i heard kids in the background when i ask him about it he changed the subject. I knew he wasn't who he said he was i wanted to catch him & sure enough i did by asking for a picture then still didn't get it for a week. Everyone can take a picture on their phone nowadays & ask them to hold something up in the picture like a book or peace sign something. Have them send the picture immediately. I talk to him for a month which wasted alot of my time & i thought i found my soulmate the first 2 weeks. Wasted alot of time & emotions.

My disabled mother has been sending $500-$1000 every other week to some guy MARK ADAMS. He said (what she tells me) that hes from Tx, his son is David. My mom refuses to believe hes a scam. Every text he sends her ask when she will send more money. And so forth. She has sent this man THOUSANDS! She has lost EVERYTHING and is now living with me. She has stage 4 liver failure and not well. He has robbed an innocent person. How do i stop him.

Don't send money to Nigeria it's nothing but a scam!!!

I am just trying to find out if this guy who is called Anderson James William and is date of birth is 23rd August 1976 is in the military I really need someone help

I, too, have been potentially used for a scammer's game. Fortunately, what they asked for is not as dramatic as a lot of what you say, but it still has made me very Leery and very angry. Badoo is very bad site for meeting anyone as I have learned. People pretend to like you some don't even go very deep before they start asking for money or for iTune cards I had someone ask me for a new iPhone because they lost theirs or it was stolen. I had someone else asked me to wire them $3,000 because they lost their paycheck and their war buddies helped cover some of it, but they needed 3000 to cover the rest and they would double the amount they give me back. I had another asked me to wire money to a certain hospital because they were in another country and their parents needed emergency medical help at the hospital and that Hospital would not accept his credit card so he needed emergency money please send it he says. The list goes on and on and on and on. All of you including myself need to find a hobby we need to get out of the house and meet people on the outside. If we can't find somebody on the outside what makes you think that anyone on a computer is going to want us as well? We need to find the confidence and esteem in real life. All Of You sound intelligent enough to know what is going on and stop falling for these scammers and schemers. It's not worth it.

The first clue for anyone is if anyone starts talking about any branch of the military if anyone talks about being in a foreign country if anyone talks about being in Syria Nigeria Afghanistan Iran Iraq or any of a number of disadvantaged countries you should know that all of it is a sham. Either all of you are joining military websites, or you're just down on luck.. I don't mean to sound critical or demeaning I just want all of you to be careful and to guard your wallets and to guard your heart. It is not a funny thing to talk around with anyone's feelings. And a scammer is no better than a murderer. One will kill your bank account as quick as they can snap a finger and the other is they will snap a neck and break a heart quicker than they can steal your money

did anyone get a friend request from James Richard Sterling.he is an engineer working on a ship on the black sea.

i had a friend request from James Richard Sterling he said he is an engineer working on a ship on the black sea. he wants to have something delivered to my home from Africa where he did a job.could he be a scammer

I think he changes his name with each scam, but anyone had contact with a David Josh? Claims to be from Fresno, CA. Uses email address davidjosh700

I need help I was ripped off by a dating site I was told I need a hookup I.D BADG TO HOOKUP WITH LADIES ON THE DATING SITE SOME BODY FROM THE DATING SITE WENT ON MY CRIDIT CARD THREE TIMES AND TOOK MONEY OFF IT WAS ALL MOST TWO HUNDAR DOLLARS AND I STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVE THE HOOKUP I.D BADG I CUT THE CRIDIR CARDS OFF MY BANK IS TRYING TO HELP AS WELL I WANT TO PUT THESE PEOPLE IN JAIL I HAVE ALL THE PAPER AND A COMPUTER PRINT OUT OF THE MONEY BEING TAKEN THEN THE LADY FROM THE SITE TOLD ME TO GO AND GET ANOTHER CRIDIT CARD AND PUT 75 DOLLARS ON IT I TOLD HER NO I WILL NOT DO THAT I WANT MY HOOKUP I.D SHE SAID I NEED TO USE ANOTHER CRIDIT CARD TO GET MY HOOKUP I.D CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME IN THIS MATTER HER IS MY PHONE NUMBER401xxxxxxx

Does anyone know of someone using name Michael Mauldin on Facebook. This name belongs to real. He tells my mom the other guy stole his identity on Facebook. I can't get my mom to stop talking to him. What can I do

Please be warned. I met a master, brilliant scammer on spiritualsingles.com. He goes by the name of David Deluca. He romanced me with poetry, songs, music videos, phone calls and sent me many pictures that seemed valid. He was handsome and pretended to be a commodities broker working on a large oil contract. He said it would be very lucrative and "our contract"...that he had been working on it for nine months. He had a fine speaking voice and told me he was born in Italy, then he had moved to the U. S., then to Australia and S. Africa. His voice/accent matched the countries he told me he lived in. He wanted to meet me and sent me a flight itinerary...I later realized there was no flight confirmation number and he sent it to my cell phone. He romanced me with music and poetry for three weeks, then told me three days before he was supposed to fly out to meet me, that he had to go overseas to sign the contract for the investors...then of course he gave me a foreign phone number and he needed money. He was handsome in his photos and spoke extremely well. I usually catch scammers right away, but this one was very intelligent and very good at scamming. He disappeared after I told him I needed him to fax me his license, as I couldn't find and data that he lives in the United States. Beware ladies, these romance scammers are becoming very skilled at what they do! Be safe and protect yourself and your hard earned money! Don't someone steal it along with your heart.

A relative made a connection on FB. She is older and has mild cognitive impairment/dementia. HE used the name Mckenzie Dave - used a photo that I Goggle image searched...a lawyer's photo from TX, professes to live in CA City, CA, gave her an address w/o the st. number, a phone number that cannot be traced, or at least, I cannot find the the source...I have made 3 FTC complaints, spoken to the police locally and in CA City, spoken to the FBI office in my city...I even told her that I would fly to CA City and meet him. She contacted a realtor to sell her house so that she could marry him & move to CA.Thank goodness, I got wind of this and contacted the realtor, who, BTW, was so concerned, that he asked her for the man's address and phone no. She had neither. The realtor did not contract w/ her but am sure that mother,less honest company may have. I am sick over this. She is not in good health and stillsays she loves him - feels sorry for him, after the proof I have shared. Help.

Please tell me if David John Adalhard is on a scam list. I don't know how to upload his picture to google image. He says he is an engineer in turkey and needs money to clear his supplies from customs. I sent him money in March and he did not come home. He says he lives in NYC and has a son named Jerry. I met him on MeetMindful dating site. He says he is from Germany and is dare of birth is 2/28/65. I'm heartbroken. He is making me feel guilty fir not sending anymore money.

I recently talked with a guy claiming to be in US army deployed to Syria. He said he recently been there a few months but was in Iraq before. He didnt ask me for money. But he was going to come home for a vacation for a month. But needed to pay for medical stamp. We talked about it and if I could help. But I didn't really have the money for it. He said he might get in trouble for it cause it looked like he was just trying to leave. Not to come see me. But my correspondence on payment wasn't with him it was to usdepartment of welfares. usa. com my question is how do I know if it is real or fake??

I think I am being scammed by a man named Mark Flores, lives in Ohio stationed in Nigeria. States he is with the NGIC helping fight Boko Haram. He is emailing me through kik and gmail. No .mil email address nor an APO address to send the care package. It was my idea for the care package as he has never asked for anything. However, when he gave me that address in Nigeria, I was taken off guard. I told him I would not be sending anything to that address, he said that was fine and he didn't want any gifts, just my love. We have been talking since mid March. I can't tell if he is real or just a scammer...HELP!!

Hello I ment this man online he goes by the name Castro Freer and I have searched on Goole search and catfish search but I can't seem to find him he does have a Facebook page and he keep telling me he is going to come live with me here in my home in October and that he wants to marry me is this a scam or is he really real

Ladies watch out for the widowed, with child at home, loves you so much so quickly. Starts with I tunes (what is it with the I tunes). You can track phones for free, background check for a dollar Watch for David Marcus, Franz Hoffman, David Anderson, Richard...that can only use Viper due to Isis If I read honey, sweetie, baby I'm nauseous

My coworker met man on match.com. I'm Med he went to London to close big deal with investors with Kames. Then aunt in Spain died. Then Dubai investor met him at funeral and said to go to Dubai to visit family. He went there, met many investors, is leaving kames and doing big investing for many rich from Dubai. He got a big check for $11 million but needed my colleagues name to go with the money in a Swiss bank.. she now is telling me that she can access the money, but the only thing holding him coming home after he now went to England to be with friend with dying wife is she. I told her that if her name had to be attached to his money in order for him to be paid for investment deal, then it sounds like a scam. She said no, it's a real bank. Can scammers crest this"bank" deal where her name is attached to fake money? He has been sending love talk and this ordeal for at least 6 was without meeting. He has an accent she loves, also. Name is Brian, gray hair and beard with glasses.

Met (not actually) a man on a dating site who immediately wanted to communicate through texting. At first I said that I wasn't going to just hand my phone number out to anyone. He said he understood, and approached me with a story of how he had taken his college aged daughter to see Beauty, and the Beast, she was on her way back to school, and he was on his way to a job in Dubai! After hearing that crock, I gave him my number. He was going to the job for two weeks, which actually turned to five. During this time we connected in text, and phone calls. He claimed birth in Holland, but had a West Indian Accent....hmmmmm! Needles to say, in order to finish the job, and get back to the States to meet me, he needed a loan to purchase something or another for his job. He had volunteered and sent me his bank account password, and name in order to check into his account and see if his funds were in tact. He wanted to show me that he actually had more than enough to cover a loan with interest. He also was a "widower" who was big on TRUST! Yup....he must have thought I came down with yesterday's rain, and would trust someone I had never even seen face to face with a overseas wired loan. I wouldn't Lian a Hughes sum of money to a family member...let alone a man I met on a dating service.

Does anyone know of a man named Mark Edward Kent, a driller who has been communicating with me and is going to Nigeria for 8 weeks, when he gets back he wants to meet and marry. I know it is a scam but he hasn't asked for money yet, I am just waiting. I have spoken to 4 other people from online dating sites who have asked for money and each time it was the last I spoke to them. This one shows a lot of red flags but just wondered if others knew the name.

I met a guy online saying hes a construction worker from the uk and his daughter and wife died in a crash. He kept asking mw to open a bank account. When i didnt he went to another girl and i got an email from his accountant saying he gave me 20,000 dollars all i needed to do was open a bank account to get it

i am also"dating+ a man i met on facebook,says he;s a widower,single father,contracter/engineer working in turkey.says he is CEO of company,and an orphan to boot. he says he LOVE me ,i am his soulmate will be coming to see me at the end of the month.etc! this man is gorgeous but SKETCHY no profile,few pics,no friends listed,says he is wealthy but speach patterns say different,have spoken with him ,but he sounds younger than he claims to be, i have read and reread all our texts and noticed several small discrepencies in answer to the same questions posed differently.he has NOT asked for money but has alluded to *contract problems" . I KNOW he is a scammer "to good to be true" thing ,i have lost nothing and our "LOVE AFFAIR" has made me happier than i have ever been(even though it is fake) so i have learned SOME THINGS in my life and am not niave . LADIES ESPECIALLY WIDOWS BEWARE IF A GORGEOUS MAN SEEMS TO BE TO GOOD TO BE TRUE,comes from NOWHERE as a PRINCE ,with love songs,pretty words and promises 99% CHANCE HES SCAMMING !!! so remain alert guard your wallets and DONT FALL FOR BULLSHIT, his facebook profile ;ANTHONY MAX(maxwell),widower from HOUSTON TX,13 yr old daughter "MARY or ROSE" works in AFRICA OR TURKEY ,has poor or unreliable internet,changes cells often,has PRONOUNCED accent,dog named China, he IS NOT REAL!!! has anyone else "met" my "SOULMATE"/

i as cheat rom calling date company from india that compony name ANGEL VACATION company accoun no 367082xxxxx SBI India this fake company taken Rs22000/= throgh account but its all rau no comp moile swith o where i complante pls sugrst me pls

I met Rosa Hall on the Gay Christian Network. I am a lesbian and I live in the United States. We communicated through email for about 10 days. Her "scam" was that she was an antique dealer in Benin buying antiques. It only took nine days for her to profess her connection and love for me. On the tenth day she told me that she damaged her i-Pnone and she asked that I mail her a cell phone. The problem was, although she was going to be in Benin for 4 weeks, she was not registered at any of the 75 hotels in Conturou, Benin. I researched. I called all 75 hotels. She wanted me to mail the cell phone to her driver rather than to her. When I asked if her phone was insured, she never answered that question. When I told her about the research I had done, including the names of several cell phone retailers located in Conturou, she fbecame unglued and told me that she did not have to prove anything to me. Well, if a person that I have never met asks me for something the ball is in their court to prove anything that I ask them to prove. The problem is that people are so desperate for love that they fall for stories that cannot possibly be true. I am not a lovelorn teenager, and I protect my heart at all costs.

Did anyone have chatted with this guy on Messenger? He uses the name Justice Wilson Huffman from Frankfurt, Germany but lives in San Francisco, CA , is widowed with a 8 yr old son. BeFore I reported him to FB he said he was leaving for Sudan, Africa and he said he works for the UN .

Can someone please tell me how long a scammer says with a victim

I've been talking to this girl. She said she's coming here but wants me to accept a shipment but I need to send 127 to this shipping company thirdeye insurance in Africa for tariff tax fee in order to accept the package

My mom is being scammed with a guy who like everyone else can't meet up and all the other random excuses. He hasn't asked for money yet but he did have a car shipped to her home for someone else ( a buddy of his) to come pick up when he returns from China, working as an engineer like every other scam artist. Has anyone had this happen to them? I know he could be using her for stolen items etc. but a car is a pretty big deal. I'm also concerned because I don't know who this guy is that's picking up the car.

I met someone online who sounds like he is from Nigeria or somewhere like that but claims to be German. He goes by Stefan Ferdinard or Ferdinand. He has proclaimed his loved for me and wants to me hold some packages for him that contains millions of dollars and gold. He wants me to sent a money gram for $1000 IS THIS A SCAM? hE SAYS A US diplomat will pick up his packages and deliver them to me and I can take my money out of oneof the packages

For some reason I am a beacon for these low lifes. Most claim to be in the military and it amazes me how low they can stoop. They look for someone to open a bank account, send them money and lately they want Itune gift cards or bitcoins. Thankfully I can tell the signs right away. Please if any of you have a scammer and they claim they are in the military and can't use the phone and/or internet they are lying to you.If they can't cam leave them.For some strange reason their laptop doesn't have a working cam nor their phones.That is a big red flag.Be safe people and don't send them your hard earned money