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

My scammer's name is Micheal Murphy (Yes, Michael is spelled wrong) That was one of my first clues. He started talking to me via Instagram. His profile picture is of a very handsome heavily tattooed white man. Says he is 52 years old, he is a Civil Engineer, he currently lives in Queens, New York but is originally from the UK. He just lost his wife 3 yrs ago and now its just him and his 16 year old son Alex, who is currently in Boarding school. I was very suspicious since the get-go because I just thought it was so odd for someone to use Instagram as a dating site. So he starts saying how beautiful I am, and how he has now practically found his soulmate, and how he wants to marry me, keep in mind this is like 30 minutes of messaging back and forth. i tell him I am 39, then he says its ok, Age is just a number. Another thing that tipped me off was that he insisted I install a messaging app called Viber. So I looked into and I saw its a app that allows you to make long international calls for free. I thought, well if you are in New York, then you wouldn’t need this, right? he insisted I always message him. Also, you can tell English is not a language he dominates well by the way he writes. It just so happens that the day he writes to me is the day he is going to see Alex…get this, he says he needs to see Alex because he needs to give him “money and chocolate”. Also, he kept referring to me as “Dear”. The worst is when he told me he loved me and was sooooo concerned about how i felt about him. Since this all seemed very suspicious I decided to do a bit of research and found these posts. All stories are similar, so I was like ah-ha, I was right, my suspicions were right so I blocked him. I did not give him a chance to ask for money.

This man I met told me he is a Marine Engineer, greek but lives in Buffalo, divorce, his wife left him with one dauther. His mother is in a wheel chair and his brother was killed

I set up a Craigslist ad to find love. Some one responded it. He said he was 28 and in the military. He hasn't asked for money. He told me that he is a widowed. His wife died in a car accident a while back. He has a 5 year old daughter. He says his a lieutenant. I'm just trying to find out if I'm getting scammed. He says his not allowed to do video chats. We have been talking off of kik. He has sent me pics of him not in uniform. He seems real but I'm not sure. His deployed in Afghanistan. He told me that his coming back to the states in September. Are they allowed to do video chats?

I received DM messages on Instagram from a very handsome man claiming to be Mike John Hood, Commander of the RCAF. The photos were of Commander Hood however they were all photos avaisble online in press releases, etc. I became suspicious that everyone he was following was a middle-aged woman. He claimed to be a widow with 2 girls butblater nentioned his divorce. I also found it strange that the Commander of the RCAF could spent an entire day messaging me, so I blocked him. Anyone else encountered him online?

My widowed father-in-law has been talking to a woman he met on a dating site who says her name is Susan Walters and she is from New York. So far he has sent her several thousand but he is still in denial. Looking for proof our suspicions are right. They have never met, only talk through text. Recently she stated she was inheriting money from her deceased husband's estate and then had her lawyer call him to verify this. So much more but it sounds fishy to our family.

I have been chatting with this girl for a past few weeks she's a nurse from unicef Nigeria and she just ask me to send her some money for her meds....should I send the money and she just stole my heart with sweet talks

Ladies beware if a man name peter clark says he lives in long beach.cal.his wife past away he has 2 children .his children live with his mom in uk which is where he says he was raised he is in brazil right now on a oil rig he will get to your heart but then want you to send i tune cards and then when he really says he loves you he has a problem with bank account in California and needs money to send to his mom in uk he will ask you to take out a loan if you dont have it7

Beware on a man names paul james says he lives in Tulsa Oklahoma has one child that lives with a nanny he is currently in turkey for a job he will try to get money saying he was hurt or jumped on his way to the job sight has some good piks but once he as for money and wanted to send to my bank once i confronted him he shut his facebook down

IT has happened to Me! He goes by Brent Stoltz this time. A Widower, has a daughter in Oxford doing medicine.... An Oil rig Engineer ... wrote the best emails ever... said he lives in Richmond, BC He even gave me his address which is not his. Don't let him scam you.

Please Help! I am currently in the process of helping a man named, Michael Bradley, currently stuck in Dubai, had me open an account and is transferring money into this account from his TIAA retirement account. The wants me to wire the money to him. I haven’t given him any money, but he does have all the information about me. This guy is suppose to live in Laurel, MD. Sent me several pics, his birthdate, address, his bank he belongs to...how do I find out if this is legit before I wire this money????

Betty 1234 How can you identify anyone with a photo. They could be using someone else photos. And men will wear beards one minute be clean shaven the next. The whole thing is depressing. I think this is the price we pay for being able to use the internet. And I think that these date lines should throw off users who use that line for this kind of activity. On POF I have had men asked me for money for these iTunes and I tell them to do to hell. And they never want to meet anyone I guess that is because you could identify them. Maybe some of us of have just got to decide going it alone may not be that bad.

If you run across a Honduran man names Carlos Flores aka. Carlos Betanco. He also goes by the Gargi. Know that he is a sweet talker, will take you money, and he is infected with HIV. He has given it to four women in the Springfield, Virginia area.

Has anyone encountered a man by the name of James Hudson or Paul Hudson. He is from German decent and says he is from Maryland. He travels to Dubai to purchase gold bars. He is currently stuck in Dubai because he can’t pay the shipping costs but not matter how much I send him he says Starship express shipping keeps changing the prices. He also claims to have a 11 year old son in Ontario California who is being cared for by his aunt carol. I am out 35,000 dollars and my credit is completely destroyed , my bank accounts closed and I am so ashamed to tell my family. I feel like killing myself. I’m so scared and have no one to talk to about this. Please help.

i totally hate it

, I met guy at zoosk on line dating, he told me eginner drilling at Galveston Texas but his Canadian his send it me his picture and his daughter picture, the picture same like his posted at dating side one day his told me he has trouble can not connect to his account because his work at shore gulf mexico and the bank not believe him because he is in gulf mexico his desperate for pay his employee and his send it me wells forgo bank for deposit the money and after that come out the other history his daughter get sick and he need money more and his send it picture his daughter in mexico cose his daughter traveling to mexico and get sick, and I told to him contact your counselor the mean Canadian counselor and his mad to me for what???he ask me money and want me deposit to wells fargo but with different name in the account and I told to him the money I have I use it for pay my truck service he is not happy why not help him for his daughter sick in mexico, but one day his ask me for open his account balance , I try the web site his send it to me I am not find it the name the bank in Canada but his send me more the web site the bank and his tell to me copy and paste from his email and finally open but I have question I open that same address in internet does not open but he is barging me for send it money for his daughter in his account show up money with million but my question why his barging me money for 5000 dollar just for his sick daughter, when I told to him the money I have already use it for my truck he is not contact me more I ask to him why not use your money he had million and million in his bank he is not answer my question too and I was know this is a scam dating just look for money by love. Dating online real not secure may one of from a thousand people real, the company whose have dating web they are real make money because they are otomatickly took your money from your card and never have refund to you when you was joint with dating and when your member expire they are otomatickly take your money from your card and never refund that why they are ( dating on line company) make good money. They are selective the member they are just business for make money.

i also fell for a us military man on facebook i was so blind so alone he told me he loved me called me wife and baby asked for money said he cant access his account he was in turkey then got transferred to nigeria to fight the boku haram like an idiot i fell for it i did send some money not alot but now he wants gifts watch silver chain etc i said no wants me to send it to his agent nope i said no more money no gifts nothing he shattered my heart im slowly healing his name is juan aragon says he is in i s a f in us military im done with online stuff no more

I had a person who goes under the names James Nguyen on Facebook. He told me he is 47 years old, that his late wife died of skin cancer and he is in Africa for a business trip to buy gold.after 2 days of chatting he confess he have feeling for me and after 2 week he want to get married.he want me to lend him 1000 dollar so he can trafer the money to buy the rest of his gold.he would pay me back in double cause he had a million dollar in his account. He lost his info so he could not withdraw. On the day he supposed to fly back to Texas he was robbed and lost his cell phone so he wanted me to send me him my credit card. When I did not send it he like you don't love me why would I want to still talk to you and come to see you lol. He was pretending to be a Vietnamese man from Vietnam that was a music teacher.

Anybody meet a Patrick Owen who lives in Brooklyn but sells" cars in Nigeria. Wants me to open account to accept wires then wrote to him in Nigeria

Anyone heard of a Davis Roberto. Supposedly working on oil right in Mossel Bay South Africa. Can't find him on any social media. Says he's Italian. Wants to meet me when he gets off in a month's time. Told him to send me pics of him on the rig. I'm still waiting on his reply.

THE PERSON I WAS TALKING WITH WENT BY THE NAME BRIAN ON EHARMONEY. THE MANINTHE PICTURE ACTUALLY WAS DECEASED SO THEY USED A DECEASED PERSON IDENTITY. IT WAS VERY HARD FOR ME TO FIND THIS OUT LAST WEEK SINCE I FELT I WAS TALKING TO HIM FOR 4 MONTHS. WE CONNECTED BY PRAYSERS TO HIM SINCE I FEEL

Has anyone heard David Muller? He suppose to be from New York but all if the sudden he traveled to Canada. He fell in love with me after few days talking and told me he inherited properties He is in construction, his wife died from cancer. After we talked couple of weeks he told me he lost his vallet and asked for a iTunes card so that he can submit his blue prints to the company he works for lol. Send me many pictures including picture of his driver license. I Google the pictures he sent me I can't find them anywhere is that mean those are his actual pictures? And he also told me His dad is German his mom is from San Diego. Please help!

Has anyone ever had someone ask them to marry them , complete stranger. Won’t say anything about themselves. Says he’s the council elder to the Illuminati.

I’ve had two “girls” try to scam me now and a third trying today. Now I ask for a picture with them holding a sign saying “insert phrase” and the one today instantly blocked me hAha. The poor sentence structure is a good tip off. And the all to quick to fall in love is another

Hi. I"m from Norway, Dose anyone know about Christopher M Rey,jobs in afganistan, as othopedic surgeon for United nations.

This has happened to me too. He goes by the name Charles Gould, first started talking to him on Facebook messages, wasn't long before all of a sudden his profile page just disappeared, then after about a week he message me again telling me that something happened to his page on FB, so he talked me into going to Hangout app. And yes he started that I love you so much starting to call me honey and deer, sending me sweet little rhymes, he just about had me hooked there for a little while, until he started asking me to send him a iPhone card, I can't put in him off for a long time soundly I sent him a $75 I tune card. After that he started telling me that his wife died of cancer 5 years ago and he was raising his 12 year old grandson because his son died in a car accident. And he was a contractor for the government working on a oil rig in Louisiana, and he lived in California that is where his home was and he kept trying to get me to tell him that I would come live with him. That is when I started to be to be very careful ( you do not ask someone to come live with you when you don't even know that person I know I'm crazy but I'm not that crazy) then he started talking to me about all personal things credit cards things like that, when he found out I had a credit card like the next week all of a sudden his grandson was in an accident and had to have spinal surgery and he needed $3,500. He wanted me to send him my credit card number so his company could send it to his sister in California. (thank God I did not do that) so he did not text me for several weeks after that, then all of a sudden he started texting me again asking me to be partners with him in a business contract, with a company that sold Concrete in Africa, I knew that was not real. so that is just a little bit of what he tried to do to me, talked to my friend and she found this site that I am on, so realized he really is a scam deleted him off of hang up will not do that ever again, learn my lesson will not accept anybody on Facebook that I don't know.

Addition to what I said he is still contacting me and using 716- are code and getting ready to ask money for the second time ( I said no the first time).he is very good looking ( the man on the pictures) blue eyes, beard and says 57 years old has a 28 years old daughter and she is in medical school.I wish he was real

I talked to a man name Kevin Robert wondering if anyone out there has talked to him

I would like to give the names of two men who have been scamming...I made the mistake a year ago of falling for the first one.. but watch out on Match.com and also Words with Friends... it apparently happens anywhere today.. James Huckaby.. claims he lost his wife to Cancer and has a 16 year old Son. started with asking for an iTunes card and went to asking for large sum and to wire transfer to an "assistant"s bank account in Texas... Also Western Union and MoneyGram.. used another person's name to pick up the money in Moscow. be very careful.. he is brilliant at this.. Second one: was playing scrabble and you get challenged to play by strangers at times.. this man told me he is an engineer working on a rig in the gulf of Mexico and that he is widowed and has a son 16 years old... that he lives in Dallas Tx. Asked for an iTunes card first, then he suddenly claims that his drilling machine needed repair so he could finish the project in another week... and asked me for 2000.00 and that I am his only hope.. that he would lose his job imminently.. I refused and he left from love to nothing.. so be careful ladies.. anyone who wants to get close to you online even on scrabble games can be a scammer. the name here is James Lukas... claimed to be born in Milan Italy and grew up there.. but I am very sure this is yet another scammer..