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

Edmund Bergmann...Stuttgart Germany. Orthopedic Surgeon. Facebook. I was new to Facebook. He friend requested me. I accepted. I’ve sent well over $1000. Thru Western Union and iTune gift cards. For a sick child in Ghana. I’m humiliated.

Someone posing as orthopedic surgeon finishing 2year contract in Kabul, working for UN.Uses name Nelson Martin, supposedly 65 year old widower with 15yr old son in boarding school in UK. Contacts via FB and messenger. Blocks/changes profile.

mine is Dr Gregory Martin Edwards.Works for Sakhalin energy on an oil rig. After 2 months he waned to take a leave of absence to come see me. He company sent me a email asking for money for him to come out to make sure I was real.Wanted me to start an dcu account to send the money to him. Then he wanted me to give him the pin so he could transfer me money to pay for it. Then he got upset with me when I wouldn't and said he couldn't deal with my mistrust and cut me off. I have ad enough to know not to do this.

Has anyone heard of a scammer Anastasia Aryee or Ayree in Ghana? She has a friend named Clement Yanee. I have a friend who is developing a relationship with her but I am very suspicious. She was on her way to US to be with my friend and had a car accident. Almost died. Her friend Clement said she needed money to have surgery but my friend did not send anymore. She is suppose to be 29 years old. She does not really ask for money but he sent her $1,000.00 for a plane ticket. She says she has gold bricks. She will pay him back when she gets in US. There have been a few other things but I can not find anything on her much. They met on a dating site. I just wanted to know if anyone had heard of her? My friend will not listen to me. Thanks in advance for your advice.

There is a guy name Garry heart said he is from Spain but has lived in Florida for 20 years his wife died has a 10 year old daughter wanted me to send money told him no but he kept talking said he flew to UK for business I looked up his pics and they are of someone else

Good afternoon everyone, I post a description of a male scammer on page 54 on March 22, 2018 under GB1030. I recently discovered some quotes sent to my friend. I was wondering if anyone has any information about the quotes. First one is, Commitment is the greatest key to a successful relationship. If you are committed you will always find a way to work thing out communication. Talking and open honest communication about how you feel. Here is the second one. Love is not having someone give you the world. Love is creating a whole new world together and that's what we are doing. This is the third quote. I didn't expect you to have tears, but I must have touched your heart in a special way that the tears are from being happy with you. I wish o could wipe them away with my lips, but when we finally meet, I feel there will be tears of joy and happiness in us both goodnight my love. Here is the fourth one. If I Had to choose between breathing and loving you I would use my last breath to tell you I love you. You are the fire that burns the passion within my soul. I love you with all my heart. Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. Ever since I've met you no one else is worth thinking about. The most important things are the hardest to say, because words finish them. If anyone has information about these quotes please let me know with the reply option on this blog. Thank you for your help.

I've got one right now-Anthony Michaels. He wants money sent via MoneyGram to pay for his friend's hospital bills. How do these people find us? They are always military, engineers, contractors, Peacekeepers.

Anyone familiar with the name Gregory James or James Gregory. Had an online relationship with this guy for 4 years, always had a suspicion something wasn't right, but continued to have a soft spot as he went on about all his struggles dealing with his business as an Engineer dealing in oil. To make a long story short, over time he starting asking for help in the way of funds, I always told him I had none, but I did come into an inheritance from my uncle, and without a blink as stupid as that was, I told him about it and that I could help him some. He said he was stranded in Nigeria, lost all his funds to transport Oil back to London, and he needed to get back home to care for his daughter. It was a long drawn out story, and over time from (2011 to 2015) I kept sending him funds, until I realized I wouldn't get a penny back from this guys, as his troubles never ended. His story is long and complicated. I lost over $100.000. This guy devastated me and my life..how stupid I was to believe him and his stories. I had to changed my phones numbers and block him from Facebook, but still seems to try and contact me through other names on Facebook trying to friend me. I know its him and I block all names now asking to be a friend. He's destroyed my life and my health, beware people.

hi doseanyone know a guy name charles washiton from facebook

Has anyone heard of a Steve Adams? Claims he is an artitecht and head of his own construction company in Boston. He is widowed and had no children. Heavy heavy accent but understandable. Had to leave for a $7million dollar job in Turkey..he even went through the trouble of forwarding me a copy of the contract, which obviously was made up...been chatting for a Few weeks...hasn’t asked for money but today said he needed a new phone and they are too expensive over in Turkey. He asked if I could go to Best Buy and get him a phone and he would pay it off when he returned at the end of the month...I keep coming up with excuses as to why I can’t get to the store just yet. His photos are beyond handsome and do not come up in a reverse search. I met him on Ourtime.com....he’s a smooth talker and obviously gets his verses from the Internet. I did get his address or what I thought was it and when I looked it up it was owned by another person who is actually selling it...won’t he be in for a surpise lol

Ha! Just googled Tony Globe and he pops up here! Omg....this guy is good. Still using the ex French Navy thing. For me tovSkyoe right away. Traveling trying to find navy buddies to open a bar with. Next thing you know he us stranded in Mali and needs money. Sigh.. He was good. Ill give him credit for that. But please!!! Net him on International Cupid. Be careful of that site. Filled with scammers.Skype name: live.tony.mglobe

Nice to know I am not alone. There is this man name Scoot Williams on Instgram and Hangouts using another mans pictures all of his pictures with family and friends message me out the blue on Instgram last month and started telling me all sweets things even ask to "MarryHim" he also kept asking me for iTunes cards and Steam cards me being foolish went to Walgreens and got a gift card for him he then decided to tell me the truth. His name is not Scoot Williams he was an Nigeria man and his photos was not real they are of someone else I don't know whom but I am looking into that it's funny because when I use too ask him was he a scammer he use to get very anger and mad when I use to say that also I even threating to call Catfish also yes the Tv show in hopes he would just came clean it had too take me getting An gift card last week for him to come clean. And he also had an Texas Texts Now phone number 210 was the Are code. Ladies please be aware on whom you are talking to online and if they don't want to video chat you they are hiding something big time please don't be me.

I am experiencing the same situation. This guy found me through Facebook and befriended me. He gave me the nam Efren Marion. He's in the US Army. He asked me to download Hangouts so we could chat I searched the name he gave me and I say his pictures connected to romance scammers. I confronted him and he got angry that I didn't trust him. Has anyone else on here been contacted by this person?

Watch out for a polish man named Benjamin Rollce. Big time scammer. Says he's from Brampton ont. In Cyprus on business.Has a daughter in poland and grandson.

I wish there was some way these people could be shut down. I had one hit me up for 400 I shut him off not everybody understands this is more than just " friends ". It makes me sick what there doing and if you look at their profile all their friends are older people. I hope eventually something can get done to shut them down.

Reading all these stories, mine is the same. I have been looking for somewhere I can tell my story to help others. I excepted a friendship request from a military guy. He said his name was Thomas David and was an E6 SSG in Afghanistan. His ex wife cheated on him and he was looking for love. I told him I was married and not interested, but we could be friends. That didn't stop him, he said he was in love with me after 2 days. He wanted to marry me, and God sent me to him. He talks very sweet. I figured him out in less than 2 weeks. This is how I did my investigation. First, your profile was set up 3 days before friending me. Second he talked to me till 5 and sometimes after 6 Afghanistan time. So when do you work? He had lots of pics, but couldn't send me a selfie when asked. So I did a image search and saw all the names this guy uses, Mark Freguson, mark Campbel, Chuck, Ghantt..., I reported him to Facebook and blocked him, but he did get me to go to hangouts before I figured him out. If you get friended by Thomas David he is not real, don't talk to him!!!!

I was contacted by a guy from Scotland . Morgan Cook is his name . He wrote me his undying love and promised to come to U.S to visit me . Then he had to go to Brazil for his engineer work and pirate attacked him and injuring him . He said his equipment ordered from alaska needed pay sales tax and needed money . I blocked him after I told him he is a con artist . Next day another guy contacted me and why am I not sending him a money ? There are hottest place in Hell reserve for these kings of schemers . They are not only manipulate your mind but also spiritually blind you cause it’s the power of darkness is behind . That’s the reason so many women falling into traps . It’s the dark spell and mostly from Nigeria . Demonic power ‘s main weapon is deception and manipulation . That’s why you actually falling in love with the man you never met . Digital connections are very powerful , more than actual activity because it’s connected with your brain and automatically leads to your heart .

Hi i am talking to a man who says he is Antonio Gomez from Italy and he has his own company but going to retire! His phone canmot except messages n please ctures n we met in dating thing and we now chat in email he says his wife died he is ready to start new life im just worried it may be a scammer

as ANYBODY heard of a David Christian Promise supposedly an engineer working for Chevron in Istanbul Turkey. Has 2 daughters , maybe.

I gave at least 6 guys to contact me on FB. I listen to their tales and block them because I don't know how to report them. 2 said they were doctors but stationed in Afghanistan and wanted me to pick up a security box for them, the other are military and offshore oil workers.

Barry Bryan on LinkedIn says he is an oil rig manager and has degrees from 2 different countries. He tries to get you on Viber right away. Scammer

I need to know if anyone has had contact with a Derek Bradford, Stephen Nolan Rojas or Josh Summerfield. All have contacted me through Instagram. Derek claims to be suicidal, alone. Ex cheated on him 2 kids. Has asked for money grams, itunes, helping him with bitcoin, opening bank accounts. Stephen aka Nolan - CA. Wife deceased, young daughter. First asked for cell phone account info for verifying a business, iTunes cards for daughter, house burnt during CA fires, can’t get insurance $, needs $ to get another house, asked Vanilla MC so a business can deposit $ for a job he did in Rome. Both these two have confessed undying love, wants to create a life together, etc. they have sent sexually explicit pics. Josh seemed legit until he asked for ITunes card t so he could upload his construction plans to company he was hired by. He traveled to Greece for this work. His sister is a nun. I told him to use his credit card to purchase online and he said he didn’t have one. I know these are scammers, I just want confirmation that someone else has had contact. They are all on Instagram.

OMG!! My handsome NATO doctor in Syria coming "home" to me soon, his 15 year old son is hosting a birthday party and he needs money sent to him because he can't wire money from Syria...how sad because...DAMN that fake David man is HOT & can talk some Romeo poetry!! Like the man of my dreams...I almost still want to give him money to keep him real!!! He found me on Instagram....David Maxwell ...

Ive been talking to a guy that works on an oil rig 400 miles of the coast of Alabama,has daughter 12 years old .Asked if I could send him $2,500 to fix tools.Told him I didn't have that sort of money so he asked if I could get a loan .

Someone named Ruby Natasha Martin tried to do this to me for iTunes gift cards, luckily right at the beginning they said they were from Boston, then suddenly they are from Spain. I just waited it out until they asked for money, I said no and called them a scammer, two days later they were back trying to get in touch with me, had to block.This was on Instagram.

I am almost certain I’m talking to the same guy you all mentioned above. This one has pics of a clean cut, dark hair and blue eyed man wearing a US Army uniform with the name “Mason” on it. He even sent a video of him with men behind him as he says “we’re going home birches!” To try to prove he’s real. I’d like to find this Mason soldier and let him know his infor has been stolen and is being used by a scam artist trying to con women. I’ve been calling the scam artist out for about an hour now out of amusement and all he can say to prove himself is “am the one.” And “oh u make me really launched.” He doesn’t seem to like that I’ve called him a liar, made it clear that I’m not falling for any of his bs and that all his pics are someone else’s that he stole. He seems to have a limited English vocabulary and copies and pastes the same paragraphs over and over again. All his interests are very outdated and bizarre. I’m not naive enough to ever send him anything and assured him our conversation was saved and will be reported. I hope the soldier who’s pics this guy is using is still alive and well. I hope he gets to find this scumbag and press charges against him somehow and I’d be more than glad to help with all the info I’ve gathered.

I'm completely FED UP. Can't find help anywhere. My mother has been being scammed now for 4 years. Sending thousand and thousands of dollars to him.(them or whoever) This has caused our whole family heartache. I've tried and tried to show her and convince her he's not real. He has taken and taken. She has now given him my personal information and of course all of hers as well. How does someone ever stop before they are flat broke?

What if my ex-wife. her father and their attorney are trying to scam me out of my house and my share of the equity in it.

I have a Army general from London in Syria. In 3 days he was telling me how much he loved me. Wife dead. Son in Military boarding school in the UK. Nice looking man age 62. I do believe son's name is Stanley. I made the mistake and friended him on Instagram. Long story short, he has a long term contract with the UN in Syria and he has no access to a bank there in Syria. He wants to resign and come to the US and marry me. BUT, it will take me sending him 1200 dollars to hire a lawyer to get him processed out in a week. I blocked him at first when he asked and then came back and unblocked him to just see. Oh I don't believe him and trust him. Had been hammering me to get on Hangouts and finally made him do FB. No friends there. His name Eric Callum. Son is 15. Beware, I am getting off Instagram. Not friending him on FB or doing Hangouts.

Dear Reading: I also met a so-called fake person in The Military on F.B. He goes by the name: Capt George Menesses age 50. Stated he was stationed over in: Northern Afghanistan close to Taliban Territory.. Stated he was on a 2 wks mission in which he'd would be coming back to the states. He was a Catholic and the only child in his family... Which both is parents were now deceased. He was trying to find a female friend to marry and settle down.. Kept asking if I had my own home? Also after 1 week of texting each other... He proceed to ask If I'd pray for protection for him and his men? Stated they were being sent to the backside of the dessert to set-up an ambush for the Taliban... They were supposedly sneaking weapons into there country... After 4 days... I received no texting from him... On the six day he finally text again but on "Hang Outs!" Using CA C . At this point of game he had been shot in the shoulder and 2 of his men died! Then he proceed to inform me that during this ambush somehow they were now raiding a Taliban Compound in which he Capt George Menesess discovered a metal foot looker up in a ceiling which contained: Weapons some drugs and 2.5 Million dollars. He stated he turned in the wrapons and drugs to his superiors but kept the money! In which he now need some very special women to become his wife and let him settle down after his retirement from "The Army! He wanted me to receive a piece of luggage along with a box of all his important papers... I played his game until he said: Send me a Photo of yourself and your address.. Where upon he has sent a diplomat thru Turkey airport to take the next plane to american to find my address to give me this box and luggage which supposedly contained 2.5 Million dollars... I refused him he insisted that I was the women of his dreams! I refused again and again for him to not do this! I didn't trust this guy from the begining.. That's no way to meet a women! Even told him I wanted no relationship even from the very begining. I could tell he was typing slowly in each of his returned text! Meaning he was using the phone to correct his spelling! When I didn't willingly except this person tricks to get my address ... He got up-set and his texting became very sloppy! Final he insisted it's to late to stop The Diplomat he's on his way to Turkey Airport! Now it's suddenly all my fault that the "Diplomat is now struck in at "The Airport; unable to get a ticket cause he doesn't know where to send the box/ luggage to!" Has no photo and no address! Now he wants me to send him $700.00 dollars to get his stuff out of customs...I played stupid until he said I was giving him a head ache! I blocked this person on F.B and Hang Outs! Then he jumps over to my gmail! But when I exposed him and let him know what I discovered about him... He so far has left me alone! Be very careful ladies! Do some spying on them behind the scenes! Track Phone No: Photo look up on google! Never ever reveal your personal information .. Use wisdom. Date:4-12-18 Thursday!

I met a guy via CMB dating apps, he claimed to be half kena team and half S’porean, working as a pharmacist with Red Cross International. Name: Daniel Cho(aka Daniel Han Cho), a divorcee with no kids; graduated from university of Queensland, worked as pharmacist and paramedic before. Always on humanitarian mission across Haiti, Cairo, Peurto Rico etc. He has been asking for financial support USD 14K for his mum’s medical treatment, reason being is his credit card been halted, mum is dying. Money to be transferred to the doctor taking care of his mum case. Lost USD 4K as I thought he was real, he has been sending a lot of his fotos caputuring his activities during Mission. Months later he went to Yemen for Mission again, this time round seeking another USD 5k for his airfare and legal documents in settling his outpost duties issues. He said that the commercial route supposingly arranged by UN had been destroyed and need to return home via military aircraft. Not able to contact him at all after then. Please be aware of this guy. Using WeChat ID: danielcho70

I have been texting with a man named Paul Cazorla for about 6 weeks. He told me that he lived in a town about 30 miles from me. But then he said he had to go to Nova Scotia to work for 4 weeks. He has professed his love for me and said he wants a future with me. Just like the rest of the messages above there were gaps in between messages coming from him and sometimes the the English was different from other times. He was so sweet and really seems to be legitimate but now I am worried that he is not because now he tells me that he is thinking about taking a job in Turkey. And that he would be gone about 2 months. He wanted my opinion on if I wanted him to take the job or not and that he was actually going to ask his son the same thing. He has never asked me for money and I believe I really fell in love with this guy. When he told me was thinking about taking this job in Turkey I was very upset because I thought he would be coming home to the states and that we would finally meet and maybe we would have a future together. But now I am not sure what to do because I look at his picture and I know I have fallen in lovwwe with him.

I was almost scammed by a man I met on Words with Friends. He was a widow on an oil rig. He convinced me to chat with him on Viber because of security reasons on the oil rig. Of course he fell in love right away, talked marriage & wanted to video chat. Then had an emergency and I was the only person in the world that could help him. I got suspicious and found this website and have read all of the stories. I am very grateful that I did not get scammed. Also I totally understand how this is happening to so many people. These scammers are very convincing. One tip I would like to pass along is about the reverse image search. I used Google & Tineye and there were no results. After about a month I tried again just for the heck of it and had several results dating back to 2016 on several websites and different names. So try more than once if you get no results the first time.