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

His name may be Maswell Aaron. Same stories, same everything. Started on face book, then he wants to do Hangout. Asking for I tune card, on an oil rig for his last contract before retiring, rig breaks down, begging for money. Sends sweet photos every a.m. texts in evening. Plans to travel, has 16 y/o daughter. Differebt man but same storiesl Scammers.

I am a latin woman so i apologize if my English is not perfect. Last month I have been talking with a guy called Victor Morrison. He looks like a gentleman, is from England, is working with UN in Yemen, he is in charge of medical and food supplies. He is 39 (although he looks a little older), is bald, with a nice gray beard and always wear elegant outfits in different parts of world and all his photos are selfies. He has a tragic story, his parents and pregnant wife died on 9-11 after that he married again with a woman who cheated him. After that (2009) he has been alone in the world and only focused on his work. Due he lives in a war zone he cannot show me his camera and his facebook is closed. He fell in love since the third day we chat (even he could not remember my name…) and he is allways polite, respectful, and believes in God. His tragic history was unbelievable but I wanted believe it. His behavior causes me suspice: He stops conversations suddenly (he has unexpected calls or emergencies), when I try to talk about the places he visited he never give me details, always wanted more pics (I just sent him some regular ones), he mixed the names of his wives and when I search for the pics on web I could discover two of them don’t belong to the places he mentioned. Anyway I continue talking with him, because it was a good way to practice my English, but he was desperated to meet us, marrying me ( he called me his wife) and live together in my country and run a business here. He needed request his vacations and he needed I help him with the paperwork. I said yes, I can but he suggested I should help him with money for the legal paperworks and tramits because it is complicated asking for vacations in a war zone. I got angry and I suggested he was a scammer and he was very hurt and sad for my accusation. I wanted to know more and finally I write to the address he sent unitednationsofficeforvacation@ protonmail. ch and Identified as his girlfriend (he said I should write I was his wife). The domain of mail is a super secure mail used by big enterprises. They replied the same day in a very formal letter but they needed my personal data to start the process of vacations. Due this I spend more time in the net looking for the photos and I found another profile with other name (Nelson) in other site and a facebook profile with only 12 women as friends. Almost all were latin women and I discovered one close to my city, I write her and we shared information. She was not yet in the mail stage, but the pics he use or talks or stories where the same. When I confronted him, he stopped talking me. I just hope the pics I sent don’t be used for scammers.

I have been having a conversation of several weeks with a man I met on Twitter. I have done my due diligence and done a google image search on every photo he has sent me, with no results. Must be new to the game. Says he is a Dr. stationed with the US Army in Syria. Widowed, with a daughter he never talks about. He wants mt to help him pay for a leave so he can come back to the US and we can be together. He first asked me to send him my credit card information and I absolutely refused. The he started talking about bitcoin and I told him I know nothing about it. Now he wants me to open an account for him at a bank so he can transfer money into it for me to pay for the travel expenses associated with his leave. I don't intend to do it. I know it is a scam, but I can't seem to break away.

anybody being scammed by a randy allen, at least he's aid that is his name, apparently leaves in kabul, afghanistan?

Has anyone found a true love on a dating site? Starts out he loves me dearly, when he gets home he will buy me everything I could want including a new house any where I want. I have sent small amounts of money from time to time. He will be able to afford this because he has been in Europe buying gold and diamonds. Now he is at a airport in France. He has passport, has airline ticket to USA and all his insured gold and diamonds but needs $12,000.00 to get his gold and diamonds to the US. Also he is sleeping in the airport. Comments anyone?

Brian Andreas Lukas says he is from Texas, and other states, an Architect, 60 years old, birthday 16 June, is scamming the ladies again, this man is on LinkedIn, on catfish, was taken off OK Cupid for impersonating, his email is or was blksa016 @gmail. com, telephone number in the us +1 650 435 7564 and in Turkey +90 548 878 4421. Ladies compare your notes and see what numbers you have, did you also get sent the contract for the Hotel to be renovated in Turkey - that certificate is a FAKE. Ask him to Skype you, he will say he does not skype. Tells you it is Brian and ......... forever, etc... etc. so convincing it is frightening. say that you are his wife. Calls on hang out day and night, sends poems off the internet, songs off Joox, you think you have met the one and only... BE AWARE he has been doing this for years. Sends about 8 pictures of himself (or maybe it is somebody else). He even tells you he has a translator in Turkey. Ask him to produce his passport - he cant do this. ask for any form of ID, he tells you it is with his translator for his work permit to be "extended". I just cant believe that somebody can keep getting away with this.

“David Martinez” is active now; just had yet another email from him. It’s the whole scam—cashiers check, own shipper, overpayment, etc. etc. Don’t get sucked in.

Hi everyone! Unfortunately, I was taken for a ride myself; I went on a dating website since you cannot have a conversation with anyone in real life because everyone is looking down on their phones so I figured I would do a dating site and boy oh boy... call me 'SUCKER" because I was all caught up in stories of women's parents/husbands/boyfriends/Siblings dying and they were all alone; attractive women quick to send a picture of themselves and within two days, already fell in love with me and want to spend the rest of their lives with me and marry me and blah, blah, blah! Now, everyone posted that they were stateside on their profiles but when the texting began, they were either in GHANA or NIGERIA...working with UNICEF or WHO (World Health Organization) but needed money for medical expenses, new phones, laptops, or phone cards so they could keep in touch with me or else they will lose service and we will lose contact...we would meet on Hangouts and the funny thing about that is I was able to disable the alert that shows when I was on or available so they couldn't see when I was on but I could tell when they were on and weren't talking to me! And they needed monies either through iTunes or Amazon cards or the traditional Western Union or Money Grams...it was heartbreaking because they all sounded so sincere and I'm so ready to love and be loved and now it seems like a fantasy at this point...I cancelled Hangouts and I'm just done with how people could be so malicious, conniving and evil to take advantage of someone who just wants to be with someone and enjoy life together? God bless you all for sharing and at least I know I'm not alone on this.

If its any consolation ladies it goes both ways. Have had a rash of young women hit me up on FB to friend me. ( Name ) single for some days, want to meet you. Do you want? Click and then press (with a youtube link) Karina ,Terri, Lauren, Janet, Anne, Holly, Andrea ,Jennifer. All on same FB page. All have that mid to late 20s Russian bride look. What could they possibly want with a 61 year old man? Other than a sugar daddy. Or to increase traffic to their youtube video. Has posts from 1986 Born August 3 1986. My daughter is older than that. And no I'm not in the service or work on an oil rig or need anyone to send money. Some of your comments sound like a twist on the old Nigerian letter scam. Bill

Had a couple guys try to scam me on FB. Which they didn’t get far like a couple days. Using the oil rig story and boarding daughter bs line. Now last night some guy on LinkedIn called Steve Wortman. Works in Syria as a physio therapist with the UN. His wife died and had my same name and he has no children. I chatted with him via linked for about 30 minutes. One key, is a huge response with not enough time to write it. Copy and paste. I played along and gave him an old email. I awoke with an email so over the top, I copied and pasted into google and that is how I found this site. I block him on LinkedIn and wrote back to his email telling him I didn’t appreciate his BS letter and told him to get a real job. Ladies, I met my husband in 1999 online. He moved heaven and earth to get me to London which were I lived for 16yrs. No man worth a grain a salt would ask a women for a dime.

A man contacted me through OK Cupid. He says his name is Mark Stanley. His English is such that I can tell it is not his "mother tongue" and he texted "Alaya" and just ignored me when I asked what that word meant. After talking via text, very bland conversation I may add, he started telling me that "he felt he had known me a long time" and that I "reached his heart". My gut tells me he is a scammer, but I do not know if I am simply being suspicious since I was burned pretty bad by a scammer who called himself "Henry Adam." He sent me a link to his FB which said he had established the page in 2011 but there are very few photos and few friends listed. Has anyone heard of a scammer named Mark Stanley who says he is from Jacksonville, North Carolina?

Stephen Leo Wells is supposedly for Liverpool, uk with a 9 year old daughter who mother was killed in a car accident Wants ur email address to write you beautiful love letters daily. I blocked him because quickly he went from wanting to be friends to he Was completely in love and wanted to move to the states and he became irrational and irate so upset that he sent me a message tell me that he told his 9 year old daughter, smh, that I didn’t trust him.

My friend is talking to a 4 star General goes by the name Jerry Morgan. He is in Afghanistan or Syria. He has a 15 year old in the state of Ga. Has anyone ever heard of this man. He claims to be 54.

I am currently being scammed by Maurice Paul Daniel. He had me transfer 300000.00 from a bank in Nigeria. I was to transfer to Eric Ramirez. I did it next day he texts that his machine on drilling rig and his bank wouldn't transfer funds over the phone. I was supposed to wire money to Tamara something. Can't remember but I have account number and pin number if not fake. He asked me to borrow money from my family. Demanded I do it. I texted him about romance scams and haven't heard from him since.

I have been talking to a guy - Frank Morgan widowed with a 7 year old son being looked after by his school teacher - he is supposed to be a wealthy oil rig contractor who had a $2.4 million contract to clear up an oil spill in the north sea. After a few weeks disaster his bank account is blocked and he cannot buy essential tools to repair a transformer damaged in a storm. He will not be paid unless he can repair the transformer but needs $3000 to get tools sent to him on rig. Anyone else know him?

Has anyone heard of brayan willex thing is he didn't ask for money just to help him get off the ship he was working. For the u n then I got a letter fake from the u n asking me to send money for his way home

Bridget Small FTC, a friend has been chatting with an Army Captian by the name Ares, currently deployed to Syria, always on night patrol, contact through Whatt App,. According to her, he was order to LOSE COMMUNICATION WITH EVERYONE. Also she claims the have chatted very briefly once a month for the pass 3 months. Could this be a possible scammer?

Has anyone had any contact with cliff Daniel? Stated he is from Australia originally had three children and widowed. He stated he is in Syria as a contractor... I met him on a dating site I made a huge mistake ! I had done all the research and everything came clear. However I gave in I have lost over 80 grand and credit is ruin.

on FB, a new trick. Nigerian scam. A very handsome man contacted me, his profile was 8 years old, everything looked very real. James Becker. When we talked, he avoided answering. I searched the internet and found the right photo owner. They are copying real profiles! Attention! Be careful! I patiently waited when he asked for money and then I blocked everything. The profile was canceled but the next day was a new profile with photos and history since 2012. So I tracked them, profile canceled. In two days a new profile, again the same photos, I reported it. I contacted the right person with his profile being copied. They are really stupid, but I'm not! Never ever please believe these sweet stories! Find the information.

I met a guy in Instagram by the name alexa.allen33 or Kingsley Allen. He said he is a secret agent working in Oregon, with 2 kids namely Shane and Rose. His wife died two years ago because of cervical cancer. He never asked for any money until he told me that he will be deployed in West Africa and he needs some money to buy sim card and some stuffs.I can send you some photos of him. I'm trying to search for the real person in the photo but i'm not having any luck

Met man on facebook. He wanted us to get on hangouts so we did. He said he is on freedom mission in afganistan. Said he hhad 27years and was retiring in several months. He said his parents and sisters were killed in plane crash. He has son who is 15and is in school in Nigeria and he had no food there and he could not acess his bank accounts there so could i send money through western union. I sent 350.00. He said he was coming home to me when he gets out. He loves me. He cant stop thinking about me etc. If he is an officer why cant he call insted of texting? I told him if i had proof that it was really him. He put his drivers license on there and two cards with his picture and info. on there. How do i know these are real? I asked if that would be enough money for his sons food until he got out and he said probably not. I told him i could not send anymore and he said god would help us and for me not to worry..my heart says to believe him but when i mentioned scams he said everyone thinks everyone is a scam and not to believe it. Can he really not get acess to his money over there. He says it is a war zone. He just keeps telling me how much he loves me and misses me and we are going to get married and calling his son our son.his license is from address in california--Sacromento.he said i was going out theree with him but first he was coming to me.i just dont know what to believe. Please help me find out the truth.

I was a victim to this scam he claimed to be a u.s. Army Sergeant by the name of Kevin Hancock. He had contacted me via Grindr and then immediately switched over to Google Hangouts. he said his phone got destroyed when he want Syria and he needed me to give him a new phone via a Courier Ghana. I sent him the phone and had to pay the Courier $500 for a total of $1,000 spent. He didn't said he want a price in the United Stations 20 gold bars and he needed to ship to my house that's when I got suspicious and looked up the scam when I confronted him he's like oh no that's old news and tried to convince me that it wasn't. Thats where I drew the line.

I have the exact same experience. This man his name is Luke Steward, 45 years old. Claimed He is from Ada Oklahoma, construction engineer. Added me on Instagram. Said his wife died of MS, had a daughter 18 years old. showed me his daughter photo, himself working at the site overseas- just signed a million dollar deal at Istanbul. Tried to ask him to video call but he said the site signal is bad. This man is so sweet and caring, He know what to say to sweep you off your feet. He even pray for me claimed himself to be a very devout christian. Always text me to check on me. I fell for him. He never asked me for money yet though. We chatted for about a month. I started to ask him more about him job. He gave inconsistent description. He also accidentally gave me another email to add found out that the photo he had was another man's photo. I caught him. He was so mad I blew his cover. I confronted him and He now have his Instagram account deleted.

Does anyone have relationship with the following men who are scammers: James Huckaby, Luke Scott, James Lukas, Author Grey, Bonny William, Tony Morgan, David Thomson, Mark Benson, Some were on Words with Friends. JAMES HUCKABY is the most dangerous. Met on Match.com and is Brilliant at sweeping a woman off her feet. And a Master at romancing you and The story never changes. He must belong to a criminal organization because after 16 months of him working on me, he had at least two associates who assisted him in picking up money gram and western union. And a guy named Darrien Harrison and a Samuel Obayanju helping with his scams. He claimed he is American but grew up in England and loves and is passionate about Premier League European Soccer. The Arsenal team being his favorite. I fell for him and although I realized he was a scammer early on, he enticed me and asked for phone time with iTunes cards, Amazon Cards and Money gram Western Union and used Darrien who seemed to have a Chase Bank account located in San Antonio Texas to receive money wire transfer but unlike your stories, this man Was an amazing educated smooth charmer. He promised a future with family and to help buy a new house and a life together. Aren’t they all Monsters taking money and breaking our hearts? Ladies we have to do anything we can to stop these criminals and realize that true love does not ever come easily. Thanks. Anyone want to share or knows James Huckaby. Let me know.

I am not feeling very blissful. Actually, I feel really ignorant for falling for a scammer. I was contacted on Facebook. My guy had a profile but had also posted on a page for dog lovers. He said he was from NY and worked for a Catholic charity that would soon be going to Nigeria to do charity work. We kept in touch constantly while he was in Nigeria. I fell for his scam hook, line, and sinker. I chose to ignore the obvious signs. I was truly in denial. Finally it reached a point where it was getting totally ridiculous. So I finally came to my senses but was hurt to the core. Plus, I couldn't believe I fell for it. Does anyone know of any way to identify the people whose profiles have been stolen and used by these criminals. I hate to think that people don't know this is happening to them.

I met 1 month ago a guy by the name of Thomas muller, 1 child Sarah, in boarding school, parents murdered when he was 6, talked every day, wants to come to Holland after his retirement, but now he needs to go on a dangerous mission and wants me t help him with his replacement, and told me that this costs money but he didn't want to go a that mission because it was too dangerous and only I can help him Now I send an email to the general, got one back, asking for his code number, I send it back but now they want a copy of my passport, I am in doubt if I will send it, I made a safe copy, not showing my number and playing the game further, of course 1 procent I hope he is still the man I fell in love with but all these stories I am. Almost certain I have been scammed and that hurts. I also talked by mail with his daughter and immediately she called me mom, I asked him the name of the school but he has not given it to me..... Is somebody else who also had contact with this man, this name?

Siegel Thomas contractor was in Spain now in Saudi Arabia getting supply and needs 3000 to clear to collect 5 million. Two kids daughter 13 son 10 with Nanny. Wife died and he needs help to live happily ever after with me. He has French accent and makes you feel guilty for not helping meet his deadlines. Anyone approached by him? Guess what they say is true...if it sounds to good to be true...it probably is smh

Has anyone heard of a Brian Thomas?

Hey all my friend is accepting money from someone and sending it back to him thru western union she does video him and all but he says hes an engineer and works in kenya and has had every excuse to not come see her so please if u have pics of these people please send them.or post them so i can prove shes being scammed

Can someone tell me how to run a check on a man in Pakistan? We have been chatting and skyping for almost 8 years and we are in love. We have talked about getting a K-1 visa for him so that he could come to the United States and we could get married. But, risking sounding silly, we have never met face-to-face which is a condition of a K-1 Visa. So, before I fly all the way to meet him, is there a way for me to check him out on the internet? In all the time we've known each other he has never asked me for money and none of the typical red flying so gone up. Any advice?

My daughter was duped of more than 9 million INR. Our life savings are over, The family is now in debt. We're devastated.

Has anyone been approached by an Evan, Captain Turner, SweetJames.? I can go on. Obviously I. The military.. I’ve been scammed! I just ran his number in catfish.com andut shows he has an Enfli k carrier because he says I cannot call him, he’s called me a couple times but he says he has lousy reception.. always an excuse! Thousands of dollars. Beware of let me know!

Hello everyone, I have a guy age 35 saying that he is an automobile dealer and at the moment he's in germany. His fleet was held in customs and he need money. He wanted 4000 USD and to send them by western union or gram. If he is rich why is he asking for money. I also noticed that when he is talking to me there a 3 different persons cause every one of them use different type of words from the others.

I recently met someone online and we chatted and it sounded like it was a soldier that was in need and I’ve helped sending food with a list that match these are the things that soldiers can get overseas and recently just saw his picture with someone else’s name and then I found his picture again as a scammer my question is can they really be a soldier that needs things in Nigeria or are they all scammers and how do you find out if the name that he’s told you is really a soldier....I know I’ve been scammed .