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

I met someone named Fernando, he said he is Portuguese but live in Ontario, Canada. He said his wife leave him with 2 beautiful girls (he showed me the girls' pictures) and the girls stay in boarding school. He said he owns a pipe construction company, and needs to travel to many places. He sent me his pictures, sometimes he covered his face with his dog (dog's colour is black and white) he rejects to do video call. He actually want me to ask him some money or things i need, but I didn't and he got upset with me. I did blocked him on viber, after a week, he follows me on my whatsapp. He uses many different phone numbers, and ask me to try to get him a sim card from my country. Is anyone have the same story as mine?

My friend is being scammed by james fernando aka james malachovski. She says he told her someone was using his name, but hes not a scam. She thinks he left for iraq yesterday. She said hes not fake because he facetimes her and he talks in real time

Hi I was about to scammed not once but thrice, one his name is Roberto Romeo,seaman sending me a boxed, containing luxurious goods,and when it reach destination customs could not release coz i need to pay large amount of money to be wired by western union.I don't bite his bait and block him off instantly, second his name David Brian from bristol UK, and with business of gas i don't know what kind of gas.,he said he will send me gift ,i keep declining because i know it rings the bell,but he insisting, so i said yes ,he send me 2 boxes weighing 30kls,and give me tracking ,he dont know im already cautious but i play along ,he said he sent me jewellery, iphone,and worst £85,000.00.and it will reach me 1week.but could not release by china custom for i need to pay 45,000thou yuan. i swear him on the phone and threatened him to trace his IP he stop bugging me. 3rd recently a guy named Chris Gavin from Virginia works in ship ,but needs to go Malaysia for his inheritance, and even listed me as next of kin imagine never met but i am next of kin, same story now he was begging me to send him 1000 usd as he needs to return to states, because he himself was a victim of fraud ,for I'm the one discovered it using Hsbionline.com as fake hsbc acct.he said won't press any charges for the money he paid only i must help him to return to states.for which i will not do. What a life ,i only want to meet genuine person but ended to fake ones.

Anyone talk to a Jason Andrews from Las Vegas. Says he is a truck driver. Grew up in Vienna, Austria

Yes my mom has been scammed by someone using a captain in the us army by using the name of captain davis hestilow in Pakistan serving in the army over there so I have reported it today so please dont fall for that scam

I ended up meeting a guy on a chat line an of course scammed me for 800 dollars because he said he was I. An audit an his money was held he had a fine to pay

I have been in conversation for one week with a man who is claiming he is a US soldier, who needs money, to get deployment paper work to my address by postaldelivery service, he is apparently in Afghanistan, madly in love and wants to Marry me after talking for four days. He is claiming that his name is James Robinson, his family is deceased and he was raised by a family friend whos name was Kelvin, who made him into a Soldier. He apparently has a house in Texas, and China. He requested funds in the amount of 3,250.00 for deployment leave. I Believe that this is a Scam so Please be aware. He has also been sending pictures from Naval barracks, apparently supposed to be him as well, been talking to him on a link called hangouts, which I have never heard of before now. He has short black hair with accent.and says his Army given name is Roland.

I met a guy on pof for about a year he used the name clement Marius claimed to be divorced he ended up getting me for about 1,000 dollars said he needed the money to get home to his kids I fell for it hook line and sinker I should have known better he uses WhatsApp and a phone number of 972-454-0852. He paid some on my credit card just to get my credit card and credit card number and then got 800 back off that tried getting more but the credit card alerted me plus he had me buying him 20 dollar steam cards supposedly so he could talk to his kids I don’t know what all the information that he has on me but it’s way to much

Scammer name Atalebe Majid (aka Charles). He quickly got me onto Whatsapp for video chatting. He did show himself on video. over the conversation he showed voter registration card, national health insurance card, visa card all with his name to try and prove his identity to me. he sent pictures of mail parcel he received to show address (with tracking number). he fell in love with m e over the course of a few days. he wanted me to come visit him in ghana. he wants me to see he is real before I commit to doing anything substantial. he asked for small amounts of money $50, 100. This was for internet bundle or wifi. he then asked for 700 to buy a motorbike we would need while traveling in Ghana. he wanted me to come for the Easter festival April 10th. v when I told him I couldn't use western union, he tried to get me to use cashapp, worldremit. ria, sendwave. ultimately he tried to give me the name of someone in New York to send the money instead of sending to him. abdul f nurdeen. he wanted to send him western union. i said can't. offered ria again and finally said he would ask if abudu had cash app. no address he was careful not to provide usa phone number.

I've been talking to a woman for a year. She says she is in the Army and is a Staff Sergeant. She has a tattoo sleeve on her left arm, is blonde with green eyes. I have felt from day one that she is scamming me but...the fool that i am...believe her stories..somewhat. She always wants PayPal or Amazon gift cards for broken phone, sick son's care...etc. I send them and it is NEVER enough....she will ask a couple of days later for more. Her last name is Smith. Has anyone else been in contact with her?

I've recently been scammed myself by a guy who claims to be a US army soldier in Nigeria and I realise that when he was asking for so much money it was not true he also give me all the romance and everything how do I contact the man who's pictures this awful man has stolen because I think it's really awful for the person whose image he has stolen off the internet. Ladies we've all been scammed and it's awful xx

Anyone heard of the Michael Norris xx

Hi! Has anyone receive a message from Jackson Yespez. I met him online on Instagram. He added me and we started talking. After a week of talking he told me he loved me and wanted me to be his wife right away. I was like I don't know you and what if your cat fishing me or scamming me. He was all like no I am not I have proof and I keep asking me to show me who I was really talking too and he refuse too. He told me I will let my uncle talk to you. It's weird knowing that his uncle has an Alaska number. Jackson or whoever I am talking too is not who the person you guys think he is. He has another name Koke Yepez. Ladies please be careful.

Richard Hammond is a scammer on both Fitbit and Hangouts. He tries to win your heart and then tries to ask you for iTunes gift cards, money and then says he will lose everything if he doesn't get it. This man should be in prison. I wonder how many people he has tried doing this too.

Has anyone spoken to a justin morgan a doctor in syria

I am asking for my elderly mother. An Australian man has reached out to her and he messaged her off of Facebook and had them switch the conversation over to Hangouts for more privacy. He seems nice but very suspicious and my mother is aware of such concerns but he hasn’t asked for anything. He is claiming to be a rich Australian who lives in New York and has a 9 year old son in boarding school. He is widowed and works for the government in some secret way and describes his job weirdly. He says he will be retiring soon and is looking to settle down with a nice woman. He claimed he is 58. He goes by one name on face book last name Jacobs but on hangout and in he’s emails and the real name he is calming is Simmons Franklin. I have verified his email on 3 different websites that were highly recommended and they came back okay and when I reverse searched his photos nothing came up at all. We have blocked him on all sites and he then reached out via email claiming to be confused about why my mother blocked him and is willing to video chat. If anyone knows if this is a scam please let me know or if anyone has come across this man please let me know.

I am being scammed by Kelvin Lucas from Netherlands/ Rotterdam he found me on Instagram he ruined my life psychology, emotional and economic. This criminal is very dangerous he it's looking for more victims on match.com, Instagram and another websites, he chat with so many women at the same time, If someone there knows him please report him right away. His Instagram account Kelvin88yl. He talked very nice and send you poems he proffes his love right away and take to a private chat in WhatsApp. I am tried to prevent more victims from this criminal

Hi everyone... I am not sure what to do. I met this guy called James Walters through the internet. He said he is from Charlotte NC and right now in Yemen for the US Navy. He has a son and an ex wife in Alaska. No parents and I don’t get along with his brothers. We get along very well. But today he asked me if I could get a steamer wallet card for him because in Yemen you use rechargeable Cards and not WIFI. So His data is almost done and he needs this card to stay in contact to me. I already bin through this ones and now I am afraid this happen again. Please help!!!!!

Has anyone had contact with DimpleDavid2020 on POF?

I was talking to a guy going by the name of David Ayers. He said he was working on getting a permit to mine in Zonguldak Turkey. Right before we were supposed to meet, he said he had to go to New York to meet with the Turkish officials. Then he had to go directly to Turkey.for 20 days to do the mining. He told me his laptop and cellphone were stolen at the airport and the local store did not have the right items. Would I buy them and send them down to Turkey. The cost was almost 4,000 US dollars. I said no, I don’t feel comfortable with that. I asked him to prove his identity in three different ways. Of course he didn’t, all the while saying he was in love with me. I stopped talking to him finally.

Hi has anyone found partner on dating site succesfull ? Pls share if any. Friends of mine are lucky, they met their partner from Tinder , okc. They are married. My experience not so lucky like them. I dont find yet the real one. Mostly just for fun and scammers. But i still believe that there are still many good people there .

I'm lucky enough to not got any feel. He too hurry, he tell me he love me after 3 day we chat. Oh he use name Mike Tore on IG. Tore mike6@ also he ask me to send an email to UNITED_NATIONS_UN_VACATIONS_APL @ for he vacation to come to marry me. I not fall for that. He said, he's UN peacekeeper in Afghanistan. And he want to see me so bad so I need to send email to UN ask for him vacation. Ofc I sent email. After I got email back from "UN" they need my personal info. From that I know it scams. Please be careful. Love is every where but not on internet.

Does anyone know of a a scammer using the woman's name TAMMY L SMITH? My father is being taken by this person and he won't believe it's an online scam. She's an orphan (of course) didn't finish high school or go to college (so you can't really try to find her that way) asking for $$, says she needs to pay tax on a large amount of money her husband left her in his will in Egypt and then she will share in the proceeds. Classic story if you just google romance scams but my dad will not believe this is fake. Curious if this name and story has been used before.

Hey, has anyone here been talking to Lev Hamilton on Instagram. My friend really thinks he is real but he got all the scammers moves, and she has already transfer some money through Western union. I also have no idea how to turn in situations like this, its not very common in Iceland so if you have any tips for me I would be so happy.

Just experienced an almost hack on Match.com by a Derek Bellucci, email: derekbee0 @ , who was mentioned on this site in 2019. Beware!

I have a girl claiming to be in MN and her dad was a British businessman who married her mother in Norway but his family didn't approve. He died and her mother had to flee and leave her as an orphan in Florida. She hasn't asked me for anything yet, but it sounds really suspicious. Oh, and her phone is broken. haha

Has anybody heard anything about a Tony Pence hasn't asked for money or anything is just already proclaiming to love me after talking on Skype, phone etc.

Anyone know a Kendra Roberts that uses hangout

The one I said was going by James Marie is now on face book useing same pics she sent me but going by Susan Roselyn

This guy clams he needs money to open bank account in Maylasia he's a contractor from New York he contacted me many time with conversations about meeting an wanting to be with me saying he was divorced and all he tried getting money from me for 2 days he even got a little aggressive say forget about him .I wasn't going to send him any money.it a shame that some men think that women who have lost their husbands are disapart.

Just ended 6 weeks of messaging with a Bobby who contacted me via POF. He's an oil rig guy out in the Gulf. We had one conversation after he gave me his number. I have since found out that it's a land line phone located on the coast of Fla. After a few weeks on the website transitioned to Google Hangouts for easier messaging. He is a good writer and we shared a lot of common interests. He said he lives in VT which is not far from me so we decided to give our connection a go. After three weeks into this he experienced equipment failure, shut down the drilling operation and was worried about a huge financial setback. He asked to borrow 5K. I wrote that I could not. He asked again for 3K about a week later. I really wanted to help him but the cash had to be sent to a residential area in Va. and this sounded sketchy to me. A friend alerted me about the "Oil Rig Scamming" and that was a huge wake up call. I told him that this changed my mind. He was upset that I did't trust him, didn't keep my promise to help him, and how could I be serious about a relationship if I wasn't willing to help. I explained my view of what a real relationship is but it didn't matter. We continued to message for another week. I asked for a real time photo with a "Hi ---" but he angerly refused to do this, saying that I was trying to scam him. I knew then that the POF photos are fake. When I saw that he was back to reading personals I used that and the fact I couldn't trust him as my reason to end it with him. So Sisters everywhere looking for a good man...be careful and don't message for a long time because it sucks you in emotionally and run!!! when these scammers ask for money!!

I was contacted by a man going by Luca or Lucas Martin. Claimed his father was Dutch, mother American, both killed in a car accident. Claimed to have 2 small boys, mom in England, cousin caring for children, construction engineer working over seas but living in Kansas City. He did wait about a month before asking for money or iTunes cards. Told him I was broke. He went dark, then about a week later sent a message asking if I had been paid yet. I strung him along another few weeks before calling him out only brecht's he asked for my address (sent him the local law enforcement center address - should be good if he shows up!)

I met a man on words with friends 2. Jason Miller. His profile pic on the game is a handsome well built man leaning against a white car. Blue tee shirt black shorts tattoo of a chain around left leg. We began chatting in August then he requested we go to hangout. I actually told him I don’t like hangout because it’s full of scammers. He did also give me phone numbers. Like 3. I thought that strange. Still, most of are conversations were on hangouts. Eventually he claims he was accepted for an oil rig job in Dubaii. Supposed to be a 2 week job. Well time went by and within a week he lost his wallet and a machine got messed up. He claimed he was responsible for the machine and had to purchase another. He wanted to open a Coinbase account for me and link my bank to it. Now that I look back I think he linked my account to his Coinbase. Before he even left for this job he told me on our many conversations that he invested in Coinbase. Well I believed him and we had video called several times and called daily. Anyway to make a long story short. Basically a wire deposit came to my account and it caused fraud on my account I was told my account would be closed and I could no longer bank there. He of course was telling me he didn’t understand and my bank must have different policies on wires. Then ask me how quickly I could open another account. I told him I would not be doing any transactions with him for wires. So, a few weeks go by and he decides that he’s just ready to come home. He had been there since November for this 2 week job and now it’s February 2020. So ask me if I could get him $5000 to get home. Well I could only come up with $2500 . WireD it to an account he claimed was “the exchangers” there in Dubaii. That very evening He ask for an iTunes card saying he would need to purchase firewall to protect his computer before the trip home. The next day he told me he had an argument with the company as he was “abandoning” the job. He claimed he had to pay the company $2000 to get his passport back. He now would only be needing $1500 to get the plane ticket to get home. His home he claimed was Los Angeles. California. By now I’m feeling pretty dumb and scammed. We kept talking tho as he kept telling me he would be paying me back as soon as he got back. So a few days ago, he tells me I need to accept a check from bitcoins, he will have the check put in my name. I will cash the check at my bank. I explained that I would not accept a check for larger then $1000. He got very upset with me. Claimed “why are you being so cautious with me? You treating me like someone you don’t know, you act like you don’t want to help me now! None of this is my fault!” Etc. Etc. .. he then tells me he wants me to go into www. blockchain. and set up an account. I told him I would not link a bank account to that and I would not do an account in my name. He got very upset. Luckily as I went in to see about an account. In my home state it’s not legal there yet. He got so mad! I just said I don’t know what to do now. So yesterday he ask me if I could open an IRA for him? I text him saying “are you insane? No I won’t!” He replied back “ok”then blocked me from the 2 sights we had been messaging on WhatsApp And Hangout. I think he finally figured out I knew he was a scammer. I did let Zyniga know of the scammer on their game Words With friends 2. They replied with “ I would not know the results of their investigation due to the privacy of the other player.”As of today, he’s still actively playing on the game. I’m sure scamming someone else! Ladies LOOK OUT! Jason Miller on Words With Friends 2 is a SCAMMER! Block and delete him if he sends you a game request. Now I’m left to pay back this money he promised he would pay me back. LIES, LIES, more LIES!

how does one convince a friend that they are being scammed . The man has asked her to open up a bank account so he can deposit 1.5 million dollars . he says she will have to pay 2 percent on that money when it arrives ? anyone else heard of this fraud ? do you think that money will arrive ? he is not asking for her to send any money until it arrives . But earlier she sent him about 10 thousand in cash .

I am not a long . Well. my guy name Federico Diaz bit all records. he asked for $ 100 K . With talking on the phone for a 3 weeks , he so in love but unfortunately something happen to his business some where in Africa . I said no money . I thought i was clear. Next day he asked me for any amount . Well to be on the safe site i asked him to face time and i will send him $ 200. Ha . he refused because its sound like i am insulting him to show his face for a little amount . He hang up the phone on me . Who is this guys ? Do they think we have a money trees here ? Andy from Zoosk , asked i tune cards . I asked to write my name on the piece of paper and take a pic

Kingsley Johnson. Claims he is a 29 yr old E5 in the Army. Contacted on IG. Was proclaiming his love for me after a few hours. Wanted my phone # to chat on WhatsApp. Never asked for anything but follows thousands of women, some of who have called him out for messaging multiple women. Terrible grammar. Fairly certain the pictures are stolen and he’s looking for someone to prey on.

Richard Lawson -African American male claims to be an engineer with advanced degree from Palm Desert, CA. His profile is extensive and very well articulated. When personally communicating with him Via text, he is very illiterate. That’s one of the signposts. Met him on Zoosk dating website. Many scammers on this website. He is the second one. Also another possible one named Eadric. Claims to be from Italy but living here for 30 yrs. I cut all communication after a few days. Please beware.

Had a guy from tinder called William Johnson. Has 15 year old daughter in boarding school in LA. I chatted to her on hangout. Had me go on hangout early. Claimed his undying love in less than a week. When I said my daughter wants to speak to him and my son wants his Facebook page he stops texting and says he’s going back to California today and has been staying in Scotland. Engineer. Big co tract won in Scotland. 5”11. Dark hair grey short beard. Daughter pretty dark haired girl green eyes.

I have had a few different guys follow me on Twitter and I know that they are Scammers. Their names are, Dave Lucas, Owen Lordan, Christopher Johnson, Laurent Adams to name but a few. It never fails, they ask me to change to WhatsApp or Hangouts very quickly. They use the same chat and their grammar is appalling. I know exactly what’s coming. There’s always a far fetched sob story too. I just string them along for a while but I don’t give them any personal information. Eventually, I tell them what I think of them and that I know they are a fraud and then, I immediately block them! Just tell them ANYTHING! They are a disgrace and unfortunately some women and men are taken in by these scammers. They need to be completely obliterated but that is easier said than done.