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

Does anyone know of a Darrin Harris.. engineer.. has a contract in Kenya Africa?? Bald beard good looking tattoos on arms chest ( these pictures used)

Be careful with a man called Gunnar Marcus playing on Scrabble go, he said he is an engineer working at BP oil in Houston TX and with a man called Randy Erazm on Facebook who changes often his pictures and where he works. Both of them are fake profiles.

Yup, same story. A man is friend of a friend. So I accept the request. He deletes his profile and asks me to talk to him on hangouts. Widowed man in LA with a son. He is a mechanical engineer on a naval ship in Scotland.

Has anyone been talking to a Philip Noah. He says he is 55 and is from Germany but lives in Clearwater Fl and is an engineer with line shipping. His wife died and has a daughter. Currently says he is on the high sea embarking on a delivery trip to Japan.

I joined Instagrm in August 2020. Since then at least 9 guys, all with the same story, contacted me to chat. All widowers with one child in a different location. All claim to be on an oil rig or in middle east as a doctor for peace-keeping missions. I needed someone to chat with so it goes ok for about 2 weeks. Only 2 asked for money, of which one wanted a $100 game card called "Steam" for his son's birthday. He finally gave up on me! The other was impersonating a famous country music artist , that for 2 months began demanding money on the first of the month. He even sent pizza to me !! No contact since 9/29...he gave up on me also. Stupid naive, gullible me for allowing someone to touch me emotionally so thoroughly. I am single since 1989, so yes I get bored and lonely. All these guys used photos of famous celebrities to reel you in. I bet females scammers do the same. Dr Phil has shows on all week of people scammed by all kinds of thieves. Be alert!!

I met a man named Adrian Ivan Mazur on the Our Time dating site on 9/28/2020. He lived an hour away but his profile caught my attention. We messaged on the site for a few days but it was an awkward platform so we began texting. We talked on the phone a few days later. His wife had died from cancer 5 years ago. They were from Australia but had moved to NYC shortly before she got sick. No kids, no family. After her diagnosis they moved to Toledo, OH. Of all places in the US, why Toledo? He said the cost of living was lower. That is still an illogical location for an international to choose. He said he was a petroleum engineer who started his own contracting company and landed a project in Dubai/Abu Dhabi on the largest underground crude oil storage facility in the world. The project was due to complete on 11/1. He planned to retire and buy a little coffee shop somewhere. He began professing his affection early and in less than a month, he knew we were destined to be together. We were supposed to meet in person but his project manager in Dubai was in a coma after a horrific accident and he had to leave immediately to finish the project. There were many red flags in his details and his accent was not all Aussie. 2 weeks into the project, he spilled coffee on his laptop which fried it. He wanted me to locate a new logic board but I couldn't. He decided to buy a new laptop but the morning after he used a computer in the business center of the hotel, his bank account was compromised and his account at Lloyd’s bank was frozen. His laptop order was cancelled. He asked me to look for the replacement but noone had it in stock. He miraculously found “a guy” over there who had a brand new one. He asked to borrow the $2700 and he would pay me back when he got his 2 million dollar payment. He wanted me to send bitcoin to this other guy. I agreed to send it to him. Dumb move anyway. Fortunately, the transaction was flagged and the transfer of funds was stopped. All I lost was the $540 fee. Yikes! It could have been worse! He was Supposed to fly home today and he asked me to pick him up at the airport. I agreed but we never talked with about the details. I texted him late Friday night and Saturday am at 4:30 but he didn't reply until 8:15 am on Saturday my time (5:30 pm in Dubai). Said that he was in a meeting and would call me as soon as it was done. By 11:30 am my time no call and after numerous conversations with my friends and reading the posts here I blocked him. He called and texted via Whatsapp (which he didn’t have previously because I asked) late Saturday night, but I did not reply. Be careful. He was smooth, really smooth.

I COXE i meet a man on tagged called Justin Philip Leed see what he was trying to tell me i think he he a conman .he will send me the following that i give him my address . 1. Teddy Beer Big one 2. A gold wrist watch and neck-less 3. D & G perfume 4. A set of make-ups 5. A rose flower [very important to me,because its from my heart to you my love] 6.Apple Laptop 7. Ipad mobile and 8. $100,000 (you will use the money to secure and furnish a new apartment pending my arrival OK) Because after my one month contract assignment there in Africa... i intend spending my up-coming three months vacation with you in your country, so that we will have much time to plan for our future and family Ok

Ladies beware of Justin Philip Leed

If you meet a person online, you MUST confirm their identity. If you keep coming up empty, this is a red flag!! If they owned property there will be a public document of the transaction/s. Look at the Registry of Deeds in the location (county) that they say they are from, are living, or lived in the past. Secondly, if they claim to be from the same area you grew up, ask a question about the area that only people who live there would know. This should be asked during LIVE conversation. A certain locally-owned store or a past event or festival that everyone knows about that is specific to your area.

There is a website called words with friends. There are at least 20 men on here using the same stories and scams that you have been talking about. You might want to check it out see if they match the ones you are mentioning here

Happens everywhere, the buttomline is never send any money to anybody, they always comes with pitiful stories ,

Anyone talking to someone named Nilson Morgan he says hes in the army he's a first sergeant he says he's from Dothan Alabama he's 48 years old and has a daughter and he's been a widower for 6 years ago,

Anyone talking to fredrick blain. Really good looking Wants my cc image so he can send me money to buy him a steam card. Mor talking now as he is mad at me for not doing as he wants. Says he is s marine engineer on a ship , of which there is no name. Beware. Wish we could post their pictures

Has anyone successfully tried identifying who the pictures the scammers are using? im really curious.

Are these guy/s religious? I am talking to one and this time he is saying that he is claiming a an inheritance from his dead father in law for his daughter. He did not ask me any money yet, but keep telling me that his bank here in the US has been hacked. I have pictures of him( not sure) if it's really him or just using someone's picture. I want to keep prettending that I have no idea about scammers until I get to the bottom of this.

Hi guys I am from india I am going through the same problem i have started chatting with a guy online and he asked me for amazon gift card to gift his cousin Please temme how to retrive that money It was a matrimony website called jeevan saathi And the guys name was addinath kothare I am still talking to him

I have been talking to a guy named mark Davies who is a civil structural engineer. He claims he lives in Palm Springs and just recently traveled to instanbul turkey for a contract for 1 month_he is 43. Anyone have the same experience? I have talked on the phone with him every day but when try to video...it cuts off after 10 seconds. Strong accent...not sure where from.

So I was lonely in college, I thought I found the perfect woman. All said and done I filled out the report. I was younger a dumber I didn't realize it was scam until too late, I did what you're supposed to and cut them off. Sadly the emotional connection from being so young is hard to break. I hope you all have an easier time moving on than I

Has anyone chatted with a Jeffrey Williams? says he from Brooklyn, NY works as a rig engineer. He's been using a picture of a professional boxer.

Please be advised there is a person using John Foreman who suppose to have a 15 year old daughter Mandy. They both are scam artist who quickly escalated the sweet words, of I love you without even meeting me. Just recently I was asked to send $1500 for her schooling. When i played their game and asked the name of the school. They are not very smart because they gave me the name and I called to find no one with that name went there.

My scammers name is Rudolf Arthur Weiss, wants to be called Art, works in the oil industry, on a rig in the Gulf of Mexico, and because of the radioactive material is not allowed to make phone calls or take selfies. Charmed and romanced for three weeks and then started asking for money- said no, and broke off, but he came back, apologized and romanced some more. then asked for iTunes cards, which I gave, did not say thank you, no mention of returning the money. Then just asked for a personal loan to pay for lawyers for a very lucrative contract. His FB is fake, only African friends, picture of him sitting in a private jet reading a newspaper, or one of him sitting at a table eating gnocchi. Met him on eharmony.

I matched with a guy on hinge Scott Lobon who said he was in Syria and worked as a marine. He told me to talk with him on Skype. It started out innocent with just getting to know eachother and then the romantic questions started and he stated that he was getting a really strong connection with me. At one point he asked for nude pics which I refused. We talked about past relationships. Then yesterday he was telling me that they could not get supplies because the government was backed up. Both his parents are dead and he is an only child. Then today he asked if I would go to the Bitcoin store and send him Bitcoin. He would pay me back as soon as he got back in the states. I told him no. He was adamant at first but then seemed to let it go when I refused. He changed the subject and then told me he loved me. After that he asked how I felt. I said I thought he was a nice guy and would like to meet him. He asked why I would not support him then. I deleted the conversation then.

I was found on a very popular site that millions of people are on every day. This person found me and asked to be friends as a nice person as IAM said sure he wants to be friends sure. After I started talking to him he asked to go on another site. Again as stupid as IAM I said ok so I did he shows love candy claims to have kids I asked for the address to send Christmas cards to these kids but the kids never gave me there address. The "kids" where under the age of 18 living by themselves while this guy I'm talking to is out at sea as a Marine oil engineer outside of Florida. This "guy" starts asking me for Google play to turn in reports for his "work" and to update his phone. I just need some kind of help I am someone that has a learning disability and a vulnerable adult!

I met a woman in Ghana. I met her 1 day then she had issues and couldn't see me again. I've reconnected with her again and have been working to get her Visa. She's had 3 interviews and now has the visa. She's told me I cannot book her flight but the Ghana citizen must book their own flight. I have met her once in person and have video chatted several months. She is a real person and I've even seen her passport. My issue is should I believe that she isn't scamming me. Do Ghana citizens really need to buy their own tickets and does it take 3 interviews to get a visa?

Hi can someone help me i been talking to this young guy for 4 months now he asking for Bitcoin and i screenshot of my id to do our marriage license his name is Greg George but on Instagram its dante whipple please help me oh and he lives in California he says

Well, I’ve got a 19 year old son that’s fallen in love with a girl he met via the internet. This was back in May. This girl has talked him into buying her a plane ticket from Russia to Istanbul, and he’s purchased himself a ticket as well. Like really, if it were for romance wouldn’t you go like to Paris, Rome, Italy, etc ,etc? This is an educated young man. He won’t listen to me. Ever herd of such foolishness

Has anyone spoke with a Mathew Atkinson from Florida who says is a CIA agent?

Lost my heart and $2,500. I broke it off and he sent me a photo of his passport, so I believed and took him back. Brody James Mathison. Very handsome with grey eyes and white/silver hair depending on the light. Photos with his dog... Claimed to be a widower with dead parents and a 14 yo son. Met on fb dating but started texting on my private number. Yeah, he fell in love with me quickly. I thought I was helping him get home from Turkey, sent money 3 times, but it was never enough to get him home. He asked me to take out a loan and to get a credit card...which I didn't do, but I did give him money and all my vitals. SS# drivers licence...bank info. Now I feel stupid, I'm out that money, and my heart is broken. Reported him to fb dating as a scammer, and I'll be persuing more ways to stop him from doing this to someone else, but it still hurts and I'm still in love with the idea of him that I had.

Positive I’m headed for being asked for. He has a thick accent. We have Skyped but of course lost connection. Says he is Raymond Derrick. Was on Zoosk. Reached out to me. Sweetest words that no one says in a week. Now he is supposedly headed to Canada for two weeks for work. Some sort of logging thing. No Facebook. Comes up on no searches. Nothing. Sends pics daily with nothing in background to identify his location. Met two other ones online that I knew immediately were scammers. And confronted with their lies and was cut off. If anyone has had contact with Raymond please let me know.

Anyone heard of William Moren in army says from Miami, Fla.

I have been scammer by Dr.ps1@ , phone number +441444391255, Paul Steven in the linkedin as Medical Supervisor, now he work with UN in syria , He has daughter 13 years old in the icu in London with a nanny. He didn't ask money to me but he ask me to open his account bank in swissgroupinternational he can't open because he was in syria and He want me to send email to Ethan Aibscher at Swiss Privet bank as his fiancee, He is willing to nominate me as the next of kin and direct beneficiary to his inheritance account. He very angry with me because I investigated Ethan Aibscher..and 4 days a go he blocked my wa number. If someone chat with him becarefull. I do something stupid sent my passport to him, please help me what i should do..?? Please advise

I've had one named George Matthew contacting me the past 2 weeks. His story has always changed. Never asked for money though. Still the Dr stuck in Iraq story that speaks with very broken English. Handsome and charming, so I know it was probably a matter of time.

I have met many scammers on an online Scrabble game. I generally just wasted their time. But something was different with Justice Barrack. And my heart fell for him but my mind didn't and I never sent any of the money he asked for. Like many scammers he built me up with words of love then ripped me apart with scathing remarks when I wouldn't send him money. He keeps finding me and I give in. But never send him money. My heart is so silly.

My son a college student has been in a relationship with a man calling himself Henry Colton for a year now and has been sending him money. To the bank of Nigeria and now a cash app. He has had jobs and has sold hid few belongings to send $ to him. We don’t know where to turn to for help he doesn’t believe he is getting ripped of, how can I convince him.