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

Anyone know Christian Hartman or Curtis Morgan on oil rig?

Looking to see if anyone recognizes this guy I'm chatting with. Claims he saw me on FB. His profile only has 3 pictures. Looks to be a brand new FB profile. 2 friends from Turkey I think "liked" his comments. Wanted to change to Hangouts almost immediately. Says he's from Charlotte, NC. Was adopted very young. Didn't know his parents. Has a young son in boarding school. Widowed. Rich. Currently says he's working on a oil rig or ship ( never really says which) . Says he's retiring as soon as this contract is up. But won't say when that will be. Said he has traveled all over. Last contract was in Turkey & he made $4 million dollars. Asks me to please not tell anyone , including my family about him yet. Not until he is done with job. Told him right off that my family thought he was a scammer! Says he will retire when his contract is done and we can be together always. Professes to love me and calls me his queen. Wants to marry me. Hasn't asked for any money yet. Told him I have none anyway. Anytime I question him too hard he says "then I guess you don't trust me" and he's hurt. Grammar is a bit off. And every so often he'll ask me what time It is here, but we should be in the same time zone. Sends me pictures of a very handsome well to do man. But none are like a current selfie. Calls himself Benjamin Walker. 56 years old. Says he's a very private person & to please respect that. Anyone recognize this picture. facebook. com/ story. story_fbid=181466 8100 3482 5&id=10004514 5224358

Hi there , I came across this thread. It's not about me , but my Aunt. She is talking to a man she met on scrabble or words with friend's Patrick Joseph Greenfield. He claims he works on an oil rig out of Turkey. He can't video chat due to connection. He claims he is originally from Texas but resides in Minnesota. But that he was Born in Norway and that's where his mother is from. But that both parents are dead. He says he has an 11 year old daughter. He had my aunt get on whatsapp and he has also put something like 6 thousand dollars in her bank account , im not sure what happened afterwards or what she did with the money. But she is convinced he is real. I'm getting all red flags. I looked at his FB , she is his only friend , he has a NIGERIAN number listed on FB for crying out loud.. I've tried image reverse search , or anything to prove to her this guy is a scammer but she is saying oh he hasn't asked me for money. She feels like they are soul mate's. Help me please , what can I do??

I think I'm being scammed by somebody called Scott Douglas.working on an oil rig off Holland parents dead wife dead has a twelve year old daughter up to now he's never asked me for any money or made any improper suggestions says he's fifty-six I told him from the beginning that I would never give him any personal information about me or any money he knows I'm very suspicious of him but he's still there chatting to me I think he's trying to steal much more than money from me I think he's trying to steal my heart.I met him originally on grief site does this ring any bells with anyone?

Anybody ever talk to Anthony Jim Laim or Jay Jay Anthony? Says he grew up in Belgium moved to US at 16 to New Jersey. Lived in Texas with his wife who left him and moved to Europe with his Best friend. He is an engineer and has a 12 year old daughter. Claims he has no money for food for his daughter. Met him on words with friends and now chat on Hangouts. He got 50 bucks from me via an EBay gift card. After reading all these posts i have not confronted him but will absolutely not fall for this BS ever again!!

I think I was scammed. The person met me on tinder and within 5 days telling me he loves me. Had me switch over to the Telegram app to keep in touch with me. Then three days before we were to meet, he was “deployed” on a peacekeeping mission. Said his name was Brian Britt, special forces in the army. A paratrooper. Had photos and even a video he sent to me. He was deployed less than a week when he said he was attacked and his phone and watch were damaged. He wanted a new iPhone 11 and a new Apple Watch. I did FedEx him a phone. He would always turn the conversation towards needing me to send money for a tax on the phone. I figured he was a scammer at that point and started playing along. I told him I was broke and couldn’t help with any taxes due for the phone. He would apologize and then start saying sweet things again for a few days, then start with asking for money again. He actually sent me info when I asked for a name and phone number to send it to. I never sent anything. I finally got him to call me. He had an accent that was not from where he claimed. He said he was from North Carolina. The video online he has a southern accent. He would never video chat when I asked him to (always an excuse), or send me an email through his military email (.mil). He also deleted his tinder account right after we met online. He was offended when I called him a scammer and told him his grammar was incorrect for someone born and raised in America. I saved all pics and profiles and begging texts in case it can help someone else. Thankfully I’m only out $1100. Could have been worse

Mine was named Adam Smith. Oil rig engineer. His WiFi was off and on on the rig. Had an emergency and sent me his banking info to order $500,000 worth of parts. I did it just fine. His bank account had millions. Then his shipment got held up in customs and he asked me to pay the customs from his account. This time his bank said I entered the wrong password and closed it down. Then he asked me to pay customs for him and he would pay me back. It was $7400! I didnt do it. I called the FBI and they said it was all a scam. He is super cute and sweet. I'm sure I would have never gotten my money back.

He is now going by Eric Williams... Same M.O. A surgeon...from Texas, Widowed, lives in Syria. I vet all new friend requests on FB. I could tell it was off...so did a little reserach.

Any of you ladies met Brian from Portugal? 1/2 American 1/2 Portuguese! Very Heavy Spanish accent. Phone # 757-932-6110 It’s a Norfolk VA # Has also used a 2nd # 304-402-3793 WV #

I'm talking to someone who said he was a Navy officer deployed in Turkey, Anthony Freer, I just found out that I was, I sent him money to the hospital because he had an accident, he is Young, Cabello and Jos castaños, very handsome and very tender, I am still heartbroken and feeling like an idiot, do not believe him if you see that name, he contacted me on instagram but quickly closed his profile and talks to me through line

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I meet this guy 2 weeks ago,he said he lives in Vancouver since 2019,and his a contractor,a" flood control"something? now his in the U.S for contract,but just this morning he asked me if I could send money to him because one of his men got accident and he needed money for the guys bills,and he couldn't use his from Denmark,and he hadn't a bank ACC in Vancouver "yet",hope to get answer/advice from you,thank you,highly appreciated... Ps what website I should go to check the names and images?.

Be careful of a scammer who's going by the name of Harry Zhang he's claims he's from Perth Australia and I met him on Christian Cafe and then he convinced me to go on WhatsApp and we socialize for a while and he said he was the owner of firm construction company in Australia and that he had a contract presentation to go to in Malaysia he said he won the contract and he was going to China to buy the supplies for the reconstructing pipeline from the contract well here's the thing he asked me if he could merge his banking account with mine because he was having trouble getting into his account to pay for his supplies in China so I told him I believe you're an online scammer and I'm onto you and he started cussing me out told me I was stupid so I deleted him from WhatsApp but I was stupid enough to give him my phone number and address but I went and changed my phone number and the address thing I don't know if he can use it because I only gave him a first name I didn't give him my last name so ladies on here be careful he's a smooth talker he convinced me that he had love for me and he was going to move to United States and marry me and I'm naive to some degree and when I realized he was trying to scam me that's when I cut all ties

I need help I started taking with this guy from Instagram he wanted to chat in Hangouts so I download the app. He claims to be self employed Construction/ Electrical Engineer. He studied the court of Construction Engineer with a master degree currently into sales of used and new machines to less privileged countries Is this a thing ? Probably 4 weeks into talking to him he deactivated his Instagram and said he didn’t want to have any distractions. He then told me he was investing in a property and with the proper remodeling it will worth more and be part of his retirement he need it to wire some money to the realtors and I tried to help him logging to his account ( he gave him his login username and password) and because I was logging in from a different location his account got blocked, from here he is asking for help to get money from me to get his job done and finish his contact

It Works! Have him send a picture of himself(?) (fake)!! Go to Reverse Images. Had my answer in 30 seconds! The pictures were of a popular singer in Lebanon!!!!

I think i am being scammed by a man called Bennet Oscar. He says he is an orthopedian surgery working for UN in Yemen. He is a widower and has a daughter on a boardingschool in Edinburgh. We met on facebook. He first wanted me to recieve a package with money and a diamondring and pay for the delivery and now he wants me to pay for his vacation so he could come to me. We talk with hangouts but he never had the camera on because of security he sas..

Is anyone know a guy named Alexander Stuckenshneider tells me he is in Turkey working but he is from Virginia.

oil rig engineer does this ring a bell. Alexander Benson or Richard Alex. Has anyone spoken with him.

Ever heard from a man named Marc Walker JR... Lives in Virginia, originally from Los Angeles. He is 53 mixed race dad white deceased, mom haitian moved back to Haiti. Has a haitian accent. Wife died in a car accident about 6 years ago, has a 17 year old daughter that lives with him. I am not sure if he is a scammer yet. He definitely has some traits of scammer. I've been talking to him for almost 4 months now. He has not asked for money yet. Very sweet and caring. I'm leary of him though. Met on POF I live in Portland Oregon. His profile said he was from my area. After talking for 3 weeks I found out he is from Virginia.. Said a friend set up his profile. We left POF after a week move to talking and texting my suggestion. I niw know I should have waited. I can't find anything with general search. His daughter has reached out calls me mum. If anyone has information please post. Thanks

Hello - I would like to ask if anyone has had this experience? I met a man online and we connected immediately. We both live in California and became very close. He is a widower, his late wife passing due to breast cancer. He said he was finally ready to date again. He has a child attending University in Europe which is where he was raised. He moved there from the USA when he was a child. Came back to the States with his wife for work a few years ago. He is extremely good looking of mixed ethnicity. He had no idea I am also a widow before we connected. There is a LinkedIn profile but no photo on it. I have confirmed that the name he gave me is real but not if he is the same person. He provided a photo ID that has his company on it... He is a Sr Network Consultant. He also provided a selfie when I asked. I’ve search images Google and did not find anything so felt like this was fine. He had to go to Europe on business for a few weeks - he stays in touch with me and I’ve come to really appreciate the questions he asks. The night before he left, I asked if he would take another selfie just getting out of bed the next morning before leaving for the airport - he sent me a beautiful email along with the requested photo as well as a few others... once again checked Google images and found nothing. Our conversations have been questions that are thought provoking which I’ve appreciated. Hasn’t probed for information financial or otherwise. He recently let me know he’s been distracted as his lawyer contacted him regarding a private vault company where he stores valuables that are investment. They sent a notification that due to CV19 they need to layoff 90% employees and he would need to transfer his valuables ASAP. He asked if. he could please assign me as the receiver and he would pick up from me once he is back. He provided copy of the letter. I just received email from his attorney asking me to provide my address - no financial information. I replied with a request for this SRA number to validate they are a legitimate law firm in England. I sent the email to them yesterday so will wait to see if I hear from the firm. There are also websites for the Vault company and the law firm - just do not know if they are legitimate. He also provided a photo ID badge confirming where he works. His emails have been well written - no spelling mistakes, he is well spoken as well. To be clear, he has provided photos that I used to search on Google Images. The name he has given does tie to the company listed on his LinkedIn and company website but I do not know if I should trust the photo ID and photos he has provided. He has not asked for me to pay any part of shipping to me and has states he would cover all costs. This man seems to good to be true. I want to trust him but reading scam stories has me worried. Am I being scammed?

Hi I want to post about Charles Luke he says he’s half French half American and he was a gem stone buyer, supposedly he owned classified Gems which does have a webpage now the person that supposedly is the owner of classified gems , has a name of Thomas Patrick White. Charles Luke and Thomas Patrick White are total scammers. They are one and the same. Charles Luke has taken many many women for money, I am unfortunately one of them as I also fell to his scheme. I’m in the process now of reporting the entire incident, and reporting not only to the federal authorities but to the banking authorities, don’t fall for him he seems sincere and kind and will talk about the Bible and his faith in God. Be wary of him and he is a total fake he’ll say he’s stuck in turkey from his laptop is broken he has no money he’s going to end up on the streets he’s sick etc. he is a scammer.

He goes by George Howard. He was on penpalworld website and said he was in US but then said he worked in counter intelligence in Turkey. eventually will say he cant video chat or call because he is unable to due to the work he does. Will say he will send a picture but if you do a lookup you will see the picture is on other sites. Just beware of anyone that says they are in US and then comes up with a story why they are in another county. If they cant video chat it should be a red flag.

Does anyone know if Michael Burk is a fake person? Met him on POF and wanted to move to Facebook Private Messenger to chat instead of the dating app.

A guy named Robert Williams older had a beard said he worked on Oil rig and lives in Brussels Belgium trying to get money from me anyone know him? He had a cat

Anyone know a scammer by the name of Thomas Flores says hes in the army in Syria ?

Ok my boss has been talking to a man name divide woods and he is also in Nigeria and has gotten almost 10,000 from her and she won't believe no one

I met friend in fb and he told he is doctor. he wanted to be my friend and he likes me very much so he told he wanted send me a gift for his mom's birthday then after 2 days i got a call from lady she was telling she is a custom officer from Delhi that I have received gift parcel from UK so I have to pay 18500 so it was my fault i paid then after 2 hours she gave me another account no and told me to pay 75000 then i came to know that I was cheated. Indian government doesn't asks us to pay customs in an individual's account. Then I got call from him that he was insisting me to pay the money to get gift otherwise I don't love then blocked his number

Does anyone know a person by the name of Sgnt Robin Williams? He claims he's a military soldier and in Kabul Afghanistan. He sent me a request to follow on Instagam on April 28th and then proceeded to move the conversation on to hangout app. He had given me the email to add on the hangout app. With in a week later he started asking money. First he ask me to donate $50 ans then started asking money for groceries and with not. He using other people's paypal to send the money and telling me to send it as Family and Friends. I just want what I sent because he inpersonating to be this man. He using someone else photos from someome else IG page.

so has anyone heard of a Barry Martinez? he requested me on Instagram and i accepted him. right away we clicked and he requested i set up a Google Hangout account which i did. we talked for about a month and a half and by like the 3rd day he was already in love with me (to me it seemed odd but he was saying all the right things). he told me a story about how his younger brother died in a pool when he was young and how his mother died of depression and that he was pretty much alone in this world. i believed everything he told me. he told me he was stationed in Syria and that he was restricted from doing a live chats. all of a sudden he had inherited money from his father ($11million) and he had put me as a beneficiary since he already thought about me as his wife! he wanted me to set up overseas account with some Ukrainian bank and that i needed to send my passport information which to me was a big NO NO! i confronted him and of course he was so upset for me doubting his love for me. i haven't spoken to him anymore but i just still feel so in love with him.... please help!!!

I think I been scammed... He found me in instangram.... 48 years, divorced, with twins (13 years, boy and girl), military engineer that work for united nacions with a contract of 1 year in yemen...He born in Oslo but live in florida, us. In instagram the name is Smith Michael Says he love me after 2 weeks, and want to meet me and my children in my country. Last week his the instangram account is Block... He Says Someone in the base do that to him... In whashapp I receibe message of him asking for money... I say no... I the other Day he call me, I confront him... But he Says that Someone had been in his account... Not him... Says he dont need money... That I crazy... Every day he send a message if i am alright... And if i eat my breakfast?? I'm so sad... Becouse I stupid for belive in this person...

Ever hear of a scam where someone you met on dating app after a month asks you to open an ira account so he can have his financial institution rollover his money into it. Then you would disperse the money to him to pay for supplies and employees? All because his bank card was stolen? What is the scam here if the person is putting their money into your account and you are giving it back to them?

Does anyone know Jonathan Liam?

Hi..I'm the latest victim..we met almost 2 months ago on plenty of fish..I asked him if he was real..(too good to be true)..we became very serious quickly..he had me speak to his 7 year old daughter..she asked if I would be her mom & love her & daddy..he then got me to send her $100 google play cards..I DID..then, for him $250 in itune & steam cards..in recently widowed..I NEED him..he's VERY loving & we pray together daily..he is now stuck in Turkey & only I can get him home-with $63,500..but he asked for $80,000..I've tried to end 4 times but he comes back each time..he wants to marry & take me to bora bora when I get him home..he keeps asking about $ & wants me to open new bank account..he is beyond gorgeous...I did a Google image search-he's rich & famous...said he had to make sure I didn't want him for that reason..his face is on every dating website & many LinkedIn profiles..he has an answer for EVERYTHING! I KNOW it's not the rich, famous guy..but, he's sent realtime pics that Match..he's asking for more cards but I refused..so, I guess he's hanging around thinking he'll get $80,000..he makes everything real..we Skype twice, he won't do it..I found the Skype pic, along with many other pics, on famous guys facebook..he DOES have an Instagram account, in the name he's using with me with over 1K followers..house pic is fake..car has u.k. plates..my phone bill had uk callers (guess he forgot to spoof) he freaks out when I end it..says he'll lose his mind without me..I'm lost..I love him..I need him..I'm disabled-he spends hours devoted to me, helps me with things like set up Skype..I think he hacked my email..his profile is OFF the dating site..I know its a scam..I just don't understand how he has a I.G. account & real time pics..I never heard from his daughter again, not even to thank me for the $100..he's from Hartford, C.T. 55 yrs old..an architect, bad recent divorce..I DID find his ex wife online...I'm SO confused! does he Sound familiar to anyone??? I can supply alot more info & alot if pics... Thank You...Suzzie-his nickname for me-I'm Susan..thx

He has a very STRONG accent..he says that in his business you tube they make his voice turn to English.

Also, he wants the $80,000 in bitcoin..he even googled a place near my house to send it from..I messaged his Pinterest account, & he was mad. Told me to delete & block it. he did Skype me once from turkey..I don't know who I'm talking to.I'm madly on love with him..ALL his profiles are in different names & states..all dating sites the rich famous guy uses are FREE. From U.S to Russia. I'm in love & heartbroken

I came across someone who calls himself Alex Ray on Silver Singles. He also has two very sparse Facebook accounts. He claims he was born in the Netherlands, but moved to the U.S. when he was 24. He says he's now 63, is a retired U.S. Army doctor (after 26 years service) who lived in San Antonio, but now lives in Oklahoma City (his phone number does show he lives in Oklahoma City). He says he now has interest in an oil company in Qatar (that his father originally was associated with). He tries to gain your trust and quickly claims deep feelings. I figured out he was a scammer before he could ask for $. For supposedly having been in the U.S. for nearly 40 years, his English should be much better. I had a very brief video chat with him, and for all I know it could've been a recording. He did appear to look like his photos, but I would not swear to this is a courtroom. Ladies, stay away from him!!!

I was messaged on a scrabble game. Name on profile was Willamsscott. Said he was an engineer from Canada, widower and single father. Moved really fast and when he called me on hangouts he had an African accent. The pic he sent me was Anderson Cooper.