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

Oscar Harrison started chatting with me on Words 2. He said he was a general surgeon in a military camp in Syria, on a contract with the US military. He made a big deal out of telling me he wae looking for his passpory, then sent a picture of it. He said he could not video chat because he didn't have a camera on his phone, yet he sent me several snapshots over the few days we chatted. He asked me to download "hangout" so we could chat easier and send photos. He initiated chat eith me every few hours for a couple of days, then nothing for 24 hours. I texted him to find out if he was ok. He resonded saying I was a beautiful lady, and he didn't want to be a distaction. I had told him I was very happily married, and that I had told my husband about him. There was nothing wrong with being friends. He said he was a widower, and he had 2 daughters in boarding school for nursing, and they didn't allow phones, so they used walkie "torqueys" to communicate. He was unable to call his girls, but needed new "steam" card to charge his wallkie "torquey", but he was unable to go where they were sold and he was unable to contact his "agent" to get him a new one. I wasn't sure what he was talking about, because a) is there a walkie talkie made that can transmit overseas? And b) he had a phone in which he was talking to me. And c) I can't believe any boarding school that had kids with parents overseas working in a military instalation would deny a child the opportunity to speak to thier parent somehow. Anyway...he said it was time fir him to go to morning prayers, that they prayed severel times a day for their patients , their safety and their families. The next time I hward from him, he said their was an explosion in the camp, and all of their foid supply was gone. He said not even the government could get to them, because it was such a secret location and the area was infiltrated with terrorists. The only way they could get help was for him to get a hold of his agent, and to do that, he needed to get that card to charge his walkie "torquey". He kept telling me I could get it at any pharmacy or game shop. I told him a) I don't drive, b)we live nearly 50 miles from any store that sold them. c) how would I get it to him if I was able to get one. And d) I didnt know i I had that much money. He said I could snap a picture of the back of the card and send it to him in "hangout". Then he demonstrated.....using the phone that he told me had no camera. He even called me and talked about the things we had discussed in chat. Then he wanted me to pray with him "in Jesus name". I had he assumed he was muslim, but he claimed to be a christian. Anyway, I told him there was nothing I could do on Sunday, because I had to go to the bank to see if I had any money in my savings account. At 9:30 Monday morning he messageed me to find out if I got the card. I told him I had forgotten that we had clised that account. I was very sorry, but Icould not give or even loan him money I did not have. He told me to take good care of myself, and i haven't heard from him since. I pretty much knew he was scamming me from the moment he sent me the picture of himself and his daughters and the picture oc his passport on the "phone that had no camera". I kind of wanted to know how far he would take it. I kept telling him of people within the military hospital, ie, the commanding officer, the supply officer, the chaplain, even the red cross. He kept trying to redirect the conversation . It went from how he would spend his own money to get food to keep everyone from starving to death, to needing to talk to his girls. I really don't know what would motivate someine to keep up a story with so many holes in it. Don't try this. We're not as dumb as you think we are.

Hi also talking to a doctor who is a Neurosurgeon said his name is Roland Rivers also just started a facebook page

Oh my gosh he did the exact same thing to me . I just spoke with him. He asked for a iPhone and Apple Watch!

I asked him for his mil email address and he said he can’t access it right now. I met him on a dating website. He told me his wife and child died in an accident.