Has an online love interest asked you for money?

I was scammed out out of $500.00 and a Michael Kors watch by a man named Chiejine Maxwell Iwekauba in Nigeria. He was pretending to be Prince Hamdan of Dubai. While, he was posing as Prince Ha mean he told me he loved me and this and that. He cursed at me and called me horrible names. He even threatened physical harm on me. I reported him to the police and Western Union. I will not fall for that crap again.

I fell for a Nigerian 419 scam pertending to be a Prince and he was not. He contacted me via Instagram and told me he loved me and complimented me on my appearance. He asked the first time for me to pay 430.00 British Pounds to have $500,00 transfered into my bank account. I said no to that. A week later he asked me to send him the Michael Kors watch I bought for him to Nigeria and I did. After that, he said he was stuck in Tanzania, which he wasn't and was still in Nigeria, and needed $500 to get help. I wired him the money through Western Union. It turned out to be a romance scam. I tried to get the money back and reported him to the police and Western Union.

Here are a couple of other scammers names to watch out for: Michael Turner & James Howard Levine. Both claim to be serving in US Army Reserves over in Nigeria.

We have same in common stories, I was scammed using the name of SGT CHARLES WALKER BRUSH from US ARMY presently deployed in Ekiti State, West Nigeria, 43 years old from Great Falls Montana, USA. Claimed he was been cheated by his ex-GF and got pregnant with his own best friend and was discovered after his mission in Venezuela, he is handsome and a man of integrity as a man in uniform, we've been talking for 10 months, he let me fall to gain more trust in him, he let me pay all necessary payments in the Usamilitary1department thru Western union with different agents, when i searched on FB his using the name of WILLIAMS BRUSH, a good looking and cool man, all i thought he is real but it isn't real...Beware of this his number +2348165670266 and +234114971224....

'Walked into this hook, line, and sinker. 'Was new to Face Book in Dec. 16. Saw the photo of a nice-looking gentleman on the "Friends" (site?). 'Accepted his friendship and sent a note stating how nice he looked in his suit. It took off from there. 'Sent my entire life savings, with the promises of it all being returned, and have gone into deep debt as a result. I had no idea about scammers at this time, but he robbed me easily. All they want is all your money. How do they get it? By going through your heart, causing you to fall in "eternal" love with them. Oh, yes. He had a foreign accent. He was so romantic -- but it was all scripted. 'Wish I had had a clue. Now I'm just a dumb debtor, having lost it all, including what I thought was a loving -- and honorable -- man. SCAM!!!

I fall in love online saying he was in the army.he said he loved me and we would get married.i really believed him .until he ask for money.i haven't sent it.i have made up all kind of excuses.the hard part is I love him and it does hurt.how can people be so heartless.he don't text me.until I send.well.sorry but.i can't and wont.i will get over it.hes messing with my Facebook blocking people I know.cant receive calls he did something to my phone.how can you fall in love with someone you never meet.it can happen it just happened to me.

Anyone familiar with Dr. David S.Berchand? Uses hangouts-see Facebook. Beware! Please let me know if you have been scammed by him.

Ever heard of Carbone Philip or reserve the name. Supposed was stuck in Nigeria couldn’t get to the states but did after a year. Needed money to get to the states . Says he was a contractor had a daughter even the daughter contacted me trying get me send money. Asks for ITunes cards all the time. Professeslive for me I know better

My scammers name is Antonio Manetti, he sweet talkd his way into my heart. Once i fell in love, he started asking me for money through text messages, he would send me messages kn whatsapp and would call me but i could never see his face, after 2 months i told him i would not send money and that he was a scammer! He tried to call me after but then he stopped

Has anyone else been scammed by a Lara Williams claiming to have a daughter named Hilliary and is in the army and fighting Boko Harem in North part of Nigeria and Niger this so called girl is really good and got me hooked, and scammed me out of hell ofalot of money and now I don't know what to do to get it back over $22k

I got a friend request from someone said he was military and in aleppio,syiria....said he was a widower and had two small children.. he said I was what he was looking for.. warnings went up. I had never spoken to this person only seen pictures and text messages...long story short asked to send me a package from him with his belongings as he was going on a mission..sent me a storage company.. i contacted and they wanted money.. told them to send the package back o the sender...I have blocked James Hallas Dunbar...

I met my guy on the game wwfs. His name was Cory Alberta,he lived in California, worked for Shell gas which he went overseas for work. The first time he asked for help was because he worked out of states for one of his jobs before this and was waiting to get paid but he needed help to get the money. Then he was in Alaska working fixing pipes he needed help getting money because his cousin messed up his bank account so she couldn't get in it somehow. Then he tried asking if I would open an account so he can send me money to get to his mother and son. Which I never sent anything or never opened an account because I had a bad feeling from the beginning. Not mention he was trying to get me to leave my bf. We started talking as friends. I told him i had a bf he knew it because I told him. Apparently I must of sounded lonely because he told me he was very fond of me in like 2 weeks. Loved me in 3 and kept trying to get me to say it back. Kept telling him I was in a relationship (he was a very sweet talker and knew all the right things to say) Cory Alberta said he traveled a lot for work,he had a son Curtis who lived with his mother in New York. (Because he worked all the time and his ex traveled for work too) Mind you I've been with my bf for 10 years and happy. He was such a great talker knew all the right things to say I ended up cheating on my bf Just by talking to him . They are very good at what they do ,their must be a school they go to to learn exactly what to say and when to say it. He was such a sweet talker. And tried to make me feel guilty also.

I have blocked the person on Facebook/messenger who scammed me. I refuse to unblock the person in order to report them on Facebook. I will not give access of my friends to this scammer (s). Don't know how to report scammer on Facebook now. I am going to report to FBI. I did fall very deeply in love. Lasted about 2 years. This has about killed me. I loved deeper than I ever knew love could be. And my marriage ended and I about lost my home. Please be very very aware! Do a Google reverse image search. Very easy and quick. Very eye opening and in my case, heart wrenching.

Watch for Benjamin Rolls as well! Claims to be from Phoenix, AZ, self-employed - has a 6 y/o daughter, wife died 3 years ago. Went to China on business and stuck over there, started off needing 8,000 and after I continued to refuse, magically a friend has the money and now he wants me to deposit check in my Acct; dream on!

Just asked a guy to get lost he was very skillfully romancing with me for two weeks. Speak with French accent , not available to meet due to important abroad business but wanted about 5k USD to be wired to him. Had nice pictures and called himself Ray Reyneron. Actually this name exists on Linked In . I did not send money he wanted to explain but all fits scam scenario. Be aware. He usedCA and UK phone numbers and I met him on match.com

Was romantically scammed which started at coffee meets bagel then moved onto hangouts for chat... Michael Peters was his used name. I informed coffee meets bagels and they were going to ban this user from their site.

Anyone heard off a guy called Eddie Walker claims to be in Iraq at the moment and needs money to fix a machine says he is on a 3 month contract. Obviously not sent any smelt a rat?

I was reading an article about fake engineers on oil rigs scammers. I was corresponding and talking on WhatsApp to a man who says he is from Oslo, Norway. He was raised in an orphanage in Norway. He moved to the US, when he was 40 and is now 60. He has a thick accent. He is a devout Christian and prays 3 times a day. His name is Phill Shaw. And his daughter's name is Ivy. We met on Words With Friends. He professed his love quickly. He called me his "Queen". I hired a private investigator for $366.00 to check him out. He said Phill Shaw was a fraud. When I read Phill the report from the private investigator, he confessed he is a black, 32 year old from Nigeria, and he makes these calls for a living. There are thousands of these guys.

I m engaged to my soldier on fecebooj. I sold my house because he was coming home at the end of December. I was sending him money every month for food and connection and then medical emergencies. I ytold him it was wrong that the army supplies everything. But he convinced me that because off the restlessness they were not getting what they needed and his credit card would t work. Last. I think he was coming home but wanted to purchase some gadgets with his persuasion I sent it he never came home. Then this month he said they were traveling to Kuwait d take off from there. Now he sent me a document string that the army says they are to pay there own way and send receipts in for reemburment. He says he needs another 8 thousamd and I should helping my finance. The last time I quit my job and moved to another state to try to get away. I offered to buy his tickethe won’t let me. Someone sent me monks to other primo files with his last name and pics, different first name he says cruet stole his profile. I created my own and reached out to one and I knew it wasn’t him right away. I’m so desperate I’m thinking of suiside , I can’t bieve I’m that stupid and love him that much.

Has anyone been in contact with a fake Soldier going by the name of Randy Leon Williams

I was asked for an Itunes card just 2 weeks into my long distance relationship. Met him on POF. He is an Italian who lives in America but works on an ocean oil rig in the Middle East. Has a face that you fall in love with at first sight of his pictures. He promised me the world. Reverse google images didnt match anything. Home address on his more than likely fake American driver's license is a house for sale on Zillow. This is so stressful!

Just had a woman by the name of Debora(or Janet) with a phone number registered out of Georgia try to hit me up to get her an ITunes card. Said she needed it for a “school project”... SMH Needless to say,she’s not getting anything from me.

I was on a new site it was only up for about a year and I figured I would research the site itaelf found out it was a site created right out of the US and so I figured I would give it a try first person I talked to right off the back asked if I could get her an iTunes card for 50 I refuse to send anyone money clamming there in the is when it turns out there from Africa and every time I request to just do a quick video chat to verify there is always an excuse stating that they need an iTunes card for the call to go through I know that's not true but then it seemed worse for me as she kept insisting that I was the love of her life I knew it couldn't be true I just meet you two days again and your saying I am handsome when you look like a modle and I'm far from handsome it's simple due to I know it's not difficult to find a beautiful women no matter how any one looks but come on now

I accepted a game request on words with friends from Dr Mike Reghitto. He claimed to be a traveling doctor and had worked in a number of states. I am a skeptic and checked medical licenses in those states in his name, and they matched his info. He claimed he was now working for WHO in Syria after a divorce. He was charming and amusing, but sometimes his messages sounded like they were written by someone else. I felt like there was something “off” but wasn’t sure what. I even checked the WHO’s web site to see if they have paid doctors in Syria (they do) because I just had too many warning bells. I played along with the game, figuring I was pretty safe with 6000 miles between us. The other day he says he has good news—WHO is releasing him from his contract and he’s received a payment of $450K from the Syrian government in cash. He wants to use a courier service to send me the money for “our future together”. I told him “No” three times, but he just kept texting. I blocked him, I friended him and reported him on WWF. If it seems to be too good to be true—it is.

I have been talking to someone (his name is Lewis Griffin) who supposedly an engineer originally from Spain, but living here in the USA...we communicated a long while, he's supposedly working for an Oil Company. So after a while some how or other he needed a thousand dollars because the rig he's on suddenly stopped producing oil, after a long while I did bite the bullet and sent a Walmart money to a person by the name of WHITTED JOVAN MONQUE in Dallas, TX, well it never went through so I sent a MoneyGram and was told to separate it into two increments of $500 each....the MoneyGram cost me each $11.50 so this guy was insistent I would get my money back, of course I know I wont. So i will be out $1150.00. Now I get another request from the Engineer they will need $4000 for the oil for the rig........well needless to say I told him absolutely no and will not send anything to him......He has been so demanding and I tell him I have no more money to send. He says he's so in love with me and can't wait to get off the rig so we can be together..........no more mistakes will i make in these situations..........I was a fool and knew I shouldn't have done it, but lesson learned............

My friend is currently in an online relationship with a scammer who says he's working in South Africa. All the obvious signs of a scam but she insists he's going to marry her. He asked her to open an account so his customer could deposit money and for her to send it to him via money gram, bitcoin or western union. Calls himself David, don't have a last name. He claims to need a winter coat because it's cold there. It's 64 degrees there. She won't listen to me.

I just joined a dating site called Hinge and met a guy who fits the profile exactly. In the NL military, on a mission overseas. Just asked for money which I told him no to. Anyone else have an interaction with someone in the Netherlands military who lives on Oklahoma.

I’m believe I’m in the process of speaking to a scammer...same sort of sob story... He is actually gorgeous looking man with a body of a god in his Fb profile... name Michael Thomas . He too is in the army. Lost his wife to cancer . Looking for a mother for his daughter. Told me he loves me I’m the one ext...

My future ex-husband I believe is currently being scammed by a "girl" going by the name MaryAmber Roberts. Her previous name on FB was Daniel Mary Amber but she has changed it since she closed all of her previous accounts & pages. I have tried talking to him about this, but he insists that "she" IS REAL!!!! Thinking of having him evaluated for mental issues now Before this Scammer Drains him too!!! Any advice is appreciated....

I think this man is trying to scam me...the name is "Bill Morrison". Claiming to be in the military. I wont give him money. But he is still talking to me. But argue when he don't get any money.

Names to watch out for....Fasel Gerhard Manfred...claimed to be working through United Nations, contract job for 2years in Syria. Claimed to be a bone graft surgeon. Supposedly from new York. Wife and daughter killed in horrible car accident. Son in boarding school in Georgia(Westminster school). Had fake Facebook profile with stolen photos of a very successful businessman. Always in need of money...travel, travel emergencies like overstay penalties ...prevention of jail time, etc...found out everything was lies! After I blocked him on Facebook he(?) set up another fake profile using name of Carling Norman Daniel. This name had replaced the name of Fasel Gerhard Manfred on my blocked list on Facebook. Scammer used same stolen photo for both names! Picture was finally removed. Now both names/fake profiles are gone from list. Please be extremely careful. I still will be reporting this to FBI. If you think you might be victim of a scammer please make sure you keep everything...emails, money gram, western union receipts...

What about someone who wants to wire you money to go see them? Is that fraud too? I'm just going to ignore them now.

I am an older man who became friends with a much younger woman on Face Book. After 2 or so weeks, she said I was the one for her,the one i was looking for,and loved only me.She makes me feel like a million dollars.A week after ,she suddenly is in desperately in need of money, I send her some. then 2 more requests the same week. Wire her nearly 2 grand through Western Union.She says she is a Christian and me her future husband . Though she has never met me , wants to come to me in a different country and marry me here though she has never been where I live. She sounds so real and serious but also too good to be true. Am I being scammed ? She wants more but I am ready to say no.

I have been emailing a guy named Erich on Facebook he asked me for 800 hundred dollars for id- card to visit him at air force base in Georgia. He told me he loves me after 1 day of emailing. He called me but sounds like a guy from Pakistan. It's been a crazy week. His pictures are amazing so handsome. I asked him to video call me but he says he can't. He asked me to chat online with him on hangout app. I emailed him a few hours ago and told him that I can't email him anymore. I can't believe I started falling in love with this guy online that I know deep.down is trying to scam me. I contacted Facebook n complained on their website I need to contact the 2 other govt agencies on this site.