Has an online love interest asked you for money?

Today I had been texting through Facebook, a neurosurgeon that is helping people in Yemen..hes a widower for 15 yrs has a 15 yr old son, he needs me to send him $985 for his sons tuition. His son lost his bank card..I sent him solutions and he was very indignant. I told him I was unable to help. He stopped communicating. Whew.. missed the bullet..

Has anyone heard of Phillip Mark? A neurosurgeon. Widower that needs money for his sons tuition. Fell in love with me in weeks. I told him I didnt have $698 , and he tried to negotiate. Hes gone. I said no

I was scammed by a woman name Sholar Smith, who said she needed money for a contract. She "received" check through a client for $900 that was counterfeit and said that she would go to jail if I didn't she her money. Then she said she would report me to the Effc in Nigeria and then I figured it was a Nigerian scam even though she sent pictures

I have been messaging with a Robert Thornton from Oliphant, PA on the dating website, who used the L word after 6 days, said he'd loved to smell my cologne and doesn't like talking on the phone but can't wait until we can meet and be together. He had a conversation with his lawyer about his recent project, who had suggested Robert find an associate that would collect income from this project he completely trusted, and he picked lucky me, so we could take the next step in our relationship. I told him I'd be so excited to be with him this way but how could I contribute to this incredible adventure? Yup....$35,000 would do it! Oh how he just adores me and can't wait to be together!

Has anyone ever heard of Abella Fowler and or Morgan Maria?? I think they are the same scammer. Where can I go to see if the pics are stolen. Reverse image search is pulling up nothing.

Hi, I've had three men in the past three months from the dating site uniformdating. The first claimed to be in the English Navy and needed money. The second Justin Boyd was meant to be a US Marine and wanted money for a phone and the third John Hartmann US Army claims to need money to get home as Grandma lent it to a friend and he hasn't seen his 6 year old daughter for a long time even though she lives in the states with Grandma and he lives in the U.K. and uses a U.K. Mobile number. Beware lovely ladies.

Anyone heard of Peter Graham. on Facebook and Instagram. Also Maxwell Johnson, he is definatley a scammer,

I can't tell if she is a scammer. She initially asked for my personal bank information but I told her that I would not do that period she got mad but eventually got over it. Now she is asking for me to create a new bank account with 0 funds so that she can add her own money to it and I can withdraw it and send it to her she is in Ivory Cost.

I was recently scammed by Christopher Earl Lloyd. He reached out to me on Instagram and offered to come meet me in person a week later. Before he went back to Long Beach, he claimed his Chase account was frozen and he needed money to pay his bills and get back home to Long Beach. He then asked for $4,000. He took it and continued to travel back and forth from Long beach to Phoenix for three months, taking money from my account and using my credit cards. He always had new excuses like court costs, rent, and medical bills. After telling him no, he stole my laptop and accessed my online banking and maxed out my cards. He took over $70,000. I was emotional and vulnerable, but after reading all of these comments, I see I'm not the only one that has been scammed. I just hope he doesn't do this to anyone else.

Dr Kent Howard - instagram username is @drkenthoward 8809 is trying to get me to purchase him $50 iTunes cards... His story is that he is a DR from the Netherlands but he works for the government and he was sent to Syria to help soldiers because he is a general surgeon! How lucky I am that he has such interest in me... excuse me while I swoon! (Insert eye roll here) Anyway - He asked me to purchase the card because he doesn't get wi-fi in Syria and the iTunes card can get it for him. So I needed to stop on my way home from work and purchase him one but he cannot pay until he gets the card and gets on the internet... how convenient! So I googled a photo of a used iTunes card and just sent him the photo! hehehe

I am so embarrased to say that I was also a victim of scammer twice! I was so naived and I never thought scammers were all over the internet. I would like to ask you if any of you have been contacted by a handsome guy claiming to be a doctor, he is from Manchester England, he is a pediatrician , his wife died of lung cancer and has a boy. He works for Doctors without borders and was sent to Syria. Everything was fine while he was in Damascus but later was sent to Aleppo and everything started there. He was super nice to me and his English writing was perfect. He sent me photos and videos and I could hear his british accent. I have tried to find his photos on internet but there are not photos of him. He goes by the name of Mac Woods and his son's name is Brandon. The son is right now in Australia because his grandma is taking care of him while his dad is in Syria. I did send him money but not to him but to friends through WU because he was stranded in Syria and wanted to come back home (he had an incident in Aleppo). Another common attempt to scammer are coming from Tinder, the guys are british, must of them are widowers or wifes cheating on them. They are petroleum engineers and are in other countries working. They only have a mother who is also a widower. This scenario was that he was back in England taking care of his mom and he wanted to send me gifts. I made the mistake of sending my office address and he sopousely sent the following: 1 pair of Ring,1 pair of Gianvito Rossi Shoe,Rose flower,1 pair of Gucci coat,1 pair of Hermès Kelly Mini Bag,1 pair of 15-inch MacBook Pro PLUS $15,000 usd perfectly hidden in the mini bag cause he was going to move to Mexico City (in fact when we made contact he claimed he was in Mexico City but returned to England because his mother had a heart attack) and wanted me to help him finding an apartment where to live. 1 day later, I was contacted by email by courier company (a fake one, site was no trus) saying the parcel was hold in Turkey (he was in New Zealand and for some reason the package went through Turkey and later would arrive to Mexico City) and they scanned everything and found the money and I had to pay $3000 usd to release the package. I contacted him and he said he was going to call them and he later casually told me to pay the fee and once the package was in my hand, I could take the money out of it. This time, I didn't buy the story and I told him I didn't have money and how if we has such a well travelled man he sent CASH? He told me he used to do that before and never had problems and he told me "leave me and my parcel alone". That sentence for me was it. I later complaing with him and he blocked me from whatssapp. After 2 months ago, I saw again his profile on tinder and report his profile. We spoke on the phone twice and his accent wasn't british but his English was perfect. He claimed he lived in Geneve, Switzerland all his childhood. He goes by the name of Richard Christopher and his email is : richardchristopher231 @gmail. com Other 2 guys contacted me with same story, same lines written on an email. The second one didn't answer me back (we exchanged a few emails) after I told him I wanted him to support me financially, that, when we marry I wanted to stay at home. The other one, we are still building the relationship. What really surprises me is that all have same MO: very intelligent people, attending prestigous universities, widowers, Be careful ladies

I met this girl from POF who gave me her number after only two messages then deleted her profile. She said she's in Nigeria trying to get her late father's unpaid funds, but she'll be back stateside in ten days. She hasn't asked me for money or any sort of transactions yet. She said she works at a place near me which I looked into and is a legit place. She's originally from a different state and her number matches that claim. She has not professed her love to me so far and wants to get to know me. I'm still HIGHLY skeptical she is real but maybe when she gets back I'll know for certain. What do others think of my situation? Is she a scammer?

Has anyone been contacted by a Philip Edward Conner's. He is a contractor, working over seas, but is from U.S..

Anyone heard from a russell ray arthur on an oil rig from usa?

Two people that I met on Plenty of Fish attempted to scam me. The first was Alex Adria who claimed to be a Greek-American petroleum engineer living in Orlando FL. He said he had a 23 year old son living in Manchester UK. His wife died of kidney disease 7years ago. His parents and brother were killed in an accident when he was 9 yrs old and he was raised by an uncle in Jamaica. Sent very handsome pics which didn’t seem to match his voice. He even had a fake company website. We emailed, texted, talked on the phone for about 3 weeks before he professed his love for me and said he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. He had to go to Malaysia to bid on a multi million dollar contract that was going to set us up for life and then would come to meet me in person. The first mention of money came when he supposedly arrived in Malaysia and his luggage was stolen and he gave me some kind of crazy story about why he couldn’t use his credit/debit cards to buy new clothes and pay his hotel. He got really angry when I called him a scammer but we continued to communicate. He later asked me several times to be a “foreign investor” in the project he had just won. Promised me a big return and then he could back to the states to meet me. When I refused, he basically disappeared. Watch out for him. Also watch out for a very charming scammer named Roland Thomas Maccollins. He Fell in love after a couple of weeks of texting, and phone calls. Even cried on the phone when I questioned this quick love thing. He didn’t ask for money but asked me to mail clothes to the Ukraine when he suddenly had to go for work. Wife had cheated on him with his friend. Father and mother dead. Raised by grandmother in Jamaica. Daughter in college in Indiana. He claimed to live in Saginaw, Michigan. When I refused twice, he stopped communicating. Watch out for these people They are criminals that are experts at what they do. Glad I didn’t loose any money. Has anyone else encountered these guys?

Jenifer Wilson 817@ gmail. com. 8283522532.jeniferwilson,F b.master scammer from Ghana and Nigeria and Mexico. Use man in n c to transform the Amazon cards and i tunes cards.

People.....wake up!!! Every one of these situations are scams! Scams I was involved in went on for 2 years. First, I thought I was getting a bill consolidation loan...but I believed I had to follow their "instructions" to get the "loan.".....yep, even though I knew better I kept sending money. We don't pay to get a loan! Then, same year, I was swept off my feet by very sweet words, stories that seemed true, I fell head over heels in love with the characteristics of the person I believed I was"talking" to. Never actually heard the person's voice or saw them. But I fell soo deeply in love. And we were "planning" our wedding. Money? Yep I sent it...thousands. All was promised to be given back to me...double. Not. Now hear me. Do a reverse image search. Find out who the person is in the picture(s). Pictures I received were actually stolen from someone. My reverse image search revealed the true identity of the person in the picture...the person to whom I thought I had been "talking" to for about 2 years. Yep, I also supposedly was talking to a bone graft surgeon, born in Germany, working in Syria(thru United Nations/European Union) with our soldiers. Wife and young daughter killed in traffic accident. Son in boarding school in U.S.. Had travel and visa issues...supposedly. "Needed" money for visa. All lies! U.S. Embassy does help with these things(visa). People do not go to jail for 4 years in Turkey for overstay of visa. I never thought I would be a victim. Thought I was wiser. This can happen to anyone. Do your research. Check out everything you are told. No information I was ever given by "my king" was ever verified. Why? Because every word was lies. I almost lost everything. Please hear me and BEWARE! I must say this though....not all lessons learned were bad. I learned just how deeply I could love. I also learned how strong I can be, and am. I learned how deep/strong my faith is. I've learned how to be committed. I learned signs of scams. I am very blessed. I'm rebuilding my life..stronger and much better. Everything happens for a reason. Learn from this and move forward. Be blessed.

Richard Jewels San Antonia Texas..wife killed in car accident..immediately told me he loves me..wants to marry me blah blah things were going great I spoke with him thru hangouts after leaving the site on his suggestions..he would never let me see him on viedo yet i was on viedo just my face thank goodness..today august 23 2018 he askedBabe ,I’m sorry to bother you with this but I got an urgent business overseas and need money to send down there ,I know this is not your  business and I shouldn’t be telling you this but you’re part of me now and should know everything.I am suppose to send a 25k to a business partner but have some issues with my bank and accounts are currently on dormancy so I was able to raise only 10k .But fortunately for me I can make online payments with my checking into a trusted person's credit card , so I was thinking of Making those payments onto your card so you can cash it out and send down to them for me.I want you to know that you can trust me a 100% with everything you have babe saneway I have come to trust you.I do not think otherwise about you babe unless you really can't trust me with that and I will understand you and not bother you about it.Your hear and love is all I need from you and not a dime and that's something you should know.its quite unfortunate I can't talk now but will call you when I can Guess I too am being scammed...Richard Jewels anyone here of him?

A co-worker is getting scammed by a person met on a dating site, but all conversations are via chat on LinkedIn. She meets the target criteria and he completely matches the scammer profile - off shore oil rig worker, never able to get back due to emergency, even his English is bad but supposedly he was born in the Ukraine even though he grew up in NY. She is sucked in and refuses to believe it is a scam. She has already bought him a satellite phone (has never called her). Fortunately for her she doesn't have any money so he's not going to get much out of her. Her heart will be broken unless her eyes are opened which I've failed at so far. Sad...

I met a guy on Facebook named Michael Black very charming and told me that he loves me . But after 2 weeks he ask me for $200 ITunes card then now he ask me for an Apple Watch and wants to go in my plans. Please help !!

I have a girl who wants me to send her money on a steam card, she claims she is from Texas but phone is from California. Telling me she's in love.

I to met someone on hangouts very nice at first telling me he loved me and had loads of money in the usa but could;t use his card at sea then started asking me for money for his daughter and when i told i had none i was called all the names under the sun and then at the end before he blocked me he said he hated me with a passion lol

I met a man named Marc robbo Robinson from Australia -very charming - who needs money gram for a Mac book he’s supposed to be mining for gemstones in Istanbul We’ll see right?

I have never been scammed myself but here is a word to the wise. Reading the posts here you can see the pattern. Working overseas, can't meet. Widow/widower ... Single and looking. The aged parent/child is to set you up to send money for medical/schooling expenses. The promise of a big contract pay out, to allay your reservations on sending money to them. I had first hand exposure to the scammers as my ex husband called me one day saying he had finally found tenants for offices he owned in South Africa after looking for ages. Two weeks later his 'tenant' from Ghana was exposed on SA TV as a dating scammer. Ladies and gentlemen, there were 60 computers crammed into these small offices with all these people doing nothing but scamming all day. It was a business for them (when I asked my ex husband what he believed their business was he said they told him they were stock brokers) heh. The day after the TV program, they were gone. It is heart breaking to read how vulnerable and lonely people are sucked in by these evil gangs. These are just not real people. For those that have been scammed, forgive yourself for being human and wanting the happy ever after. But these people are criminals. Would you beat yourself up as much if you had been held up at gunpoint? Move on, a little wiser and more careful. Love is still out there for you. And remember this, as much as you have lost, you have also gained, as you have found in yourself a capacity to love someone else. Now get out there and share that love with real life people. Join clubs for things that interest you, choirs, volunteer to help others, and although it may not be romantic love, it will enrich your life. Learn to love yourself, because you matter. There is a beautiful Balinese saying "I am the miracle." Because you are, with all your perfect flaws. Namaste.

I have two people on badoo ask me to buy them gift cards iTunes. I haven't.

My comment about Peter Graham posted for a minute and then disapeare about 5 minutes ago.can you please repost it

Tony James is a huge scammer. Claimed to be in Istanbul on a contract. Typical scammer, car accident, medical bills, jail time, ect. needed itune cards, walmart cards....horrible human being and had an "attorney" who was a bully and played mind games with me. I am now dealing with a man who calls himself Ferran Morcos. I am not sure what to think at this point. He lives in New York deals with Bitcoins, traveled to France and needs a Itune cards. When I said NO he was totally fine with that. Has anyone else met Ferran? Claims to be from Iraq, grew up in UK and educated in College in New York. English accent.

I met someone called Tony Freeman from Dallas, Texas. He said he was in special forces. He connected me on Linkedin in March 2017. On April 10, 2017 he also did a video call on Hangouts. He then went on a mission some times in June 2017. He asked for itunes cards in June 2017. I sent him. After that he made excuses about not being able to return due some issues. I also sent him some money to buy ticket. But he never made it back. He always had some or the other excuse. I stopped talking to him. But I got a message from his friend who claims to be a nurse in US army to send itunes card to Tony so he can connect again and make it back to US. I don't believe any of this anymore. I refused to sedn cards and she stopped texting as well which is just last week.

Well, I fell head over heels with an India:Korean mix national on online dating service. Within two weeks he was madly in love and we needed to keep our relationship between us until after we got married; then we would surprise everyone! At age 68 (me) and him (71), he convinced me life was too short to make it a lengthy engagement. Right after that he had a contract agreement that required completion in Canada before he could retire, and that he would be gone from New Mexico for several weeks before we could finally meet. In the meantime he asked me to check in on his 93 year old mother who lived in the UK with her sister. Within two days, frantic text message from Donald that his mother needed monies to help with expenses. Could I send her monies right away. Told him no, and mind you, this is the same person who professed to be a Christian, always prayed after we talked in the evening on the phone. Donald went ballistic on me .... wow! I never saw that coming from him. Evidently he calmed down the next day to ask me to buy him $50 in ITune cards to update his iPhone charge. How does an iTunes card update a prepaid phone? Once again I declined .... called me a wicked woman and that I probably contributed to his mother’s death the night before! Wow! I couldn’t fathom what was happening! To say the least I advised him that for all I was concerned he was a scammer .... and nothing more to me, and just revised the “Nigerian Scam” tactics to fit whatever his group dealt with online dating scenes. Extremely cautious now!

My scammers name is Donald Young Foster, professed to be from Albuquerque, NM (71). .... but of India/Korean descent, with son in Florida and two grandchildren

Has anyone had dealings with a Donald Paulson on oil rig in Mexico wanting itune cards to access internet

Please, please, please!!! Everyone put on your skeptical cap when dealing with anyone over the internet, dating sites, texting you out of the blue. I know it can be lonely, but it is better to be lonely and not scammed than lonely and poor. When I was on dating sites I downloaded an app "TextMe" or something like that and it gave me a fake number to text people from. My son is getting so many message from girls and they profess their love early, then ask for money, send photos (one we verified was lifted from an Instagram personality's page-she was notified). These men and women are VERY CLEVER and will use whatever manipulation they can think of to get you hooked. BE WARY! The right person will understand your being careful and not ask for money. Meet in a public place only after you've talked for a while and no money is requested.

I've been scammed by a Gabriel Edwin. Found me on words with friends. Right away he lived me and wooed me but I always had my doubts. He got me for $1055. $1000.00 for his daughter's new computer and recently for a iTunes card. Today he asked me for $17,000 to pay for a piece of machinery for the oil rig that is owned by Chevron. Everything he told me was a lie. I blocked him out of everything today. I'm putting this out there so you can see how these scammers work. My husband passed away a yr. Ago and I was very vulnerable. Lesson learned.

Levis Brown Damien L Brown Marron Brown Uses hangouts and IG and FB Have reported to IG and FB...loads of profiles...sob story given...varying lies... Sad that there is a genuine marine with his pics being used Have also reported to US marines These people should be stopped....

Anyone met an Irishman working on tanap project in Turkey. Called today and wanted 20,000.

I am talking to Bright Jackson,Originally from Paris France,Relocated to Austin Texas,He sent pics. Of his mansion,Caught his wife with his Best friend in their matrmonial Bed,Is raising his 10yr.old Grandson who's parents got killed in fatal accident on a trip to Germany,now He has traveled to off shore oil rig for work to the GULF IF MEXICO,Left Boy with nanny,He left his wallet at Airport now He wants $200 in itune card,Then he wants My Bank acct.no,So the co.can deposit money in my acct.for equipment they need and I can keep $500 for myself,I said no,Now He wants me to get Red card from Target for co. Deposits",A charmer,sent pic of Him and.10yr old Boy,Very Handsome..Said He told Boy about us,Grandson's name Henry,Wants me To Hurry up and send Red Card from Targrt,When He comes Home we'll get Married...Yea Right

I have been scammed by a man called Steve S Mitchell. Among many things he claimed to be born in Belgium and he migrated here to Australia when he was 17 in 1975. He also claimed to be an engineer working for a container shipping company. From another of his victims I have seen his limo permit issued to an address in San Angelo Tx which looks genuine plus his US passport which states he was born in New York - almost certainly fake. I helped him out with a medical bill for his 26 year old student son and another to set up a bank account in my name which was said to contain several millions dollars - final pay from his work with the shipping company - both were scams. He is very clever at photoshopping false bank documents, driver's license, hospitals and injuries as well as his passport. Has sent numerous photos of himself with his beagle hound Sophie. The last photos were of himself in the Ampang area of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photos appear to be genuine even to playing the organ in church. Has at least four 'agents' who allow their bank accounts to be used for deposits for him. I can absorb the AUD$2,500 he scammed from me but another of his victims took out a bank loan to help him and she lives in a poor country. Her family are unaware and she is devastated.

I just started on the dating sites in Feb 2018. I have met 6 that have professed their love for me very fast. All have asked for money in the form of gift cards. One sent me a check for $40K to hold for him until he returns. That one is on a ship. It amazes me how they get mad when you say you don't have it. Jerks. Luckily I have only lost $100. That was my being really suckered. And when they call you after they have scammed you or attempted to. Do they sit in a room like telemarketers and just work the computer scamming men and women? I would love to get my hands on them. Especially the ones that have taken people for a lot of money in the name of love. I am about to give it all up and stay single like I was. I will get another dog to love me.

I'm texting someone for about a year now we never met,she asked that I western union her some money What should I do.

has anyone encountered a Michael James?