Has an online love interest asked you for money?

There are a lot of them out there I used reverse image search to uncover the truth. Why would a person who is in the adult film industry worth 1.2 million $ want to have you send $25 or $50 itunes cards.Also this lowlife claimed to have a father that was deceaced have trunk boxes in Nigeria?

I think I have been a victim of this type of online dating scam. I did not send money but was just asked to wire some to him in Thailand. He fits the profile others have described, early love, always saying the right thing, could not meet the first time due to an unexpected business trip to Thailand. Said he was in an accident and needs to pay the hospital so he can be discharged. Only asked for $1560. Which seems low for a hospital bill. I asked to have the hospital contact me about the bill or for him to send name of hospital and a picture of him in hospital...nothing. We have been texting, emailing and talking since October. I feel like an idiot but at least I didn't send money. He supposedly owns an engineering firm, you would think he could contact someone at his firm in Mesa AZ and get the money. I suggested that too. No reply from him on that.

I was once a victim of these so called scammers,I met a Nigerian man on line who swept me off my feet or I thought so! He talked to me soo smoothly and until now I don't know how I ended up sending to him lots of cash by Western Union,it was as if he was using charm! My friends got concerned aand

I've been chatting with a scammer name carol anderson likes to ask for Google play cards and sprint phones and steam cards and money..he said he works in germany in an oil rig ..he uses different photos of women and men as profile picture to scam men and women .he has lots of different names on hangoOuts and words with friends and also on kik.one of his user name on kik app is caroland10.i asks him why he has so many user names with woman and men pictures .he got mad .well now he blocked me because I called him a scammer ..says he has a sick daugther that his wife died while giving birth to his third child want to marry you so you could be the mother of his daugthers..

I met a guy in July 2019. He contacted me on fb msngr stating he fell in love with me the moment he saw my picture said I must be an angel because I’m so kind . I feel so stupid I’ve sent over 4000$ Says he has a 12 year old daughter living with her teacher his parents died when he was 22 and has no siblings. He sends the sweetest poems and knows exactly how to charm me. I knew it was a scam but his story was so convincing. Stated he was dr with United Nations and stepped on an explosive devise wanted me to be beneficiary for his hazard pay because he has no one but his underage daughter but I had to send 6000$ to have beneficiary paperwork changed to me. His wife cheated with his best friend and was killed in an accident. He really gets irate and says horrible things when I ? Him about things tells me I need to trust and believe in him and has asked me to go to Kuwait where he is in hospital. I feel dumb for falling for this I’m still talking to him I want him caught. Fb name was Manveer tomar says his name is Manveer Gregory McLaren daughter Brenda

I need response quickly please. The guy I’m talking to has gotten only 350 and that’s all. He knows I’m not sending more money. The 300 was supposedly for new suit in Oct. 2019. I found a FB person that is his picture but different name. He claimed he had hootenanny scammed. But I did a search on TinEye and his suit picture came up in 2017 and 2018. I questioned him but stupid answer. So I should get away from him I guess. Now he wants me to email his company to grant him vacation. Need help fast please and Thank You!

I met someone on Instagram and he goes by the name Bond Mills Mendoza. That alone is a weird name but I've heard real names that were crazy anyways. He looks like a white male and built, but says hes Spanish. He gave me his u.s. number as well so that I would feel comfortable that he is who he says he is. He told me that he was from Oklahoma city but deployed in Africa. Stated he was on his last tour and proclaimed he loved me. Said his ex wife died and he was a single dad. He would make me feel as guilty and asked me for money for his food and to send to his son who was staying with a family member. This man claimed that he couldn't send money because that family member had issues with their bank account. I finally gave in and sent money... even when I would try to leave, he would guilt me and beg me to come back. I finally reported him, I reached out to the other females on his Instagram and they started he tried to do the same to them. All my hard working money is now gone but I have faith in God who restores 10 fold. Anyways i hope this helps someone... we truly need to listen to our gut and to those around us who may be able to give us a clear advice.

I was recently on was scammed by someone who said they were Chris Young. Now I am here to tell my story so it don't happen to anyone else. Its over $30000 that I lost. He sent pictures, sent a ring (fake) picked out a wedding dress and the date. But never met me. We chatted. But I have names and addresses to where the money was sent. Which I went to authorities about. Can not discuss that but I will say be careful. He even asked me to buy Itune cards, If this has happened to you please contact the police immediately. If we stick together we can bring this person to justice. Godblessyou. Sorry for your loss of your hard earned dollars.

Has anyone been scammed by someone saying they are Chris Young???? I am out $30000 if you have been please leave a message here.

Fell hook line and sinker for an online romance who I think scammed me out of $23000 in a matter of 10 days. We met on a dating app. I suggested we go to text messages so we swapped numbers. Then I wanted to see him so we began Skyping because I wanted to make sure he looked like his online picture, which he does. Then I searched all over the Internet for the name Alonso Gustafasson from either Spain, Florida (Orlando or West Palm Beach), NY (Queens), and NJ (North Caldwell). He said he was an engineer. I found absolutely nothing except for a small Facebook account. His picture matched with Facebook. After a week, he said he was going to Florida for a business meeting. He asked me to invest $1500 in helping him purchase a bulk of new homes to resell. So I did. He gave me access to his investment account which should $8 million dollars in it. He wanted me to transfer $1500 from his account to mine because he was paying me back. When I tried, the account was suspended because I didn't have access to the account, which was true. I felt terrible. So he goes to Florida, gets the contract from the Cypress Contract Managers and the company needed $5000 to secure the bid, which I gave him from my late husband's retirement account. Then he asked for $13500 to pay a percent of the contract managers fee. Becuase he didn't have access to his investment account, I took out a loan and transferred the money to the contract managers. The money is in their account until Tuesday, where they will take out the money in cash to return to Cypress (if that is true) and Alonso will return to NJ. There are so many red flags, but so much truth that I have no idea what to do. We never met in person because of his trip. He calls, Skypes, and messages me every day. I thought that if it was a scam he would have ghosted me by now. I know I will not get the money back but I want to catch this guy if at all possible.

Has anyone had an encounter with a randy vinson david? He is stating he is a contractor. His father was Egyptian and his mother Native American. Usual story about the wife and child dying in childbirth. He lived in Oklahoma and Iowa at some point. Barcelona football fan.

I got scammed of $400 iTunes gift cards to someone who was claiming to love me for 1yr he scammed me and left me beware of Phillip Patrick he is on hangouts I had to finally block him he was demanding and abusive beware.

Oil rig scammer. Alexander Kain. Born in France. Lives in Virginia. Divorced. Daughter=Sarah (who lives in London) Met on WWF moved to Hangouts. I have been in a "relationship" with him for 1 year. Have given him, on average, $200-$500 a month. He asked me to marry him, claimed hes coming home to me but some emergency or tragedy always prevents it. Always tells you , "he doesnt say it unless he means it". LADIES,Stay Away From This Guy! He is a MASTER at this game! Even though I knew about these Scammers, he was able to convince me that he wasnt one of them! Now Im Broke and Broken hearted! We live and learn...Never again!

Watch out for Aaron Mark. Going on 3 months of him being stuck on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. I found this site online today and after reading only the first page of comments I can see “Aaron” in almost everyone one of them. I feel so pathetic for falling for his lies.

I've had the same experience. I have tested him. Asked about his job. Where he lives on Los Angeles. He always have excuses. The work address he gave me doesnt even exist. I only talked to him for a week. Played games with him like he did to me, until i cornered him. He was all sweet and innocent like a little kid which i did not buy at all. He even had accomplices. The guys name is Kong David Lee and his boss name is Russian. Which is i know is a made up name. He started asking me for $50 amazon card which i said i cant and told him i have no money. I am not stupid to fall for that. He keeps asking me for it and i said no. So then thats when i said i cant talk to you anymore because you are a scammer. I blocked him and reported him. I hope this people go to jail for doing all this crime.

How about a Independent contractor on an oil rig who got hurt goes by Williams Freeman needs money for a leave then will come back on later to finish the job to fix pipes and all.He is independent..

Hi i think happening to me I’m talking to a girl I met on a site called bigo we moved the conversation to hangouts then WhatsApp now we’re on instagram we’ve exchanged lots of pictures and one had a door number on it I’ve called her out on it a few times that I hope shes not scamming me I did manage to get an address but she doesn’t want me to send anything in the post she says she stays with her aunty but her aunty works so I’m going to send a recorded delivery letter to her to see if it reaches her and if she or whom ever replies the photo she sent does a door number that adds up to the address she gave and I googled it and it’s the same house from the picture so next step is a letter if this adds up maybe she real but the cards is what keeps throwing me off amoungst other things all I can say is she’s from Wisconsin

Watch out for a man named Murphy Agoston He claims to be an exotic car salesman with 2 girls. And is from Boston USA. He claims he is rich and is in Italy doing business and can’t access his his bank account from there.

I have been talking to a guys that on a oil rig. Can't get off until I send 7200. To paid his crew. He has two kids he introduced me to the kids. They even text me wanted to be there mom, when they ask me when I will send money to get him off the rig. I know this is a scams. We talk every day and he calls me also. He's name is steve richard from Springfield, Missouri

Hi I met someone on Tinder and I’m not sure if he is trying to scam me or not , his name he says is Donaldson, lives in uk but was born in South Africa and went to live in America but is now working away all over world etc on a mission and will be home to me once finished, he is wanting to put money into my account so I can send him the money to his agent where he is so he can pay for WiFi to continue talking to me, he is lovely and charming etc , I don’t know what to do it is making me ill.

Has anyone been contacted by an individual claiming to be an US army soldier stationed in Afghanistan on a peace keeping mission? He goes by a name Anthony Andrews from Dallas, Texas. He originally contacted me via IG Instagram and then moved our chats to hangout. I have pictures of him if anyone had the same problem. I experienced the same thing...sweet, charming texts. He asked me for money but told him no so there wasn't any monetary loss from my part, thank goodness but my feelings were invested.

I met this guy on a Zoosk dating site. At least he had a friend message me, ask me to e-mail him because he had seen my profile while his friend was browsing through it. Well, I e-mailed the guy. It was very long he was e-mailing me telling me he had waited all his life for me. He started calling me sweetie. Next came the daily phone calls. He could not live without me. He was an international engineer. He had been awarded a project in Cape Town that was to pay 8.1 million dollars. He surposely was living in a small town in Tennessee as I am. However, he had to immediately leave town to start the project, so I did not get a chance to meet him. Oh he constantly told me, he was going to marry me as soon as he returned home. He could not live without me. About two weeks after suposenly sstarting the job, he was headed to his guess house after leaving the site when some men placed a gun to his head and robbed him. He needed me to replace all the items taken from him because he could not pull up his plans for the project without his computer, tablet, I phone 11, and Apple Watch. He said “ I could purchase these items from the Apple store by way of Amazon. I immediately knew it was a scam. I said, NO ! I told him just because you have a map of the territory . It is not the territory. He still e-mails me every now and then, but I always say, NO! I told him. I do not take IOU’s.

I was contacted by a guy on a dating website named Arthur Muller, though his user name on the site and on hang out are all some version of Castro Arthur. We started talking December 22nd. He said he was a mechanical engineer with Sinopec and was from Germany but moved to Kansas when he was 17 to live with his uncle after his dad died. Says he is on an oil rig off of Kuala Lumpur on a 6 month contract that ends on Feb 28th. And he plans to resign and move to Richmond VA to and start a business. He too professed his love to me early on. Being from Kansas, when he told me he went to school at Wichita State, I believed he was who he said he was. He's been saying he is installing 5 machines to the rig and on Sunday, he told me he was in trouble. the card he was using to buy the machines expired (in the middle of the month??) and he needed $10k to buy the last machine. He told me he can't talk to the boss because his contract says he is responsible for everything. And his card won't be activated for 8 days. He emailed this seemingly fake email asking for help from the manufacturer to get the machine (Pioneer Energy Services Corp) but the name of the company was spelled wrong and it was a gmail address. Whomever responded told him because he was a good and honest man and a good customer, he could pay $3k down and the rest when his card was reinstated. He asked me to pay the $3k which I refused. The destination be wanted it sent to was for a personal account of Somjai Wutthiya at TD Bank in David, FL (it's actually Davies, so that was another red flag). I told Arthur I won't send money to this person until I verify with pioneer Energy services that he or she was an employee. he got upset saying that $3k is nothing and that I didn't trust him. I told him i was looking out for him. he settled down and is now asking for $300 in steam gift cards. The usual...send pictures with the codes. I have been stalling, coming up with excuses why I can't get them, while I have been researching him. His pictures come up as legit, his Instagram account matches. and his voice is definitely a German accent (my family is german). But now that I know his story is so similar to others, i know not to send him anything. he took 2 months to ask me for anything so I foolishly sent him my address. he sent me a valentines gift from Amazon. and he has pictures of me. Does anyone know how I can delete them from our hangout conversation before I totally block him? I googled how to and it hasn't worked thus far. Has anyone also come into contact with him? I am so thankful I didn't sent him a penny.

WOW so many of these stories sound similar to mine. In Oct 2019, this handsome guy, Jurgen Alois from Germany, (lack of the German or NY accent, more of a Hispanic one) lives in Brooklyn NY, contacted me on FB, claimed his parents died in car accident when he was 3. His uncle in NY raised him. He has 12 yr girl, Annie. His wife and infant son died during child birth. A nanny cares for Annie, while he is out of the county on business. She is in boarding school. Claims to work for Baker Hughes and is sent to China, Kenya and Texas to work. He was in Kenya when we first started chatting. He drives a Mercedes SUV and Lamborghini. Has stock in Real Estate and some some Jewelry investment. I sure, all lies. He immediately said he loved me and wanted to get married. Claimed the women on fb were making him uncomfortable. So he deleted that account and we chatted on hangout. In Dec, he is home for a vacation. Said his daughter wanted a phone from her Mom (me) for Christmas. I told him absolutely not we just met and I don't "really" know you, therefore not sending. Told me I was greedy and selfish. Do it for "your daughter" etc... He claimed $1000. would not move the decimal point in his account. because he had so much and his daughter wars necklaces that cost more. (A 12 yrs old, really) We argued over the text. long story short- I didnt send it. He gets over it. We are still chatting. Oh and I ask to speak with his daughter so she contacts me on Hangout and we chat, then she calls. "Her" voice and laugh are like her dads. I just wrote it off thinking, he isn't ready for a stranger to talk to his little girl. In reality, positive it was actually him. After his Christmas vacation with Annie and the nanny to Hawaii is over, he flys out to Houston. Conveniently forgets to get Annie a Stream card, and ask me to help him out. Again, told him no and how I now I felt like this whole thing was a scam. Told him it had all the signs of a classic scam operation. So he let it go and and we just continued to chat. Everything seems on the up and up. Im comfortable with him. Until recently, He is currently in Beijing China again, yes even with the Corona virus, his company sent him there. His daughter gets the flu and was in the hospital for 2 wks, and needs shot for the pain in her legs, thus needs to be home under the nanny's care. Well conveniently the nanny's contact expired, and he needs $1250.00 to keep her on until he returns mid-March. Alleges he just invested all his money into his jewelry investment, so he can't pay. He ask me for the money, told him no I didn't have it. He is now begging and says he borrowed $500 can I get the rest? Again, No I can't. He has my heart strings but still not convinced it isn't a scam, so I say, I can send you $400. Now he claims he can get another $200, can I get another $100 to make it $500? Today I am to send this $500, NOT to the nanny but to a good friend, Angel, who he has borrowed $200 from. And this mystery person he borrowed $500 from is also sending the money to Angel in South Carolina, and he'll then send it to the nanny in Ny, so she will stay on until Jurgen returns to the states. Red flags!!!! Funny how he had this money in Dec and now he is broke, until he gets paid. I had planned to send the money directly to the nanny. The story sounded legit. Totally ready to ignore my "gut instinct." Once he said send it to the friend S.C. I backed off. How can I share pictures of this handsome scammer?

My mother in law is definitely being scanned but will not accept that. Because people are concerned and try to talk to her about it, she not will not speak to anyone about “him”. She has sold snow mobiles, campers...etc... but now she’s selling her house! Is there a way to check and see if the name being used was used by him in any other cases? Now all of a sudden she’s sending him money through Steam.

His name is James Hermann, 66, very charming, handsome photos, widower, born in Germany, moved to Texas when he was 10 and lived on a farm, now living in Los Angeles, we met on Ourtime. He had an oil drilling contract in San Diego and would be returning home by the end of FEB. We spoke and sent text messages multiple times daily for three weeks. This mornings message noted that a storm had damaged his equipment. Then, this afternoons text message requested help ($4,750 to pay for repairs & helicopter cost). I am glad that my new phone can easily block telephone numbers. Be careful out there girls!

Don't get involved with anyone claiming to be Dmitriy Spivak a. Journalist/ reporter from Ukraine. Love scam. Looking for money . If he doesn't get he black mails you . Usually a United Nations scam

Do they need itunes gift card to top off data or use their phone? As well as, ask for money to get out of a said government contract overseas? I tried contacting the FBI many time no luck who else can we contact? And ftc/govcomplaint is useless they never get back to you or help

Has anybody received emails from Krays846@ , Name Kseniya Rays. Supposedly a teacher from Penza Russia.she is 43 years old. Never ask for money except help to buy a ticket and get visa $2,000. Please beware

I was getting red flags after talking to a guy named Patrick Marciano. A good looking 61 year old Italian with a thick accent. Widowed no kids. Lives in CA but owns a house in Italy. He gave me his CA rental address which I Googled and he doesn't live there. Googled name and got nothing. We have talked for about a week. Loves me, wants to marry me blah blah then today asked if I would be willing as his partner to invest in his gold business. Please be aware he was is still on Zoosk even though he asked me to get off and said he would too.

I was contacted by a woman who found me on a dating site. I was suspicious at first but we chatted and talked and emailed for awhile, she using the name of Hillary or Hillarye Bener, phone number 269-430-4787 email: benerhillary@ . She sent a number of photos and videos and seemed may have been legit until started asking for money in the form of Walmart gift cards, which I did do once. When she asked for more and I said no, she then had some scam about me using a PayPal account to help her get money from her family overseas. She also had some story about having to use Hangouts as her phone wasn’t working properly. Of course when I said no, she disappeared.

I met a John Bernstein who said he was from Canada a Civil Engineer who builds oil rigs and large bridges. He photo was professionally done. However when he called his voice and accent did not match his description. He said his father was Swede and his mother was Irish. He spoke with an what I thought to be an African accent. Communication was going well about his day, friends, co workers and such until he told me that there was a rig accident and there was 4 people injured and 1 dead. I could not find any such accident anywhere on line. He talked about using all his funds to help the families of those from the accident and having to pay the African government the taxes for the project before he could access the payment for the project $12,000,000 usd . He asked me to help with $90,0000 usd. My flags went up and my heart went thump! I wrote him back saying that I did not have that kind of money and could not and would not send any money to someone I really do not know that well. I told him that I was cautious and was scared that he was not real. In my letter I told him to prove me wrong. A second email came with the same request for help a favor. Upon this second request I sent an email indicating that I was blocking him. A final email came in saying that I was being unreasonable. This all happend within 2-3 weeks. There was no money sent only a broken heart.

Does anyone know of a Michael Ludvik from supposedly Finland and living in Seattle. Now working in Istanbul Turkey on a work site that he gained the contract for.

Stephen King on an oil rig in California Sea. Sent pics and video and talked once. From Germany, is in the UK. About to loose his business, has a $2M contract hinging on me sending him $3000. He lost everything when his wife died of breast cancer and he took care of her. Talked on Hangouts. So he got approved for a loan and wants my bank info or CC info. Duh so I told him I would get a prepaid Visa for him. He wouldn’t give me his info and wanted me to put it all in my name. Always has an answer for everything. Although I haven’t sent anything, he is pretty upset right now. Part that scares me is he knows where I work (pics on my IG).

I have been talking to this guy who claims to be a soldier who has been deployed to Kabul afghanistan on a peace keeping mission I have been talking to him for a few months and at first he said he wouldn't bother me for money but now that's all I feel I do is give him money leaving myself broke he says he has two children who his mum looks after and his wife passed away a year ago due to lung cancer I want to believe him but my heart says walk away he asked me to take out two contract phones for him and his mum and to buy him 4 fitness watches to send them over to him we talk on the app telegram and I cant get back into his Facebook account as he has deleted it by the looks of things can someone please tell me that he hasn't scammed me cause I don't know what to do xxxx

M) Hello I had a 3 month correspondence with a man calling himself David Barkley. We met on Ok Cupid . He told me he was a petroleum engineer, widowed with a daughter . My heart got very invested. About 1 month into our on line relationship - he asked if I would help him get a game card . Then he asked if his account manager could get my banking info to transfer money into it . He said he wanted my help puchasing Bitcoin currency. After many back and Forths - as well as my own investigation into on line dating scams- I am 100% sure this person is a scam Artist . I have reported him to OKCupid . They took his profile off permanently . I do have great concerns that he will sign up for Match and try to scam other women. I have several photos of him. Please Let me know if I should send these to you to you so that you have his information on file should he indeed sign up match .com. Thank you, Kathy