Online dating is a big interest for many internet users and also is a large business industry. As such it also has a high potential for dating scam. Predators hunt where the prey is and the bigger the place, the better the potential for fraud to become a success. Looking for a partner online is not any different than any other search – search for a house, a second-hand car, a new mobile phone or any other similarities. In one simple yet important detail they have a common point: there always will be some people who will try to take your wallet on a date, not you.
Many people who are aware of the potential dating scam online, the first thing they have in mind is Russia. While it is true that many dating scams have the origin in this country or neighbor countries, it is not the Russians who invented dating scam, further only about 5% of all online dating services/persons are predators. As you see chances for you becoming prey of the real scammers are less than one in ten. Your common sense should stay alert and prevent you going to the wrong neighborhood and in addition to that we will discuss and reveal some of the tricks women or men are using to acquire their targets. Most of the con artists in online dating are female or pretend to be one, so we will reference the scammer as a “she”, but indeed you may replace it with a “he”. Be aware of the fact that there are some individuals out there who may try to extract from you some amount in cash playing on your feelings, but you must not become paranoid about it!
Marriage fraud is not an invention of the internet, nor is it new to this world. It is as old as mankind is. What Internet has brought new is the possibility of using typing to express feelings that requires much less actor skills than face-to-face communication. Paper can bear anything. Even a phone conversation can give you more clues of what’s really going on, but many times a direct conversation is avoided for rather obvious reasons. It’s either because the person on the other side is a scammer with poor talent and conversation skills, or a potential legit date who is shy. Unless you want a shy woman or conservative one, which in turn will most likely become a pain in the arse, you should avoid both. We now will have to look for some clues inside the text:
- The contact originates from a free personals site where anyone can place her ad for free
- It was not you who initiated the conversation; you received a letter from a lovely female who was interested in you. Her description of the partner is always very broad that will fit anybody – “kind and intelligent man, age and race don’t matter”
- Correspondence is always through email and letters are sent regularly sometimes even periodically and often, every day.A new picture is sent with almost every letter and the pictures are often numbered in sequences like (1, 2, 3…)
- She never asks about your job, possessions or the state of your finances, neither uses the word “financially secure” in her description of the prospective partner. We all know a girl wants to be financially secure and this question is an important one she would ask you if she was honest
- In her letters she talks a lot about trust, honesty and sincerity
- She does not answer your particular questions though she eagerly states she welcomes your curiosity. Any kind of secrecy should be avoided
- Her financial situation is very bad and she lets you know from the very beginning how little she earns, including the size of her salary even though you never asked about it. She pretends be a student
- She doesn’t remember what you have written. Actually, she may even not relate to the content of your letters at all, because she is too busy responding to other potential victims. The emails she writes are pre-written and sent to multiple recipients, with only few words changed along with your name
Scammers are not eager to give away their contact details. Having a postal address and phone number in addition to the email address is very important. Be sure to check them out if they are correct.
A VARIATION OF THE PROCESS
With methods described above the con artist will try to establish a thrust bond between you. Initial contact between victim and scam artist is to take the step in starting a relationship. Somewhere along in your conversation she explains that she currently is away in another country and that will not be returning to the States for another two weeks. As you dig and get to know the girl you find out more information about this hot girl. Her parents died in a tragic accident and she has no family or friends who can help her stateside and during the trip she was abandoned by her previous boyfriend in said country with no money to get home. Your next decisions will have impact on your future, with outcome almost the same. If you send the money, the contact will disappear, along with your money. If you don’t send money, the contact will be broken, but your finances will be left unharmed.
SUMMARY
There are a number of variations on the same basic scam. Usually the trick is to tell you a sad story on why she needs money. In some cases the scammers may be the one to create a profile on a dating site and wait for a potential victim to contact them. Typically, the profile will include a photograph of a very attractive young woman who will have no trouble attracting would-be suitors. Con artists may also strike up a conversation with a potential victim via an internet chat room or instant messenger like msn or skype. If you begin corresponding with a person with a view to a possible romantic relationship, remain cautious even if the relationship seems to be progressing very well. These scammers are very skilled at building trust and know how to make vulnerable victims fall in love with them. Regardless of the strength of your feelings towards a correspondent, you should view any requests for money as highly suspicious.
Avoiding being scammed is, in fact very easy. Don’t send money. If you suspect a scam or would like to report one, you may visit websites like:
Scammers use similar patterns or even same names and other personal information again and again. Therefore, you may even be able to expose a scam by conducting Internet searches through google on the names used by the scammers or key phrases from their emails.
May 26th, 2010 at 8:40 am
Sorry to hear about people being scammed.However i have been on a dating site and have received emails form very handsome men claiming to be interested in me.There stories are not believable at all.They all claim to have really good jobs and lots of money yet for some reason needs you to GIVE them yours.WHY would any one give a total stranger thousands of pounds?Deep down you must have known you where being scammed,the letters are badly written from supposedly educated people .These people are doing this and are on these site because stupid people keep giving them money.If people didn’t insist on giving their money to complete strangers they would soon move on.If you give them your money YOU are the reason these people keep coming back.I have also found men and women on these site have unrealistic views on relationships.If the woman or man is VERY attractive and you would not expect to attract their attention in a bar or on the street why on earth do you think they would be interested in you on a dating site.It is not about thinking badly about your self it is about being real.DO NOT GIVE MONEY TO STRANGERS EVER!!! Simple.
May 28th, 2010 at 3:58 am
Ladies beware of a US marine in Irak, going under the name of Michael Arnes, also a widower and have a son, age 16…lost his parents and his wife in a accident and staying in Minasotha US, asking for $2700 to pay for customs in Ghana, because the “US Diplomat” whent to Ghana, and now he must pay to get the luggage out (that he had sented to me, because he will come to South Africa to see me)……BS….Also a soldier of the UK by the name of Kenneth, cut him out as well
May 28th, 2010 at 9:31 am
Add Brian Stevens to the list of scammers. Found him through Kindred Spirits dating site – but they removed him as he didn’t meet their t&c. He’s also on RSVP.com.au an Australian dating site, with an almost identical profile. Username stevesall99 or stevesall, email stevesall99@live.com. Has anyone else heard of him?
June 5th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
I wanted to add to the commends, someone by the name of Albert Giberson, aka Albert Gibson, aka Larry Nicholson, aka Larry Nickelson, saw my profile on Facebook and contacted me. He was in love at a drop of a hat. His email address is albertgiberson@yahoo.com also albertgibson@mail.com..and Larrynickelson@yhoo.com… Claimed he was a Captain in the Special Forces of Air Force, then he said Army. This guy could not make up his mind who he was or what he did for a living he made excuses because he was Special Forces could not give proper info. He claimed he had a daughter named Jane and a son named Henry. He was stationed in Afganistand and suddenly got sent to Africa on a peace mission. His computer was on the brink and borrowed one from Red Cross and made friends with the people at Red Cross and his name was Henry also, funny how the names were the same, he claimed he has several millions of dollars his parents left him, same story he was orphan and widowed 8 years ago and raising 2 children. At the end Red Cross was leaving and he had no computer to use and blamed me for the computer, and asked me for $900.00 for a computer and a router so we could keep in touch with his children and me. I refused because I got sick and real quick broke it off with me. Next day he was online with someone named Jill, most likely telling her all the lies he told me. Ladies, there are lots of scammers in Africa working out of a cafe and I know they will be sought out. His pictures of children, parents and friends are all fake pictures of someone else. Don’t believe what you are told, investigate, there are sites you can check out the info and lies.
June 6th, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Kells White is another scammer, his real name is Daniel Scott from Australia. He uses multiple alaises, had a son (ranging from 10-16 y/o) wife and 3 older children died in car accident 5 years ago. Occupation is real estate developer. you can find him on ausscambaiter.com with all his aliasis email addresses. He wanted total trust, wanted to talk on private email address only, asked for my home address so he could send a present. Became very angry when I gave him a differnt address.
June 7th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
I ran into Greg Henry on match.com late May/early June 2010 timeframe. His profile was funny and well written which interested me. He said he was a civil engineer from Gastonia, PA, working in Cairo, coming back to the States in a couple of weeks. Got suspicious when he got very personal very quickly and noticed a couple of times his emails were very poor English and grammar. (Someone else writing at certain times?) Became very suspicious; fortunately found this website and recognized the physical description of him, that he had a teenage son (“almost ready to leave home” as he described it). The main photo on his profile sounds exactly like the one described above – trimmed goatee, very handsome, standing in front of a picture of a gondola. He never scammed me, so I can’t say for sure what was going on. I just went with my gut and discontinued contact, thanks to the information on this site.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:30 am
According to the Civil Engineer who was in Cairo, going by the name Mr. Dawn Miller originally from Canada (claiming French is his first language) now living near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with his 12-year-old son Billy (which I was able to find his exact picture that he sent to me claiming to be his son on the internet site that ER provided on April 25th, 2010 at 5:07 pm http://www.focuasagencyhawaii.com. According to this website this boy’s real name is Alika. This person also claims to be a widower with no other family. He also sent me poetry, list of wonderful things we would do on a date, etc. After a few weeks he declared and vowed his love to only me and that we would spend the rest of our lives together. His photo appears to be a 50ish man with silver hair, small goatee, glasses, holding a black lab puppy. He also sent a picture of himself wearing a silly hat. I have not been able to find his picture on any website. He uses the email address dawniremain@aol.com. Being the trusting person I am, he was able to scam me out of much money. Claiming to need help with custom’s payments to get his gas station kits out of custom’s that was shipped from Hong Kong to Cairo. Having his passport taken away by the police for not paying the teacher who was home schooling his son at the hotel while he was there and asking that I send him money so that he could pay the teacher and get his passport back. He too used the hotel manager to help him with his scheme of things. He now claims to be leaving to come back to the United States from Cairo on 6/7/2010, arriving in Pittsburgh around 10 pm on 6/8/2010. BEWARE LADIES!!!! He seems to be trying to scam a lot of us out there.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
Saw the post from Shai on May 19 asking about a Frank B. William with email address of frank2latino007@yahoo.com Who else has talked online with him or on the phone? What has his story been? He sounds way too good to be true. Lives in London, moving to the US, originally from Rome and in the fashion industry. Looking for his better half, is a widower with a 16 yr old daughter. Wants to come visit me in my Town/State and will move here for business and for Love?
BTW Don’t go and click on “Shai”‘s name. It took me to a dating website… Nice.. who is scamming who?
June 10th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
I am looking for information on a man named harley roberts. perhaps scammer. any info is appreciated. He is possibly taking advantage of a friend
June 16th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Has anyone ever heard of Andrew Collins? Claims to have a daughter 15yrs old. Civil engineer from Manchester Eng. Working on a project in South Africa.Asking for money because of accident at work. I am not sending it.Please let me know if u have heard of him.
June 17th, 2010 at 10:37 am
claire Says:
May 28th, 2010 at 9:31 am
Add Brian Stevens to the list of scammers. Found him through Kindred Spirits dating site – but they removed him as he didn’t meet their t&c. He’s also on RSVP.com.au an Australian dating site, with an almost identical profile. Username stevesall99 or stevesall, email stevesall99@live.com. Has anyone else heard of him?
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Yes claire, is this man?
bristevesall – 51 år – Oslo – Oslo
I am always a glass half full kind of guy and I tend to be a “peace maker” by nature, love to make others laugh.I guess you could say that I have a laid back personality, a bit shy at first.As soon as I get to know someone though, my walls come down pretty fast.I am one of those people that you know you can count on, on moving day,I enjoy helping others.I am a very hard worker, but not a workaholic.I try to make sure that my life is well balanced.I go to the gym several times a week .I have a pretty full life right now, but I don’t have that special person to share it with.God gave us all an incredible gift.People seek it out more than anything else on the planet.That gift is Love. Our desire to love, and to be loved is the only reason that sites like this one even exist.The reason I bring this up is because it’s the reason I’m on this site,I miss being in love.There you have it, a little taste of what goes on between the ol ears.Hope to hear from you.
AND HE WROTE TO ME:
Hi my emiail
address is
stevesall99@live.com….add me on
there and lets get talking…
June 17th, 2010 at 10:40 am
To claire.
He is now in match.com Norway. He has a pic of a very handsome man.
June 17th, 2010 at 10:48 am
Little more about him….
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Location: Louisville, KY USA (40201)
Phone: (206) 338-0644
Title: WORK FROM HOME
Posted: Dec 2nd, 2009
Job Category: Employment/Temp Employment Placement Agency
Job Type: Part-time Year-Round
Desc: This is is a work from home job that takes up only about 2 hours of your day and is guaranteed to pay you as much as $1000 a day.contact me for more information on stevesall99@live.com…..
This ad is relevant for these locations:
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June 17th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
I’m looking for information on a guy named Fred Miller. He has 1 son Michael 10 years old, both parents deceased for auto accident, divorced. He is from Manchester England and claims to be an interior designer. He’s currently working in Colorado. We’ve exchanged emails and phone numbers. I’ve questioned him about his voice saying that his voice does not match his picture and that he sounds like an african american man. He says no that he is the man in the picture. Please let me know if you have heard of him.
June 17th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
He sounds too good to be true! after starting slowly dating through the site, then through private emails and yahoo messenger, Im wondering if my guy is a scammer.
His pics are gorgeous, his story sad, wife died in a car accident left him with a young son. he is an oil expatriate… geologist by trade, lives in Jacksonville FL, born in Ireland, and now is working “the fields” in London, as a consultant, just got a contract, needs to pay fee’s, could he have a “soft loan” red flags went flying! His son and Mom had to leave Jacksonville and return to Ireland, before he finished up this contract…
Corrighan Ronan, his friends call him Corrie… If he isn’t a scammer I probably will die from relief!
June 19th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Terry Clem may be going by the name of “Terry D” now. Gave me the same widow and raising a 9 year old daughter, Lucy story. He was quite charming but came on too strong and said he loved me in first week. He closed Match account because he found me.
After communicating for 2 weeks via IM, email and phone calls, he said he had to go to Benin City, Nigeria for a contract. The first day there, he asked me to send a Wii game to his daughter in Nigeria ($450.00 w/sh) because he forgot to bring it from London and his daughter was bored while he was at work. He said he couldn’t get one in Nigeria. He promised to get the money back to me but I just didn’t feel right in sending it. Well, after weeks of his charm I gave in and have fallen for this slug and given him lots of money.
I’ve let him know I’m on to him but it does not even phase him. Has anyone spoken to the little girl?
I would like to upload the photos to see if any of you have received the same photos? IS THERE A WAY TO DO THIS?
I feel terrible for the real guys in the photos. Like many of you this has never happened to me ever. Even my ex who is a cop, said it happened to him from a scammer in Nigeria. He does business there and saw how poor the people are and when he got back to the states, and received an email from a pool little girl, he sent money so he told me to NOT feel bad just accept it as a good-HARD lesson.
June 20th, 2010 at 4:56 am
Anyone has info Duane Wilson posted on match.com as duaneloves his email address is groovywills5@yahoo.com. Who else has ta1ked to him online or on the phone. Sounds too good to be true an claims to be a contactor in London and just found out that his mother was admitted to a hospital in New jersey. He wants to come back to New York where he’s from.
June 21st, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Uniformdating.co.uk………Be so careful girls on this site!! If theres a guy with no photo posted,who says hes in the army in Afghan/Iraq..in the British army.widowed as wife killed in “auto accident” …not car accident,with young son in UK,wh and the son emails you……!
Dad sends you a pic of a guy in US uniform,then he’s a scammer with multiple entries on this site which I’ve just told them about and they are acting on.
He asked me for money
emails are davydido@yahoo.com and jamesbriant@live.com
June 23rd, 2010 at 1:36 am
OH MY GOD ! Thank GOD again and again…i found this website by surfing. LADIES !!! i have gone through HELL in the DATING SITE aka AMOUREUX , ASIAN KISSES . A guy named NICHOLAS COLE , Engineer / Kingsfield Director from UK, Manchester gave me a hell of a time since last OCT 2009. LONG long story. I AM A MALAYSIAN a true Asian gal and almost being conned and cheated. YES ! i read all those mails u ladies have submitted and ALL are similar…….NOW , i know THERE ARE LOTS OF BASTARDS ! who are PREDATORS and finding for lonely mid aged ladies as a PREY! the Nigerians create lots of problem in my country as well.They tarnish Malaysians image. Nicholas Cole ( a white English man ) dated with me online i heard his voice, he sent his pictures saying his wife died 2 yr ago with his 2 lovely child and even spoke 2 his mom , 3 months online . He first tried to con me by asking me to buy an landed property in my country by sending US400,000 ( MYR 1 million ) to my account , the Bank officer fr ALLIANCE LEICHESTER called asking me to pay MYR 10K in order to receive the fund (the above said amount )second attempt he decided to come to KL and the drama starts ….i waited 5 hours at airport and he did not turn up and the next day i receive call from Bangkok immigration officer saying he was caught up for bringing GPB thousands and asking me to send USD 3000 to release him. My family knew it was a scam . Again,the third attempt he came online blaming me for not helping him and he has lost his job and in Nigeria no job, food, clothing during X’mas DEMANDING me to sent his money via Western Union at add. Lagos with an Emotional Blackmail saying i did not love him . Finally, i hate this BASTARD when he BLACKMAIL me with my video/ picture that i send him . YES……..my sexy pic …he said he wil send it via UTUBE and GOOGLE and ALL DATING SITES and worst part is to send it to my office and all MALAYSIAN to view on it.. SO , HOW IS IT LADIES !!!!! ! if i see him face to face ….GOD know ……PHEW!!!I reported to ROYAL MALAYSIAN POLICE and they are under the internet crime investigation .I am being secured by the ROYAL MALAYSIAN POLICE.
PLEASE…..PLEASE my DEAREST sisters, all around the world ….open your eyes……….i think it’s rather marry our own nationalities or men in our country rather than becoming a victim on dating sites….They use our soft sport ( heart ) and win it with all those sweet words and gain our trust claiming to LOVE us and finally this WOLF IN SHEEPS CLOTHING …show their real color…….They think all women ( Asian ) especially , are dying to marry foreigners and take things for granted. I have also heard many tales about Asian ladies were abused , forced into prostitution , drug/human trafficking , slavery etc… WHAT GOES AROUND WILL COME AROUND…..ONE DAY their kids( girls ) or even their loved ones will face the same disaster .Sorry ! for BURSTING out with many unpleasant words. Just play around with these PREDATORS but never never give in your HEARTS or MONEY!! Only i know …the pain , sorrow, anxiety etc…which i went through.MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT US ALL especially WOMEN all around the world . AMEN
June 24th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Has anyone heard the name Aniston Svensson?
I met her on a site call desperate wife.com I posted an ad looking to meet friends in my area. I didn’t even post a pic. One day later I recieved an email from her. She’s 22 years younger than me. She was very
agressive and within five days this girl was ready to marry me. She says she lives in Los Angeles and is working in Lagos, Nigeria on a contract to purchase antiques for her company in LA. We exchanged pics.
Everything was fine until I found her on two other sites and I questioined her regarding this. She got very defensive and could not even identify the other sites that I had found her on.
I suspect that I’m communicating with a stranger and not Aniston Svensson. If any of you have heard this name or if you know how I can find out more info on her, PLEASE contact me. I haven’t confirmed that she is actually is a scam but I have my suspisions though.
Thank you for the help.
Lanny
October 17th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
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November 1st, 2011 at 11:36 pm
Thanks for writing this. I know of one scam artist who lives in Tempe, Arizona and uses his family in his lies. He pretends his female family members die, especially his mother, pretends his health is failing and a whole bunch of other lies. He begs for a loan and promises to return the money but never does, in fact he starts threatening when the victims try to get their money back. He’s been reported to the FBI by several victims and has been doing this for years. He is definitely a blackmailer so anyone out there on dating sites like match.com or naseeb.com need to be careful. Never lend money to someone you meet online and report them immediately if you think they’re scamming you.
November 3rd, 2011 at 9:25 pm
hello .. have u heard the name of John Washington living on england bt from us ?? no sad history bt about to get a lot of money from his former job … only has one pic on profile or yahoo msg and his voice sounds like a caribean guy … havent ask me for money bt for my account so he can use it to deposit some of the money when he get it … scamm , right ?
November 6th, 2011 at 9:14 pm
Hi,
I am concerned about my aunt who started dating a polish male on the internet (unsure what website). He has a heavy accent. My aunt is in her 50′s and he is supposedly younger and has a daughter. He claims to live in Miami and is starting a new business (a gas station). He says he has a lot of money and is currently in working in china for short period of time. He told my aunt that he is in love with her and wants to marry her. They have never met in person and I believe she has only seen a photo of him. They have not video chat because he allegedly does not have a webcam. He also told my aunt that he was making arrangements to put all his money on her name in case something happens to him. He gave my aunt his home address and when she checked google maps it was a mall. My aunt confronted him and he became upset with her because she was investigating him and told her that he gave her a fake address because his daughter told him to be cautious. They are meeting on Sunday he claims that he has never been to NY and is traveling straight from China to NYC to meet with my aunt. She is going to pick him up at the airport and he will stay in her apartment for a few days. He then will take my aunt to Miami to introduce her to his daughter. My aunt is delusional and she truly believes that he is in love with her. I need help. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks!
November 7th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
Beware of John Wilcox (john_wilcox_53@yahoo.com) 53 years old, architect from Austin TX widower, wife and child killed in car accident 6 yrs ago. Sent me an email asking to talk with me,I replied and a relationship began. I could never get him to tell me where he saw my profile because at that time I did not have one online. He was a very romantic writer, we had a lot in common,but I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. He wanted me to sign up for Yahoo instant messenger which I did and I saw his profile showing a Thailand phone number and the name Mark Clifford. When I asked him why he had a Thailand phone number and who is Mark Clifford, he became livid, demanding to know where I got the info, did I hack him, etc. When I told him where I got it he calmed down and said Mark Clifford was a client he was designing a house for. Weeks later he tells me he is going to Thailand to oversee the construction of the house for Mark Clifford and would be gone about 2 months and then he was coming to see me in Alabama. We talked at least twice a day(he has a German accent)
and then one day he told me he was going to the bank to cash a check to pay his hotel bill, pay for materials and pay the workers and would talk to me later. The next morning he was online and when I ask how he was doing, he said not good and proceeded to tell me that he had been assaulted and robbed of $125,000.00. He said he was on his way back from the bank and some men started shooting at the car and he told the driver to stop(who in their right mind stops and gets out with people shooting at them),he is pistol whipped and the money and documents were stolen and he woke up in the hospital. He did not have money to pay his hotel bill, pay the workers or buy food with and how much money could I send him. When I told him I couldn’t send him money, he became angry, telling me I was not a good person, that I could help him if I wanted to . I just did not care what happened to him. He tried every way to find out my banking info, asking what bank I used, when did I get paid. it was not pleasant. I told him to call the American Embassy in Bangkok, he said they told him to go home, I told him to call his client, he tried but he was out to sea and having trouble with pirates off the coast of Somalia. I told him I couldn’t believe he would undertake a project of this size with no insurance or bond on the project and not even have a business credit card. He immediately signed off. I sent him an email about two weeks later, “I have your money, where are you?” I received an almost immediate response, this time he was in the hospital because of food poisoning, he didn’t have funds to buy the food he needed, ate some spoiled food and became ill. When I told him I didn’t have the money that I just wanted to see if he really liked me or just wanted monwy, He told me to F***off, Bounce. Anyway, I found info on BustaThief.com about him, so I’m adding my 2 cents worth. I sent him an email in big letters “You Are So Busted” and to never contact me again. I have since received emails from 2 others, Johnny Peers and Lescot Smith whom I am pretty it is the same guy. Beware, ladies.
November 9th, 2011 at 6:55 pm
Has anyone heard of a Lawrence from the US who says he works in construction and has children in Ireland? Know a friend who is friends with him on a dating service
November 17th, 2011 at 8:18 am
Another scammer: Donald Chalton or chaltondonald..John Lawrence also. John Lawrence claims to be a widow and has an adopted 18 year old daughter. From London, UK, claims to be in the oil business. Had photos that were of some real person but of course this scammer had stolen someones identity. Donald Chalton is another with similar story, when I tried to locate either of these men again they were gone, nowhere to be found. These scammers are a dangerous bunch,pay attention to how someone writes, as they usually don’t capitalize words at the beginning of sentences and grammar is poor, call you sweetie or dearie or other endearing words. Wish we could bust all of them.
November 21st, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Has anyone heard of SHELLIE COLE? I just seen a Nick Cole on here. Look I’m 25 I was on plenty of fish .com POF for short. A Asian woman by the name Shellie Cole responds to my email now I have explained and even told her from the first time we MSN yahoo. I have no money if this is a scam I will know and delete you. Plus I kept reiterating I have NO MONEY. She claims she has 650,000 waiting in a inheritance fund from her parents she is in Spain Madrid… She says she can give me a better life wants to help me since I have no money. She says after she gets her first payment she will come to me from there to where I live a small town. And we will start a family business I have been talking-to her for almost a month. And I she still has not asked for money I have tried to be scammed before. Iam I being to paranoid is this for real, or am I being lead on to her to just poof disappear once she realizes she is getting no money from me? Please help I just want answers I’m not stupid just want to know why we would keep talking and all this is this is a scam she has been told so many times by me that I’m so broke i got not a penny saved. What should i do please help me!
November 30th, 2011 at 9:27 am
I think the MOD should do something to trace who these people are After all they are Using Genuine Innocent Military Guys Photo’s . I Have 16 Different Photo’s of a Military guy the scum that sent me the Photo’s Has That many Alias Names I very much doubt he Knows who he really is any more But Its not just Unfair on Us Innocent Ladies What About The Poor Innocent Military guy Whose Photo’s are Being Used to Scam People. Just immagine the innocent military guy out shopping or Out having a Quiet Drink or out With His Family & Someone sees Him & Goes & Kicks off at him ? Some cant get it into their Heads that The Unsuspecting Guy in the Photo is Just as Innocent as the Woman Drawn into the Bull. I Did Not Send Any Money to the Guy that tried to Scam me. He & I talked for 8 months before he eventually asked me for money Then he said Sorry for asking me & we talked for 3 more weeks before once again he asked me for Money ..I Have since found out he has been Using the Same Photo’s But Lots of Different names since as far back as 2009 if not before. I also know that since he stopped talking to me two weeks ago He has set up Yet More Fake Profiles But using same photo’s . Surely The Police & MOD need to get this Sorted …I just read a story where a Woman Paid Her Fake Soldier £80,000
December 4th, 2011 at 8:43 am
Please beware of JEREMY DAVID GUIDA from Virginia. He is another scammer and thief. He uses different online dating sites such as okcupid.com ; craigslist; datingspy etc etc. to meet women to victimize. After meeting in person, he will right away sweet talk the woman into a serious relationship. Soon, he’ll ask for money, acting or lying that his ATM won’t work or his bank froze his accounts. After getting the woman’s money, he will disappear completely.
JEREMY DAVID GUIDA from Hampton, Virgina is a THIEF!!!
December 9th, 2011 at 11:31 am
Have been conned by Kemal Kinik from Llangollen Wales after a so called 18 month relationship started a business with him using my redundancy money within a few weeks found out he was in a mass of debt also on many dating web sites finding other women to give him money
December 9th, 2011 at 1:38 pm
Has anyone heard of a David Herman Johnson Austin,Tx?
December 10th, 2011 at 5:04 pm
There is another yahoo ID sexy_nicole2011 and his manager ID fantasy manager. The girl tried to convince man to contact with her manager and manager convince to send the money to Marrisa Tolentino, Manila , Phillipines. Once they send money they demand more money. Complete fake and scam. Be aware of this.
February 10th, 2012 at 11:26 am
This post is a WARNING to other women out there who may be victimized by JEREMY DAVID GUIDA (from Virginia). A warning so no other woman may be taken advantage of again, and played a fool by this guy who scams and lies to women to get money from them. His name is JEREMY DAVID GUIDA from Virginia, please beware of him.
He uses online dating sites to meet women. He used sites like okcupid.com and craigslist.
After meeting the woman in person, he will immediately open up stories about himself, making the woman trust him. He will then make up stories about frozen bank accounts or his ATM not allowing him to withdraw. Then, asking or borrowing money from the woman, promising to pay back. But, he never will. He has no intentions of paying back.
Please do not fall for this guy. Again, his name is JEREMY DAVID GUIDA. He was from Hampton, Virginia. Last time we checked he arrived in Arlington, Virginia in November 29, 2011.
I am reiterating this, as Jeremy David Guida and his friends have been trying so hard to take this post OFF course; obviously trying to turn tables around and against the real victims.