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• 1. Mary  |  December 17th, 2009 at 9:49 pm

  I met a guy on match.com that I connected with in October. Never met in person. He said he had to go to Iraq for the US Defense department and would be back in 10 days. Sent me flowers and really connected. After supposedly being in Iraq, he told me it was dangerous and he wanted to come home…non military…Wanted me to open and account and give him full access to transfer money to. I refused and did not hear from him for a month. When he reappeared, he said he had been abducted. Now he needs money to get to Dubai from Karachi if I could send just $200USD to be picked up in the UK. I have been leading him to believe I would do so to see how far he will go. There are many more details, but thought you would like to hear this part of the story!
  Mary

• 2. Jane  |  February 3rd, 2010 at 5:03 pm

  I have met a guy on friends reunited dating about a month ago and he is out in Afgan at the moment. We have corresponded a lot and i can feel myself falling for him, he hasn’t asked me for any money but he keeps saying if i really want to meet him all i have to do is contact his general and ask him if he can have some leave….i don’t know if this is a scam or not but reading all this if it is then he will ask me for some money….
  If anyone has heard of this please help!

• 3. Jen  |  February 4th, 2010 at 6:20 am

  Yep. I have just ‘finished’ a ‘relationship’ (ha ha) with a man I ‘met’ on a free dating site. He spent weeks telling me he loved me, and wanted to be my wife. He looked gorgeous, and phoned me several times. He eventually asked for several thousand pounds to pay for a ‘liberty pass’ … and used every reason/manipulation to get me to send the money. When I said ‘no’ he got very annoyed.

• 4. laura bonaddio  |  March 28th, 2010 at 5:20 am

  Hi I am from Australia and having read all the scams that are being generated at the moment seems so sad. People do need friendship and companionship, which makes it even more sad.

  I have had a so called Bank try and scam me saying I had won in the briish tobacco lottery 10million pounds, but worked it out immediatley, I had worked as a Personnal assistant to barristers and managers, and there is now way that formal letters would be written in that form. Have contacted authorities, we will see what happens

  I have an american soldier well thats what he says, when I mentioned GI to him he actually asked waht that meant, scammer yes I think so he has not asked for money yet. Plus MyDear is usually used by nigerians etc One must be very careful, pity because people like these give dating sites a bad reputation Everyone has a story, I am recently widowed so it would have been easy for me to fll into a trap, but I am a trained professional, and this has helped.

  Please to you all

• 5. laura bonaddio  |  March 28th, 2010 at 5:21 am

  Hi I am from Australia and having read all the scams that are being generated at the moment seems so sad. People do need friendship and companionship, which makes it even more sad.

  I have had a so called Bank try and scam me saying I had won in the briish tobacco lottery 10million pounds, but worked it out immediatley, I had worked as a Personnal assistant to barristers and managers, and there is now way that formal letters would be written in that form. Have contacted authorities, we will see what happens

  I have an american soldier well thats what he says, when I mentioned GI to him he actually asked waht that meant, scammer yes I think so he has not asked for money yet. Plus MyDear is usually used by nigerians etc One must be very careful, pity because people like these give dating sites a bad reputation Everyone has a story, I am recently widowed so it would have been easy for me to fll into a trap, but I am a trained professional, and this has helped.

  Please to you all DO NOT SEND MONEY NO MATTER HOW LONELY YOU ARE YOU ARE BETTER THAN THAT.

  regards to you all Laura (Bella) Bonaddio

• 6. Sue Saunders  |  April 2nd, 2010 at 4:19 pm

  Hi, I am English and I too have just had a near miss with a scam. Who ever he/she is they are really good. I was talking to this man for 2 months, he said he was an American soldier serving in Iraq, helping to rebuild working in logostics. I am not easily fooled, but I was totally taken him by him, he even spoke to my son telling him how much he loved me and that he would never hurt me. Then out of the blue, he said he was sending his luggage home and it was stopped by the diplomatic service and that he needed me to send him £5000.00 and then said, honey you know I will be home soon it is just a loan. Right you can imagine how I felt. All you ladies be careful these people are very clever and believable.

• 7. Rika Wood  |  May 21st, 2010 at 7:29 pm

  The stories I have read are so similar to my story. I met this guy off of (mate one) dating site never been on a dating site in my life so I gave it a try the guy used the name of Jason Valderama he claim that he was australian and hispanic he even had an australian accent all of his pictures was this hispanic man with the us army logo and his last name printed Valderama on his left chest, I also had some pictures of his little girl who look just like him and his supposely decease wife and other family members.he told me that he was a Sgt. in Afghanistan, me not knowing how the system works I wanted to speak to him so he told me I had to contact a email address communicationc@aol so whoever it was they told me that in order to speak with this phony Sgt. I had to pay 220usd. so yes I admit I paid and I became suspicious so I email him and ask I him what was going on he call me and he was angry and accused me for such accusations when he called the I could’nt hardly hear him the connection was bad. I did’nt hear from him until wks later, so we chatted, to make the long story short he sent me tulips, one day I emailed him and I have gotten a message from his so call sgt friend tim simmons stating that he was shot in the left arm what became odd Jason contacted me several days later saying that he was fine from a gun shot wound are you kidding me, he start saying that he was scared and he wanted to come home so he ask me to send an email to vacation leave@usa.com to request for him to leave so they email me back sayn that I had to filled out a form and also pay for a liberty pass,red flags start to flare and I knew it was a scam, the weridiest thing he still have some of his photos up on facebook and other websites

• 8. nursekath  |  June 5th, 2010 at 10:59 pm

  My comment is the same as Rika Wood – the exact same thing happened to me – word for word as she described, same name and all. I got took for $2500+ I cant believe these scum -they sure know how to work the system, say all the right things, play on your emotions. I dont know what to tell anyone to protect them in the future other than if they ask for money, it is surely a scam. I am a professional, well educated person, and a good judge of character. Obviously i was wrong. I feel so stupid for falling for it. I should have know better. I hope Jason Valderama or whatever the heck his name is, and all the people like him rot in hell.

• 9. jennifer  |  June 23rd, 2010 at 4:41 pm

  I am looking for an Internet Online Dating Scammer named Ron Berryhill. Has anyone ever heard of this man? Trying to convince my mother that this is a huge scam and need help. Any advice or if you have heard of this man please let me know!

• 10. tricia  |  July 13th, 2010 at 12:04 pm

  Im so glad I found this site as I was very nearly scammed also by so called jason sounds like he sent me the same pics to. what a low life scum bag..
  trica

• 11. nurse cueva  |  July 17th, 2010 at 8:18 pm

  this acclaim us sergent eddie butierrez
  this soldier claim is from us and scam me of about 10000usd …people be cause of him…he is very smart

• 12. Sylvia  |  July 20th, 2010 at 4:59 am

  I had a Iraq soldier named Garrett Witt.I had a picture of him wearing a uniform with his name.After 1 month chatting daily with him,he asked to buy a computer for his daughter who is in America.I refused but I felt the biggest idiot in the world as i feel in love.I am a well educate and travelled person,so anyone is safe of this.They tell you what you want to hear.They are clever and offer you the world of love.NEVER SEND MONEY TO SOMEONE WHO YOU HAVE NEVER MET

• 13. Adriane  |  July 21st, 2010 at 9:58 pm

  I met someone on a mate1. He immediately wanted to know if I had yahoo chat. I suspected him right away but went along to see what he would do. His said his name was Tom Berrera, but on yahoo it is Tommy Willaims. He said he was in the Army and was stationed in Iraq. He sent pictures of him in a marine uniform…duh! Later on he asked if he could call me and I told him no. So he told me that he could have me call him. He gave me the following address.
  militarytelecom@engineer.com
  I checked it out because I have heard of so many types of scams and sure enough I found out it was a scam.
  This is a way of him asking for money.
  Please be careful. Don’t ever fall for someone who professes his love for you before you even meet him

• 14. Jo  |  July 22nd, 2010 at 6:51 pm

  Anyone come across Chris Graham….aka everybodylovechris….on smooch.com?

  A US SGT in Iraq, so he says. Wants to open a line of communication at a large cost?? Says he is widowed and his ‘maid’ looks after his son back in UK.

  He won’t be getting money from me, besides I have none.

• 15. Jo  |  July 22nd, 2010 at 6:55 pm

  Has anyone heard of Chris Graham, aka everybodylovechris, on smooch?

  Claims to be widowed and in Iraq. Has a son in UK being looked after by his’maid’.

  Wants to open a line of communication at a large cost. Asks to email……. lt John Carson, to get permission.

  He won’t be opening it with me, I have no money, but it must be a scam, BEWARE!!!

• 16. Jo  |  July 22nd, 2010 at 6:58 pm

  Sorry, repeated because I didn’t think it went through oops.

• 17. Gwen  |  July 29th, 2010 at 1:06 pm

  Eddie Butierrez. I was contacted by this person. Is he real? He was mentioned in this site. Can I have more information please?

• 18. valmurphy  |  July 30th, 2010 at 8:35 pm

  hada guy talk to me for 3 weeks james mc bride says in kabul and wanted me to send him some money to help his private buisness of buy oil said the most womderfull loving things can see how easy to get taken but i wasnt

• 19. valmurphy  |  July 30th, 2010 at 8:39 pm

  chris grahmae sound much like james mc bride he sais if i wanted to talk to him in kabul had to fet special phone line set up and i would have to pay i got wise the

• 20. Julie  |  August 23rd, 2010 at 5:33 pm

  Had about six messages from this guy called Carlos Amando uses the address sgtccarlosamando @ hotmail, he too said he was a soldier in Afghanistan, I started to get suspicious when he asked for my mobile number. I entered his name into google and found this site and the scam. I contacted him on msn and asked if he had access to a webcam and haven’t heard from him since.

• 21. Jo  |  August 25th, 2010 at 10:18 am

  Makes me so angry that people get away with this!!!!

• 22. julie  |  August 26th, 2010 at 1:30 pm

  i have been talking to james mcbride he is a nigerian con man he also asked me for money for his private timber firm but i sorry to say i was coned into sending him money

• 23. TINA  |  October 11th, 2010 at 12:59 am

  RECEIVED AN EMAIL ABOUT 2 MTHS AGO FROM THIS GUY NAMED CHRIS JASON. HE SAID THAT HE SEEN MY MYSPACE PROFILE. WE COMMUNICATED FOR ABOUT 1 1/2 WEEK BEFORE I RECEIVED A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL. THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN HE SENDS ME AN URGENT MESSAGE THAT HIS SON WAS SICK=NEEDED 850.00. DIDN’T SEND NOW, HE IS SAYING THAT HE WANTS TO SEND ME A MONNEY ORDER TO CASH. DIDN’T DO ANYTHING YET. THIS GUY HAS PICTURES POSTED ON MYSPACE AND FACEBOOK. I ASKED HIM TO SEND PROOF BUT HAVEN’T GOT A RESPONSE. HAS ANYONE HEARD OF THIS GUY

• 24. Victoria  |  October 18th, 2010 at 4:10 pm

  I met a ‘US soldier’ based in Afghan thru Cupid dating site..his name is Williams Smith, I think he was also on Nightcafe! He is still intouch with me but has now said that he will not have internet access to chat with me from next week so suggested I contact him there thru MMNC…Mobile Military Network Communications but at a cost of 750.00$, this week I have had two e-mails supposedly from this site but there is no letter head address or contact details. Unfortunately I have already given my name and address to this ‘so called’ soldier and hope nothing will happen with the details ive given!
  AS ive said i dont believe the site he is now asking me to contact the site and request leave to arrange our marriage! Its so sad as they are really convincing with the e-mails and words!
  I reported this man to Cupid admin who advised his profile was closed as he had breached rules!! Lookks like yet another scammer!

• 25. Victoria  |  October 18th, 2010 at 4:16 pm

  INCIDENTALLY…I have also given this guy…Williams Smith my mobile phone number, and address… can anyone advise me if there will be any repercussions towards me or can this scammer use this info for their own benefit?

• 26. Shimrit  |  October 18th, 2010 at 5:29 pm

  Victoria: I don’t think there is much he can do with just your address and mobile phone number, but just to be sure, I’d be on the look out for anything suspicious in the near future.

  I would suggest checking http://www.actionfraud.org.uk for more information. They also have a helpline you can call.

  Some banks also offer some sort of “identity theft watch” service, but I’ve never actually tried it myself.

• 27. Bluedolly01  |  October 21st, 2010 at 1:21 am

  Hi

  Anyone heard of Command Sergeant Stephen Miller out of Ghana? My mum is currently in contact with him and has sent him money.

  With every fibre of my being I know that this is a scam but need to get lots of evidence together before I can go to her or she just won’t believe it.

  This is the first “relationship” that she has had since my dad died 12 years ago and I can’t believe that she has fallen for this scumbag.

• 28. Shimrit  |  October 21st, 2010 at 11:09 am

  Bluedolly: I’m sorry to be saying this, but it sounds like you already know the answer yourself. The fact that this guy has asked for and received money from your mother is the telltale sign. Also, sad to say, but the fact that Ghana is involved is another worrying factor, as many of the scammers hail from there.

  These guys are professional scammers and they specifically target vulnerable who fit your mother’s profile. Generally, the story they tell is the same – the guy is widowed, has a son / daughter back home who is cared for by his parents, needs the money to pay for some phone service, arranging leave, collecting a package or something to do with the kid… Do any of these ring true?

  I suggest you contact the dating site where your mother met this guy with this guy’s username or full name and ask them for advice. Sadly, many sites won’t admit that a scammer has been using their site, but they would close his account or tell you he was in violation of their rules. Believe me, when checking someone’s profile, dating site moderators can see very quickly and very clearly if he is a scammer by his pattern of use. Unfortunately, even with hours, days and months of hard work, it’s impossible to remove all scammers from the site before they contact someone. I hope your mother didn’t send too much money to this guy.

• 29. Mary  |  January 6th, 2011 at 1:30 am

  Rika Wood and nursekath, I dealt with the fake jerk Jason Valderama too. He will reap what he sown.

• 30. Lorraine  |  January 12th, 2011 at 6:46 pm

  Hi, my name is Lorraine and i think I have the same problem as the other women on this page … I was chattimg with a guy is name vis Ralph Edwards and i gought is about the same fraud of all he other one cause he was asking me about money to … I was stupid anaught to sent him 200.00 canadian but it’s over now and hopefuly if my story could help other witch i hope … Thanks to read me …Lorraine .

• 31. Lorraine  |  January 12th, 2011 at 6:49 pm

  Hi, my name is Lorraine and i think I have the same problem as the other women on this page … I was chattimg with a guy is name vis Ralph Edwards he was saying his fron Bagdad and i dought is about the same fraud of all he other one cause he was asking me about money to … I was stupid anaught to sent him 200.00 canadian but it’s over now and hopefuly if my story could help other witch i hope … Thanks to read me …Lorraine .

• 32. Annie  |  January 18th, 2011 at 7:02 am

  Interesting, signed up to a dating site just a couple of days ago…within minutes got contacted by this fantastic chap….in the British army, logistics, widowed, 17 year old son lives with grandparents in the US as his wife had been American. He sent me a photo….fantastic looking chap….too good looking, and my sense of ‘something not quite right ‘ here.
  Am chatting with him each day for a couple of hours and is very optimistic about a potential future for us…..Ali wou
  D of course love it to be true, but so glad I looked on here as my instinct tells me there are too many similarities to scams experienced by the other writers on this site…..will keep you posted

• 33. Mary  |  January 23rd, 2011 at 9:33 am

  I just got hit on by someone going by Chris Jason (ID Chrisjason12345) on Match.com…almost instantly he tells me IM is too slow on there, let’s get on Yahoo messenger…classic tactic. I tell him no, I don’t leave the site at all without knowing someone very well (admission, I temporarily fell for two scammers’ techniques in this vein but eventually caught on and reported them). He says well, he hardly ever gets on Match, so email him at Yahoo. I said, no thankyou, safety first, and closed the browser. These guys make me sick, preying on single women and single moms…they are the scum of the earth!! I’m going to report this guy, it’s all too classic and I smell a rat. Be safe, everyone…wise as serpents, gentle as doves. Cover your butt, even if it feels paranoid. Do it.

• 34. karen moore  |  January 24th, 2011 at 4:19 pm

  mster sergeant steve jordan email jodan_0910@yahoo.com
  gorgeous, 6′ 2″, american italian stationed in afghanistan, widowed 2 beautiful kids who live with his in-laws in scotland …NOT…
  i stupidly got taken in my him, but the wonderful emails he wrote to me he has been sending exactly the same to others. i really beleive in him stupidly, his story was too good and the many pics he posted seemed real, lots of him with his kids too. and he was drop dead gorgeous. anyway he wanted $2,500 from to get him leave and also asked me to apply to his commandant. i refused and he is still denying he is doing anything wrong, even though i sent him the link of the exact same letter he sent ‘lauren’
  i had a weird feeling straight away as he hadnt spelled his surname correctly on his email address, but was so taken in by him i dismissed it. i sent forms with my name, full address and mobile number, and his last communication he said – well even if you dont pay the money for the leave i have your contact address and will find my way to you, my love..bit of a veiled threat but scarey nontheless when he knows i have two young kids
  everyone should be aware of these scams, these people are scum

• 35. Zoe  |  January 27th, 2011 at 2:41 am

  Hi im currently talking with Sgt Major Gary Craig Shipley from Dallas Texas deployed in Iraq. He has asked for nothing but has a son and is also widowed. I have asked for proof and he says he can provide it. I have found a phone number for him if its him but havent rang yet.Maybe someone should set a a site just for details that these men give us and we could look them up straight away saving us emotional space.Like a Scammer hotlist lol oh his email add is gary_75thbrigade@yahoo

• 36. janoce philpott  |  February 2nd, 2011 at 11:18 pm

  yes been e mailed on facebook for 3 weeks. a sergent Gerald wilson basic life support augmentation logistics log cap 111 deployed for 6 yrs. he had a daughter lived with mom in states. wanted me to subscribe on phone was going to get the army base to ring me! obviously coppied photograph! what a shame for these soldgiers!something needs to be done!

• 37. lesley  |  February 2nd, 2011 at 11:26 pm

  i’ve just been scammed by a man saying he is a staff sargent bobby george who’s wife and child was killed in a car crash. He asked me to pay for his leave request and is still asking me for money if though i’ve told him i no it’s a scam but he ain’t gettin anymore.

• 38. Deana  |  February 14th, 2011 at 3:21 am

  Watch out for a Eddie Butierrez…tried to get me to do a lot of things for him but I wouldn’t….send money…wire transfers…wanted my online banking information…wanted to know my mother’s maiden name…
  He says he’s 37 and is a widow with a five year old daughter…he uses a picture of a very good-looking man and that’s what caught my attention at first…but wants to marry me within the week…just stay clear…

• 39. Karyn  |  February 14th, 2011 at 4:49 am

  Hi, I’m in australia and within 2 days have had 2 US army guys contact me, David Murray & Jeffrey Ruddock, after reading these I think they may be going to scam me, it;s awful how they can play with your feelings. David professed love after about 20mins and said he was going to move to Perth, I check the dating site and his profile is under review so I have deleted him. Jeff however, think he may still be a scammer (not sure yet) is saying all the right things. At least I’m not stupid and won’t be giving any money to anyone from online.

• 40. Kim  |  February 15th, 2011 at 2:12 pm

  I also talked to Chris Graham who claims to be a soldier in Iraq. He says he is from Texas, that his wife died and his parents take care of his son. What totally tipped me off was his horrible command of the english language for someone who lived in the united states his entire life.

• 41. Tracy Pannell  |  February 17th, 2011 at 2:04 pm

  Hi girls these are the 3 photos I have of Major Jonny Nugent the American soldier in Afganistan. He has been very quiet the last couple of nights so I guess I wasnt forcoming enough with the money he needed and he is trying elswhere. Remember the profiles were Amtyville and Styloz listed for Sydney Australia on christianmingle.com His email goes under jonnyontherun and remmember the LtGen David Howell Petraeus and his email which is afganplatooncontrols@presidency.com hope they come out ok and we can catch these guys before they do too much more damage
  Tracy

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• 42. Eva  |  February 25th, 2011 at 5:43 pm

  Just wanted to say I received an email via FaceBook….the guy is Ralph Fagon edwards Command Sergent Major e-9 rank officer. Not the first time I get one of this. I did get one at some point in Match.com and they all desperatlty to get you to talk in Instant message….
  Scams!! scams! all of them. They did not make money of me and will never be able…but I wanted to add my comments

• 43. kathy  |  March 27th, 2011 at 9:32 pm

  i met someone on facebook. he is going under the name kelvin schroeder and his email is kelvin.schroeder @ yahoo.com,
  he emailed me saying he lived in seattle,wa and had a son named Jacob. his wife and parents had both passed and he had no other family. he was an engineer and going to london on business, after being there 3 days he emailed me and said he left his money and credit cards at home. he asked if i could send him money. i told him i did not have it. then he was trying to give me the guilt feeling. he said if i really loved him i would send him the money.
  you know i never noticed it but, now when i look back at his emails. the spelling was off and he was using words in past tense. someone who is an engineer and an american would not be writing like this.

  Ladies be careful of Kelvin Schroeder

• 44. julie  |  April 3rd, 2011 at 11:46 pm

  i met a guy his name is Alex Swain.met him on Meeteez via facebook.he says hes in the USA Army based in Afghanistan,been in 25 years due to come out in May.hes got to go on a mission but doesnt want to go .so asked if i would pay for him to get special leave.i havent sent any money because a friend told me of all the scams that are going on ,thank god she did before it was to late,so if any one else have heard of Alex Swain let me no ,

• 45. debbie  |  May 5th, 2011 at 4:56 pm

  hi there

  i have another one on girlsdateforfree.com claims he is a u.s soldier a sgt no less called james butterfield email butterfieldj90 gave me all the chat as they do then said about this special leave and needs me as a guarantor and for me to pay $500. of course i said no. it is such a shame this happens especially as making out to be in the forces very low.

• 46. sue  |  May 11th, 2011 at 12:00 pm

  Hi I,ve just had an attempted scammer but didnt fall for it..
  He is going by the name of John roberts and using Zoosk to lure women in he is suposed to live in Manchester UK but his IP address takes him stolkholm…
  he is supposed to be half Italian good lookin and i do have photos but do not know how to upload them or have checked out… i did notice though on zoosk he did change his profile area to Newcastle New south Wales in Aus so he is working his way round…. He sends the biggest bouquet of roses you have ever seen and supposed to be working in legos something to do with the oil rigs?
  then 3 days before he was due home he had been beat up him and his driver and robbed of every penny he wanted £500 to get home… he didnt get it but be aware like i said i do have photos

• 47. Lauren  |  May 13th, 2011 at 6:21 pm

  Thanks for posting Julie. An Alex Swain with the same description you gave contacted me on chemistry.com. I decided to google his name before responding. So glad I did & so thankful for your post! We women have to look out for each other!

• 48. hani  |  May 14th, 2011 at 8:31 am

  i was blackmailed last year..i was on the website tagged and this guy called patrick cleveland contacted me..we spoke on yahoo msn and i saw him on webcam..he was very very goodlooking and i stupidly exposed myself on cam..anyway he said he was going to visit me in a few days and one night rang me up crying, saying that someone captured what we did on cam and wants money..before that i got an email from someone called musab saying that he would expose the footage to all my facebook friends if i didn’t pay up..he started saying that he could sell it as porn for so much more money but pitied me as he was a good muslim(!!!) and would never do that to another muslim..well i immediately knew he and this bastard patrick were the same guy..sent them emails with more than a few f bombs..saying they could do what they like..i really don’t care..so please please ladies..do be careful..

• 49. Carol Bereczki  |  July 12th, 2011 at 11:02 pm

  I am really thankful for sites like this one. I have been recently separated and decided to check out two on-line dating sites. I was totally not prepared for all the “fake” attention I have been getting. I have narrowed down a profile of men I will not even respond to and I would suggest you do the same. This is what I have found…
  The perpitrator will be white, a widower, has one child that he is solely responsible. His wife has often been killed in a car crash,or he has been in a bad marriage where his wife had many affairs. He is most often 5’10″, may or maynot have a sibling, but if they do, they often live far away or are not emotionally close. Their parents have passed, they claim to live solitary lives and most importantly distance is never an issue. They also often open up ridiculous criteria looking for women 35 to 80… The ones I have met all claim to be Engineers, professionals, or US soldiers. Often there is a connection in their profile or once you talk to them regarding working as private contractors, working in Europe and sometimes Africa. Don`t be fooled by flowers and phone calls…apparently your presents are purchased with stolen credit cards. Learn from my mistake… If it is too good to be true…on these sites…they probably are.
  Be safe…You are not alone.
  Move along…

• 50. Shimrit  |  July 18th, 2011 at 11:32 am

  Thank you, Carol, for your feedback and useful information. I hope many women read your comment.

• 51. Misty  |  July 24th, 2011 at 12:16 am

  I was reading #46′s post by Sue who wrote about JOHN ROBERTS. I was also swooned by him however, he informed me he lived in Los Angeles, his wife died of cancer, his 9 year old son lived with his mother in Galway Ireland and he was wanting me to go with him to London where he won a contract to work on a contract in a project in Nigeria. He picked to go with the oil lines because there was more money than the gas lines in the UK. He promised marriage and the whole package to me and he would be coming for me soon. He never asked me for money but had one weird request. I send him a watch. A Casio watch. Weird. He then sent me a picture of what the Casio watch was and it was a $500 Casio watch. I refused to and told him if he had so much money that I wouldn’t have to work once he “came for me” in a few months he could purchase it himself and he became upset with me to say the least. He got over it and I became very suspicious after that and began finding out more about John Roberts and I spoke with someone from Canada he had scammed as well. I have lots of pictures of this John Roberts as he portrays himself to be. I am sure it is not him at all. It’s a shame people pray on others who are vulnerable. Pity on them! Hopefully they will pay for it in the long run….

• 52. Ann Stanley  |  July 30th, 2011 at 6:58 pm

  Well mines a General in the US Army General Paul Baker he told me he loved me within 12 hours of speaking to him. The next day he had supposedly told his 10 year old son who was on a scholarship out in Ghana. and would i text him and say hi cos him i was going to be his new mum. A couple of days later he said he needed money for his son to but foodstuffs and he couldn’t get things out because the shop was shut. At the weekend after seeing more photo’s i sent thirty pounds. A few days later he said he had a lot of money in a sealed briefcase. Which he would send out to me having obtained my details. Then he tells me to follow the instructions of the courier when they got in touch. Two days late i received an email saying she had another delivery which had taken her to Ghana and that i needed to pay £550 so she could get a permil so through customs in ghana and England. I send an email back cc a copy to him and all of a sudden i get a phonecall from him. Which he later says he called to hear my voice cos i said i wasn’t going to be online, The next day i get an email from someone else in Ghana saying that i am beneficiary to the fortune left by a gold merchant all i need do is send my bank details so he can split the money between us. Yes like i’m going to do that. I was still talking to the General and kept wanting me to send the money if not the briefcase would be sent back and he would be in trouble. His kind of guilt trip was if he was sent to jail would i look after his son. The only way i know is to cut all ties even though he has my address, mobile and email.

• 53. Sook  |  August 20th, 2011 at 4:01 am

  Response to sue and misty. 46 & 51. John Roberts now calls himself John Cooper. From Manchester, wife died in car crash, 2. Kids with grannie who have very odd names. He’s on match.com. I noticed how quick he was to love me. Huge flag. Then I waited for him to ask for money. He did, story that he & his driver were robbed. I told him i knew it was a scam and he wrote back super angry and threatening.
  PLEASE DON’T SEND ANYONE MONEY AND ALWAYS REPORT THEM TO THE WEBSITE SO THEY ARE PUT ON A WATCH LIST.

• 54. cindy  |  August 29th, 2011 at 7:04 pm

  This guy John Robert (s) bobert53@hotmail.com now working under the name John Cooper told me he was from the UK, his wife passed away three years ago and that he didnt have any kids. He will keep up profiles for ca 1 week with every time different pictures, but if you look good enough you will be able to see it is him. You will find him back on Meet, Badoo, Zoosk and i am sure many more. Went on a business trip to NY than had to pick up his checks in Lagos South Afrika, because the German company didnt pay him.
  Stupid enough I did send money. A small amount to NY via Western Union. He never picked that up???? When he got to Lagos he said he needed money again to clear his checks and to pay the taxes. I send 1500 euro’s, that amount he did pick up? Probably with a fake passport or something, because when you send money thru WU to South Afrika you either have to have a bank account there or take someone with you that can verify you identity. I thought it was safe because the security for WU in those countries are tight. I guess not tight enough?
  He got his clearance to leave the country but than asked for money again for his ticket and hotel bills? So if you get into contact with this guy, dont send money? he scams people, and is probably still stuck in Lagos yea right. Unbelievable how low people can get to scam people.
  I came across other websites and posts from other women that he also tried to con. He will change his story some times but it comes down to pretty much te same. Check his ip adres because it will be from Zweden Stockholm.
  Sad to say but nothing but a lowlife scum bag.

• 55. cindy  |  August 29th, 2011 at 7:10 pm

  Responds to Misty and Sue,

  You can also place John Roberts with pictures on the website
  delphifaq.com. This is also a big dating scammer website. He is already on there with a cammers profile including pictures. But the more pictures and info about him is on there the harder it will be for him to con more women.

• 56. Rick O'sha  |  September 7th, 2011 at 3:36 am

  A good thing to try if you are unsure about a suspected email message.

  Google the email address.
  This will pull up a history of mails sent from that address.

  You can also run a IP check.
  This will pinpoint the scammers location.

  Mostly you will find they come from Nigeria and Ghana.

• 57. Nan  |  December 6th, 2011 at 11:25 pm

  Misty, Sue and Cindy – I was almost scammed by John Roberts as well….same story here….widower with a 9 year old son who lived in Ireland with his mom….worked for the US Army Corp of Engineers in construction and traveled all over….his new email is john_roberts203@yahoo.com and he is now on Are You Interested. He kept saying he couldn’t call me cuz he didn’t have calling cards, but he has an iphone…BIG RED FLAG – when he gave me a international phone number to call after I checked my phone records to see how much I would have to pay (which fortunately is $0) it said it was in Nigeria not the UK like he said he was going to.

  Cindy – I couldn’t find his scammer profile on delphifaq.com….

• 58. Diane  |  January 26th, 2012 at 7:38 pm

  OMG!! Misty, Sue and Cindy,

  I have been contacted by John Roberts who goes by Johnson Roberts with the same email address John-Roberts203@yahoo.com. Same story kid in Ireland which I thouht was suspicious and works as an engineer in the oilfield industry. His uses words a little different in his emails. That caught my attention too. So glad I found this site. Thank you to all that submitted this information. He just wrote to me yesterday with loving thoughts which got my suspicion as well and now I know. Good luck to all of you and thanks again for posting this precious information.

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