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- Lancaster, PA, USA • May 09, 2025
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Met on eharmony after 6 months he claimed he worked for homeland security and was doing a final project before retiring and needed money for licenses for satellite software in Washington DC

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- Marshall, TX, USA • Apr 26, 2025
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I was helping a guy who got robbed and beaten at gun point and lost everything. I kept thinking we had a future to get him back state side. I paid for him to return the money to his employer. His employer looked to replace him to finish the project. His employer didn’t except no one in end because they weren’t going to pay any more money. I would pay for his rent, food, electric and for necessities for several months. I did in the end block him but lost lots of money

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- Washington, DC, USA • Apr 18, 2025
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Jonathan Bayler

Today at 2:24 PM

For babysitter For Andrew

$150.00

Transaction details

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Waiting for Jonathan to accept this payment.

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#D-5V69XERD

What you can do

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View history with Jonathan And more info I have please I want my money back all of it I never met these people before at all this was a scam

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- Shickshinny, PA, USA • Apr 12, 2025
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His name was Peter Jackson. He said he was a military doctor in Syria and that he’s from California and he has a son in boarding school in California. He wanted to get out of the military because he wanted to be with his son. He said he lost his wife in a terrible car accident. So I paid for him to get out of the military, for a cab to the airport, and for his flight home. I didn’t hear from him for a day or two . I was then notified by email from a doctor that said he was in a terrible accident and needed surgery immediately. He said that terrorist shot the cab driver in the cab kept on going with Peter in it. The initial payment that the doctor said was required to do. The surgery was $11,000 so I sent it bitcoin. Then I paid for his hospital stay and food. After Peter was better, he needed another flight and he asked me to email air safe to see how much a new flight would be. I paid over $6000 for each flight and they said there was no refund on the previous flight . Air safe said they would send a secure cab and pick him up from the hospital and take him to the airport. When the cab got to the airport, the security guard would not let the cab beyond the gate and the guard never let anyone know that the cab was there. The security guard let them know when the cab had left. Peter was very mad and got in a fight with the guard. The doctor called the police, the police came and took him to the police station. The police told me that I needed to pay for bail and for the court proceedings. I paid for the bill, but I didn’t have no more money to pay for the court proceedings. Peter was emailing me about how the police were treating him to help him with the court proceedings. I told him I didn’t have any money left and he kept emailing me begging for more money so I deleted and blocked him. He then started emailing me through Gmail. That he was very sick and his son was very sick and that his son had colon cancer . He asked me to email air safe to see how much a flight would be and I told him I didn’t have any money. He said just email them to see how much it would be. I emailed air safe and ask them how much a flight would be for Peter. They emailed me back and said it would be $3000. I told them I didn’t have $3000 and they told me that he is very sick and his son has colon cancer that he needs to get home. I told them I already paid for two flights that I didn’t have any more money left that they need to help him. I haven’t heard from them since I have my bank statement of the money I had withdrew from my account. I also have the receipts from the bitcoin I had purchased and sent to Peter, the hospital, and air safe. If there’s any way that you can help me retrieve my money that would be wonderful. Thank you.

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- Shippensburg, PA, USA • Apr 10, 2025
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Person has been pretending to be Elon Musk. Saying i was his soul mate. And he wanted to meet me but it had to be a secret because of who he was. I played along. I was bored not stupid. Finally he told me I needed to buy a 500 to 600 dollar VIP card in order to met him.

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- Brooklyn, NY, USA • Apr 04, 2025
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I was emotionally manipulated and financially exploited by Roberta Gabriela Ticarau, a Romanian woman who also goes by the online alias “VanessaEsther.” I first spoke to her on an adult video chat site during a time of personal distress. I wasn’t looking for a relationship — I was looking for someone to talk to. She took advantage of that vulnerability.

After gaining my trust, she began inventing crisis after crisis — claiming she was in legal trouble, needed money for medical issues, had no rent, or needed help with a pregnancy. She played on empathy, guilt, and my mental health struggles to push me into sending money. Each time, she promised to pay it back or said her family would — but the excuses and delays never stopped.

When I stopped sending money and began seeking help, she escalated to sextortion — threatening to release private content unless I withdrew any complaints. She has also tried to reverse the narrative by claiming I initiated the sexual element of our conversations, which is untrue. I had asked for that to stop and made my boundaries clear.

She preys on people going through difficult periods in their life. She uses emotional pressure, false promises, and shame to keep victims quiet. If you encounter Roberta Gabriela Ticarau or “VanessaEsther”, do not engage. She is dangerous and manipulative.

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- Brooklyn, NY, USA • Mar 31, 2025
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George is also saying he’s a Sargent and is stationed in Syria. He claimed his bank account in the states were frozen. I send him $3500.00 via Zelle.

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- Bethlehem, PA, USA • Mar 26, 2025
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I met a woman on Timmy website and then we started to text…. Her name is Christine Kivi. She told me she lived in Texas and was moving to California and then was stuck in Pompeii in a job where she needed money to pay her workers. I paid her through my PayPal and I was eventually taken for $900.

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- Moreno Valley, CA, USA • Mar 23, 2025
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Hello this person send me a video and of me where i doing sexy with a little girl and they tell me if u payme $1600 i will remote the video from face book so i send him $800 but when i send that money he start getting mad telling alot nusty thinh he is hoing to kill and my mother yo do i went to police to report them but i did know that maybe i can get my money back

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- Woodstock, GA, USA • Mar 17, 2025
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Reached out to me through Instagram. Posted and dm me through their verified account. Communication through LINE app. Used the son as leverage and his accounts were froze due to tryin to see me. Has to pay a fine to have them unfrozen. Sent me an engagement ring. Linked his bank accounts into my cred cards paid the balances so i can get him more cards. Payments came back since accounts were frozen. Crypto investment but never got my return its routed to him. Very pushey.

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- Greeley, CO, USA • Jan 13, 2025
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He infamous celebrity dating anyone and needing gift cards etc fto meet

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- Newport News, VA, USA • Dec 21, 2024
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In December 2022, It started with the woo dating app. We began talking and then he wanted me to delete it so that he can have my cell phone number to talk without limits. He stated that he's in the army and will leaving in 6 months. I told him I was an Teacher Assistant in a high school. I have 3 kids and 1 in collage. He said that he has 1 daughter name Evelyn. Months passed and he started to ask me how much I made and when do I get paid.I got highly upset with him and told him that he didn't need to know all that and I hung up on him. He kept calling multiple times and I finally caved in and answered the phone. He begged and apologies for making me feel that way. I'm crying on the phone with him and still apologizing and promises he will not do anything to hurt me.

Months later we're still talking then he says that he wanted to help out with my bills in the house and he wanted my bank information so he can send it. At first, I said no because I'm not giving out my bank information to get messed out because my family and I are trying to get a house. He somehow convinces me to trust him and he'll never hurt me. Again I trusted him. And gave him my information.

Everything came crashing down. My 1st bank kept calling me to say that someone tried to get into my account. I approved it and the flood gates opened. Someone put money in my accounts and then took it out fast. The bank called me onto the office and said they don't want me banking there no longer. Then it happened at my second bank.

Then he wanted to pay my credit card off. I fought with him on that and said no. Leave it alone. He left it alone for a couple weeks and then brought it back up again. He wanted to pay it off so that when he gets home I don't have any bills to pay.

I had calmed down and agreed to it.

He paid it in full but then asked the credit card company to increase the limit. They did. He said we needed new phones so he started to buy me and him a Samsung Galaxy phone. Next thing I know the new iPhone 15 came out. He wanted me to buy it from Amazon but they only had the 13 and 14. He was fine with that. I brought 6 phones and he wanted me to send it to Texas.

Omg, why did I do this? Ofc I had to pay fedex to send it.

Now, it's tax time ??

Robert says "don't worry about it" give me your ss number and I'll handle it. You will get back more than you ever gotten back before. He shows me pictures other people had gotten back. He gets it . 1 year later I still haven't gotten my tax refund and I can't go on the irs.gov it says I'm blocked. I'm blocked from many cash apps.

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- Bandy, VA, USA • Dec 04, 2024
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My girlfriend in Tokyo was going to send me $55,000 through a form of cash app. Had to pay $1600 in bitcoin. Meet her on Facebook a year ago. Never seen her.

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- Newcomerstown, OH, USA • Dec 01, 2024
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Willard contacted me on a dating site and quickly moved to Whatsapp. He appeared genuine, but i couldn't find any info online about him and he removed himself from the dating site. He said he was a cryptocurrency stock trader and tutor and he had helped a student a lot of the day.

He moved from Texas to Ohio a month ago.

No personal info was shared.

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- Chesapeake, VA, USA • Nov 19, 2024
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Scammer going by the name Richard Perez started messaging me through Silversingles around the middle of May. Shortly after we exchanged phone numbers all of messages were through our phones or email. He claimed he had to go to Dubai just days before we were supposed to meet in person. Once there he said he could not access his bank account because he forgot to tell them he would be out of the country and the bank blocked his account. He asked me to send a cashiers check for $22,500 to an individual named Marion Smith at 79 7th Ave., Carbondale, PA 18407-2432. On June 27, 2024 I sent him money was for $27,000 by wire transfer to Carmel Mullee's bank: Wells Fargo Bank 18 Main Street, East Hartford, CT 06118. Carmel's address is 14 Agawam St., Dorchester, MA 02122. I sent another wire transfer for $22,500 to Carmel Mullee's bank again on July 1, 2024. On July 3, 2024 I wired another 22,500 to Carmel Mullee's bank. On July 11, 2024 I sent another wire for $27,500 to Carmel Mullee's bank. All of these wire transfers were sent to help him secure his contract for the construction of a skyscraper in Dubai. He claimed to be stuck in Dubai until he could secure the contract. On July 15, 2024 he sent me by email what seemed to be a legitimate contract for the construction that was signed and approved. After getting through that process, the next thing he told me was the company he was working for (Alfanar) would not him leave the country until he had all the heavy equipment lined up and started for clearing the area of construction. This is when he suggested he set up a Bitcoin and Gemini account on my laptop so we could move money faster to him. So I allowed him to do this and he transferred what was left in my retirement savings ($318 thousand plus) over two separate transactions. All this time he was telling me he had more than enough in his bank in the U.S. to cover what I had given him plus interest and any penalties I might incur. Of course all this time he was love bombing the hell out of me, convincing me over and over that he loved me and wanted so badly to be with me. I finally realized what a fool I was when I received a phone call on October 23, 2024 from someone claiming to be a doctor at a hospital in Abu Dhabi, and he was telling me "Richard" had been in an accident and was in the ICU. The doctor would not give me any other information. He just said when "Richard" was better he would call me. That call never came, and it's been almost a month. After finding a website called Lenso AI, I was able to see "Richard" was on many other websites claiming to be interested in settling down with his soulmate. Each one, he used a different name, so I have no idea what his real name is. I have a copy of his probably fake drivers license if you need it.

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- Virginia Beach, VA, USA • Nov 18, 2024
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Romance scammers said he (name used Roland R. Brown, widower) was a Structural Engineer living in Va Beach VA/Alexandria VA. w/a 14 year old daughter who is in boarding school in Texas. He contacted me from Facebook dating site (which I did not know existed and started texting from there then started calling from what's app. Said he had to go to Ghana to get his daughter's inheritance (5.8 million dollars) from his late wife's late parents who lived in Ghana then he said got stuck there and 5 months into the scheme he started asking me for $$$$$$ and guilting me out of it saying things like he ran out of funds for food and could I send him money to eat & get home etc. I fell for it and lost my life savings my two vehicles my house. I ended up homeless for 2 years. It's more complicated than this and it's a lot more difficult to deal with because they're trained scammers and I'd never heard of scammers before so I had a very hard time dealing with this situation and blame myself nearly committing suicide. My family and friends absolutely abandoned me. I was completely devastated.

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- Croton On Hudson, NY, USA • Oct 27, 2024
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It happened through a dating site, no flags or emails came in negative, so we continued text messaging, and my guard wasn't up enough because he seemed so real. He said he was from NJ and had to travel to Spain because his aunt and uncle were killed, that was in March. He said he owned his own company, Atrind.com and has a warehouse in NJ. He claims to live in Edgewater NJ. We have not met, he allegedly is in Spain because he needs funds to get home. He claims his rental car was broken into when he left his bag behind behind and went into a store for five minutes, and in the bag was his license and passport, long story , I foolishly lent him funds through my credit card , via cash app because , again he supposedly had no bank account and he had a "wallet" where monies from the cash app can be deposited. I know nothing about these apps, I am not techy but I am kicking myself for being so gullible.. I don't know where to start so I looked into information and thought to start here, any further information or advice you can assist with would be most appreciated.. thank you in advance

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- Delray Beach, FL, USA • Oct 22, 2024
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Asked me for a big favor. He's at work & needs me to purchase $500. In a razor gold card as a bday gift for his 5yr.old son. Sending me a pic of him as a cardiologist in a miami hospital. A cardiologist floater never works in the same place. He begged & pleaded many times. Then he said his son was crying. Has a strong middle eastern accent. He prefered texting to the phone. I couldnt understand his broken accent. Said he was embarrassed of his voice. Only communicated through whatsapp after POF. He stopped using POF bc he loved me. Wanted both of us to get off of POF bc he can tell he loves me.(we never met) This continued for 4 days? Texted me every am & pm goodnite & good morn. Today, after his pathetic pleading & says Jesus wll take care of us. I blocked whatsapp, uninstalled POF. I feel like he's in my. cell. Yesterday, I had to get online to call Lyft. My cell would not get a connection (online).Never had that happen before. I would like advice if possible. Thank you in advance. **** ************

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- Jones, OK, USA • Oct 20, 2024
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She found me on a dating site and used her Touring in Syria and her need for a care package which was $200 dollars. She proclaimed how hellish the experience was. Scott ******** was the recipient via PayPal at *********************

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- Summersville, WV, USA • Oct 20, 2024
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Used romance to scam my husband out of about $30,000.00. He even is buying a house with her. He is in financial ruin.

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