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- Blacksburg, VA, USA • Sep 23, 2024
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I met this girl over LMK, and she pretends to like me and she borrowed money for some personal use but everytime was through cashapp and she asked me to show my card which I didnt give but she asks for money which i refrained but gave about 30 dollars rightly. But the cashapp ID used were different and I suspect that she is dealing with some stuff where she made me pay for that, today she told she has not had lunch and asked 20 dollars ,which is has kept asking till evening, I initially paid later cancelled realising possible scam going on with me

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- Leesport, PA, USA • Sep 21, 2024
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this person promises romance to my 84 year old mom. As a family we removed access to her savings but this person keeps returning as they know she will break. They will have her get gift cards and give them the numbers with the promise they will show up to love her and take care of her. They manipulate her into feelings against her family. she gave family cell phone numbers to this person and they manipulate the entire situation. Their story makes no sense but she is convinced he is real

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- Enola, PA, USA • Sep 13, 2024
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I was told that I had to pay for a fan card to keep talking to Taylor which was $5000 . I was then told that he was fined for $10,000 because he was trying to help me out and pay for half of the fan card for me because I didn’t have the money. I offered to help pay his fine but now I am being told that I am not paying enough money on every Friday. I have paid $9000 to several different people via cash app,Venmo and PayPal and I am not able to find the management company online. I am not sure if it is a scam or if I am being dumb but I would like my money back

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- Ferrum, VA, USA • Sep 13, 2024
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The man's name is Frederick Hill he claims that he's working in an oil rig off of Scotland & that his money is tied up in his contract..So he's asked my Mom to help him come on vacation & that it costs $55,500 but supposedly the company has let pay $10,500 instead & he told he'd pay for it by sending her the money through air mail...Now, she has been buying him apple pay cards, 2 cards for $50 a piece (that we know of) now he's claiming to have typhoid fever & instead of going to a hospital he told her to buy 2 $500 (Razor) Cards so he could get injections that would cost $1000 instead...My mom is 84 yrs old & really believes everything this man is saying...I've tried to tell her he is a scammer but she refuses to believe me or anyone even when we tell her about the shows like Dateline or the news storied about how men scam older women...Mom only has her Social security check to live on & I'm just praying it isn't too late that she hasn't given this man her banking information...I reported him to Facebook & they said it nothing they could do...He has 2 profiles, one says he lives in Los Angeles, California & the other says Red Bluff, California...I've seen some of their messages & when they're messaging back & forth he says he doesn't understand what she's saying, to me that's a red flag because if you're from the US then you would understand English.....According to her she was to get the $10,500 & send it to someone else once she got the money from him, through the air mail...She hasn't mentioned anything yet about that...She even spoke to a lady at her bank about this man & she told her he was a scammer but yet she's still talking to him...i honestly don't know what else to do at this point but to report him...my phone number is ************ & my email is **************************** if you have anymore question I'll try my best to answer them...Thank you

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- Radford, VA, USA • Sep 08, 2024
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I am a senior who met a man on Facebook who claimed to be Brigadier General Vincent F. Malone in the U.S. Army. This was in

August of 2024. I communicated with him from August until the first of September, 2024. He insisted that we communicate on Google Chat which I had never used. He said it was importance for his safety and security and of keeping his conversations private being that he was a General. During our conversations he mentioned that he had a diplomat working on his portfolio on his behalf by the name of Richard Paul. Malone communicated to me that his portfolio contained $10 million dollars which he was paid for getting a high ranking person in Syria and his family out safely. The portfolio also contained identification and Malone's retirement papers. He told me that this portfolio was being held up in a warehouse in Syria and if i could send him $3000.00 they (the customs in Syria) would release the portfolio. I was to UPS Overnight this cash inside a book and send to a Regina Romero. I was never told who she was or her title. I'm thinking that she was another liaison for Malone. The portfolio was released to the U.S. After this payment was made and thinking that Malone would be released to the states...he then said when it got here they wanted $25,000.00 in US customs to release. Malone told me early on that he was 62 years old and was just trying to get home to the states. So out of the goodness of my heart i sent this man 25,000. but it was in the form of a cashiers check. It was to be UPS Overnighted to a Sandra Williams. After this Malone said that he would repay me (the $28,000.00) out of the $10 million in his portfolio. However, after his "dilpomat" Richard Paul sent me an email saying that in order to have them deliver it to me to be opened with a code, he would need another $150,000.00 which Paul said he pleaded with the agents to come down from their original request which was $300,000.00. Needless to say, this is where it all ended. I still get request for money from him. I deleted his messages, google chats, etc. Out of the goodness of my heart this was done for a man claiming he was just trying to get to the states to enjoy retirement. Lesson learned.

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- Jupiter, FL, USA • Sep 07, 2024
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Used my name in the email subject line, but not when he started the email. Said he came across my name on LinkedIn then went on to compliment me, my looks, etc. Said he's never done this before...wants to connect. I saw the other persons note about Gregory Auger scamming her so thought I'd share this. I deleted his message and never responded.

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- Miami, FL, USA • Jul 21, 2024
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The scammer wanted to help me financially by paying my credit card He paid it gave me an acc number and routing the he asked me to go to a cvs that when i figured it was a scammer I didnt answer him and 30 minutes later got a bunch of threats from another number. 3 h later got an fake fbi badge foto saying to send money to the scammer

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- Summer Shade, KY, USA • Jul 07, 2024
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Asking for gift cards for food healthcare, pet veterinarian fee, grandmother burial. Airline tickets, medicine's, passport fee, transportation by bus fee,

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- Anna, TX, USA • Jun 29, 2024
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I was approached and have been texting this guy a little older and he emailed me a check for $1000. I thought it was real because we have called and now I know it isnt and am at risk of having accounts flagged

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- Douglassville, PA, USA • Jun 21, 2024
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Scammer Aliased as Lanie Gardner.

Proclaimed to need money due to Jonas Contract falling through and going into bankruptcy.

Wants to marry victim, wants to live with victim. (lies)

Sends false pictures or clearly photoshopped images of real person.

Takes only Prepaid cards, but has gotten checks from my father, now I fear they can forge his checks.

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- Accokeek, MD, USA • Jun 08, 2024
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Looking for romantic information to get together, by acting that we know each other in the past.

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- Blacksburg, VA, USA
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I met Marc through Elite Singles dating site. I did not like my options on the site but since I was in communication with Marc I didn't mind continuing communication outside of the site since I was no longer using it. Thereafter, I did notice that Marc's account was gone. Marc said he is a real estate broker and financial coach in trades. He stated having made projections and loved helping his students. He introduced me to an "AI Trading" site called PureTradeOption.com. Marc said to start small but the more I put in like $10K the more I'll get a return on. I only put in $200 and had to convert to bitcoin to invest. He suggested I use Cashapp but I used my Coinbase account. Once processed by Coinbase (took 1 week), I deposited it into the PureTradeOption account I created. After almost 2 weeks, the account grew to $9817.49 by 4/10/24 at which point I received an email that no other profits could be made until I "top up" by depositing "$6500." Marc stated that I would not be able to withdraw funds until my account reached $60,000 since I had a "basic level" account. I attempted to withdraw the $9817.49 for a deposit into my Coinbase account. Once the transfer on the PureTradeOption acct reached 86% transfer, it paused and prompted me to entire an access code, which I obviously didn't have. I then attempted to withdraw my initial $200 and received the same prompt again. Both of my attempts were followed by an email that stated my withdrawals declined. When I told Marc, I was not moving forward with the "top up" of $6500 he was aggressive by calling me "stubborn" and that I could not learn from him because I argue (when there was no argument). This is an odd response from someone who I met online for the purpose of dating. We never video called or met in person since he's supposedly in New Jersey and Hungarian. On very brief phone calls, he would just say hello and sounded like he had African heritage. When I emailed customer support to receive an access code, the person stated I could not withdraw because I had not reached $60K. When I stated this was a SCAM in my reply, the response was unprofessional, "Alright then you can go ahead with the report, it’s the criteria for a withdrawal in the basic account" and "Obviously you are trying to prove a point and we will do everything to sue you for a false allegation." Lastly, there was no withdrawal fee. Any reputable trade site would take a commission and/or transfer fee. Marc and PureTradeOption are likely just keeping people's money. Also, I could not find any discussions online from anyone in AI or Forex trading about this site.

I am concerned this has happened to others or will. And if I put in $200, I can only imagine how much they've scammed out of other people.

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- Trenton, NJ, USA
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My boyfriend, Kerem Anderson, is currently living in Aden, Yemen. He worked there for a couple of years on contract as an orthopedist. He has finally been paid for his contract and most of the money is held by the above-mentioned bank in account 021000021. He asked the banker, Najma Jones, (cell 415 889-2277) to do a domestic wire transfer of $500K into my ***** ***** account. Mr. Jones agreed and did all the necessary paperwork for the transfer. When the paperwork was done, Mr. Jones demanded a fee via text, a fee of $762 "to sign agreement of the documents". He would not proceed with the wire transfer until Kerem or I paid this fee.

None of it sounds right to me. My bank charges nothing for wire transfers. I told Mr. Jones that he had two options: one was to waive the fee, and two was to deduct the fee from the $500K. He refused both options.

I want this wire transfer to occur, with either the fee being waived or the fee being deducted from the amount to be wired.

Kerem's address through the app called Telegram is @Fred465. His phone through Telegram is +234 81 3725 6356. His current email is [email protected]

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- Middleboro, MA, USA
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Conned me over the last 2 months to help him pay for his daughter’s medical bills, daycare payments, rental payments, food, and airline tickets twice. I want justice for myself and my money back along with stopping this person from continuing to scam others as well!

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- Wildwood, NJ, USA
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Pretended to be friend for months and acted like they wanted to help get me through a rough time. Help pay bills. Payed a few of my credit card bills and sent me a check. I used the cards to pay bills and after 3 weeks the payment was taken back and the check bounced. Now I am stuck with all the fees and paying everything back. They all the sudden were wanting me to buy gift cards for their sons birthday, which I found odd and all the sudden all hell broke loose with all the accounts.

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- Eureka, MT, USA
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Perpetrator contacted victim (me) on Facebook dating site. Introduced himself as Dale Petersen, resident of Kodiak, AK. I was in Anchorage at the time. Talked to me daily via the dating site and asked if we could communicate through "Signal". I agreed since I had the app, at first he asked to communicate through WhatsApp. Continued communication. I thought his answers were unusual, as everything I stated was repeated within his answer. I suggested that we speak instead of text. He said he was embarrassed of his "accent". said he was Norwegian. I have a Norwegian relative and know the accent, he looked Norwegian in his photos as well. He called and texted me every day for approximately a month, sent me daily pictures of him and his dog, told me a story of him being at his daughters place in Jacksonville, FL and he had sent her and her boyfriend on a trip to Peru. His job was a retired welder, he retired from his job in Kodiak due to health issues. He had two degrees, one in civil engineering and one in business management. We were to meet in Anchorage, and he said he had been making plans to go to Greece for his birthday in June and would I join him. He of course would pay for my ticket. We talked about attending concert of mutual interest in artist. I actually bought two tickets to go to a concert in Napa, CA. He told me he was having his house remodeled in Kodiak while he was away and that he wanted to have it completed before we visited there. He sent me pictures of it, started referring to it as "our house" which I thought was weird. I also wanted to see him face to face and his phone was having "problems" - another red flat ignored. I asked for pictures to show his frustration, he sent me a set of "4". I bought the concert tickets with my Discover credit card. He seemed excited about that, also about the fact that I had Bitcoin, that he was following that market and doing research on it. He gold me that I could open a "Discover bank account" online, where he could deposit funds to help fund our future vacation plans. What I did not know is that when you open a Discover Bank account, it automatically merges to your Discover Credit card account. He told me he would be making deposits into my regular checking account via the Discover account and could I please send funds to his contractor, Michael Schmdt247. I asked about credentials for Mr. Schmidt. He assured me he knew him, his wife and where he lived, provided me with a materials list with cost. Initially he said he needed to send him 7500, I could only send daily limits. I sent a 10 test transfer, then a 2000, and then 3000. I sent this because I saw that money had been transferred into my bank account, 5,000, 1400, 1,000 and 1,791. I thought he had made those deposits of "his" money. I also transferred 2,000 into bitcoin and sent it into his wallet. I still had 2,000 to transfer when I received an email from Discover for my monthly statement. My minimum due was $212.00. How could that be, my balance was over 10,000. I discovered those amounts deposited into my bank account were from my discover credit card, via the new discover bank account made online. I froze everything! When I told him I froze, he became extremely angry, wanting me to unfreeze and even attempted to get back into the online account to withdraw cash back rewards. He sent me a picture of his passport, his middle name was different as was the birthday, picture had been doctored. Did a reverse search on his pictures, found pictures of a "real person" named Rufus Gifford, politician, from Boston Mass. I called the number he was using from Signal on a regular line, a woman answered. When I mentioned his name and the scam, she exclaimed, You too?. I asked her to tell me more. She was scammed 5,000 and her bank account cleaned out in May 2023, he had been courting her online for about 5 months, Her name is ****** ******* ********* ******* ***  He first contacted her when she was going through Hawaii airport in January 2023. Same ammo used but different, Greece, Peru, daughter *****, same pictures, she sent me a copy of what she had. She is devastated, on disability, age 66, afraid to tell her children. He called her as I was talking to her and wanted her to tell me they met in Kodiak, which they didn't. The house pictures, once I got an address (street) I googled and discovered it on Zillow for sale, he told me he had put it on there and he took the pictures. I have a friend in Kodiak, I asked to check out, she called me back to tell me Dale Petersent is non existent, and so was Micheal Schmidt - unfortunately money had already been spent. When I called Discover, they basically told me since the money went into my account, it was a scam but not fraud. I reached out to CashApp, again, money had already gone through. I asked if they couldn't close Michael Schmidt247 account or at least look into how much he was getting. I made it a point to put on the transfer for Dale Petersen home repair. - all of that was a lie. He wanted me to send the last 2,000 in bitcoin, I told him no, put the 7 grand back into my bank account, He said he couldn't since I froze it. I said there were alternative ways, gave him my address where I am working to send me a cashiers check. I know that won't happen. I am pissed beyond belief for not regarding the red flags. I am more pissed that this is a well organized scam with parties at both ends, using AI, using a real plan book and preying on older, single widowed women ready to start getting social security. If I can gather all this information as a sped teacher, why can't authorities go after these scam artists and help recompense the victims? He knows my birthdate, my home address, full name. They are getting better in making themselves seem very "real". I figured I paid a man about 127 bucks an hour to talk to me, compliment me and ** me for about a month. It's criminal!! The crime isn't online dating, it's about accessing someones credit card, illegal transitions, using someone else's identity, using victims as "mules" to transfer money to unidentified criminals, doctoring a US passport, using someones phone number illegal, scamming woman on disability, the list just goes on. I feel like I was emotionally raped. I want to see justice, even if I don't get a dime in return. I really want to see whoever is on the receiving end of Michael Schmidt247 in jail! Thanks for pursuing this matter in earnest.

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- Newnan, GA, USA
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Played the romance game that he was trying to get away from a very bad situation.

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- Lexington, NC, USA
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TikTok@lifebyg737

Gary requested me through tik tok, presented himself as a single dad of 2. Where his wife left. I shared similarities with him as I was a single mom as well. I was in contact with him for a month through text. Where he became a love interest. Never asked for anything, after a month. I demanded that he video called me. He said he was under a contract with tik tok which was under strict restrictions and he get in trouble for breaking them. In order get out of the contract he would have to pay them 30-50k. They held on to his funds and he just need me as a gate way to get his money out. He attached an external account to mine. Where he asked me to send it to cash app and bitcoin account. Where he would buy his way out of the contract. He assured me that everything will be resolved and he will be with me soon. I saw on the news on Valentine’s Day where a woman was scammed out of a million dollars, explaining the same situation I was in. I then realized I was a victim of the same circumstance. I was stupid for trusting and believing this stranger and naive to believe he had no reason to hurt me. Now I’m soon to be in collections with one bank and under investigation with another. This man ruined my life. I just want him to be sought out and found.

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- Union Hall, VA, USA
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Same story as the man who lost 500K. Lisa Burbidge was the person who contacted me originally and told me she had a deal that you could not afford not to do. She led me to her "aunt" Eileen Burbidge who completed the scam removing my funds from Safepal wallet. The scam paid 1-2% per day. When I wanted to withdraw the funds,they were diverted into t o a "Safepal Blockchain "pledge" which I was never able to recover the funds from. The balance is in a "Coinjarr.com/wap" account that continuously requires more fees to have my funds released. Eileen Burbidge is a partner w/ the Blockchain Certification and Coinjarr.com. Watch out for these nasty sophisticated scammers.

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- Durant, OK, USA
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He said he was Taylor ****** and i had to pay for his accommodations in order for him to come and meet me

He said i was the only woman for him

I have spoken to others

But he wont leave me i block he emails

Makes new requests on instagram to get to me

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