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- Roanoke, VA, USA
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Been dating a girl online named Jennifer, Linda that promises to come and see me. Sending her multiple gifts and money airplane tickets she never comes. She promises to come but never arrives. Always has an excuse that she’s in nursing school or she got an inheritance wants me to pay for the attorney fees and Ukraine, she said she just got back from Switzerland. I have been out over $70,000 

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- Hoffman Estates, IL, USA
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They said they were David Boreanaz the actor.

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- Kent, OH, USA
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He approached me through facebook messenger and asked to join Spike Chat Room.  Spike is a separate App.  He told me he was in Syria in the Army and that he had been captured by Alcidai. He started asking for gift cards.  I provided apple, visa, mastercard, google.  I bought the wrong kind and he wasn't happy about that. He then referred me to a lawyer to help me set up a bank account.  I went onto telegram and he set me up with online banking and gave him access to my bank account and credit cards.  He also set up a Crypto Account in my name.  As soon as my social security money came in it was gone because he took it and put it into the Crypto Account. They tried telling me that they were sending checks to pay off my credit cards and when the money came, the check bounced back.  They sent me checks for $4200 to one account but then moved it to a different credit card.  They then sent me a check for over $40,000.  The bank said that the check was fraudulent. I closed my bank accounts and contacted the BBB.

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- Douglasville, GA, USA
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jason john jeffery scammed me out of money jenan llc and dsa antigua

he does not legally report taxes at all and arranged a abogus marriage too

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- Yonkers, NY, USA
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The scammer used credit card without owner’s knowledge. They said they would pay back full amount but stopped paying after a few payments. Also, he tried to convince me to do marriage fraud.

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- Medway, OH, USA
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This person, Philip Schuster, defrauded me in 2018-2019. I submitted many FBI ICI reports and one individual has been indicted. Philip Schuster contacted me again via email on November 23, 2023 claiming to have been paid for services provided to ****. He actually gave me banking information and log information though I do not know if the banking information is legitimate. He told me he owed significant taxes on the money in the account and could not access it. He began asking me for funds to pay these taxes. Funds were sent by me via Paypal, Bitcoin and cashiers checks. I believe Mr. Shuster has extorted me as well as defrauded me, as he continually tells me he can only pay me back if I send more funds.

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- Reno, NV, USA
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the person made a friend request and i excepted she said she needed help with to renovated a house and i gave her my info and now she scamed my account and ask me for 1500 dollars everyweek now . and now threaten me to put my info out there ,

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- Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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The scammer contacted me on Instagram saying that he was a soldier deployed in Yemen, he sent me photos of him, he maintained constant communication after 2 weeks he asked me to send a package to my address, he told me that he was sending military papers so that I could help him request an emergency permit, I agreed and gave them my address, after 3 days later I received an email from this company (speed delivery ltd) they sent me photos with the description of the scammer's name and package details and a link to track the package, for a week I was checking the package tracking link and the link was updating the places where the supposed package was going, then the package shows that it was detained in Mexico and there the scammer pressured me to help him pay the money, I spoke with the scam company through a chat on the Internet page, they told me that I should send them $2250 because the package was overweight, the scammer convinced me and I sent the cash by FedEx to an address in New York, then the package was still updating the page until it arrived in Washington and there the company asked me to deposit $15,000, which I did not send. Then the scammer continued to pressure me with the supposed emergency permit for which he needed $2,800, of which I sent him an Apple gift card for $500 and $1,610 via cashapp. The scammer told me that he had obtained the permit and was coming to the United States before the end of December, he sent me a photo of the ticket and a video walking at the airport towards a plane to board, then he told me that he had been detained in Istanbul and They were asking for $1200 and then I called 911 and then I made the report to the police, the police came to my house and saw all the evidence and told me that it was a scam and that I should proceed to block this person on WhatsApp, Instagram, Google and so I did, I sent a complaint to the ScamPulse.com a few days ago but I did not receive an email or a call and I don't know if they received my complaint

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- Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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Me contacto un supuesto militar residenciado en Texas, desplegado en Yemen, me envio fotos con su ropa militar, luego mw envio fotos de un paquete que queria enviar a mi casa con documentos militares, la compañia me escribió enviandome fotos, numero de paquete para rastrear, rastree el paquete por dias y el paquete cambiaba de lugar hasta llegar a México y la compañia me escribió pidiendome $2250 por un excedente de peso, envié el dinero a la direccion que me enviaron wn New York, luego el supuesto novio me pidio una tarjeta de regalo para un iphone y se la envie y luego me explico que iba a tramitar un permiso de emergencia para solucionar el problema del supuesto paquete que me habia enviado, que nunca llego y me pidio $2800, los cuales envie en transferencias por cashapp

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- Dunbar, NE, USA
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The scammers initial contact was supposedly from the singers manager via text explaining that the singer, Lanie Gardner from Nashville, Tennessee, was interested in a relationship with the victim (my brother). And this developed into a texting only back and forth with the singer explaining that her father was a millionaire and that she was going to be rich when she finally married someone. Her father would give a million dollars to the man she married. The scammer asked for the victims name and address information. This was so she could have money sent to him so he could buy nice clothes and an airline ticket to Las Vegas to one of her concerts. Once there she would ask him to the stage where she would propose to him so her father would know it was real. She explained that after they were married she would divorce him and split the money from her father with him. When I heard this I tried to convince him this was a scam more than once. He said he believed me finally, but secretly continued to text back and forth with the scammer. And just recently he asked me to cosign for a loan of $5000. I would not cosign without an explanation. So he finally confessed to me that the scammer sent him an authentic looking check for $5000.00 that he cashed at our credit union. The check for $5000 was sent from her manager, (Jonathan Estrada, P.O. Box 71402, Salt Lake City, UT 84171). Unfortunately the credit union initially gave him $2500 only because their policy allows the account holder to take $2500 cash from a large check and they can get the rest or another $2500 the next day or a day or two later. He was able to get the other half of the $5000 before the credit union discovered the check was bad. Then she somehow convinced him to go get ten $500.00 Apple gift cards, scratch the codes on the back of the card, take pictures of the codes and receipts and send them to this scammer. My brother does not have much money and now he is in debt to the credit union for $5000. I hope there is something we can do to ensure more people are aware of this type of scam and maybe even recoup some of my brothers money.

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- Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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We start the communication on seeking arrangement app and rapidly we moved to text. She wanted to be my sugar mama, ask for personal information, and she wanted to have my bank login information, otherwise she won't send money. I didn't fell into that scam and I hope no one's as well.

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- Caledonia, MI, USA
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Romance scammer.told me his company was paying 26 million and needed my help to get it

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- Duluth, GA, USA
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Found this person on a Facebook dating app. We talked and FaceTimed together. She started to talk about this crypto site to use for investments. https://cpxdk.com/#/home is the website that was used to do the transactions. She told me to pull on a loan on that site of a 7k loan. I tried to withdraw the "money" earned on that site. I tried to withdraw that fund from the website. Then received an email telling me I must pay this 7k loan to pull the funds out. I got the wallet address and paid the loan off. After that three more times, there were amounts I needed to pay off to withdraw funds. After that loan and two other payments, I started to realize that. This must be a scam and I tried to stop all payments. It was too late and the money was transferred. I have photos and the emails.

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- El Paso, TX, USA
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This person posing as Stjepan Hauser, the cellist, was a person, with whom I chatted for more than 2 years. He told me he had a gift package for me and sent me the picture. He gave the website, FWDelivery.com, which has since changed to FWDelivery.net, and a tracking number. I used the tracking number and found a description of the 40-lb package and its contents on the webpage. The person in charge reached out to me via my email address and started communicating through email. I was told of the charges for delivery and how the payments should be made to several people through PayPal. The person in charge, Euri Parios, was very formal and proceeded to tell me how to pay the $5,300. I was told to make several small payments, to several people,including himself, although later he reversed that charge via PayPal. Then I was asked to pay insurance for the valuables in the package. they asked for an electronic transfer. I had to collect money. they made up a poorly written insurance certificate, which they emailed to me and informed me that i would be receiving my package that Saturday, Nov 5. In the meantime, i was told they were working out problems with their website, so the website was down. Immediately after they received my last e-payment, and they sent the so-called insurance certificate, they stopped communicating me. I sent them an email every day for three days requesting the new tracking number and the new website, but they never responded after that. on Saturday, Nov. 5, when i did not receive the package, i immediately contacted my credit cards to report the fraud and to stop payment on the transactions. I also contacted Wells Fargo, the bank to which I sent the e-payment. The person (Hauser) who supposedly, upon realizing I had stopped payment from the reports from these people sent to him. was very angry and wanted me to send more money, but I did not agree. The people involved are as follows: Tina Strait ([email protected]), Euri Parios, FWDelivery Manager ([email protected]), GothBatt66@, [email protected], [email protected]. Now someone else is trying to get in touch offering his services to get the people who stole my money, but this is also another dubious individual because of the way he approached me with no credentials of any sort. He sent me his picture and reached out via text messages. He mentioned he was trying to get from me the money I had sent to 3 of the people listed below because according to them I had sent money to them of my own free will. i explained they were part of this delivery company and were committing fraud. Then he immediately changed his tune and offered his services to me. I think he also mentioned something about being in the FBI office. His name is Albert Lucas ([email protected]). I didn't want to answer his calls because he used his email to ring me from WhatsApp.

These people are still trying to get back the money I initially sent them. The truth is I am a little afraid because these people are evil. I need some sort of professional help. I have stopped chatting with the impostor. I do have three of his US phone numbers (405.623.4988; 209.457.7462; and the most recent 919.764.0690) although I believe he is Croatian.

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- Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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On or near October 27, 2023, I was contacted by Susann993 through the website “Adult Friend Finders”. The conversation was quickly moved to “Whatsapp” on my phone. Susann993 and I engaged in idle chit chat for the first few messages where I learned she was in immigrant from China with permanent residence status. I also learned that her parents lived near Las Vegas.

Her telephone number currently is {213) 519-6165. According to Whatsapp.

During one conversation Susan(her real name?)mentioned she had made a great deal of money in some bitcoin-like enterprise. I asked about it. At that point she began teaching me how the investment was supposed to work with a goal of getting me signed up. The apps she steered me to were readily available in the app store for Apple. Over the next few calls, we were trying to set up my account, but I kept running into difficulties. The goal was that I would eventually use $500 from my IRA to make an investment in this scheme.

Now she is patiently waiting for me to get my account set up and my money from the retirement fund.

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- Paducah, KY, USA
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Guilt trip threats of violence

Blackmail

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- West Palm Beach, FL, USA
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It started as a possible longterm friendship on line with the possibility of a longterm or permanent relationship. After a time of online interaction he insisted on opening a joint savings/investment account. He stated he was a broker with Zetom.org. After some time of constant pressure she gave in. She gave him $200.00 to get started but before she had found out it was a scam she had given him $900.00. When she tried to get her money back he stated it would take 8 months. Over time he started to get belligerent with her. Calling her while she was at work stating she needed to give him more money then calling her names and bulling her. This is still going on today. After her attempts to block him he changes sites, names, and numbers. She reported him to WatsApp and Zelle. Now he wants her to open a cashapp for him. He is a vary persistent person and I would like people to know if they ever meet him online so no one goes threw what she has and still is dealing with.

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- Roy, UT, USA
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Scammer claims to be Taylor Alison Swift. Romance or Catfish scam requests Apple Gift cards,Razor cards, Steam Gift cards, PayPal payments...

Promises to meet in person, VIP tickets, meet for sex other Romance offers

 

Zangi, Telegram, Google Chat, Facebook

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- Hobbs, NM, USA
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$1400.00 to date, with demands for more. Attempts to cultivate romantic relationship. Ultimately targeting federal disability benefits. Scammer intends to isolate victim from family members, thus gaining false trust, with marriage as the objective. Other claims by the scammer include monetary needs to avoid starvation, eviction, physical abuse, and other fictitious financial hardships requiring immediate assistance. I am seeking out these parties for prosecution, exposure, and to stop this fraudulent activity.

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- Cambridge, MA, USA
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Sergio Martin Almiron (Martin) and I started messaging each other and sharing photos in March 2023 while he was working in NY. It quickly became affectionate. We are both Argentinian citizens who dance tango and were put into contact with each other by mutual tango acquaintances. In May 2023, he moved to Cambridge and we began a sexual relationship. We romantically dated throughout the summer and I spent some nights sleeping at his apartment where he lived alone.

During this time, he encouraged me to leave my personal property at his apartment as is typical when dating in an overnight romantic relationship.

As we walked hand in hand and were making out by the waterfront in the Seaport of Boston, we were planning a romantic trip to Mallorca Spain, just the two of us. We planned a trip to Argentina together in August 2023, as mentioned in the attached texts. I would spend four weeks there, my children would join me for one week, and he would be there for two weeks. Only after I arrived in Argentina did he tell me that he was not going to be able to have time off of his work in NY and he texted that he looked forward to seeing me when I return to the U.S. He asked that I still meet with his family and introduce his nephew to my daughter. I had informed him previously that I only wanted to meet his family if he was with me and I am very protective of having my children meet men that I date, including their family.

He felt that I owed his family money because they were excited to meet me and I chose not to meet them. I did not request the child to contact me directly but he instructed the nephew to contact me anyway. I have attached the entire text conversation with his nephew in which I state “Thank you for your message regarding tango lessons for [my children] this week. I have not heard from Martin for several days so I assume we are not continuing with lessons. I appreciate your thoughtfulness and consideration.” I have never had any other communication with the nephew. Neither one of them responded to my text. No appointment was made, no promise of money was made, no time, date, or location was ever set to meet with them for tango lessons. I did not feel obligated to pay his family $1000.00 (one thousand) U.S. dollars, which is approximately two months’ salary in Argentina. Unfortunately, it is a common scheme in South America to have a child approach someone from the U.S. since it wears on our sensibilities. To me this was too large of a red flag to ignore and I am much better at protecting my daughter than myself. I said no to letting them have access to my 17-year-old daughter.

This caused the breakdown in our relationship and we ended our relationship while I was still in Argentina, August 2023. Martin is in possession of my personal property that I would like returned.

I am also writing this report and wrote a police report because I am concerned that he was intentionally misleading/conning me from the very beginning. I feel he conned me out of thousands of dollars. I paid for everything he asked for, and he would make requests for me to purchase him expensive items, pretending how we have a future, even if just friends. I was, at the least, cultivating a personal relationship and he was accessing my wallet. I want to document this potential fraud and con-game in case other women come forward. As a tango teacher he has access to women and I hope no-one else falls for his cruelty.

I also documented a related communication in the event that it increased or became more of a danger to myself and children. I have now also been messaged in a threatening way by his associate named Natalie Larrea, she is from Guayaquil Ecuador and resides in New Jersey. I have never met her but have reported her actions to the police. She sent messages to my work, but I did not open them. “Aha I’ve got you now” was the heading of the message. The messages auto delete after seven days so I do not know the rest of the message and figured it would be best not to open anything from her. At first, I thought she was also a victim and shared screen shots of Martin writing love emojis to me and telling me how I am beautiful, because she asked me to in the one conversation I had with her, but now I am more concerned with her unusual behavior. Martin obviously knows my name, where I live, my children, everything about me, so not sure what her message was intended to convey other than to intimidate me. I have no way of knowing if she is involved in his actions.

She may face deportation issues if Martin does not host her, so she has a motive to preserve her arrangement. I am told by Martin, he needed her to get into the country and now she is only here on his visa. She is aware Martin dates and has sex with other women. Their relationship was explained to me as a necessary arrangement. Martin and I openly dated, enjoyed romantic dinners, kissed on the streets of Harvard Square, walked and made-out by the water in the Seaport, holding hands and planning vacations. There was nothing to hide, I told him I would never agree otherwise, Martin seemed to consider himself free to date.

Martin would send me a crying emoji when he would have to see Natalie. The disparity between the two of them is significant, so his statements seemed very credible at the time. Martin is clearly living separately and does not wear a ring and openly dates not only myself but other women. Not wanting to get in the middle of anything, I asked Martin do you love Natalie, is she your dream girl, and he said, no. He explained that it was not a want it was “a need” to have an arrangement with her when he is in New York. Rent is expensive there and he needs this arrangement for the apartment. He asked, would I help him to get an apartment? English is not his first language and he elaborated that he feels like a baby in the United States, that it is not like Argentina. He explained that if he had enough money he would not be in the arrangement. He is a free person and if he considers himself separated and free then it is not as if she can threaten women, he, chooses to have relationships with. I have been to Guayaquil Ecuador and was protected by men with machine guns since it is severely impacted by violence and gangs. Violence may be considered appropriate in personal situations that are clearly against the law in the United States. In my opinion, Martin truly seems to fear certain things about her or his situation, and in my opinion, he seems concerned about retaliation perhaps by her family, or someone else, upon him leaving. He said he was getting pressure from others to have to stay in the arrangement with her. For all those reasons I documented her threatening actions to the police. I cannot warrant the truth of all his statements to me but just reiterated them in the police report.

I understand I was foolishly misled similar to the email scams of a foreign prince coming to enchant me if I only just send money to his family.

It became clear to me when he attempted to involve my daughter in this plan, that I cannot trust him. I feel his behavior was unnecessarily cruel and I would like my personal property that he is in possession of returned and to report this here so other women seeking tango lessons don't fall into this cruel trap.

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