Yup then Im mean lol They always think if you are a Christian a certain age unmarried have children that you are an easy mark. Because they turn over so fast the date is very recent. THIS is the kinder, gentler Uber? I showed Mom how to block a player on WWF. I have blocked both of them and made it so people I dont know cant start games with me. How do they learn it? WebNikkiGM237. Anyone had dealings with a Kelvin Johnson? Play them until the end of the game then block them. I now disable chat as soon as I accept a game and 9 times out of ten, I dont hear from them again.I had to report abuse from someone early on, who I was happy to chat to for a while as he was a complete pain and declared love for me! It shouldnt matter what anyone else thinks if you trust me, kinds of crap. Beware: Nicolas Alejandro, Stanley Gray (Stanleygray545), Ryan Smith (Ryansmith00009). Yes so tired off fakers. So far its working. They all try to get personal information and their grammer is quite suspicious. They come up with some really good words in the game, but have trouble chatting with proper english, though they claim they are from the U.S. My life is over. I stopped sending money in January 2018 and after many of his tries, I refused to send more money. Your wife died tragically and now you are a single dad. This happen with a first guy that I stop playing and then another profile asked me within a two week period. I told him upfront that I suspected he was a scammer and he said he was badly hurt at the accusation. They make millions on these romance scams. I can tell by their profile pics theyre scammers before they even write me. Yup I knew that guy Luis Chanaga and several others like Thomas Drier and Rob Smith. Not this guy lol! Robert got a little accusational when I said, No one thinks you are real, after he asked for money. Just this week Ive had 2 of these types send wwf games to me. Obviously..not so stupid. Recently, I had a scammer pretending to be Dr David Samadi, who happens to be quite famous and on the east coast. I was scammed out of $70,000 over the course of a year. Hex wants my phone number so he can send me a pic. What is wrong with you?! This SCARS Publishing book represents a complete guide to help the families and friends understand how these scams work and how to help the victim. Sounds like someone who played wwf. Just MUTE the chats with all males. I told him I didnt have a phone. The minute they find out all you want to do is chat they end the game. Car accident and is raising 14 year old daughter whos in boarding school in California. He never had any friends on his FB profile or photos, except of him and one expensive car excluding the number plate. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. My first words are WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING? She told me she was a medic for the US army and was stationed in Iran, but was coming home in a month. Enjoy! See more ideas about scammers, tamela mann, joe cross. Amazingly, I have had no less than TEN orthopedic surgeons invite me to play WWF. She said she had diamonds in England and wanted them shipped to the US to make us rich. He had 2 fake identities on was Kerry-dean his cousin, leave messages fo me on wwf swearing to Samuels sincerity. I played WWF with Nicolas Aleksandra from August 2017 to approx. Besides ignoring those you dont know, look at their stats: Highest score 22 points??? And you want me to go to Google Hangouts just to see what they will say. Yes, happened to me. Anyone have a guy named Davis Anderson? I all of a sudden got requests on Words from U only owe ur bills. Theyre nothing more than parasites. Most charge but I run the photo thru to see if theyve stolen the photo. First hes from Arkansas then when I compliment him on his diction and ask where he learned English now all of a sudden hes from Poland!! FYI, while we were chatting I took photos of our conversations just in case somebody takes this seriously. I have a hunch Why they demand quite aggressive to go to Hangouts or other sites. Wow. I had an Ever James reach out to me very handsome pic, engineer father was German mother from Ohio, sent me several pics after I asked him if he was cat fishing me got upset then sent me a generic video of him self he sounded Australian, then proceeded to send me a bed time pic, and said he loved me after 3 hrs. FBI..no help. Its safer and more private when I have told them that I am happily married with kids and have shown no interest in them. LOL. She still speaks to them daily. . Has anyone encountered Michael (or Micheal) Shaund? Kept asking for a steam card, then tried iTunes card. I have reported him as a scammer. Such a shame (not). Same story , engineer , raising 14 year old daughter . She complies instantly. If you do play with strangers and you shouldnt then dont share personal information. We talked again the night before he was supposed to leave. Well, the second guy started saying the exact same things the first guy did! I have been a WWF player with my close friends for many years and I recently experienced a very crazy weekend with over 15 people asking me to play. I am getting tired of it and now I basically just decline new games. I have gone through all her emails and messages and she gives every single bank account numbers and passwords away. In separate matches over a few weeks, not one, not two, but threedifferent opponents claimed to be widowed engineers working aboard ships on the high seas. Hi, got in on Academic Singles. When youve learned to read the clues, dont tell them how theyve tipped their handit will only make the better for the next victim. Tap on your Profile. Most of these losers just resign and screw up my stats. I started a few conversations just to see telling them I know youre gong to tell me you work over seas as an oil digger, etc Love it when they disappear. Plays on the heart strings for the purpose of a payout. One bloke told me his wife had died and now that we are playing words , he said I had to be truthful with him , I must not tell him any lies and I had to do what he saidwell red rag to a bull telling me that I told him where to go in some very strong language and blocked him . He was suggesting google hangouts. I almost feel like I am stalking the other person but after enough of these guys I dont care. Is there a script for this stuff? Likes to address you as: dear, babe, sweetheart, angel, etc. Hes good looking , short grey hair, Brown eyes I think, does he sound familisr, says hes a marine engineer, wife died in crash, one daughter at school. Ive had these guys bugging me for years! Tap the Settings tab. While playing, you can access Chat without leaving the board. Snow ( GOT- or what??) Kids, Annie & Logan are being homeschooled to be safe but Robert goes to the hospital to be w/his friend, James, who was recently in a car wreck. Headed to Turkey to mine diamonds . I talked w/him for three & a half weeks & have been surprised at how hard it has been to stop wanting to talk w/him. Ask weird questions I live with embarrassment and shame now. Scammer names: SRGT. A lot of people have mentioned that these scammers DISAPPEAR when confronted or not encouraged. We found way more money gone than we even knew she had. Texting at various times ! WebWords With Friends Scammer Chats. Sounds like you handled it good. Everyone beware of I also amuse myself by telling them all sorts of rubbish, one just sent me a pre written script about his tragic life (strange how this verse and chapter is all ready to go in seconds no one could type that fast !) WebThe WWF scam is newer, but it has already claimed at least one victim: a New Zealand woman lost $60,000 over the course of months to a con artist. Shortly after, he stopped playing WWF with me. A doctor working for NATO. But has anyone had a sad widow story from a woman? I dont think so. SMH beware of these creeps ladies!!! All of them have lost their wives (mostly during child birth) and have a kid. These men are rude as hell. So I have to accept messages from strangers or else Ill never play. I get these on a daily basis. The way he spoke made me suspicious- so I asked where he learned English cuz his diction was amazing. Pinterest (response- in WITSEC and somewhere CONUS). Just deleted the game and changed my profile pic to my dogs. UN wasnt sending their supplies would I go to Walmart and get $200 card and send him. Scammer Raymond Thompson. Smh , So many scammers on WWF I play the lightning rounds and I think they find me there. Same here, very recently. However the most recent game like that just disappeared so I didnt even have the satisfaction of a win. Gorgeous ( arent they all) Hes ( ??) One of my friends told me she loved that I had a pretend boyfriend but also told me about a Ryan Gosling movie called Lars & the Real Girl. This is just a brief account of how good these men are.catfishing. Two have asked to communicate outside of the game i.e. Do any males get girls doing this too? However, I dont believe that I ever said enough to warrant any concern. More names to watch out for: walter stone, Stephen James, Fred Anderson. As soon as I tried to quit a game with one, I get an invite from another. Now I have read that is a big red flag. The talks we had were on Hangouts. Same story for my mother of 82. Heard this or variations si much its like a broken record. They wanted to her to download Google Hangouts.. She did.. Now they mostly use WhatsApp. I am at a loss for what to do. At least it does now. Same weird way of talking. Every method of scamming has been used on her and she is in complete denial that its not a real person. The person I was playing with the last few weeks goes by the name Thomas Ethan. No money request. I think it's a safe bet that anyone trying to make significant conversation on a gaming app is fake. 4 guys says they were dingle parents because their wife died tragically. Give me a break! They get real .mad. Creeps. I love it. William Mark from Florida. Theres a man that has been talking to me. How about Jarry Scott anyone here about him, Anyone heard if James Stuart. Give them false information. I used Jayden photos and found it to be California aspiring actor Harrison Cone.. I am sorry any of you were hurt emotionally, financially. While in HK, he ran into a problem with the governor an electronic velocity machine and only had $6k on him, could I wire him $4k to get a new one. Thomas Stewart from Texas. As soon as I told them I work for the FBI, they stopped chatting! Ive had all these men as well..now got Chrismorris Alex morris.and a few more.theyre very persistent, Ever play with a Davis Anderson? Another alias GEORGIA MENDEZ possibly same scammer. Then when they ask for things or money tell them that I know all about what they are doing and hope I wasted their time. I never fell victim to any of them and rarely give out anything personal. I played a Thomas S. Who was an engineer in Texas & was supposedly originally from Berlin, Getmany. (He had said we would be able to keep talking the same way.) He said he had been to the southern US before. Waste their time. Oh my goodness. on my phone, so we can talk private. I did say they all seemed very familiar and had spoken to me before but uses different profiles. He claims to be from Ireland and currently in Yemen. -If the player has no profile picture or an inappropriate picture (e.g. I was weak and now I am a broken man. and, I swear there are different people Changed my photo to be one of my dogs and scammers have stopped. At that moment I knew it was another scammer. Owen then asks the woman player for money. Hes been romancing me and is actually very good. He claims his adult son and grandson (Elvis) live with him and he is an Engineer. Its funny that the person was from Spartanburg, I live in Spartanburg (im not a scammer) . Doesnt last more than a week usually. Curious to know the outcome, I am so happy for all the posting on here. FYI for Word with Friends 2 players, Widowers with at least one kid I had been playing with one guyMartin C. who claimed to be from Lake Placid. I am.on scrabble go I am 60 but look much younger, playing this game I have had dozens of men mainly supposedly american telling me how beautiful I am etc, I feel they are using other peoples faces as a ploy, as off yet I have had an ugly one hit on me, do these people know they are also being used and their photo uplifted 1 did call he was from sweden. Oh my gosh! I was challenging his integrity!! One just started a game with me yesterday, Curdias9. Started sending me hostile messages and actually demanding that I tell her who I talked to make me feel the way Im feeling. Im 75 and married 50 yrs so was quite concerned that a younger engineer whose wife had died in childbirth would be flattering me and giving me his email address. He said my son reminded him of him. You should of asked him whod dug him up? He wanted me to accept delivery of this box. We had so much fun stringing him along! All want me to go on other apps or give them my gmail, and spend hours begging me to when I say no. Im in great demand. I believe my mom is being scammed by a Fred Anderson. Its a fun game, but something should be done about the message option. Im not getting these kinds of scammers chatting with me BECAUSE I NEVER play WWF2 with strangers! It has to be somewhat organized for them to have the same modus opperendus. Scammer Alert: James Adam Jamesadamdesign501 AdamJ3308 The other two are both engineers, both born from another country but were raised in the US by foster parents. I right away say I dont give out personal info, then they get pissy and resign, or I get annoyed and block them. I like playing new players, and have made many words with friends friends through player of the day or being the player of the day, but this is a constant annoyance. Theyve all asked me to join hangouts. He needs to be stopped. Both Derek and George wanted to go to google hangouts very quickly and professed their love very quickly. No, joke, Ive gotten about 12 of these, all separate people within about two weeks. Like I really believe that. I've hope his not scamming other people. Collisions #6, Lyfts stock cools as Monday-morning reality sets in Collisions #7, Initial Paradox Offering: Uber Collisions #10, The new triple play: transportation, information, delivery Collisions #11, a collaboration between people and programs, on the internet, nobody knows youre a dog., https://www.facebook.com/Captain-Thomas-Lindegaard-Madsen-944806625666781/. At least he laughed, but that was the end of that. He asked me how old I am and where i lived. lol. You can always tell its a scammer by the photo they use or the date they started playing. It gives you that option. Asks way too many personal questions. Anybody interact with DAVID HEWITT? From Norway. It sickens me! I didnt go on hangouts, did not give a phone number or email. He is supposedly from Berlin, is an Engineer and has a daughter that is 17 in boarding school. I have a few games on the go at the moment with men I dont know and so far they are happy to play and not chat. The funniest was when I was asked if I was married. Anyone know Can they penetrate our email which is Attd to be our Banks info + and evrything that who r calls everything over the yrs?? His voice didnt have a german accent. Anyone know this one ? Each time you give information they collate it and keep it. Im so sorry to hear that! Then, there was one with a dog picture. If they wanted to chat, there are plenty apps made just for that. I was recently playing games with Melvin Paul (melvinpaul945) and James Morrison (rolexmorrison9090). Its odd that this UN worker also had a business inTurkey and needed money. Added to which, I wouldnt be remotely interested.. Yep my wife has been getting loads , similar story. So today I was playing Words with Friends and a nice looking man popped up wanting to play so I accepted. Iafter talking over month I straight up told him thats a big turn off. Next time I am going to say lemme guess, youre a widower from Europe but now live in the states. Anthony Hoke & Van Vega. Thats when I got suspicious. Also I have been catfished on Instagram, by so called Engineers Doctors and Military Officers. Are these bots? When they get pushy I tell them WWF is the wrong app for He is president at an Adventist hospital and very active in his church. He said it sounded interesting but I told him it was exhausting trying to find places to hide the bodies. She tells me she is in Dublin just now to pick up her gold inheritance. I was scammed on Boggle with Friends by Jeffs3007. At one point, my mothers profile picture showed her standing next to my 17 year-old daughter, who is very pretty. What actually made me suspicious is the English as if he is using a translator device. Im married with four adult sons as I told him many times and just thought he was a lonely man looking for companionship. They all are engineers working offshore and have a child because wife died tragically. I like talking to you. Christopher Brown (British army). Im not interested. I thought I was alone on this issue. I think hes on WWF. HOW TO HELP ROMANCE SCAM VICTIMS FOR FAMILIES & FRIENDS OF SCAM VICTIMS. Definitely a scammer. Guy is from a foreign country, the wife is dead, and his daughter needs help. As hurtful as it is, if they were American and out of our league due to age, wealth, or looks that doesnt change because theyre from or stuck in another country. Me to Alex Collins shipping contractor from New York. Beware. You can chat with opponents, but like with any online platform, sometimes strangers aren't there for fun - they're there to commit fraud. I used to engage a little just to hear their story, but now I message right back saying: Hello, just to nip it in the bud, Im not going to communicate other than here. I have had a young woman contact me. But, his checking account in Atlanta has been frozen because the previous company he had a contract with went bankrupt due to the Coronavirus, so now he cannot access the money he needs to fix the issues with the rig to continue production. I get the sense that he actually is in Iraq on a US military base. Eventually, after months, catastrophe strikes Owen. I lost 700$. Names to watch out for, There are sites you can image search. Scammer Glenn Bradford. Widowed, one girl 22 Stephanie living in Toronto. when I told him I wasnt sending any money he cussed me out. Most havent even been married yet, or have children. Darling, why would you believe someone would pretend to be in love with you? got to me a bit. (His kids didnt need to be w/him.). Then the chats started. He me several times for my email address and I kept saying no. 8.8.19 Grew Owen and David Craig, same Story.one Marine Engineer from Boston Massachussettes, son named Tyler, the other one, Petrochemical engineer from Atlanta Georgia, Daughter called Annieboth widow, working offshore.beware! So I think this mans photos were stolen and being used for money scams. I am living with shame and embarrassment now and feel like a loser for falling for these scams. You arent giving us a chance with letters that always need to be swapped. LOL. Please Stop doing this to all of us!!!!!!!!!! eBay PayPal and my card details linked to another account. I thought this woman was genuine, but now Im doubting. I believe my mom is being scammed by a Fred Anderson. I changed mine to house mouse and have a picture of cute mouse. I helped Mom change the profile picture to one of just her, but the new picture functioned as bait for the scammers, who seem to presume that older women playing WWF are lonely and susceptible to pretended attention and affection. If they wanna get to know me.. were chatting on wwf, So WHY must we leave and go to Hangouts or whatever other place! Yes, and it was a woman, at least thats what she said. He slept with so many women using this game. And they all have the same things in common as you stated. That picture provoked many WWF players to flirt with my mother, as they were hoping that the player was the granddaughter rather than the grandma. The pictures that sends/uses are of a plastic surgeon from Florida. Had several of thesethey are always handsom..having stolen a photo from the internet or social media site. Abd not to chat to ppl on there its not safe. Guys still say Hi beautiful, lets chat on google hangouts. Anyone know?? I play along with them for a while but eventually call them a scammer and Im blocked. I dont understand why he wants a steam card or what it is, but he aint getting it from me! My guess is hell resign the game and block me. After seeing these posts and seeing the similarities I looked at how he wrote. Now I see him back on Boggle trying to scam other lonely vulnerable women. First thing was a pic of a handsome marine. They all seen to be American working in the Army in Afghanistan (latest one William Milton a General no less), sometimes brought up in an orphanage (for the awwww factor), all seem to have lost their wives to cancer (again awww) and all want to go on whatsapp, hangout or facebook so they can look at your beautiful photos. I make up all kinds of wild stories and just have a lot of fun. When I told a friend how he said he was having trouble w/hia phone she said if he wanted to talk w/me he would. I am tired of getting letters to play like Am getting this more and more on Words. Jose Daniel.beware of him scamming! A 50 point word and we may get as many as 3 points(coins)! WebSCARS SLATE BOOK A Guide For Families & Friends Of Scam Victims. As soon as I said Im married a lot of them stop playing but one Ive still been chatting with, just to see how far it goes. Truth be told, I dont really have any friends on the app (or in life), and the few acquaintances I do have are not reliable. He said that he has two kids and his has full custody of his sons because he caught his wife cheating in his bed. I went today to find it, but I believe she/they blocked me, because I cannot find it..She asked right away what I did for a living, and where I lived. upside down question mark). I am married and have three children. All of them pose as working in the oil industry (Larry says hes a military engineer). I reverse image search out of interest to see how many times the photo has been used in the scam (Milton was 66). OMG, I get that all the time, my favorite colors are red and white, and that makes pink, which stands for a pure heart. This is just a way for scammers to take your money and use it for themselves, and will not send you the prize they promised. Oil refineries ect.) So many scammers out right now. Always has a sob story. WWFKATatGmail. I thought that was strange. working out of the country, etc, I was never asked for money, I blocked them after the story got old! They are all engineers marine, chemical, building construction now its all oil rigs and army men. Think Ill do the same. And when we accomplish the goals set to win a box we get 1 or 2 points and a blue teardrop is That ALL we get?? . Must of the guys (not all) are scammers. I tell these guys I am married, broke, 6 kids. Dork or fraud, WWF. Supposed to be living in San Antonio in Texas. Often red flags- the name isnt exactly the same as the profile, or the english is clearly google translate. Of course, he should take it, I said. Never send money to people you dont know. I like to play along telling them all lies about myself, 1 guy said he was a Dr yet when I told him I was a paramedic he asked what that was and was I able to work from home during the pandemic. I bet that is adjusting based on who hes talking to. Since, it seems like it happens all the time. Samuel Caban wanted me to cut my finger and make a blood oath that I would be true to him. Said he was an investment broker with Mineroptions and sold bitcoins. Scammer Mario Bertolini. My grandmother (85 female) has been scammed out of over 1.2 MILLION dollars from 1 or many scammers over the last probably 1-2 years. I love Words With Friends but he has left bad memories. A fantastic player who I was really enjoying and we were chatting in the dialog boxnothing all that personal but a bit. WebDid you know scammers play online games like Words with Friends to try and source new victims? It is clear that theyre hounding her daily.