I'm a female cross country semi driver. I also own my rig. I tell these guys that contact me that I can go to any place in the country to meet them. Then they stop talking to me.
It's always the same profile: 1. Works overseas 2. Born and raised in Europe and immigrated to the US (explains the accent in phone calls. Many Americans can't tell one foreign accent from another) 3. Has money but inexplicably can't get access to it. 4. "My Queen" 😛
And it's not only the accent, but the people they are talking to sound very young, and make mistakes in English. They don't "sound" like the mature man in the photo, regardless of the accent.
Same here. They use almost identical scripts. In my case, when he asked for money, I questioned him about it e.g. why don't you use your credit card or you said you had so much money.... Then they become rude. I just said f... off! Now I can laugh about it, but I felt so ashamed to be tricked like this, because I usually don't fall for BS.
You're 100% right- the also have a dead wife,,a child in boarding:school and they tell you they want to start a new life but they need you to help get off that oil rig or war zone
Yeah thanks for the tip… I believe I’m got one on my hands right now… this person does exactly that and we haven’t even met in person yet and I all ready paid for the trip twice now for her to travel and to me and meet in person… those pictures could have been stolen.. and I’m starting to believe that’s not even this persons real name… another thing that odd the pictures she sent me of this woman if really her is Caucasian but she sounds Asian this woman’s voice doesn’t match what she looks like in the pictures
*Team GlobalTraceAssets , I would like to sincerely thank you from the BOTTOM of my heart! So many from tough harsh living conditions that suffer and you helping and giving them something that they desperately need just to survive. I thank God for wonderful people like you that are making the differences that truly matter most! God bless you GlobalTraceAssets !!! Love from Greenville NC*
You are 100% correct. The elderly are targeted because they often have a lifetime's worth of money saved up. They also come from a more trusting lifetime before there was a computer to hide behind. The criminals wear the mask of the identity theft victim, they choose good looking people to pretend to be, then make up a profile of lies that are alluring to victims. I work with Scamhaters United and we all volunteer. Our goals are to attempt to prevent first contact, to expose fakes wherever we find them, and to alert potential victims and current victims about what they are dealing with. We also report fakes to the platforms we find them in.
Get a furry baby. They give love unconditionally, are funny, and take time and energy to see they are happy. They will never take your money or lie to you.
*GlobalTraceAssets* ‼️, your approach and jobtelling is GENIUS and you're establishing yourself as a one of a kind communicator that I believe few have ever seen on this platform. And I think you definitely succeeded in making sense of it to the world! Keep up the good work my friend.
If they start calling you darling, honey, my love, sweetie, angel, dear, etc when you've 1) never met or 2) barely know each other and went on maybe 2 dates, they are most likely trying to get you emotionally attached to them fast. The only people who would do that are trying to get something from you, in most cases it's money, sex, or status, or a combination of these things. But it's not love.
I cut my scammer some slack at first, since -- like the scammer in this video -- he also claimed to be Italian, new to the U.S., and a widower. I figured it was an Italian-man thing, a cultural difference, though to be purely in character, he should have been calling me "amore."
They also call you My Queen & babe all the time. Never by your name. I hate nicknames & I was bullied by them I would want someone to use my real name not names like those.. Also So disrespectful too.
Or just be wise about how to use it :) You can find someone closer to where you live and after a couple of conversations you can meet them at a public place somewhere not too close to your home. At least you know who it is then and you can immediately see if he is who he says he is. Also watch for exaggerated language. Things like: you are the love of my life, you are the best that has happened to me in a long time and constantly calling you sweetheart etc. while only e-mailing/ texting a few times, is a big red flag imo. (Love bombing is manipulation) Which normal person tells you that after a few e-mails or texts, really? (No sane person I know.)
@@elisenieuwe4649 Even then you don't know and you can not be sure the person isn't some nut who wants to do you harm. Most guys on those sites want one thing. I met several women for coffee and they lied about looks , age, physical shape. One woman invited me back to her place , she said her son who just got out of prison wanted to go look for a car. The woman was 65 . Son had to be at least 30 Who needs that mess. Better off single , try to meet someone at the senior center
I live with my bffs (a chihuahua and 2 beautiful kitty cats ) They do not demand money. I don't get it that these women feel it is their responsibility to lavish strangers with their life savings! C'mon ladies, A REAL MAN WOULD GNAW HIS ARM OFF BEFORE HE BEGGED A WOMAN FOR MONEY! LEARN YOUR WORTH AND REALIZE THAT YOU ARE NOT IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH A STRANGER!
My client was excitedly telling me about her new boyfriend of three months. He had nearly all the marks of a scam and after a few minutes I had to tell her she was being scammed. She didn't believe me until I showed her the government website warning people about romance scams. The sad thing is she left her husband for this scammer.
Well done. There have been some horrific outcomes for spouses of scammed victims. I'm glad the husband got the heads up about the loyalty of his wife. I know of one husband who was not so lucky. The scam victim was involved in a "celebrity scam". The scammer told her that "it" really wants to be with her but, she needed to get rid of her husband. All the evidence was on her phone during the chatting with the scammer for the police to charge her with attempted murder and she is in jail now for attempted murder. She poisoned some soup that she gave her husband to "get rid" of him.
My failed oil rig scammer wanted me to take out a $30K loan to help him out when his $6M bank account froze at sea. LOL. I told him no bank would lend me money to cover his business expenses! Blocked!
I came in contact with Three people, who tried to scam me, but I somehow used my logic, I asked them few questions, they were furious, and rude, I told myself this cannot be an educated person, that's the end of the chat. I pat myself for that.
I see these victims as vulnerable and not really stupid. Yes, I understand that they make foolish decisions, but IMO we got to approach the issue in the same way we would approach substance abuse addicts. Because just like drugs or alcohol, love is literaly addictive.... at least the perception of it. As human beings we all crave love, acceptance, validation, being made to feel attractive and valuable, in the same way a heroin junkie will crave for that high every time he shoots up. Both will cause massive dopamine release in the brain and any of us will do what ever it takes to keep getting that release. Its easy to always say that "Oh but I am not stupid enough to trust a guy I never met with money". Well good for you! You probably are not widowed, divorced, lonely or just dying for some validation. These scumbags probably wont waste their time with you anyway. But a lot of people go through those and they fall for these scams because they lack support.
Yes - they need to volunteer at an animal shelter. Or for another charity that has meaning for you. Get out there & meet others - even if you don’t meet a partner - you will be appreciated & have some fun helping.
Yeah, but even a junkie can only be satisfied by the real thing. If you substitute powdered sugar for their real heroin or whatever, they aren't going to get high. So how can a love addict fall for something so obviously phony? Someone who never laid eyes on you in person declaring their undying "love" is no more real than the powdered sugar.
I just got rid of two scammers Raymond Scott (doctor in Syria) wanted me to send personal information to his lawyer in order to terminate his contract !! Second was Christopher Todd Donahue ( peacekeeping in Syria) wanted 1750 in gift cards to terminate his contract too!! I blocked and reported them both !!
What's so frustrating about these scams is that it always seems to be the mature women who do have lots of life experience but still fall for them. The letter at 1:26 is an obviously red flag. Even someone that was genuinely in love would not write such a corny letter to someone they have never met before.
Exactly, if you tell me it's a high school girl falling for that bullshit I understand, but a grown woman... come on!! "Come dance on the moon with me" WTF
I think they just attribute that behaviour to awkwardness in a person and they overlook it thinking that because of some immaturity or some lack in judgement of that other person that person has chosen them and that it doesn’t matter as long as they have that person. So in a way the women getting conned think that they are getting the better end of the stick. And they don’t want to risk this unique opportunity of someone finally being interested in them by denying the person money , they think they are strengthening the relationship with money. If you look at the messages in isolation where the conman asked for money, you can clearly see the red flag but when you have been primed and groomed for months , you can’t see the messages in isolation, they are part of the continuing series of events.
Are you familiar with "love bombing," in which the perpetrator wears out the victim with incessant attention? It's a disaster for women who were raised to take care of everyone else first and their own needs and boundaries last. That's who the scammers are looking for. I heard just yesterday about a woman with three master's degrees who got victimized by a romance scammer. Surely some of the victims are stupid; but these scammers look for women intelligent enough, seemingly trusting enough and with the careers to have the money that the scammers want to take from them.
Mature , lonely people are the best targets . They came from a generation of trusting people and still believe that humans are capable of love . Sad ...there is akways the vulnerable that fall for this.😅
It's manipulation, they are persistent. They are able to set up and to access documentation to "prove" they are who they claim to be using AI, photoshop, word salad, and their fellow scammer group members. They work in groups where the skillsets are many and varied and they support each other in many ways. It's all incredible deception and some are at "grandmaster" level. The words they use are psychological warfare on the mind of the victim and have stood the tests of time, and of trial and error. When dealing with anyone online it is best to have a healthy amount of skepticism. A great deal of flattery is used to manipulate victims and it works because everyone warms to having flattering remarks made about them.
It is not "stupidity". The tactics used against victims are a psychological mind play. Money is not the first topic they go to. There is a period of "wooing" the victims. It is during this time the victim is "lovebombed" a tactic used by narcissists in real life. They manipulate the feelings of their victims and once certain the victims has developed feelings for them - THAT'S when the fairy tales about traumas and disasters begin. The strange stories I have heard victims being told are wild. The perpetrators of the deception create and emergency type drama and need help immediately, giving the victim no time to think about what they are doing. I tell you, these criminals are psychopaths and care nothing about what kind of issue their victim will have for having money swindled from them. There are always promises (lies) about paying back the money but of course it never happens. Congratulations to you for being sceptical, they may never "get" you. It is wise to not judge others because it could just as easily be you being deceived. Some scammers are in your life right now, they just haven't made the move on you - yet.
Sorry...this is not rocket science. All scammers use exactly the same tactics. It's like taking candy from a baby. I wish these ladies would take personal responsibility for their foolishness
Agreed look what we were taught when we were growing up. be careful around strangers, Don't take things from them Ect, But look what these full grown adults do. hand over Thousands of dollas for a person then never,ever meet.Also likely not to meet..I Had special ed classes & only high school diploma Yet I know a lot more then some of these well educated people.
Okay, 01:45 Stop right there. If ANY guy sent me a love letter like that (unless it was my husband with whom I've shared a lifetime and has reason to say all that) I would kick him to the curb whether he was a scammer or not. Even if the guy you met on the dating app was legit, that is over the top and completely creepy. A letter like that calling me "my queen" "my princess" or any of that horse shit, and I'd block him immediately.
Desperately want to move to Hangouts or Whatsap, and cannot meet in person, ghost'em. Never send pics! Also, let friend or family members checkout your new friend. Of course, never send or accept money! Thank you for sharing, you may save others. Education of would be victims is the only solution. If law enforcement could stop these scammers, they would have stopped decades ago.
The ONLY thing that will stop them is when the money stops flowing to them. Education is key. Potential victims need to learn that there are very few - to zero strangers that would request friendship out of the blue. When someone does request friendship, they want something from you, be it access to your friend list (for more potential targets). They may want to clone your account (to scam money from your friends). They may want to learn more about you (to help their scam be successful).
Rule number one: don't send anyone online money. They're not interested in you. They're only interested in your money. It's all an act. They pull on your heartstrings.
Did this woman look in the mirror while this was going on? I was scammed by a woman who used me to fix stuff around her house with the thought of romance. I spent a hundred bucks to put up a basket ball net for her sons b day party. I was on guard. Then one night she invited me over. When I got there she asked me to baby sit, she was going on a date.
'I'm shooting myself now - oops, missed, shooting myself again. Are you still listening? That one worked. I'm dead now.' Gosh! Crap like that does not work on me. I used to do research for a job and also people would come to me to check the occasional work from students. It wasn't as well known then that you could use search engines to find excerpts from quotes/texts to see if plagiarized from something already published. Gotcha! I don't do online dating but in a comment section of a YT video someone 'approached' me and commented that it was cold where they were too. They forgot that they mentioned a hometown location to me and when I checked their weather that evening, it said 86F. I called them on it and they said they were not home, but working in the Gulf of Mexico right now... guess what? 86F also. Think before you get emotionally involved with a fantasy lover and make a plan to never send or receive anything or give personal details.
@@beryllines3788 Not anything special about me. Just some common sense and maturity (old age). I've also watched a lot of these scam, mysteries, and true crime videos. I was also the only child of a Dad who taught me to not believe everything I hear, see, or read.
@Ampere News, at about minute 4:10, you said "He wanted to buy an Oil Rig", but an Oil Rig and an Oil Platform are synonymous terms. He could not have bought an Oil Rig because an Oil Rig, aka Oil Platform, costs Billions of Dollars and is a very large structure where many people work and live
Interesting point. We used the same terms that the victim used in her description. If he told her it was an oil rig, then that would be a good clue to detect a scam.
7:03. Scammer says he is going to commit suicide. She hears TWO shots... if she didn't have the scam figured out by then, she would never figure it out.
My mom fell for a scammer. Her best friend and I kept telling her that he was a scammer! She believed the bank account info he gave her. Who the hell gives up their bank information? Big red flag! Same with being a traveling doctor. The one thing that made me yell at her that he's a scammer. She was liking the money and not sure why she would fall for someone my age! At least she didn't send him any money when he asked for money for his sick son. Yet she's the one who tells me not to go looking for a boyfriend. She's still stressing majorly over it.
The sad / pathetic part of all this is the fact that even if the victim finally cuts off from the scammer, their info is usually passed around and possibly the same scammer could contact the victim under a new profile. Many times if you ask the victims, they had this happen before and "didn't learn their lesson". Basically they are more probable to have it happen to them again once this has happened before. It's easier to fish from a previous victim then try to fish for someone brand new. So it's really hard to get through to the victims.
You're correct. The criminals work in groups or clusters. They share skills, victims (they call victims "clients") and even take shifts dealing with victims so the contact is persistent. It's a whole industry and the ones who provide the "scripts" they copy/paste from get 20% of their profit from the victims.
But - how can someone BE this stupid..? Of course you do not give any money to someone you have never met in person. If someone asks you for money it IS a scam. No real, normal person would ever do that. And without even checking that this person exists, that his stories are true..? This is so silly!
These scammers are slick! I feel for this woman. These con artists have such elaborate schemes to fool good, decent people. She is brave to share your story.
Scammers are like Lawyers they charge re-cycled teenage Seniors $10.00 per word==look in the mirror and then ask yourself does he want me or my money?????
I'm deeply grateful to the guy who hurt me for the last time in 2012. Romance Scammers have nothing at all that I would ever want or need. Sometimes I mess with them before calling them out, mostly, I call them on their BS immediately. Of course, they deny using stolen photos, deny being a scammer. Deny. Lie. Deny. Lie. You know the jig is up when the scammer begins hurling insults of the vilest sort at you.
@@mahoganydoormadmindstories That's false. Many romance scammers incorporate their false persona that they are widowed, raising a child alone. To further hook the target, either they or their child becomes ill with a terrible disease or a catastrophic injury from a car accident or work mishap or just walking on a street when something heavy falls on them. Take your pick. The made-up story most often requires steady, copious amounts of money to pay medical bills. Either cash for med bills or in the absence of med bills, the scammer elicits sympathy as they have been down on their luck, they claim to need gift cards so they can get food or phone service or sometimes money for a plane ticket so they can be together............finally. It rarely if ever, happens. Both male and female targets fall for this. Sympathy knows no gender.
Giving all your money to someone you have never met gets no sympathy from me. These elderly women are thinking with their nether regions instead of their brains.
There are plenty of older men involved in these scams. The teenage boys will use masks of porn actresses and models, celebrity photos, fashion models and successfully milk men of more money than the elderly women.
You are not silly or stupid, they are just very good liars and are experts in recognising what you need to hear t o become emotional invested, think of it. If a liar gets money for lying. There’s nothing that will make them stop trying
I don't know. I've seen plenty of scams that were very obviously a scam. Like someone with a Nigerian accent saying they are from Italy (while being a white Italian) while asking you to buy gift cards and send those to them. This scam seems more sophisticated. I can kinda understand falling for this with the fake bank account and banker calling and stuff. That's next level.
I knew a girl who got scammed from someone claiming to be someone he wasn't. Some people are so desperate to be loved, they make easy targets, it's sad and dispicable what these scammers do to those people.
I came across your comment in a group complaining about your lost funds,I was also scammed too I totally understand how you feel, I was hoping to ask if you were able to recover your lost funds?
Thank you so much admin...really useful advice..i have been scam by British Airways pilot...it's really hurt and painful...when found out...but now just play along with him...since January.
It's so sad that these women are falling prey to fantasies! if they could really see the real people behind the images, they would clutch their purses and behave like a Karen calling the police on them if they came within 2 ft of their personal space!!
Jessica fox. The web site cover themselves by saying to report anyone asking for money. That’s why the scammers want to move somewhere outside there where they can work on the victim.
For the people who scammers the call his wife or call husband it okay just friendly respect.aside from that if so shunky for the love story or there playing the game let go at least no harm to each other!!! 🙏
I have zero sympathy for ppl who are scammed. There is so much info out there re this sort of thing. Heck, even I made a video re 22 tips on how to spot a romance scammer from a mile away......and another video re scammers using Messenger.
Well I recently got my first scammer. He sent me Halloween photos sitting in front of his house. Next day he sent a photo of himself holding his driver’s license. Had the same house address. I looked it up on google earth. Same house the Halloween pic was taken. Do you think this is his actual address?
@@Laycismom Need more info. Was it an email out of the blue? dating site? FB? How long have you been communicating? Any video chats? etc etc etc No where near enuf info to answer your question
@@erniesulovic4734 no video chats. He immediately asked me to delete the app and moved our conversation to texting and then he had “slow phone issues “ and set us up on google chat…I know he’s a scammer but it would be nice if these warnings were seen sooner.
And - real men, from first world countries, do not ‘talk’ like that, Ladies. Especially if you have never even been in the same room. It’s ridiculous to believe that a handsome, successful man is going to fall for you that way.
I bite 100 percent this was a Indian scammer because they are really good at this i have calls from scammers almost every day saying I didn't pay taxes They will charge me ect 😡😡😡😡
I was scammed too. Any advice on how to get my money back from this Shanghai girl that scammed me through a live streaming site? Scammed me $35,000 USD. Any advice will be appreciated. This is my entire savings .
I came across your comment in a group complaining about your lost funds,I was also scammed too I totally understand how you feel, I was hoping to ask if you were able to recover your lost funds?
Unfortunately this crap got my ex girlfriend of almost 19yrs and it destroyed my life.. lost her.. the house thousands $$. alone suicidal just giving up.. she doesn't care.. it talked her into selling and moving.. so many gift cards still being sent in.. doesnt just affect the one typing
Oh yeah, the oil rig job. The widow with a son. I got one of those and got the “I need a call card or 5:32 I can’t talk to you”. I figured it out right away.
Are you telling me the gorgeous girls in bikini's who reach out to me on a dating site and need money to go to college are lying to me . I figure 25 year olds are always looking for 69 year old guys. They tell me they don't like young men, older guys know what life is about. lol
Hi thanks for the video it helps a lot 🥰 I was able to recover my lost Bitcoin which was stolen by a scammer I dated online I got this help from a comment on this video down I think we can all make this scam stop because it’s destroying homes
Why does it seem like all of these guys are either deployed to Afghanistan or working on oil rigs? Do they worl from the same script? They all also claim to be big, successful businessmen, but can't afford basic equipment and tools.
It's difficult to have sympathy for any of these Women..who right in the Head would send Thousands overseas to a complete stranger ?. Some Women actually do this...
You're not sorry when folks are used by strangers? What an awesome person you are. The world needs more people like you. Please, start your own TH-cam channel so you can drag all the people who get used by strangers for the world to see. The universe needs people like you to teach the way.
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No online romance! Meet up in person only, within 2 weeks. If they can't meet in person, ghost them
And NEVER send money. EVER.
Exactly! Real men want to be with you in person. No one who is financially successful is going to waste time without meeting you, Ladies.
I'm a female cross country semi driver. I also own my rig. I tell these guys that contact me that I can go to any place in the country to meet them. Then they stop talking to me.
@@sierrajade63
I always say; what would works would work without pushing it😊
If this would meant to be it would be. Verdad que SI
It's always the same profile:
1. Works overseas
2. Born and raised in Europe and immigrated to the US (explains the accent in phone calls. Many Americans can't tell one foreign accent from another)
3. Has money but inexplicably can't get access to it.
4. "My Queen" 😛
And it's not only the accent, but the people they are talking to sound very young, and make mistakes in English. They don't "sound" like the mature man in the photo, regardless of the accent.
Same here. They use almost identical scripts. In my case, when he asked for money, I questioned him about it e.g. why don't you use your credit card or you said you had so much money.... Then they become rude. I just said f... off!
Now I can laugh about it, but I felt so ashamed to be tricked like this, because I usually don't fall for BS.
Sounds familiar😂😂😂😂
You're 100% right- the also have a dead wife,,a child in boarding:school and they tell you they want to start a new life but they need you to help get off that oil rig or war zone
Have you eaten?
People who shoot themselves don't fire TWO shots.
Good point
Missed with the first shot
@@johndowns7536😂
😂😂😂
Blank firing!
If they ask if you have eaten all the time and calls you his wife immediately, know they are scamming.
Exactly true Ma'am.. Ive been experienced this sweet words from a love romance scammer recently
Also if they call you "queen."
True 😂
@@OttaBHayve Lol. I never had a real man who called me queen. It would be funny.
Yeah thanks for the tip… I believe I’m got one on my hands right now… this person does exactly that and we haven’t even met in person yet and I all ready paid for the trip twice now for her to travel and to me and meet in person… those pictures could have been stolen.. and I’m starting to believe that’s not even this persons real name… another thing that odd the pictures she sent me of this woman if really her is Caucasian but she sounds Asian this woman’s voice doesn’t match what she looks like in the pictures
*Team GlobalTraceAssets , I would like to sincerely thank you from the BOTTOM of my heart! So many from tough harsh living conditions that suffer and you helping and giving them something that they desperately need just to survive. I thank God for wonderful people like you that are making the differences that truly matter most! God bless you GlobalTraceAssets !!! Love from Greenville NC*
This is cruel to say but why would a world traveled good looking wealthy man want with a older lonely women? One reason $$$$!!!
Mojo, you is a SAVAGE.. 😂
You are 100% correct. The elderly are targeted because they often have a lifetime's worth of money saved up. They also come from a more trusting lifetime before there was a computer to hide behind. The criminals wear the mask of the identity theft victim, they choose good looking people to pretend to be, then make up a profile of lies that are alluring to victims. I work with Scamhaters United and we all volunteer. Our goals are to attempt to prevent first contact, to expose fakes wherever we find them, and to alert potential victims and current victims about what they are dealing with. We also report fakes to the platforms we find them in.
We all get lonely 😔 but lonely and broke 💔 you worked hard for your 💰 Please stop buying love.
Get a furry baby. They give love unconditionally, are funny, and take time and energy to see they are happy. They will never take your money or lie to you.
*GlobalTraceAssets* ‼️, your approach and jobtelling is GENIUS and you're establishing yourself as a one of a kind communicator that I believe few have ever seen on this platform. And I think you definitely succeeded in making sense of it to the world! Keep up the good work my friend.
2 shots for a suicide? I don't think so
It worked for Vince Foster..
If they start calling you darling, honey, my love, sweetie, angel, dear, etc when you've 1) never met or 2) barely know each other and went on maybe 2 dates, they are most likely trying to get you emotionally attached to them fast. The only people who would do that are trying to get something from you, in most cases it's money, sex, or status, or a combination of these things. But it's not love.
no. they are talking to a lot of women and don't want to use the wrong name by mistake.
are you polish?
I cut my scammer some slack at first, since -- like the scammer in this video -- he also claimed to be Italian, new to the U.S., and a widower. I figured it was an Italian-man thing, a cultural difference, though to be purely in character, he should have been calling me "amore."
I think the scramer can't remember your name reason they call you all the sweet ones
They also call you My Queen & babe all the time. Never by your name. I hate nicknames & I was bullied by them I would want someone to use my real name not names like those.. Also So disrespectful too.
After seeing all of the things that happen on dating sites I am happy to remain a widow on my own who can you trust out there.
Or just be wise about how to use it :)
You can find someone closer to where you live and after a couple of conversations you can meet them at a public place somewhere not too close to your home. At least you know who it is then and you can immediately see if he is who he says he is.
Also watch for exaggerated language. Things like: you are the love of my life, you are the best that has happened to me in a long time and constantly calling you sweetheart etc. while only e-mailing/ texting a few times, is a big red flag imo. (Love bombing is manipulation) Which normal person tells you that after a few e-mails or texts, really? (No sane person I know.)
@@elisenieuwe4649 Even then you don't know and you can not be sure the person isn't some nut who wants to do you harm. Most guys on those sites want one thing. I met several women for coffee and they lied about looks , age, physical shape. One woman invited me back to her place , she said her son who just got out of prison wanted to go look for a car. The woman was 65 . Son had to be at least 30 Who needs that mess. Better off single , try to meet someone at the senior center
I live with my bffs (a chihuahua and 2 beautiful kitty cats )
They do not demand money.
I don't get it that these women feel it is their responsibility to lavish strangers with their life savings!
C'mon ladies, A REAL MAN WOULD GNAW HIS ARM OFF BEFORE HE BEGGED A WOMAN FOR MONEY!
LEARN YOUR WORTH AND REALIZE THAT YOU ARE NOT IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH A STRANGER!
I recently got bamboozled but was able to stop it before things went too far but it still hurts.
Very true can't trust no one
Say you have 10 children,10 pets and you need money for your hungry children,pets! He will block you asap lol😃😃😃😃😃😃😃ha ha
Exactly 😁
@@maryowens7037 how they fall for the Nigerian accent
@Loving Social Distance true
My client was excitedly telling me about her new boyfriend of three months. He had nearly all the marks of a scam and after a few minutes I had to tell her she was being scammed. She didn't believe me until I showed her the government website warning people about romance scams. The sad thing is she left her husband for this scammer.
Oh no, that's so tragic.
That's terrible
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Well done. There have been some horrific outcomes for spouses of scammed victims. I'm glad the husband got the heads up about the loyalty of his wife. I know of one husband who was not so lucky. The scam victim was involved in a "celebrity scam". The scammer told her that "it" really wants to be with her but, she needed to get rid of her husband. All the evidence was on her phone during the chatting with the scammer for the police to charge her with attempted murder and she is in jail now for attempted murder. She poisoned some soup that she gave her husband to "get rid" of him.
My failed oil rig scammer wanted me to take out a $30K loan to help him out when his $6M bank account froze at sea. LOL. I told him no bank would lend me money to cover his business expenses! Blocked!
If his bank account froze at sea, all he had to do was haul it in out of the water and warm it up in the kitchen.
Hello Deb, I am 33 old from Africa Cameroon, can I been in love with you?
I had that 1, who got really annoyed because I wouldn't download the app, to sort money out
That one sound legit.
@@happyhermit3141 GOLD!🤣🤣
No matter how deperate you are, Stay Off All Online Dating Apps, better to meet some one in person
I came in contact with Three people, who tried to scam me, but I somehow used my logic, I asked them few questions, they were furious, and rude, I told myself this cannot be an educated person, that's the end of the chat.
I pat myself for that.
I see these victims as vulnerable and not really stupid. Yes, I understand that they make foolish decisions, but IMO we got to approach the issue in the same way we would approach substance abuse addicts. Because just like drugs or alcohol, love is literaly addictive.... at least the perception of it. As human beings we all crave love, acceptance, validation, being made to feel attractive and valuable, in the same way a heroin junkie will crave for that high every time he shoots up. Both will cause massive dopamine release in the brain and any of us will do what ever it takes to keep getting that release. Its easy to always say that "Oh but I am not stupid enough to trust a guy I never met with money". Well good for you! You probably are not widowed, divorced, lonely or just dying for some validation. These scumbags probably wont waste their time with you anyway. But a lot of people go through those and they fall for these scams because they lack support.
Yes - they need to volunteer at an animal shelter. Or for another charity that has meaning for you. Get out there & meet others - even if you don’t meet a partner - you will be appreciated & have some fun helping.
Yeah, but even a junkie can only be satisfied by the real thing. If you substitute powdered sugar for their real heroin or whatever, they aren't going to get high. So how can a love addict fall for something so obviously phony? Someone who never laid eyes on you in person declaring their undying "love" is no more real than the powdered sugar.
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I just got rid of two scammers Raymond Scott (doctor in Syria) wanted me to send personal information to his lawyer in order to terminate his contract !! Second was Christopher Todd Donahue ( peacekeeping in Syria) wanted 1750 in gift cards to terminate his contract too!! I blocked and reported them both !!
Well spotted. You are one of the smarter types that criminal scammers hate.
What's so frustrating about these scams is that it always seems to be the mature women who do have lots of life experience but still fall for them. The letter at 1:26 is an obviously red flag. Even someone that was genuinely in love would not write such a corny letter to someone they have never met before.
Exactly, if you tell me it's a high school girl falling for that bullshit I understand, but a grown woman... come on!!
"Come dance on the moon with me" WTF
They target vulnerable middle aged women who are not conventionally attractive as they reckon these ladies don't get much male attention?
I think they just attribute that behaviour to awkwardness in a person and they overlook it thinking that because of some immaturity or some lack in judgement of that other person that person has chosen them and that it doesn’t matter as long as they have that person. So in a way the women getting conned think that they are getting the better end of the stick. And they don’t want to risk this unique opportunity of someone finally being interested in them by denying the person money , they think they are strengthening the relationship with money. If you look at the messages in isolation where the conman asked for money, you can clearly see the red flag but when you have been primed and groomed for months , you can’t see the messages in isolation, they are part of the continuing series of events.
Are you familiar with "love bombing," in which the perpetrator wears out the victim with incessant attention? It's a disaster for women who were raised to take care of everyone else first and their own needs and boundaries last. That's who the scammers are looking for. I heard just yesterday about a woman with three master's degrees who got victimized by a romance scammer. Surely some of the victims are stupid; but these scammers look for women intelligent enough, seemingly trusting enough and with the careers to have the money that the scammers want to take from them.
no one smart when they are in love, sadly she fell for scammers, so sorry you have to go through this.. be vigilant
Scammers are evil creatures, they don’t care about your feelings, they just want your money!!
100%
Mature , lonely people are the best targets . They came from a generation of trusting people and still believe that humans are capable of love . Sad ...there is akways the vulnerable that fall for this.😅
why would you believe a word these people say
It's manipulation, they are persistent. They are able to set up and to access documentation to "prove" they are who they claim to be using AI, photoshop, word salad, and their fellow scammer group members. They work in groups where the skillsets are many and varied and they support each other in many ways. It's all incredible deception and some are at "grandmaster" level. The words they use are psychological warfare on the mind of the victim and have stood the tests of time, and of trial and error. When dealing with anyone online it is best to have a healthy amount of skepticism. A great deal of flattery is used to manipulate victims and it works because everyone warms to having flattering remarks made about them.
How stupid can you be to believe anything some stranger says on line or on the phone like this, especially when they are asking you for money???
It is not "stupidity". The tactics used against victims are a psychological mind play. Money is not the first topic they go to. There is a period of "wooing" the victims. It is during this time the victim is "lovebombed" a tactic used by narcissists in real life. They manipulate the feelings of their victims and once certain the victims has developed feelings for them - THAT'S when the fairy tales about traumas and disasters begin. The strange stories I have heard victims being told are wild. The perpetrators of the deception create and emergency type drama and need help immediately, giving the victim no time to think about what they are doing. I tell you, these criminals are psychopaths and care nothing about what kind of issue their victim will have for having money swindled from them. There are always promises (lies) about paying back the money but of course it never happens. Congratulations to you for being sceptical, they may never "get" you. It is wise to not judge others because it could just as easily be you being deceived. Some scammers are in your life right now, they just haven't made the move on you - yet.
Sorry...this is not rocket science. All scammers use exactly the same tactics. It's like taking candy from a baby. I wish these ladies would take personal responsibility for their foolishness
All these scammers lost their wives .....
And looking in the mirror would help a lot to!!!!
Agreed look what we were taught when we were growing up. be careful around strangers, Don't take things from them Ect, But look what these full grown adults do. hand over Thousands of dollas for a person then never,ever meet.Also likely not to meet..I Had special ed classes & only high school diploma Yet I know a lot more then some of these well educated people.
Okay, 01:45 Stop right there. If ANY guy sent me a love letter like that (unless it was my husband with whom I've shared a lifetime and has reason to say all that) I would kick him to the curb whether he was a scammer or not. Even if the guy you met on the dating app was legit, that is over the top and completely creepy. A letter like that calling me "my queen" "my princess" or any of that horse shit, and I'd block him immediately.
When they ask for money, turn it around and and ask _them_ for money, instead. Make something up. An aeroplane clipped the roof, or something.
@@soutinefan
Hamster with psoriasis. 🤣🤣🤣
Haha yep im ao sorry I was in a accident. I used my credit card im so sorry it just happenn
I hope karma gets this scammer and hopefully this lady gets recovered from this tragedy she put herself into..
DO NOT SEND MONEY OR RACY PHOTOS TO PEOPLE YOU DON’T KNOW!!! BE SMART!!!
Desperately want to move to Hangouts or Whatsap, and cannot meet in person, ghost'em. Never send pics! Also, let friend or family members checkout your new friend. Of course, never send or accept money!
Thank you for sharing, you may save others. Education of would be victims is the only solution. If law enforcement could stop these scammers, they would have stopped decades ago.
The ONLY thing that will stop them is when the money stops flowing to them. Education is key. Potential victims need to learn that there are very few - to zero strangers that would request friendship out of the blue. When someone does request friendship, they want something from you, be it access to your friend list (for more potential targets). They may want to clone your account (to scam money from your friends). They may want to learn more about you (to help their scam be successful).
Rule number one: don't send anyone online money. They're not interested in you. They're only interested in your money. It's all an act. They pull on your heartstrings.
Did this woman look in the mirror while this was going on? I was scammed by a woman who used me to fix stuff around her house with the thought of romance. I spent a hundred bucks to put up a basket ball net for her sons b day party. I was on guard. Then one night she invited me over. When I got there she asked me to baby sit, she was going on a date.
'I'm shooting myself now - oops, missed, shooting myself again. Are you still listening? That one worked. I'm dead now.'
Gosh! Crap like that does not work on me. I used to do research for a job and also people would come to me to check the occasional work from students. It wasn't as well known then that you could use search engines to find excerpts from quotes/texts to see if plagiarized from something already published. Gotcha!
I don't do online dating but in a comment section of a YT video someone 'approached' me and commented that it was cold where they were too. They forgot that they mentioned a hometown location to me and when I checked their weather that evening, it said 86F. I called them on it and they said they were not home, but working in the Gulf of Mexico right now... guess what? 86F also.
Think before you get emotionally involved with a fantasy lover and make a plan to never send or receive anything or give personal details.
Bravo. Excellent investigative skills there. RESPECT!
@@beryllines3788 Not anything special about me. Just some common sense and maturity (old age). I've also watched a lot of these scam, mysteries, and true crime videos. I was also the only child of a Dad who taught me to not believe everything I hear, see, or read.
@Ampere News, at about minute 4:10, you said "He wanted to buy an Oil Rig", but an Oil Rig and an Oil Platform are synonymous terms. He could not have bought an Oil Rig because an Oil Rig, aka Oil Platform, costs Billions of Dollars and is a very large structure where many people work and live
Interesting point. We used the same terms that the victim used in her description. If he told her it was an oil rig, then that would be a good clue to detect a scam.
@@amperenews, yes, indeed
7:03. Scammer says he is going to commit suicide. She hears TWO shots... if she didn't have the scam figured out by then, she would never figure it out.
There are lots of scammers on the dating apps… once I start getting sus , I tell them to f**k off & get a job !!!!
Don’t EVER send money to someone you haven’t met IN PERSON!!! How hard is this????
Scammers like claiming to be engineers on an oil rig!
How sheltered are these ppl when they can not pick up on major differences of accents??? Come on!
They target "challenged" victims
Allways highly educated widower working on oilriggs
These non human things are the cruleless things on earth . im so sorry for what you went threw .
These are still ppl! I hear your dog whistling and for that you are disgusting!
My mom fell for a scammer. Her best friend and I kept telling her that he was a scammer! She believed the bank account info he gave her. Who the hell gives up their bank information? Big red flag! Same with being a traveling doctor. The one thing that made me yell at her that he's a scammer. She was liking the money and not sure why she would fall for someone my age! At least she didn't send him any money when he asked for money for his sick son. Yet she's the one who tells me not to go looking for a boyfriend. She's still stressing majorly over it.
Show her all these stories - Dr. Phil & Dr. Oz here on TH-cam - just search for romance scam.
The sad / pathetic part of all this is the fact that even if the victim finally cuts off from the scammer, their info is usually passed around and possibly the same scammer could contact the victim under a new profile. Many times if you ask the victims, they had this happen before and "didn't learn their lesson". Basically they are more probable to have it happen to them again once this has happened before. It's easier to fish from a previous victim then try to fish for someone brand new. So it's really hard to get through to the victims.
You're correct. The criminals work in groups or clusters. They share skills, victims (they call victims "clients") and even take shifts dealing with victims so the contact is persistent. It's a whole industry and the ones who provide the "scripts" they copy/paste from get 20% of their profit from the victims.
But - how can someone BE this stupid..? Of course you do not give any money to someone you have never met in person. If someone asks you for money it IS a scam. No real, normal person would ever do that. And without even checking that this person exists, that his stories are true..? This is so silly!
These scammers are slick! I feel for this woman. These con artists have such elaborate schemes to fool good, decent people. She is brave to share your story.
Nothing lasts forever dear
She's brave to share her story but foolish to fall for this scam?
The scammers are trolling on TH-cam too. So beware
Scammers are like Lawyers they charge re-cycled teenage Seniors $10.00 per word==look in the mirror and then ask yourself does he want me or my money?????
I'm deeply grateful to the guy who hurt me for the last time in 2012. Romance Scammers have nothing at all that I would ever want or need. Sometimes I mess with them before calling them out, mostly, I call them on their BS immediately. Of course, they deny using stolen photos, deny being a scammer. Deny. Lie. Deny. Lie.
You know the jig is up when the scammer begins hurling insults of the vilest sort at you.
...You can have a lot of Fun playing with the Spammer after waking up to the con...
They set up a thirst trap with the photo then have words dripping with honey. Women never feel sorry for a man with a hard luck story.
@@mahoganydoormadmindstories That's false.
Many romance scammers incorporate their false persona that they are widowed, raising a child alone.
To further hook the target, either they or their child becomes ill with a terrible disease or a catastrophic injury from a car accident or work mishap or just walking on a street when something heavy falls on them.
Take your pick.
The made-up story most often requires steady, copious amounts of money to pay medical bills.
Either cash for med bills or in the absence of med bills, the scammer elicits sympathy as they have been down on their luck, they claim to need gift cards so they can get food or phone service or sometimes money for a plane ticket so they can be together............finally. It rarely if ever, happens.
Both male and female targets fall for this.
Sympathy knows no gender.
Giving all your money to someone you have never met gets no sympathy from me. These elderly women are thinking with their nether regions instead of their brains.
There are plenty of older men involved in these scams. The teenage boys will use masks of porn actresses and models, celebrity photos, fashion models and successfully milk men of more money than the elderly women.
We need more awareness
scammers is really know get attention of their victims,while me I am not scammers is hard for me to find my Right man
so sad but i never never belive anyone who sends proof why ??? who does that ??? you never met him !!!!!
You are not silly or stupid, they are just very good liars and are experts in recognising what you need to hear t o become emotional invested, think of it. If a liar gets money for lying. There’s nothing that will make them stop trying
Amen they will do anything get ur money 💰 cause they don't love u they using u block block and block that scamming cock !!!!
I don't know. I've seen plenty of scams that were very obviously a scam. Like someone with a Nigerian accent saying they are from Italy (while being a white Italian) while asking you to buy gift cards and send those to them.
This scam seems more sophisticated. I can kinda understand falling for this with the fake bank account and banker calling and stuff. That's next level.
I knew a girl who got scammed from someone claiming to be someone he wasn't. Some people are so desperate to be loved, they make easy targets, it's sad and dispicable what these scammers do to those people.
Ha ha - why does it takes two shots to commit suicide? Never give money to a stranger EVER EVER EVER
Text or email ONLY is the biggest of red flags.Why didn't she insist on a video chat ?
I was victimized by an in person romance scam by a Dominican he took me for over $200000 I feel foolish and embarrassed and my heart is broken.
I came across your comment in a group complaining about your lost funds,I was also scammed too I totally understand how you feel, I was hoping to ask if you were able to recover your lost funds?
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Thank you so much admin...really useful advice..i have been scam by British Airways pilot...it's really hurt and painful...when found out...but now just play along with him...since January.
I am so sorry, I know the pain you’re going through.
"Two gun shots?" Really?
Any time that you're asked for money that's an automatic!!!!
Thank you for this.
How she think one younger actracctive men seeking in her pontencially patner.the scammer is easy know in site when they write to someone
Talk about gullible. Your ship has sailed. These scammers want your money and identity.
The majority of victims deserve to be scammed.
Scammers are so sweet
2 shots, how bad is this guy's aim from no distance? Scammers are Cruel, and cover their tracks ASAP.
It's so sad that these women are falling prey to fantasies! if they could really see the real people behind the images, they would clutch their purses and behave like a Karen calling the police on them if they came within 2 ft of their personal space!!
How much did she give this guy?
This sounds like a guy I am chatting to presently. A dead give way is his grammar. I have already noticed lies and vague answers to questions.
Yep Classics Its not all about the good looks of a picture ladies The fruit always looks good on the outside
these women need to take a long look in the mirror first....
I said the same thing . The real guy doing wheeling and dealing in oil has no issue meeting young attractive girls.
How are these online dating sites legal?
Jessica fox. The web site cover themselves by saying to report anyone asking for money. That’s why the scammers want to move somewhere outside there where they can work on the victim.
I ask so many questions they move on to the next.
I am so sorry.
Ppl siting home n bored 😐 they know we get checks
Teams work together
For the people who scammers the call his wife or call husband it okay just friendly respect.aside from that if so shunky for the love story or there playing the game let go at least no harm to each other!!! 🙏
I have zero sympathy for ppl who are scammed. There is so much info out there re this sort of thing. Heck, even I made a video re 22 tips on how to spot a romance scammer from a mile away......and another video re scammers using Messenger.
Well I recently got my first scammer. He sent me Halloween photos sitting in front of his house. Next day he sent a photo of himself holding his driver’s license. Had the same house address. I looked it up on google earth. Same house the Halloween pic was taken. Do you think this is his actual address?
@@Laycismom Need more info. Was it an email out of the blue? dating site? FB? How long have you been communicating? Any video chats? etc etc etc No where near enuf info to answer your question
@@erniesulovic4734 met him on a dating site. I reached out to him so I suspected nothing. 🙄
@@erniesulovic4734 no video chats. He immediately asked me to delete the app and moved our conversation to texting and then he had “slow phone issues “ and set us up on google chat…I know he’s a scammer but it would be nice if these warnings were seen sooner.
In reading the love text, I noticed references to '"imagine" and then descriptions of blissful connection. That is grooming.
And - real men, from first world countries, do not ‘talk’ like that, Ladies. Especially if you have never even been in the same room. It’s ridiculous to believe that a handsome, successful man is going to fall for you that way.
I bite 100 percent this was a Indian scammer because they are really good at this i have calls from scammers almost every day saying I didn't pay taxes They will charge me ect 😡😡😡😡
I was scammed too. Any advice on how to get my money back from this Shanghai girl that scammed me through a live streaming site? Scammed me $35,000 USD. Any advice will be appreciated. This is my entire savings .
I came across your comment in a group complaining about your lost funds,I was also scammed too I totally understand how you feel, I was hoping to ask if you were able to recover your lost funds?
Sad you were scammed I hope your life turns around in the best way 🙏
Unfortunately this crap got my ex girlfriend of almost 19yrs and it destroyed my life.. lost her.. the house thousands $$. alone suicidal just giving up.. she doesn't care.. it talked her into selling and moving.. so many gift cards still being sent in.. doesnt just affect the one typing
I’m glad you said something. Many people don’t look at the husband or the boyfriend that was left because of a scammer. I’m sorry for your pain.
Oh yeah, the oil rig job. The widow with a son. I got one of those and got the “I need a call card or 5:32 I can’t talk to you”. I figured it out right away.
I have a same experience, so sad , I fell for it...., so sad
I don,t get it it,s so obvious they are scams
Are you telling me the gorgeous girls in bikini's who reach out to me on a dating site and need money to go to college are lying to me . I figure 25 year olds are always looking for 69 year old guys. They tell me they don't like young men, older guys know what life is about. lol
@@rbspider too funny
Should these dating sites not be shut down as I think these romance scammers are behind the running of these sites.
More romance scams please.
Just found your channel today...from Malaysia
I simply don't get how easy it is to fool some people. Vaccine anyone?
Some people are born victims.
Ah yes the fell for Trump lies (you) sheeple
First shot missed his brain...second shot missed the heart ...damn it !
Hi thanks for the video it helps a lot 🥰
I was able to recover my lost Bitcoin which was stolen by a scammer I dated online
I got this help from a comment on this video down I think we can all make this scam stop because it’s destroying homes
And please don’t hesitate to ask me any question incase I don’t reply on time you can leave your WhatsApp number
Oh noes! Oh noes! No way you could be a scammer. 😱😂😁🤣
😮😮 to all future ladies and gentlemen, if you never seen the person in person and they asking for $$$$$$,
". IT'S A Scam good luuk future victims 😢😢😢😢
Why does it seem like all of these guys are either deployed to Afghanistan or working on oil rigs? Do they worl from the same script? They all also claim to be big, successful businessmen, but can't afford basic equipment and tools.
It's difficult to have sympathy for any of these Women..who right in the Head would send Thousands overseas to a complete stranger ?. Some Women actually do this...
I thought this mainly happened to men. Every day I'm being hit on through google chat. Half of the "ladies" use pics of pron stars in their 20s. lol
I Feel sorry for all the sad women out there. I feel sad sometimes but i am too stubborn. Lol
I've experience it just yesterday and he is asking me for steam card so I block him 😂😂😂 he got mad😂..
Rarely do I feel sorry for the folks that get used by strangers. This one, however, did touch my heart. Poor woman...no pun intended
You're not sorry when folks are used by strangers? What an awesome person you are. The world needs more people like you. Please, start your own TH-cam channel so you can drag all the people who get used by strangers for the world to see. The universe needs people like you to teach the way.
@phyllisarrington7436 What a soulless being you are. I truly feel sorry for you.
Dude you’ve got to stop saying it’s money list. It’s not!!! It’s money given out of free will. Nothing is lost. It only changed hands.
IT IS RATHER SIMPLE...FIRST RED FLAG IS THE INTERNET....MAJOR RED FLAG THAT ONE IS! APTTMH YAH SHALOM
They all full of chit