But the conversation continued with the offer of exchanging phone numbers and pictures, which I of course decline and end the game. Car accident and is raising 14 year old daughter whos in boarding school in California. when I called him by General Townsends name, he seem shocked. Then they start with hello hello are you there etc etc.. Im not getting these kinds of scammers chatting with me BECAUSE I NEVER play WWF2 with strangers! Done with the dead beat, wife is gone, single dad bullshit. I object to being told I shouldnt play with people I dont know isnt that blaming the victim? Had a woman ask me how my work was going when we never had previous conversations. I right away say I dont give out personal info, then they get pissy and resign, or I get annoyed and block them. I never fell victim to any of them and rarely give out anything personal. I had a lot of these scammers, every day it seemed. I am considering stopping to be honest. 2. WebHere Are Photos We Have Found Being Used Recently By Scammers! Ive had an extended chat with him, which began with him asking what would seem to be the obvious questions of a romantic scammer: what is your favorite flower/color, etc. That time, when I said I wanted a phone call he called. I have also been scammed by someone playing Words with Friends. I had that David Craig too, did you ever have Davis Anderson? Address:SocialCatfish, LLC39252 Winchester Rd. Yes Davis was the one who asked me if I knew how to chat because I failed to respond to him after replying hello. The game timed out eventually. Sometimes I flip the script on them and immediately ask for money. A fake Words with Friends profile is a profile that has been created for the sole purpose of scamming or defrauding other players. I blocked him, and when it happened the next time I had assumed the first guy was a solitary case. If someone is interested in a love match, dont be caught off-guard. He was suggesting google hangouts. Great reply to use on these creeps!! Hello nice playing words with you, hope to play more with you. It didnt use to be this bad. I live in Western Australia and for the state on my profile it switched my WA so it reads as if its WA Washington State in America lol so I left it at that. Owen then asks the woman player for money. He claims to be working on an oil rig in Mexico and after 2 weeks of chatting asked for a stream card for internet. Same line! Do not fall for it. His wife died from cancer several years ago. Hi Wendy, I think Im talking to the same guy right now. Your email address will not be published. Did anyone else notice this? Hi, how are you, youre so beautiful. I played along for a day or two until the requests kept coming, with more personal questions. What made me suspicious was that he sounded like a foreigner (he said that he was from Germany and he lived in NY and Florida in the past) and might have been using a translator device or something. Beware of Micheal Scott. Oh my gosh! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Look out for These 5 Words with Friends Scams, Wordle Scams and Words with Friends Scams, National New Friends Day: The Dangers of Making New Friends Online, Top 5 LINE Messaging App Scams To Watch Out For While Messaging Friends. They are all engineers too! Happy New Year. . There were others with similar stories but I cant find my older games on my Phone App. I might add: If they say they are from the USA, & licensed here for work, you can check to see if they actually have a License as an engineer, etc. Came to the US at 19. So sorry Emma. All want hangouts and all fall in love with me, some in hours! I play WWF. And worst of all I was stupid and five phones were ordered on my phone acct. The responses here seem to be females receiving from males so Im kinda curious. Yup, I verify this. Also has a teenage son (16) and has a live-in nanny for him. They say. Glad u caught on and didnt lose anything major.. like some poor women. Its easy to get wrapped up in somebodys story, but if you find yourself tempted to send money to a stranger even if its just a little ask for help. Thank you for posting this. . He has also connected me with his son (named Jack) and weve chatted a little too. But he really had me going for a while. WWFKATatGmail. I can tell by their profile pics theyre scammers before they even write me. I like your style! Petter Snow. is a real charmer, but always wanting money. Be careful all. 59 yrs old, 15 year old daughter, wife dead, lives in Indiana, misspelled words, words out of context, Ex: I swear your husband is lucky to have such an amazing creature as a wife you know ( then theres an I only will chat with people with whom I have played several good games, at least. eBay PayPal and my card details linked to another account. Had anyone deal with a Mark Joe, David Roberts, William Johnson or Kelvin Triplet? Does anybody know what this is about? How to protect Apparently she is a SAHM and homeschools so he can control her easily. Yes. However the most recent game like that just disappeared so I didnt even have the satisfaction of a win. Anyone had any dealings with Michael Hansen, originally from Norway has lived in US for many years. The last one I did had 66 returns! He creeped me out with all his questions and wanted to know too much about me. I dont think Luis plays anymore. He said he had to update his computer. Depending upon my mood. My profile pic used to be me and my husband, but that didnt stop them. But it certainly entertaining. * Scammers create believable profiles to present themselves as an almost too good to be true catch. Claimed to have found a bunch of money while he and his men were on patrol. Dont worry about a They persist and the English is appalling . 4. Sounds like the same one I got. I love to mess with these creeps on WWF if they say their Engineers, so am i, whatever they say they do, i ask them about the job, they change subject, if they say theyre American,i ask where theyre born. It was very agitating at first, but once I started playing along, I really started looking forward to it. Wish all these scammers would take a long walk off a short pier and sink to the bottom of the waterfor good. Claims hes German, and in I read a bit about a river that flows through there & did find a Port of Dallas but after hed resurfaced (had been using the Wi-Fi in the neighboring room), I finally called the Port of Dallas & asked if there was a way to verify the things he said were true. We believe my mother-in-law is being scammed through WWF. I decided to talk to all of these. Hi. 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. Need to buy internet or we cant talk. Married People. Although this game may sound like a harmless pastime, scammers are on the prowl looking for people to scam on these platforms. Still laughing!! But when Hangouts? Thanks for sharing this information. Buy a house & live happily ever after. Gary Scott sound familiar James curtis. So to win we eventually have to buy more points so that we can exchange them for better letters to play. I changed my profile pic to my dog and this has cut back on all scammers. Too smart for that. During a recent visit, Mom shared an odd experience she had while playing that turned out to be a new kind of scam. I blocked him. My guess is hell resign the game and block me. However, I dont believe that I ever said enough to warrant any concern. As time and many matches go by, Owen tells the woman player his life story, asks dozens of questions about her life and tastes, and talks romantically with her. You will know right away because before you even accept the invite theres already a message waiting for you. Usually its a small group of scammers who can be male or female and work in a room together like a small business. They keep pushing for me to join them there and chat there. On Words with Friends, you can be matched up with users you know nothing about. Possibly he didnt want to say Michigan because Im in Ohiojust a car ride away. Wife in Switzerland remarried . Blocked him. But yes, I think I am addicted to WWF because I love to do crosswords and puzzles like this. But his profile says that he is from the US. he asked me how old where from and I resigned the game. I have no way of knowing exactly the email that he gave me because I was never going to use it so I did not pay attention. Wanted me to join Hangout? Anyone come across this guy? Hi Nella! He sent me his number. Dead wife (cancer, childbirth, accident), one or two kids, with the nanny or in boarding school while hes away. Wow. Nice looking guy in the pic- Ill give them that!! Theres a Peter Johnson in Boston, Jeremy Scott from Florida, Kelly G Roland from Greece but lives in TX. Barbara El-Gamal was playing a harmless game Need money fore her books. I had a guy Kennedy Derek said he was from Germany living in Florida. Not all of you . We verify information to confirm if the person that you've met online is really who they say they are. I need money!!! All these stories are so familiar and so many users are familiar too. In the first one, someone claiming to be a woman named Alice was very friendly to me and started asking for gift cards and more. If your intentions are other than that. I am playing with somebody right now who says he is from Germany but lived in NY and Florida for a bit. Most would not play me if I would not chat so I started to chat just to have a games to play with others. I like this game for yrs. It gives you that option. If youre tempted to send money to a stranger and you shouldnt do it ask a friend or family member for a sanity check. As each match proceeded, the man (often named Owen) would share that his wife had died in childbirth, and that his daughter was being raised by a cousin or a nurse while he worked aboard ship. Theres an old New Yorker cartoon, on the internet, nobody knows youre a dog. Thats true, and as AI gets more sophisticated it is becoming harder to tell whether the person youre chatting with is even a mammal. One wrote Thanks for the follow so I wrote back and asked where he saw I was following him and no response. Scammer Alert: James Adam Jamesadamdesign501 AdamJ3308 We have to fight this by exposing them on every site. After a few weeks of talking to him my friend discovered this. Ive lost count of Peacekeepers & Engineers! He needs to be stopped. even creepy face pics 99% scammers. I blocked him. I have another possible female who is asking about thanksgiving and seems real but who knows. So we could chat privately, because his burdens were so deep or some such nonsense. It always starts the same, innocently asking how I am, then where do I live. Rechard Anderson on WWF 2 is a Romance Scammer and gets Vulgar when Confronted and That Profile Picture Also came up with Name of David Bryant on WWF2 app. ROMEO KINNUNE and his son JAYDEN. 2. I love playing Words but these predators are just everywhere. I did call one guy out on his English and he a totally gave up. . I sent him an Apple gift card after he swore hed pay me back three days later (a surgeon needs me to buy him an Apple gift card??). eeriilo or qcdghtp which cause us to lose our points by ecchsning for new letters which are just as bad. Blocked the lot of them . Most of the time the player decides not to carry on playing, realising Im not the soft touch they were looking for, and the game eventually times out. There are dozens if not A little voice in the back of my head kept me sane. Most havent even been married yet, or have children. Look out for Frank Wilson who is on a peace keeping mission in Kabul Afghanistan and for Andrew Charles who is an offshore oil rig engineer. (American) His profile on FB, is Christian-based but noticed all photos on the profile were added at the same time (the day he contacted me). Anyway, if you look at these comments, they all follow a similar pattern. Often red flags- the name isnt exactly the same as the profile, or the english is clearly google translate. And please dont shy away from request, simply because theyre from strangers. whos a trauma and orthopedic doctor. I resisted for a long time, but he had the most chocolately voice! Both Derek and George wanted to go to google hangouts very quickly and professed their love very quickly. Also they ask for bitcoins. So you never know, could meet your soulmate. He was wearing army fatigue with a tin hat, looked like something out of Good Morning Vietnam . When I told him he was a fake he said I was accusing him of being a goal digger I really knew then he was a flakeHe sent fake pictures through WhatsApp. I had a guy named David Moor ask me the same thing. I would hate to quit. Dont ever give in to these degenerates!! I just dont repond. Yep! SMH beware of these creeps ladies!!! Blocked. Haha I remember LC. Good luck.NEVER SEND MONEY! I hadnt askescany questions of him but he told me his life story. I resigned from every game and blocked them all. I refused to answer and he deleted our game. If they have to travel overseas for anything, that is also a red flag to keep in mind too. Give me a break! The 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. Words With Friends Scammer Pictures As with any other social media platform, many players view their Words With Friends profile picture the same way they Says to me. You just want us to buy more credits from you. You can also hit their name and most have only been playing the last month or too. Hes been romancing me and is actually very good. Ive only just had a few of these scammers. Every method of scamming has been used on her and she is in complete denial that its not a real person. Im anticipating what the next one will have in common with the one before. UN wasnt sending their supplies would I go to Walmart and get $200 card and send him. I have played with other men online who do not insist on chatting and are good competitors. Oil refineries ect.) Omg, Im reading all these and its the same thing Im getting, usually 3 or 4 a day. Derek said his wife died in a horrific car crash and he has a son in boarding school in Florida. And they all have the same things in common as you stated. Heard this or variations si much its like a broken record. There really is a Captian Thomas Madsen with Maersk. hha I am so used to their game now, that I like to turn the tables on them. asked if I was married or not, asked if I wanted to get married again. She gladly handed over her phone number which I thought was a bit odd. Look at results on both teams. My first words are WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING? I started getting hit with scammers too. Ive been chatting for 3weeks with one who has a very creative story but has now sent me his phone # and is requesting mine. Most of these losers just resign and screw up my stats. Widowed 7 years I wish there were more laws and regulations in place to prevent this type stuff from happening on gaming/social apps. A fantastic player who I was really enjoying and we were chatting in the dialog boxnothing all that personal but a bit. Claims to me from Denmark but moved to Toronto once 16th with the family. Texting at various times ! met on WWF. Please do not give this man any private info. George said that he was divorced and had a 14 yr. old son. 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. They cast a spell, really you start to believe them. We found way more money gone than we even knew she had. He has white hair and looks to be55-60. Always has a sob story. Crazy. Anyone have any dealings with Kevin Coleman? Many scammers are on Facebook and we need to stop them when Facebook's team can't stop them. Words with friends, Michael Williams, about 57, has a grandson in the photo. It might seem beyond belief that anybody would ever fall for this, but innocent people have been falling for the Nigerian Prince scam for years and to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. Because they turn over so fast the date is very recent. Then he said he was from Poland. Most want me to download hangouts. He stopped communicating when I wanted out. It makes me want to leave the game but it makes me mad because these losers win and keep playing WWF and go on to other victims. WebWhen they say they want to exchange pictures I tell them they should get on Instagram if they want to look at pictures. Most always have a score Of zero and the profile is brand new. I would like to do this. He said it sounded interesting but I told him it was exhausting trying to find places to hide the bodies. But for those that may fall for thus scheme, please do.so)])990 conversations! Mine was named SullivanJohn, engineer on an oil rig, wife died of cancer, daughter died in car accident and bringing up 8 year old granddaughter. 12 talking about this. Hi has anyone had someone called Myles Kennedy contact them on wwf? This happen with a first guy that I stop playing and then another profile asked me within a two week period. When I imagine where Owen is sitting as he is having this fraudulent conversation with my mother, the most likely scenario is that he is in boiler room surrounded by other men all staring intently into their computer monitors and having dozens of similar conversations with other innocent women all at the same time. WebIn the Press. In reading the above stories, mine sounds very familiar. I have a file of over 100 guys that I believe are scammers. And there was one instance when I spelled the word sexy and she mentioned something about it in the chat. When I tell them I dont use gmail, they insist I get one right away. Give them false information. I was just approached by one of them on TikTok! He asked me how old I am and where i lived. I thought he had been dead for years. Careful GIRLS, Hes good! The 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. They also want to know what and when I ate last, havent figured that one out yet and become quite upset when I say no. I was playing with a Gary Tellier. They hypnotize you with sweet words that most normal men wouldnt use. Think Ill do the same. He said he had been to the southern US before. After them saying their speeches. Oh also a son of one but that one dont msg much. I believe that Romeo plays the part of many fake people using different accounts to message her to back his story. V annoying. The man in pictures is actually married businessman in Middle East. He was nice. He continued to send me a lot of pictures, some of him when he was younger with his two girls. Its not a dating site. And the homeschooling bit is a nice touch. You can always tell its a scammer by the photo they use or the date they started playing. She is also such a fan of the online Scrabble knockoff Words with Friends(WWF) that I might use the word addiction to describe her relationship with the game and only be exaggerating a smidge. Even as info.. pets names, location, fave color, family,its a o Occupation maiden name.. nothing Ladies. All are 56. KY area code. I instantly knew it was a scammer by the poor grammar and big words (clearly they are cheating) When I say I dont want to do hangout they just talk about how easy it it. Luis Chanaga should just come out of his religious closet and be who he is without all the lies and cover ups. Hes a WWF creep. Yup I knew that guy Luis Chanaga and several others like Thomas Drier and Rob Smith. Hey! Its a colonial & thats an American style. One just started a game with me yesterday, Curdias9. Is Hangouts itself Danger once contact is made w these w th we mainly W African professional thieves? He told me he was from Poland and Vienna, Virginia. Once out of curiosity I actually answered their messages to see what Step 4 would be. He was married and hiding from his religious cult and controlling wife or just out to scam people who knows for what. anyone ever heard of a smith felix!! I was recently playing games with Melvin Paul (melvinpaul945) and James Morrison (rolexmorrison9090). What a weasel! So this man allegedly works in the oil business and had to travel to the UK for work, in the UK he falls ill and is hospitalized. TOTAL SCAMMERS on WWF. Lol. I as a guy never message anyone first especially after hearing the stories from my regulars. 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