So true you cant trust something you cant see, one person said ask them to Facetime you , if they cant drop em they arent who they say they are . (One guy asked me what my favorite color is. One deployed overseas, one from TX (says UK on the profile) and Im not sure where the other is from. Still laughing!! He then proceeded to give me his email address. I believe my mom is being scammed by a Fred Anderson. Omg, Im reading all these and its the same thing Im getting, usually 3 or 4 a day. I reported his info to Ftc.gov. FYI, while we were chatting I took photos of our conversations just in case somebody takes this seriously. There is a way to not get messages, but i chat with 3 people i know. I crack myself up! Anyone hear of him? oh and not to forget. 2. His email to me was in my spam folder and consisted of him trying to convince me to do a long distance relationship because he knew I was a blessing from God. They also always want to exchange email and go to Google Hangout too. Martins Smork said he was on offshore oil rig; widower with a grandson who lived with relatives. Ive had a few oil rig guys and civil engineers that have tried this crap. Look out for a Mark Spiegler. This is one reason why Owen and his ilk almost never use the first names of their intended victims, preferring my dear or honey or the like: they dont want to blow it and address Mary as Sally.. They are usually not too good at playing and have just recently started. 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. 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. I love playing Words but these predators are just everywhere. I want to sue Words With Friends. 2 kids, 12 and 15. Widowed, one girl 22 Stephanie living in Toronto. Can we be friends , and, Im widowed etc. Last one had the cheek to call me a gold digging slut!!! Like I really believe that. U only owe ur bills. William Paul has over 50 pictures on the internet, some explicit. Widow with 2 kids. Estafas en lnea Galera de Fotos Falsas Robado y Estafadores Real. Claimed his married was just to keep his job and for his kids. A lot of people have mentioned that these scammers DISAPPEAR when confronted or not encouraged. We talked again the night before he was supposed to leave. Today (7/23/19) he is number 90 on the Leaderboard. I came searching because I had two different profiles asked me for my google hang out profile. Al is a big car dealer in Miami, Florida. Just going to see how this going to play out. Does anyone else hear this name or this story. Then we put our deerstalker detective hats on: a few minutes of energetic Googling turned up a long thread on the Zynga user forum about this scam. He wants $132,000. 72 likes. They may all be the same guy! Not just resigned. Same story for my mother of 82. I had that David Craig too, did you ever have Davis Anderson? Watch out for Luis Chanaga. I play with them for a while then fess up that Im an IT Cyber Security Specialist lol. Maybe his wife found out he slept with women most of their marriage. Lol. I wish there were more laws and regulations in place to prevent this type stuff from happening on gaming/social apps. Here are some simple best practices to follow in order to keep scam artists at a distance: 1. Marine chemist Same weird way of talking. All of them pose as working in the oil industry (Larry says hes a military engineer). Caught him out quite easily-I asked him what the time was where he was and he gave me local time in Africa They keep notes and use scripts. (His kids didnt need to be w/him.). It felt like I was talking to several different people. Does anybody know what this is about? One guy blocked me right after that..The next one persisted, until I blocked him. The Centaur Scenariois a little more likely and still scary. Likes to address you as: dear, babe, sweetheart, angel, etc. He is using the pictures of: Al Vazquez for his Profile pictures. All want me to go on other apps or give them my gmail, and spend hours begging me to when I say no. Scammer Alert: James Adam Jamesadamdesign501 AdamJ3308 The only game I play with friends n family all over the world!! Checking for a friend who has a similar story. Ever. I am smarter than this, but he always knew exactly what to say. They are always: Good looking (obviously fake) I love playing WWF, but it is so funny when they immediately come up with their back stories (all of them were widowers, save for one divorce), they have either a child or a grandchild they are raising alone, and are looking for friendly companionship. Oh my god I took out two bank loans totaling $30,000 and then discovered it was a scam. They are mostly all engineers on a oil rig off the coast. Fernandogreenman595- playing since 11/21/20. Then she kept asking me if I had texted her yet. As soon as I told them I work for the FBI, they stopped chatting! I heard a story about two people on WWF that eventually got married. Tap on your Profile. Me too! The photos always look retouched and the grammar fails. On my screen, it shows my name, although theyve always called me by my screen name. Ive been chatting for 3weeks with one who has a very creative story but has now sent me his phone # and is requesting mine. He had 2 fake identities on was Kerry-dean his cousin, leave messages fo me on wwf swearing to Samuels sincerity. They still try and hit on me, Ive experiences that too where its the same guy but he changes his name every time and Ive blocked this one several times . I am not going to use WhatsApp or Hangouts. Hows that happen? I would rather look like a stalker than get harassed on a game I just want to play for fun. I have Mike Scott on wwf now. You arent giving us a chance with letters that always need to be swapped. hope his not scamming other people. Sadly, he realized there was no cell reception on the ship. 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. 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. We had so much fun stringing him along! They even have pet names for me now lol. They make millions on these romance scams. Has an american phone number from Texas belonging to a lady EJD (you can use reverse search on catfish). I said country, IL Divo, pop. He said that he has two kids and his has full custody of his sons because he caught his wife cheating in his bed. Yes, start a facebook page, I will definitely contribute..let me know upside down question mark). I just posted I forgot to say the scammer I just dealt with was named Henry Lucas from Atlanta, who says hes an environmental engineer. (Not sure why since I have always only played with people I know). nor can he make facetime calls or else (also because the rig had been attacked by pirates in the past so no localisation possible LOL). Thats a red flag. Those things were true for me. However, what really put me on high alert was when he said that his wife died while giving birth to the man she cheat with baby, smh. Me too usually they are from Europe initially. lol. Im 70. Loving, wants to build a family. He said he had been to the southern US before. They convinced her to buy auction vehicles and someone actually went and received those cars. The collage I said well if you want me to send you money, you have to send me that first. Then, there was one with a dog picture. ], Hey its not just men hitting on women. Anyone have any dealings with Kevin Coleman? Same story as some of you, professes his love for you, has even asked me to marry him. Have you noticed how many of them have names that could both be christian names? Beware. Always has a sob story. 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. He mentioned that he is married by know more (his words not mine). Zynga needs to know. He goes by name of Steven Looney so beware. Hangouts has absolutely NO SECURITY! 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. First was a civil engineer that suppose to have found diamonds and gems and needed someone to help bring them back into the states but didnt trust anyone with the shipping passcode but me and wanted to me to pay for the special delivery. They will ask for a cell #, email, hangout or whatsapp. I love it. The picture he has posted of himself was stolen from Instagram and is of a very handsome male model/makeup artist. I am going to remember this. Was also asked to help with a family member that was going to get kicked out of their home if I didnt come up with 500. I stopped sending money in January 2018 and after many of his tries, I refused to send more money. It's one of the easiest ways to check for a scam. The more you say no to giving out your email or your phone number or you wont go to hangouts or download it Im firm when I say no they say Im rude and mean lol I said so Im mean when you are the one being disrespectful towards me by expecting me to give personal details to you a stranger Ive sooken very little to in 3 days?! Then the chats started. They usually come across with a picture of a young attractive chick joined like on the same day they send you an invite to play with a request to chat straight away. I was flattered and gave him one of my email addresses that I use. Do any males get girls doing this too? 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. Has anyone come across Alex Peterson ? Guess he must still be there because I didnt do that so now I havent heard anything in 24+ hours and I guess he knows I know he doesnt exist, but he gave me a run for my money and I had fun while it was happening. Your wife died tragically and now you are a single dad. Same scenario as most of the comments above, widowed has a daughter in boarding school and works on a ship. Next time, Im going to string him along. Living a double life.. Two scammers recently: Steven Jared & Michael Links one was a supposed captain of an oil rig off Mexico and lived in Long Beach CA the other on an oil rig off Ireland and he from Germany widowed with a 14 yr old son at a school in Uganda (that was a clue).. Xmx Patterson on WWF is one of these despicable people. Too smart for that. How do they learn it? Sadly there will always be someone out there who is taken in. When they try to start a conversation I do not waste time talking to them. Hes fake. I live with embarrassment and shame now. 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. Addiction and sobriety can make people very vulnerable. That is until today, when while supposedly on a business trip in Chicago, IL, he needed me to get him a $200 Google Play card to help with a business project and he would pay me back. A 7-figure contract he made sure to tell me (and pictures of him in his Porsche). Yes. I dont mind playing if Im getting points but dont want to chat with most players, especially scammer bots with fake photos! Dont feel bad for him and his awful wife who is just around to keep his high paying religious executive job at Kettering Health. I changed my profile pic to my dog and this has cut back on all scammers. Every method of scamming has been used on her and she is in complete denial that its not a real person. Same here, very recently. Watch out for a Daemon Luke Madein. My profile pic used to be me and my husband, but that didnt stop them. Jose Daniel.beware of him scamming! The others are Oil rig supervisors or project managers. I talk to scammers in words with friends and genuine ppl though not always and on Instagram scammers are everywhere you turn. I kept resigning on 1 player, I finally blocked him. I dont think he was after money or anything. Scammer David I had a guy named Ryan Lucas whod make 2 letter words for 2-3 points ask if I knew the word Forex he disappeared after I asked if he knew he had 7 letters to use. I have 5 of these scammers going on right now It is fun to mess with them Yes I m married with 3 husbands and 11 kids, Now they are refunding WWF players through Pintrest. Thats where they were picking up the crude oil. Awesome!! Im getting a lot of these on WWF too. Im not getting these kinds of scammers chatting with me BECAUSE I NEVER play WWF2 with strangers! Think Ill do the same. Most always have a score Of zero and the profile is brand new. Check out his facebook page and ALL his photos and you will soon realize there are quite a few scammers using the handsome Capt.s photos. I have also been scammed by someone playing Words with Friends. In reading the above stories, mine sounds very familiar. The person I was playing with the last few weeks goes by the name Thomas Ethan. Hes smooth but terrible lover. I dont even play WWF but a person I know in real life wanted to introduce me to someone she thought she knew from playing WWF2. So Sad, & he keeps wanting me to get the Telegram Messenger App. There seems to be an increase of these scammers lately! Mines name is: Thomas Stewart. Not sure how we can stop it! Other times I say Im a disabled person or a student or barista or whatever. I made them mad before they could ask. Does anything actually happen to these profiles when they get reported? Weve tried taking her electronics. and our chatting may stop at any time. Its scary because we know theyre local possibly. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. There are a lot of dogs playing words with friends these days. He claimed it didnt work. Started chatting with all the normal stupid stuff, and then said that he was happily married before, but along the way my wife got blown up in a gas station fire with my daughter.. I resigned from our game and thats that. 57 years old and going to retire and wants me to move in with them. I get these on a daily basis. Definitely a scammer. He told me Im adormable and asked me my marital status. Now I see him back on Boggle trying to scam other lonely vulnerable women. Heres the deal. Fredrick Andrews. hha I am so used to their game now, that I like to turn the tables on them. I am living with shame and embarrassment now and feel like a loser for falling for these scams. All I hope for now is that karma comes back & bites them. I just deleted WWF. THIS IS A SCAM! Ive seen him still using the stolen pic on wwf. He needs to be stopped. Go for it! Ive been playing for years but suddenly almost every game is ruined by a creeper. I think these scammers find people in lightening rounds. Changed my photo to be one of my dogs and scammers have stopped. Started sending me hostile messages and actually demanding that I tell her who I talked to make me feel the way Im feeling. I did a image recognition search on google and it was an Instagram pic. Checking her call logs there, it is apparent that they speak (voice calls) for HOURS daily over the phone, feeding her lies. Its easy to get caught up in that business! These new players may be Words With Friends scammers looking to take advantage of you. Another red flag for fake profiles in Words With Friends is an unknown location on their profile page. Lol! is supposedly from Texas, widowed, has a 15 yr. old daughter, etc. Radgal77. Finally I replied, Im not comfortable sharing my personal info with strangers. She tells me she is in Dublin just now to pick up her gold inheritance. Its always a scam. I get one or two a day. met on WWF. Do you report as abuse name impersonation? 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. Im a nurse and know thats not how English speaking physicians speak. even creepy face pics 99% scammers. Blah blah. I dont even see a way to do it. Here is another clown! At that moment I knew it was another scammer. He claims hes Norwegian and moved to the U.S. when he turned 25. I have been playing on and off for 4 years and only recently started getting dodgy people playing. His wife has died and he is raising his three kids alone. . there are others, but I just say no dont think I want to chat and they resign. I am ashamed. He told me to chat with him on Skout but I never did. I laughed so much at your reply I am crying. Adamphilips556- playing since 11/4/2020 That I have to admit I have received countless times and I block them immediately. We are working on getting further info on this. It has to be somewhat organized for them to have the same modus opperendus. I was also approached by three different men on WWF. Just be very cautious to never give them real info about yourself. Headed to Turkey to mine diamonds . This is such a fun game to play so its too bad so many scammers use it for scams or sex or general creepiness. I told him I didnt have a phone. He wanted to keep the charade going, so I let him. He asked me to marry him the next day! Big Deal!! Yes so tired off fakers. 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. I thought they were pervs so end up blocking them. https://www.facebook.com/Captain-Thomas-Lindegaard-Madsen-944806625666781/. How are you doing? Beware JamesMason 147 I checked his license, and he has none, here in the US. Right now I have about 6 of these. I said it was like playing a video game or choose your own adventure story. Until today, I thought for the most part things were innocent although he was constantly asking questions about me and telling me how much he liked me. Same story , engineer , raising 14 year old daughter . It was very agitating at first, but once I started playing along, I really started looking forward to it. You can chat with opponents, but like with any online platform, sometimes strangers aren't there for fun - they're there to commit fraud. Done!A. Scammer Glenn Bradford. Michigan. i hope that in the near future scrabble companies will filter messages like these. Usualky asking lots of questions which I answer vaguely. And you want me to go to Google Hangouts just to see what they will say. Had to separate my FB acct from WWF and also changed my pic and profile. Hopefully all the nasty things he said about her werent true or she likely didnt handle all his infidelities very well and hes cowering somewhere. Nope, no way. New he was a scammer from the get go, played along with it for 3weeks, really enjoyed telling him that I told as many lies as him. What was his name? Honestly. If they wanna get to know me.. were chatting on wwf, So WHY must we leave and go to Hangouts or whatever other place! The person I was playing with the last few weeks goes by the name Thomas Ethan. A doctor working for NATO. I play along with them for a while but eventually call them a scammer and Im blocked. Had a woman ask me how my work was going when we never had previous conversations. She complies instantly. Hes on ship as engineer. being widows and single parent. 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. Reported them to Zynga, but theyve done virtually nothing to block them from WWF even though they are aware that the photo of George belongs to someone else. The minute they find out all you want to do is chat they end the game. Wasnt sure why George wanted to know how tall I was. Such a shame (not). I started getting a lot of these about 2 weeks ago. 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. He asked what phone I was playing on. Same story for all 3! Yup, I verify this. . Let me know if you have been scammed by him too. Hasnt asked for money yet but Im sure that will eventually come. 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