Information on romance scams and scammers.

by Ralph Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:30 pm
Mark is starting to change his ways, not for the better of course but as his business has slowed he has begun using some new email addresses and formats.

Below is one of his latest ways to steal money, of course, by this stage his lawyer the scammer will be calling you his husband and the lawyer (actually the same person) will tell you your husband has paid his share, of course, the only money being paid will be by you and you will be giving it to a Nigerian man who calls himself many names but one of them is Mark Smith

Re : STOP ORDER ON THE TRANSFER OF USD$350,000

Attn : name of person he is trying to scam,

This is to acknowledge the receipt of your mail,we are going to issue you Drug law/Anti-terrorist clearance certificate so that other government agency worldwide will not stop your transfer again . This will clear your transfer from all illegal transaction .

You are advised to obtain your NDLEA FORM with the sum of US$650.00 while your Husband pay a sum of US$1,500.00 . You should send your US$650.00 immediately to our Office to enable us send you the NDLEA FORM so that you will fill it out and return to this office to enable us issue you the drug law/anti-terrorist clearance certificate and also release your funds .

You are advised to send your US$650.00 through WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER to the cashier of the bank of the initiated transfer who will remit the fee to this office:


Name: Femi George
City: Lagos
Country:Nigeria.

After you must have made the payment.You are requested to send the payment information to this office.so that we can receive the funds and process your transaction

i) MTCN NUMBER.
ii) TEST QUESTION AND ANSWER.





As soon as we receive this US$650.00 from you, we shall send you the NDLEA FORM so that you will fill it out and return to this office.


Best regards,
Alhaji Admadu Gaide(NDLEA CHAIRMAN)
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by Ralph Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:03 am
This scamming piece of crap is still at it, now he is using some new names, or variations on the same name he has also started to send you jewelry, well pictures of it anyway, he will tell you that he has brought this ring for you
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of course, he simply copied it from a website, he does not own the ring, if you still dont believe me, ask him to take a photo of the ring while it is on his finger, unless his photoshop skills have improved he wont be able to do it :wink:

Below is another slight variation on his scam with a new email he will send when trying to get you to send money, some of the details have been removed for security reasons

You will be told that Mark has already paid some of the money needed and that you will need to pay the rest, of course, Mark and the lawyer are the same person.

NOTICE!!!
This is inform you that a part payment of your fee 1000pounds have been received.We thereby notify you that you are required to pay up only a remaining sum of 3000pounds so that your funds can be released and your Fiance(Mr James White) will be on the released and allowed to travel Immediately.


You are requested to pay up your IFSA charge via “WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OR MONEYGRAM” to the cashier’s address below;

NAME: AJIBOLA BENSON
CITY: LAGOS
COUNTRY: NIGERIA.
TEST QUESTION:
ANSWER:


NOTE: If due process is followed.All charges paid to this office is refundable. your IFSA charge must be paid in 36-hours,otherwise, your fund will be confiscated by the International Financial Service Authority (IFSA). After payment, you are requested to confirm you payment back to us through e-mailing the following prerequisite information, as well as;

1. IFSA’CD CODE (Above)
2. REFERENCE Number (8 Digits)



Yours cooperative propensity
MANAGEMENT
by Ralph Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:30 am
Mark has slightly changed his name and he has also changed his pictures and his lies have been adjusted.

Now he will tell you he needs some help with a cheque and he will share the proceeds with you

this cheque which is of course fake
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And below are his latest photos

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Different photos, different name and different lies but still the same scammer with the same intent he is trying to steal your money and does not care how many lies he has to tell you to steal it.
by Ralph Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:58 am
Besides changing his name to James White, this scammer is now using the story that he is going to fly to meet you, on the way to the airport he will be robbed and shot, this is where his lawyer will contact you and tell you the bad news and explain that money needs to be sent to save his life.

If prodded he will provide a picture of a man in a hospital, this picture

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The interesting thing here is that http://www.tineye.com can find copies of pictures, even if they have been edited and guess what I found, more of the same pictures

Click on the following links and you will see
click here for the tineye search result
http://business.hr/images/article/2008/ ... 524a9f.jpg
Note the address, click the link for the same picture
And this one here http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/50/550/2/ ... wGx_th.jpg same picture, but this one has been edited.

The sadest thing is that I know somebody who simply will not believe that he is a scammer, she continues to write and is heartbroken that the man she loves is in such a state, as sad as it is that a man is in that state, it certainly is not a picture of the man she has been writing to, the man she has been writing to is Nigerian
by Ralph Sun Mar 08, 2009 4:16 am
New details have become available in regards to this scammer, I will continue adding below

As with all scammers, they change their email addreses quite regularly to help avoid detection, the latest email address used is this one [email protected]
adding a new email address [email protected]

As with most love scammers they like to write poetry for their victims, the problem for the scammers is that hey are rarely poetic so they search the internet for poems to send to their victims.

The good news is that a google search in most cases will quickly identify various sites that a poem is stolen from.

Here is one of the latest examples

This feeling of love that I have for you,
A feeling so strong, so special, so new.
You give me the gift of happiness each day,
Never have I known it could be this way.
You have given your love regardless of cost,
With my heart in your care, I will never be lost.
Or never again wonder what love really means,
For now I do know it means so many things.
Understanding and caring, through good times and bad,
Sharing emotions, should they be happy or sad.
Being there for each other through laughter or tears,
At each other's side for the rest of our years.
My only wish is to be with you, my love,
For each day I pray to the heavens above.
That you always remember my feelings for you.
A feeling so strong, so special, so new!

JAMES

Google search on small section of script

And here is yet another stolen piece of romantic writing

Life without Love is like a harp without strings

As food is needed for the body, them same way love is needed for the soul. Food strengthens the body while love strengths the soul. A person is incomplete without love

Love is a noble act of self-giving, offering trust, faith, and loyalty. The more you love, the more you lose a part of yourself, yet you don't become less of who you are; you end up being complete with your loved ones
Last edited by Ralph on Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:56 am, edited 1 time in total.
by The Enchantress Sun Mar 08, 2009 2:59 pm
New leads on James White2407

On the following dating site.

http://www.okcupid.com/profile/jameswhite2407/

45 / h / hetero / solteiro(a) (tr-single)

California, Michigan, Estados Unidos (tr-United States)

New photo.

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Never send money by Western Union/Moneygram.
Never give personal information.
Online anyone can claim to be anyone, any age and from anywhere.
by Ralph Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:59 am
After a lot of research I have found this scammers real name Tobi Adewemimo

His date of birth is July 24, 1985

He's an ugly man so I wont offend you by putting his pictures up

This is his own words from his Facebook account

Tobi Adewemimo wonder who i am?the guy next door calling the shots,that strolls past you..without taking notice....the bad type


Good news is that he has ratted on many of his friends including;

Kinika Elechi
Chinedu Orakwelu

Lets see who else he tells me about while trying to save himself

More info coming soon
by AlanJones Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:03 am
^^^^ Oh come on Ralph even the ugly scammers deserve their 15 minutes of fame.

Please do not tell scammers that they are listed here - it will take them seconds to change their fake details and their new details will not be listed for any future victims to find.
by Ralph Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:31 am
I can provide the photo upon request but do give fair warning that anybody who wants to see it should be sure about what they want, it is not a good sight :wink:
by Ralph Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:09 am
This same scammer has been brought to our attention once more,

He is has now gone back to his old (fake) name of Mark Smith.

Below is some of his latest information and scripted emails;

telephone number +447031859622 (UK redirect number meaning he could be anywhere in the world)

He says he is American who has been living in England for 20 years. He is an aviation engineer under contract of British Quatar Airlines. He is 41 years old now. He is a widow who lost his wife and daughter in a car accident a few years ago.

He says he will travel to see his victims and will confirm his flight with fake details.

Subject: I Hope you had a great working day.
From: [email protected]
To: Removed

My love,

Am sorry for the delay in replying you, i have been tired down by little responsibility at the office this few days,my love It is very important for me to express to you how much you really mean to me. I wish I could do this in person while holding you in my arms and gazing into your eyes. But since we are physically far by miles of emptiness, this expression must come in the form of letters such as this.

My love, I know it is difficult for you, as it is for me, to be far for so long. Life seems to be full of trials of this type which test our inner strength, and more importantly, our devotion and love for one another. After all, it is said that "True Love" is boundless and immeasurable and overcomes all forms of adversity. In truth, if it is genuine, it will grow stronger with each assault upon its existence.
My love the content of your message was well understood, I want to assure you that the years of long waiting for your right partner is over because I will stand by you no matter the circumstances, I wish to be with you during your feast celebration just to take out that emptiness, but I promise that your day of range is over and you will never feel emptiness again.
My love, I am convinced that it is true because the longer I am away from you, the greater is my yearning to be with you. You are my Charming Princess , and I am your devoted Prince. I cherish any thought of you; prize any memory of you that rises from the depths of my mind. Until that moment arrives, I send to you across the miles, my tender love, my warm embrace, and my most passionate kiss.
My love I promise to be your special one ok, I hope you will always keep your heart for me. You can call me with +447031859622 , I want you to send me you direct phone number so I can give you a call ok.

Regard.
Mark.
by Ralph Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:24 am
Subject: I HAVE NO REGRET WITH MY DECISION TO LOVE YOU

From: [email protected]
To: Removed

My love,
Am glad to read your warmest reply today, it’s always a good thing for me each time I open my PC to check your e-mail, nothing ever makes me excited this days like reading your letters, I always take my time to read it so I can understand it clearly.
My love I know how you feel about long distance relationship, always very difficult to stay far from each other but sometimes I think it’s one of the sacrifice we have to undergo to be with the person god has destined for us, although we are far from each other but you always stay close in my heart, memory of meeting you will never depart from my soul, I have never long for something before like the way I long to be with you.
My love I want us to consider our self as been lucky to meet each other, even though we have not met before, my assurance to you is that I will never change my mind towards loving you, I know you might feel that I may not like you again when I see you in real life, or maybe your thinking that I will be disappointed by your look or beauty when we meet each other right? Well if that is what you feel, I want you to take them out from your heart because my thinking is far from that, I have deeper reasoning, I have the gift of wisdom from god and that is why I can leave with any woman from any part of this world, I always believe that marriage has nothing to do with the outside beauty, you know why? The reason I said this is because beauty will fade away someday but the inner beauty which is the heart will always remain unchangeable and can never fade.
My love I want you to know that many marriage have fade away because people tends to go for beauty or hansom, I decided to go far from Europe to search for my partner because I have heard allot of good testimony concerning woman from your continent, but I don’t capitalize on that fact alone but I capitalize on the fact that I need to find a woman were I can get true love, sometimes women around here already knows my status and might love me because of my money, so I want to choice woman who will love me unconditionally, I mean someone who will come in my life as new.
Darling I want you to know that my intention is not just to have sex with you but to establish a good relationship that will last long and to grow old together, don’t think am a story teller whenever you read my email, for me this is the only way I can express my feelings to you until our final meeting, I hope you understand? I think personal data is not secure anymore because I keep on receiving junk mails.
My love am so sorry for my long message, I still have allot on my mind now because am feeling so emotional now, but I have to stop here, hope to get your reply soon, I love you and I will always do.

Regard,
Mark.


Before reading thsi email I will point out that this scammer does prefer to target Asian women, it is hoped that Asian women will know less about the type of scam he is trying and therefor will be easier to scam, I urge all Asains to talk to their family and friends about scams and especially those who may be looking for love on line.

A small amount of awareness about scams could save them from a lot of hurt in the future
My love

How are you today and how is your weekend as well? I hope you are in good health condition? My love it gladden my heart to receive your warm reply and your message to me has shown me that am not making the wrong choice, wards cannot explain how much I long to have a sincere and honest girl for partner but I bless the day I met you and the memory of coming across your profile will never depart from my soul.

My love what I need from you is a long lasting relationship from a sincere heart; I want us to forget the past and behold the future because the future has allot to offer. I surely believe that both of us can make a good lasting relationship and family too, but it all depends on YOU and I...honey love is not by saying it but by practicing it...to love is to be sincere, honest, truthful, faithful and caring too. Well for me I promise to stand by your side no matter the circumstances that fall on us. My love am a straight forward man and I keep my promises. believe me I have watch other people relationship and families crumble and I will never want that to happen to us and that why am so conscious of having a sincere woman...Mean while I have decided to give you my heart and love and I want you to keep them safe until I meet you in your country were I will finally hug and prove my love for you.

I know how you feel when I told you about my interest to love you, but today I want you to throw away your worries, I choose you because my heart tells me you will be the right woman for me and I believe you will take care of me very well. I got the feeling of loving you immediately I came across your profile, until now I don’t know what happen because I still keep thinking of how to meet you.

To clear your mind of the reasons I choose an Asian girl, I want you to know that I have a friend who got married to Asian girl and he have been living happily with his wife, he told me that Asian woman are quite understanding and warmly to be with unlike the European women. So I quite agreed with my friends concerning his views about Asian girls, and this was the reason I decided with my heart that I will make a choice of wife from Asia.

My love I want you to always take care of yourself for me which is my most concern and soon as I take my vacation I will definitely inform you so that you can start making arrangement for my arrival OK.take care I love you


Regard,
Mark
by Ralph Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:27 am
Here is a poem he has stolen especially for his victims, how thoughtful :evil:

My love Meeting you was pure destiny, you and I were meant to be. All I wish is to hold you we'll meet not under the sun but beneath the moon. We’ll watch the stars till they fade away, but we won't fade together we'll always stay. This is the day I'm waiting for, from that day I'll love you more and more. I can't wait to watch the sun set with you, every sunset from that day till the rest of our lives are through.

My love I appreciate your warm reply and it really shows that am not making the wrong choice, believe me I dreamt of this relationship before it's coming and I promise you that the days of your sorrow are gone and I bring you the joy of true happiness and love and nothing will ever change me from being the honest and responsible man you desire me to be. I keep my word and I swear never to break my promises.

My love I have just realized that for our love to grow we need good understanding and we must always agree to each other. So I want to urge you to ask and relate with me every of your worries and problems so that we can always find solution for it, and I will do the same whenever I need your loving advise, I promise to be closer to you if only you can be sincere to me. Please I want you to tell me more about yourself and also send me your picture as well.

My love I really appreciate your warm message, I promise to keep your heart safe in my hands and I will try my best to make you comfortable for loving me.

Any way I have to stop here because I ‘m watching (a current sporting event), I love you and I will always do.

Regard,

Mark.


My love,
Thanks for your prompt response, am really impress with your warm reply to me. Like I said I am Mark Smith I am a native of America but I have live for more than 20 years in United Kingdom I am 40 years old in the year 1969. I was once married, but lost my wife on a car accident. I am an aviation engineer presently under contract with, British and Qatar Airways.
I have not been to your country but looking forward to get a contract with one of the aviation company there, it will also create an opportunity to visit and know more about you and your country. I love my job despite the stress. My love, this is just the beginning and we need to give ourselves time to build this relationship, I need kid and I want more from you. All I want is somebody that will care for me, someone who will understand me. I will still discuss further on this and I want you to feel freer and tell me what you do for living. I really appreciate your honest at this early stage
My dear I am 100% singles and free I was married at the age of 32 but lost my wife in a car accident with my first daughter right now I am alone looking for a serious lady to share my life with and to share ideas with, it has been very difficult to make this decision or to get some one that is suitable to my want but I keep on searching and believed that I can get that one day.
Age does not really matter for me this time because I need woman that will support with me and take care of me, someone that we help to build my future plan.
I have never fall in love since I lost my wife and it is years now she is gone and I think that I have given her the respect and love , My dear I would like to know more about you, you marital status, like I said age does not mean to me. What do you do as work, how do you live, alone or with your parents?
I would be glad to know more of you I will open a phone conversation at due time so that we can start a phone conversation in order to make this stronger and confide on each other. Please let me know what is your opinion or views about me. I will take some rest and will check with my laptop again. Hoping to hear from you, do not forget to attach your pictures in the next letter and more details about you.
Yours truly,
Mark Smith.
by Ralph Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:30 am
Here is a poem he has stolen especially for his victims, how thoughtful :evil:

My love Meeting you was pure destiny, you and I were meant to be. All I wish is to hold you we'll meet not under the sun but beneath the moon. We’ll watch the stars till they fade away, but we won't fade together we'll always stay. This is the day I'm waiting for, from that day I'll love you more and more. I can't wait to watch the sun set with you, every sunset from that day till the rest of our lives are through.

My love I appreciate your warm reply and it really shows that am not making the wrong choice, believe me I dreamt of this relationship before it's coming and I promise you that the days of your sorrow are gone and I bring you the joy of true happiness and love and nothing will ever change me from being the honest and responsible man you desire me to be. I keep my word and I swear never to break my promises.

My love I have just realized that for our love to grow we need good understanding and we must always agree to each other. So I want to urge you to ask and relate with me every of your worries and problems so that we can always find solution for it, and I will do the same whenever I need your loving advise, I promise to be closer to you if only you can be sincere to me. Please I want you to tell me more about yourself and also send me your picture as well.

My love I really appreciate your warm message, I promise to keep your heart safe in my hands and I will try my best to make you comfortable for loving me.

Any way I have to stop here because I ‘m watching (a current sporting event), I love you and I will always do.

Regard,

Mark.


My love,
Thanks for your prompt response, am really impress with your warm reply to me. Like I said I am Mark Smith I am a native of America but I have live for more than 20 years in United Kingdom I am 40 years old in the year 1969. I was once married, but lost my wife on a car accident. I am an aviation engineer presently under contract with, British and Qatar Airways.
I have not been to your country but looking forward to get a contract with one of the aviation company there, it will also create an opportunity to visit and know more about you and your country. I love my job despite the stress. My love, this is just the beginning and we need to give ourselves time to build this relationship, I need kid and I want more from you. All I want is somebody that will care for me, someone who will understand me. I will still discuss further on this and I want you to feel freer and tell me what you do for living. I really appreciate your honest at this early stage
My dear I am 100% singles and free I was married at the age of 32 but lost my wife in a car accident with my first daughter right now I am alone looking for a serious lady to share my life with and to share ideas with, it has been very difficult to make this decision or to get some one that is suitable to my want but I keep on searching and believed that I can get that one day.
Age does not really matter for me this time because I need woman that will support with me and take care of me, someone that we help to build my future plan.
I have never fall in love since I lost my wife and it is years now she is gone and I think that I have given her the respect and love , My dear I would like to know more about you, you marital status, like I said age does not mean to me. What do you do as work, how do you live, alone or with your parents?
I would be glad to know more of you I will open a phone conversation at due time so that we can start a phone conversation in order to make this stronger and confide on each other. Please let me know what is your opinion or views about me. I will take some rest and will check with my laptop again. Hoping to hear from you, do not forget to attach your pictures in the next letter and more details about you.
Yours truly,
Mark Smith.
by Ralph Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:32 am
below are some of the pictures he is currently using

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by Ralph Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:38 am
Further emails, this time discussing his upcoming trip to visit his victim, one note, he suggests that he doesn't want you to tell anybody about his arival, that is because he knows that teh more people his intended people tell about him, the greater the chance they will recognise it as a scam

My love,

Thanks for your quick reply to my mail. I am glad this morning when I was called to the director’s office for the approval of my leave application , I am happy that I have been giving 30 days leave from my work ,I think is a dream come true, have to start preparing for my travel to your country. I will call my traveling agent to book my flight immediately and as soon as I get the ticket I will be confirming my flight schedule to your country. Love, my lawyer has called me today and made me to know that there is a good place in your country to make the investment. And I will use the opportunity of visiting you to see these places. I hope you will take me around your country soon.

My lawyer is currently fishing out more information through the government of your country here, especially the proceed for foreign investors. Love, I am very happy for the news this morning. Please don’t tell many people that I am coming to your country for security reason is better I take them unaware. I know that your parents would be surprise when you present me to them .I hope that you parents will accept me when they see me and I promise to take good care of them upon my arrival as their son in-law. Kindly write to me your house address and full name so that I can use it at the immigration upon my arrival to your country. Love, please let me know that type of clothes I can bring for my use when I am coming to your country, how is the weather of your country and is it so cold?. Do you have western food there or I should come with some foods from here. Anyway I hope I will eat your food when I get there.

Hopefully I would be coming there by next week to prove it for you and stay with you and your families. I promise to love you as well till the end of time if you give your real love to me and allow me to take good care of you as much as I can. Thanks for your assurance; I will let you know soon as my agent bought the flight ticket for me. Thanks as well for your support I hope that things would work out for us and for our happiness.

Regards,
Mark


My love,

I hope this letter meets you in good and perfect health and hope you had slept well and woke in good health? Sweetie, I know and convinced that we are making a move, we are really matching towards achieving a great goal I was happy when you wrote to me more about you. I can say that your type of personality or lady are not many in this generation , it is very scarce to have a sweet darling like you .I know that God really have purpose for each and every one of us and you should know that things work out for good to those who believe and trust in his name. I want you to know that I have come to the end of the road by knowing you. I know that its been years waiting for this time , and actually with the way we met each other I can truly call it as a miracle because I believe in it so much. I know that it’s very difficult to build, but to destroy gets easier. I would like to assure you that I have given my words to you and I will be the best man, father, brother, friend, and husband to you and our family.

I have had a second thought about making your country our home since there are foreigners like me there living peacefully. I have decided to pass all my life with you and to give you the best of love as your man and to our kids. I will base in your country for our good. Mom asked me to extend her warm regards to you as well as my younger sister. Mom was worried for my lonely life for years and they couldn’t believe that I could talk about marriage again the way the saw things after the pass away of my late family. But I thank God who gave me the grace and power to withstand the challenge from the enemies.

I wish you have a proper rest after your job every blessed day, Darling I know the stress you are getting through your job, but I want you to know that it’s just for a while. My love, I read your letters time without number before I slept last night .Without sharing with each other, things won’t be as the same and we must try to trust and understand each other. Being far from each other doesn’t mean that we must not trust or we do not know that we must abide with the law of marriage. I think many families were deserted due to lack of knowledge, trust and other things but I would not want our plan to be jeopardized for any reason. Just this morning I have told my boss about my new life with you, he feels good as I can read from his face.

I want you to know there’s never a person that I am sharing my life with right now except you. And I want you to know how strong I am and dedicated over our plan. I want you to have the sense of optimism and to know that, through life and death I will love you. I don’t know if I should put it this way for now or maybe its still early use those words, but that is the simple truth of the whole thing. I love you and heaven knows it ,and Gods willing we will be having our marriage peacefully and make a new life and family. I promise to be loyal and respectful to my wife. I promise to be the one to love you more. I will stop here for now its time to go to work. I love you and will always do.
Regards,
Mark

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