Information on romance scams and scammers.
by woox Thu Dec 26, 2013 8:14 pm
Adrian Bowen- below are some of his scam letters: He contacted me via Facebook- May-June 2013…..page is not active now. Unable to copy his picture…..older european guy with white hair and beard. Facebook account showed picture of a boat. Messages so similar….scary…wish I had thought to track his IP address.

8:15am May 25
Beauty they say is in the eyes of the beholders. Oh my God, you are so cute and beautiful. Never knew there were still angels on earth. I will like to know more about you if you don't mind. My name is Adrian Bowen and I am from Germany. Take care and have a wonderful day.


1:26pm May 27
Nice reading from you . Am Adrian Bowen, I am Germany Nationality, I will like to have your email address so i can write you an email to tell you more about me and to also add you for a chat whenever you have free days. I will wait to hear from you soon.

6:13pm May 28
I am very much grateful for your response to me and i guess you are fine? To be sincere with you am not flattering you, you are really cute and beautiful. To tell you more about myself, My name is Adrian Bowen, I am 45years old. I am a Germany National but i live and work here in London. Am divorced because my best friend slept with my wife and i do not want to remember that day because life goes on.

I have one Daughter and her name is Linda and she is 8years old. Well I do really wished to know you better and to meet you one of these days. I do not care about distance as traveling is one of my hobbies. I do travel every month because of the kind of job I do. I am a mechanical/Electrical Engineer by profession and work in a shipping line as the director of operations. I have been with the company for 11 years.

I`m 5`8" 175 lbs with a athletic build , mentally stable, physically fit, a bunch of laughs, warm, caring, honest, a good listener, God Fearing, and a positive person. I am real easy person to talk to and a loving and outgoing father. I enjoy playing sax which i do often at my leisure time. I like going to the movies, or watching movies in my room or Cabin, I like swimming, listening to music and dance to any kind of music, i sing, sailing, going bowling and also a good cook. I am a family oriented person, love children and there is more, but it would be better for you to find some things out for yourself. Looking forward to hear from you about yourself and please take good care of yourself and have a wonderful day while waiting for your response.

I care,
Adrian.

5:17pm May 29
I was so much excited to read your mail and thanks so much for taking your time to write me in spite of your busy schedule. Content of mail well understood and noted.

I am confident you are in good health. Honestly, there is so much I want to tell you and so many things I want to ask you, I don't know where to start. I am new at this online dating thing so please understand if I am a little awkward at it. I am writing this message to you not for the fun of it, but because I want you to take some time for yourself and read carefully.

Let me start by saying that I thank God since I met you. As you may have known, the fountain of any relationship must spring up in the mind. 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 gazing into your eyes, but since we are physically separated by miles of emptiness, this expression must come in the form of letters such as this. To me, you are first of all my friend and then something more greater in the near future. God willing. To be honest with you, I am really short of words here, but one thing I do know is that I have the arms to give you a hug, ears to listen to whatever you want to talk about through chat, mail or phone, and I have a heart; a heart that is aching to see your smile. I would like to use this opportunity to say I am delighted to have met you.

To tell you more about me, I am an honest, kindhearted, hardworking man who does need the support of a loving woman. Ideally, l am someone who is confident in what he want and who he is. We all face tough situations in our lives and we sometimes tend to be mislead by it. A lot of times we often tend to give up. In this life, I have chosen to give up numerous times but I am proud to say that I have also chosen to stay strong and be patient all these years. which has now led to my finding you. He who seek happiness; they say, by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief which he purposes to remove. Your living is determined not so much by what life brings you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. This is the reason I have decided to move on in life in spite of my incalculable loss.

Yes! Distance doesn't permit the action to be seen, rather, words convey the feelings when distance hinders. No matter the distance that separates us now, I can assure you that this gap will be bridged as we really get to know each other. As the saying goes: "True Love and Friendship knows no boundaries and no distance; miles and obstacles mean absolutely nothing in the face of love" Though miles may lie between us right now, we'll never be apart forever, for friendship doesn't count the miles, it's measured by the heart.

Now that dishonesty and disbelieve seems to be taking over our souls these days, to know there are people like you makes all the problems look smaller. It’s great to be your friend and to be able to look into the future and see a mix of serenity and hope. This fairly recent friendship is something I consider to be sacred already. It makes me have faith again in some simple but fundamental human values which sometimes; for the lack of practice, we swipe under the carpets of our memories and of our hearts. For me, this new friendship is precious and that’s why I will intend to keep it till the end of my days. I believe we can achieve that, because I have faith in you and I have more and more faith in life and in the future. Those who have a friend like you fear nothing. Always bear in mind that my affection and true friendship will be yours forever.

My job will be taking me to Australia by tomorrow (Sailing for a month and I will really like us to chat before I go. Here is my direct contact number +44-7031748559) Take good care of your self and have a wonderful day.

Hug and sweet kisses.
Sincerely,
Adrian.


9:53pm May 3
Thanks for your mail and I am happy to hear from you once again, you sound so different, why do you feel and ask me if i am a Nigerian?

Dear Xxxxxx, I need you to know that there`s nothing more beautiful in the world than what is happening between us right now; I feel we are growing closer and getting along really well. I feel we are becoming more intimate in every sense, and that`s the most gratifying thing two human beings could wish for. That is why I need to remind you even if that takes a simple e-mail, that you don`t have to be afraid on anything, as close and united partners.

Distance, like you may have known, doesn't matter if you really love the person, what matters most is your honesty and trust for that relationship to work out. Distance is the key to love's eternity and love knows not distance, it hath no continent, its eyes are for the stars. Even if you are far away, you are always close to my heart. It's good that we are far away because we learn the patient to wait for each other and cherish our friendship.

About my Job........My duties as the director of operation in the company is to Act in the best interests of the company and in good faith at all times. Prepares proposals for support of ship operations and for the acquisition of shipboard equipment and shipboard scientific equipment. Recommends and implements policies pertaining to marine personnel and vessel operation. Maintains records of vessel utilization, structures, and regulatory and inspecting agency compliance.

We are getting closer to the Indian ocean and the sailing is smooth. Xxxxx, if distance doesn't permit action to be seen, words convey the feelings when distance hinders. No matter the distance that separates us now, I can assure you that this gap will be bridged as we really get to know each other. As the saying goes: "True Love and Friendship knows no boundaries and no distance; miles and obstacles mean absolutely nothing in the face of love" Though miles may lie between us right now, we'll never be apart forever, for friendship doesn't count the miles, it's measured by the heart.

Take care of yourself and have a blessed day.
Hug and kisses,
Adrian.

12:28pm Jun 1

Each time I read your mail am always excited and happy. I read your mails over and over as usual and I discover that this relationship is already bless by God.

I want you to know that since the day we met I've fallen deeply in love with you even though we have not met. There are no words to express the gratitude I feel in my heart that you came into my life, and how you make every day so special. You are my life, my heart, my soul. You are my best friend, my one true love, my one and only. I love you more today than I did yesterday, and I'll love you more tomorrow than I do today. My love, You have made me the happiest man I have ever been. You are sincere, caring, loving woman, and I wouldn't trade you for the world. I am so thankful and blessed that you loved me as much as I loved you.

Ever since you walked into my life I have been smiling. There hasn't been a night when I have gone to sleep with a frown on my face, and it's all because of you. Our life together is already amazing, and together it will only get better and better. I will forever be grateful that you came into my life and made all my dreams come true. Together we're perfect, and I will enjoy enjoying spending the rest of my life with you. I love you more than words can say. I love you with my whole heart. I have never trusted anyone the way I trust you. Sometimes I even doubt myself, but I know I will never doubt you because you are my true love. I know deep down inside that you will never break my heart or let me down in any way. I keep thinking about the future, about life, and what I want out of it. I keep thinking about us and what this relationship means to me. I keep thinking about these things and I realize they go hand in hand. This relationship is my future; it's what I want out of life. I want to grow old with you. I want to experience this crazy love forever and ever, and I really think I'm going to get to experience it.

I want us to walk through new houses picking the one that would be just right for us. I want to see you walk around our house in a big t-shirt with your hair down and catch me staring at how gorgeous and beautiful you are. I want you to pull the covers off me at night and then I have to get even closer, if it's possible, for you to keep warm. I want to see you laugh like crazy at me when I do stupid stuff. I want to rub lotion all over your body because you laid out in the sun too long. I want to hold you when you cry and smile with you when you smile. I want to fall asleep every night with you in my arms. I want you to fall asleep on my chest listening to the beat of my heart and know it beats for you, I want you to be the first thing I see when I wake up and the last thing I see when I go to sleep. I want to see your rough morning hair; I know it will be so cute. I want to sit on the beach with you and watch the sun set, and I want everyone to see and envy the love that we obviously have for each other.

I want to see you walk down that isle and I want to take your hand for the rest of my life. I want to spend all night, and maybe the next day, making love to you with an undying passion (sorry to be so blunt). I want to be Seventy years old and still make out with you like a little kid. I want to cook a meal with you and us totally ruin it and end up going out for dinner. I want to sit there talking to you for hours about nothing at all but in the same time everything or maybe we won't talk at all and just grin at each other realizing how lucky we are. I want you to get mad at me for doing something stupid, and I want you to bust out laughing when you try to yell at me. I want to lay with you in front of a fireplace and keep the heat going long after the fire goes out. I want to take trips with you to places we've never been and experience them together. I want us to go skinny-dipping in a hotel pool and get caught and streak back to our hotel room waking everyone up because we're laughing so hard. I want us to go and pick out the hot tub we want with the biggest grins on our faces the whole time. I want the sales rep to get embarrassed when we sit in them and make sure we have enough room to do the things we want to do. I want our friends to come over and get totally jealous because they don't share a love like we do.

I want to take your breath away every time I say, "I love you" because you know it's coming from the heart. I want us to sit down with a box of strawberries, a bottle of chocolate syrup, and a mint chocolate ice cream; well, I'll let your imagination finish that one.. I want to love you and be with you for at least FOREVER or a little longer than forever. I couldn't really express in words what I'm feeling right now so I decided to share with you SOME of the images and thoughts that have been running through my head. I just want you to know that I had never found someone I wanted to spend the rest of my life with until I met you. Am really crazy about you, everything about you.

Baby please take good care of yourself and may the good lord bless you.
Lots of love,
Adrian.



How are you? I could not stop thinking of you and I decided to wake up to send you a mail. Thanks for your mail. But you sound unhappy in your mail, i am sorry if i have upset you in any way, i never mean to hurt you. I was only trying to express all my feelings and thought towards you.


12:28pm Jun 1

My Dearest Xxxxxxxx, You know what? If distance were measured in terms of the heart we'd never be more than a minute apart. Distance never separates two hearts that really care, for our memories span the miles and in seconds we are there. But whenever I start feeling sad, because I miss you, I remind myself how lucky I am to have someone so special to miss. If the days won't allow us to see each other, memories will, and if my eyes can't see you, my heart will never forget you.

Love is alive when it has time. It is dying when it's hurried. It is dead when it cannot wait, It's not the distance that counts, it's the love cause I'm dreaming of you tonight, till tomorrow, and for all of my life! And there's nowhere in the world I'd rather be, than here in my Cabin dreaming about you and me. When the night has come and the land's dark, when the moon is the only light we'll see, look at the stars; can you count them? I miss you that much I am here and you are there one of us is in the wrong place.

Love which has been tested by distance and obstacles, and has passed, is true love Knows no boundaries, no distance, no fear. What captures is the God's love that will eternally melt hearts together to stay, fused and sealed forever as one. Love has its way and new life has begun. You are a treasure I shall cherish, sealed with my love, covered with lace contrary to what the cynics say, distance is not for the fearful, it is for the bold. It's for those who are willing to spend a lot of time alone in exchange for a little time with the one they love. It's for those knowing a good thing when they see it, even if they don't see it nearly enough.

Though there may be many miles between us, with each heartbeat we are that much closer to being in each others arms. Even though you're not here and nowhere to be found, my heart says you're still here and everywhere to be found. Knowing I can love you with the distance between our hearts makes my love for you stronger. If someone truly loves you, distance is not a problem. It's just the power of making love grow each day. Distance is the test of our love, so if we survive it we are going to be forever.

The test of love is not when we are together. It comes when we are not together and realize that despite the distance, love is still there. Absence does for love what the wind does for a flame, it extinguishes the weak, and feeds the strong. My dearest Xxxxx nothing will stop my love for you. We should be in Australia by 15th and am going to spend extra two days to enable me buy some metal oil to supply to a company i have contract with in Germany. I will immediately make arrangement to come over to you. Honey am so excited and can't wait to see you. As soon as i book my ticket I will forward it to you. Am very sure on the 18th of this month.

Honey please take good care of yourself and have a great weekend.
Lots of love and passionate kisses,
Adrian.


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by vonpaso xlura Fri Dec 27, 2013 5:29 pm
Thanks for posting! The writing is that of a West African, not a German or any other sort of European.

... ni los estafadores heredarán el reino de Dios. 1 Cor. 6:10
by coinpuppy Sat Dec 28, 2013 1:04 pm
Definitely a West African scammer. You were good to be concerned
by began steele Fri Feb 21, 2014 5:38 am
The key text is this one>>>
I enjoy playing sax which i do often at my leisure time. I like going to the movies, or watching movies in my room or Cabin, I like swimming, listening to music and dance to any kind of music, i sing, sailing, going bowling and also a good cook.
This is everywhere.

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I was so much excited to read your mail and thanks so much for taking your time to write me in spite of your busy schedule. Content of mail well understood and noted

I am confident you are in good health. Honestly, there is so much I want to tell you and so many things I want to ask you, I don't know where to start. I am new at this online dating thing so please understand if I am a little awkward at it. I am writing this message to you not for the fun of it, but because I want you to take some time for yourself and read carefully.

Let me start by saying that I thank God since I met you. As you may have known, the fountain of any relationship must spring up in the mind. 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 gazing into your eyes,but since we are physically separated by miles of emptiness, this expression must come in the form of letters such as this.
To me, you are first of all my friend and then...... something more greater in the near future..... God willing. To be honest with you, I am really short of words here, but one thing I do know is that I have the arms to give you a hug, ears to listen to whatever you want to talk about through chat, mail or phone, and I have a heart; a heart that is aching to see your smile. I would like to use this opportunity to say...I am delighted to have met you.

To tell you more about me, I am an honest, kindhearted, hardworking man who does need the support of a loving woman. Ideally, l am someone who is confident in what he want and who he is. We all face tough situations in our lives and we sometimes tend to be mislead by it. A lot of times we often tend to give up. In this life, I have chosen to give up numerous times but I am proud to say that I have also chosen to stay strong and be patient all these years..... which has now led to my finding you. He who seek happiness; they say, by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief which he purposes to remove. Your living is determined not so much by what life brings you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. This is the reason I have decided to move on in life in spite of my incalculable loss.

Yes! Distance doesn't permit the action to be seen, rather, words convey the feelings when distance hinders. No matter the distance that separates us now, I can assure you that this gap will be bridged as we really get to know each other. As the saying goes: "True Love and Friendship knows no boundaries and no distance; miles and obstacles mean absolutely nothing in the face of love" Though miles may lie between us right now, we'll never be apart forever, for friendship doesn't count the miles, it's measured by the heart.

Now that dishonesty and disbelieve seems to be taking over our souls these days, to know there are people like you makes all the problems look smaller. It’s great to be your friend and to be able to look into the future and see a mix of serenity and hope. This fairly recent friendship is something I consider to be sacred already. It makes me have faith again in some simple but fundamental human values which sometimes; for the lack of practice, we swipe under the carpets of our memories and of our hearts. For me, this new friendship is precious and that’s why I intend to keep it till the end of my days. I believe we can achieve that, because I have faith in you and I have more and more faith in life and in the future. Those who have a friend like you fear nothing. Always bear in mind that my affection and true friendship will be yours forever.I am 47yrs of age.

My job will be taking me to Australia by tomorrow (Sailing for a month....and I will really like us to chat before I go.Here is my direct contact number +447624090723 and i will love if you will send me some of your pics and your contact number so I can call you.

Hug and sweet kisses
Sincerely,

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. ~~ George Orwell.
by Caro Renderos Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:10 pm
He contacted me trough Facebook too with the same story but under the name of Deric Dickson

I`m 5`8" 175 lbs with a athletic build , mentally stable, physically fit, a bunch of laughs, warm, caring, honest, a good listener, God Fearing, and a positive person.
I am real easy person to talk to and a loving and outgoing father. I enjoy playing sax which i do often at my leisure time.I like going to the movies,or watching movies in my room or Cabin, I like swimming,listening to music and dance to any kind of music,i sing,sailing, going bowling and also a good cook.I am a family oriented person,love children and there is more, but it would be better for you to find some things out for yourself....Looking forward to hear from you and please take good care of yourself and have a wonderful day while waiting for your response.
Deric
by Smith Jones Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:56 pm
Hi Caro, please make sure you cut off contact with this scammer. Did you spend much time in contact with him on Facebook? Seems to be a favorite playground for scammers these days. Thanks for posting so we know how this liar is posing beyond what we already know.
by bmitch Wed May 28, 2014 11:02 pm
I do not know if this is the same man or not - This is a letter from Paul C Simon from Turkey - lost his fiance and unborn child during pregnancy complications. Mother and father died in car crash coming home from church. Has been working for an engineering company in California, lives in the house his father bought 3 months ago. Always uses the name "Pretty" to address me - doesn't want to get confused using names. Always wants to talk about how God has allowed him to find me and love me. Has not asked for anything yet - just proclaiming love. He contacted me through Facebook.

"Pretty good morning to you. How are you and how is your week going? Hope is going good. Pretty i attend Assembly of God church. Do you like the movie? Pretty honestly, there is so much i want to tell you and so many things i want to ask you, i don't know where to start. I am writing this message to you not for the fun of it, but because i want you to take some time for yourself and read carefully. Let me start by saying that i thank God since i met you. As you may have known, the fountain of any relationship must spring up in the mind. 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 gazing into your eyes, but since we are physically separated by miles of emptiness, this expression must come in the form of letters such as this. To me, you are first of all my friend and then something more greater in the near future. God willing. To be honest with you, i am really short of words here, but one thing i do know is that i have the arms to give you a hug, ears to listen to whatever you want to talk about through chat, phone, and i have a heart, a heart that is aching to see your smile. I would like to use this opportunity to say. I am delighted to have met you. To tell you more about me, i am an honest, kindhearted, hardworking man who does need the support of a loving woman. Ideally, i am someone who is confident in what he want and who he is. We all face tough situations in our lives and we sometimes tend to be mislead by it. A lot of times we often tend to give up. In this life, i have chosen to give up numerous times but i am proud to say that i have also chosen to stay strong and be patient all these years. which has now led to my finding you. He who seek happiness, they say, by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief which he purposes to remove. Your living is determined not so much by what life brings you as by the attitude you bring to life, not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. This is the reason i have decided to move on in life in spite of my incalculable loss. Yes! Distance doesn't permit the action to be seen, rather, words convey the feelings when distance hinders. No matter the distance that separates us now, i can assure you that this gap will be bridged as we really get to know each other. As the saying goes: "True Love and Friendship knows no boundaries and no distance, miles and obstacles mean absolutely nothing in the face of love" Though miles may lie between us right now, we will never be apart forever, for friendship doesn't count the miles, it's measured by the heart. Now that dishonesty and disbelieve seems to be taking over our souls these days, to know there are people like you makes all the problems look smaller. It’s great to be your friend and to be able to look into the future and see a mix of serenity and hope. This fairly recent friendship is something i consider to be sacred already. It makes me have faith again in some simple but fundamental human values which sometimes, for the lack of practice, we swipe under the carpets of our memories and of our hearts. For me, this new friendship is precious and that’s why i intend to keep it till the end of my days. I believe we can achieve that, because i have faith in you and i have more and more faith in life and in the future. Those who have a friend like you fear nothing. Always bear in mind that my affection and true friendship will be yours forever. Wish you a lovely day ahead. Hug"

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