Help! [email protected] Jeremy Carlson

I am pretty sure my sister is being taken by an online scammer. She says she wants to marry this guy she met online named Jeremy Carlson. He is half Scottish and half American. His mother died in December and he worked as a petroleum supervisor, but also said he is a general contractor. He worked in the US but in order to get paid, had to go to Australia to collect the $85,000 the company owes him. But the company won't pay him because they need a loan to make payroll and now he is stranded out there and needs a plane ticket to come see my sister, live with her and eventually marry her. He says he lives in Sacremento, CA, has lived in West Virginia and previously Scotland where he was raised by his Dad who died when he young.

This is really fishy. Anybody heard of this guy??

Welcome to Scamwarners Jeevie,

What you have described has all the markings of a West African Romance Scammer.

I am sure 99.9% he is a scammer. Scammers often make sure family members are dead. They do this because they want victim to believe he has no one else to turn to.

They make up the story of promised money. This is to let the victim believe that he/scammer will have money soon and pay it back. He will never pay it back because it is all a lie.

Once the scammer has a victim on the hook he will come up with stories like being stranded, robbed, hospitalized, held by Police/Customs and etc. This is all to steal money from the victim.

If the victim sends any money to the scammer. He will make up more reasons why the victim should send more money. It is a never ending cycle until the victim realizes it is a scam or goes broke.

The scammer will rarely admit he is a scammer. On rare occasions they have only to continue their scam.

To be 100% sure. If you can post his email address and some of his emails. Please remove your sisters personal information from any email. Also please post any pictures you may have.

Please see this link on Romance Scammers.
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Hi Jeevie, it must be so hard to watch someone you love in the clutches of a scammer. I fell for a similar scammer and he made it all sound so convincing. They prey on what is different and so it all sounds interesting and possibly reasonable once they get us entwined in the love story. I'm sure he has spent a lot of time making her feel loved, adored, feeling like he's going to come into her life and make it change into what she's always wanted. I often call it a great fairy tale. The scammers are professional liars so they make it all sound so good.
If you could get her to look at some of the stories here, maybe a light bulb moment will happen. The problem is,even when we know something sounds maybe off, we are deep into the story and don't want to see the truth. The truth is devastating. The love you wanted really doesn't exist. It was a dream and you're going to be left with nothing. If she looks at the stories here, she may see the patterns. See that people post here and see the truth.
Please make sure if you can get her to understand that she cuts off contact. That will be hard for her. Have her PM me if she needs some help. I really understand. I looked at my scammer's picture for a month. I had a hard time letting go of chat. When we chatted, I felt so wanted and cared about. She will need to connect with others but don't go sharing the story around. There is a lot of shame, guilt, anger, all kinds of emotions. Help her understand she is worth more than to be lied to by someone only out for her money

Thank you for the information. I will do what I can to get copies of the emails and pictures.

He is now saying he doesn't want the plane ticket and will find his own way to Canada because he believes men should pay for everything. I have a feeling he might say he can't leave until his hotel bill is paid.

He could very well back off the money issue if he suspects she is balking at any part of his request. Make sure she doesn't indicate she knows he's a scammer. Then they scramble to prove everyone else is wrong and they are right. And he may say he paid all his bills, buy a plane ticket and oh no, calamity strikes on his way to her. That's what happened with my scammer. I was all prepared for him to come to me, had all the flight details and all, tracked the flights online. Then the pain hit. They find ways to work through this, so watch out as he twists and turns to pull her in further.

@Jeevie

Scammer saying he can not pay his Hotel/Motel bill is common scammer tactics. He will say and lie about everything to get the victim to send money.

I want to also inform you of another scammer tactic, if they can not get money from the victim. This will be a Money Mule or Re-Shipper scam. The scammer will tell the victim a lie about someone or business sending him money. He will want the victim to accept money in their bank account or pick up Western Union/Money Gram payments. He may ask a victim to receive stolen packages. He will want the victim to forward everything to him. In both cases what is sent is from his other victims. This part of his scam is the worst a victim can find themselves in.

***If you confront the scammer on his lies he will only lie further and make up more reasons why money should be sent. He will not stop until the victim quits replying to him.

Also be aware that the scammer may contact the victim again with a new name and email address. Now he is working on the knowledge he learned from the first attempt of scamming. He will use information gained to steal money from the victim.

My sister doesn't realize she is being scammed, which is heartbreaking for me to witness. She is so caught up in this person's story. She even went and got an apartment for them to live in when he comes here.

Luckily, she is probably more money hungry than this scammer. Now that he said he didn't get paid the $85,000 he was owned by his employer, she isn't interested anymore.

Jeevie, the offer stays open, if she wants to come here and see the stories and learn the truth, we can help. I'm sure he will figure out a new manipulation for her as soon as he sees where her heart is.

Thank you for posting the story Jeevie. The old money causes more problems than people realise.
The scammers' story in your original post would have set the alarm bells ringing very loudly.
Will not say too much publically but quite a few holes can be seen in the story. Your sister would be very wise to simply cease all contact with the tosser and put it down to one of life's bad experiences. As difficult as it may seem. The trickster will disappear as quickly as it appeared. When it realises your sister cannot be fleeced it will leave her alone. The unfortunate aspect being the trickster will try the con with another target. You have put the story out there and it will save someone in the future.

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Hi Jeevie, I can guarantee you sister is being scammed, just came across the same scammer. Just this evening he asked for$2000. Your sister and I share the same story and he even uses the same name and story line. I'll go into more info later.

Me Jane, thanks for coming to scamwarners. If you could post some details here, maybe it can also help Jeevie with her quest. We also want to know yours.

Maybe this will help convince your sister she is being scammed, here's the info he gave me (maybe yours is the same), his email: [email protected], phone #(530) 205-3630. He's had me on his radar since last Oct./Nov., even went to the effort of sending me flowers, chocolates, teddy bear, balloon with a nice card, now I'm betting he may have paid for it with someone else's credit card. Wouldn't surprise me at all.

The story he gave me is almost identical, except now he's been working in Las Vegas but his job there just wrapped up and he's now able to come to me. Stated he's leaving the company he's worked with over 16 years and needs $2000 to start his own business but his Canadian employer hasn't paid him for the job he just completed. After I refused him money, he felt he had nothing more to discuss with me. I'll be curious if the number we've been using is still active.

If possible, I'd like to post the pic he sent me, it might help others to be cautious.

[AlanJones]

phone #(530) 205-3630

A reverse phone search of this number shows it to be a VoIP phone, ideal for people who want to pretend to be in the USA, but aren't.

Thanks for sharing that info, I wasn't able to find any info on his phone number. Do you know if there's a way to post his photo on this site? It might help someone else avoid this scammer.

[AlanJones]

You can find instructions on how to upload photos here http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=3219.