Mark Coker, love scammer

(This scammer is also known to call himself Mark West, John(son) Leigh and Robert Evans. He may be using other names as well.)

"Mark Coker" is frequently found on match.com and possibly other dating sites. The following messages of his script have been provided by women he has tried to scam in the past. The script is obviously based on "Mark West".

Known IP address: 41.155.43.78 - Nigeria

Hello there

Thanks for writing me. I'm new to this so I'm not really sure how it works so I decided to wink at you.
Hush..don't even know where to start from, my name is Mark, I was born in the UK but raised interchangeably in Italy and the United Kingdom, I am permanently living here now (In the States), I like it the people are nice. It would be great if we can get to know each other. I am dearly looking forward to it. Where do we start from?
Well, I'm enrolled for the short trial but my subscription is going to run out in a matter of days. I left the UK for some unpleasant reasons, I didn't kill or did drugs, lol... but I lost someone dear to me (my wife). I have 2 children, but they don't live here with me.

I am romantic and friendly, open and honest, not looking to play games or waste time. I know exactly what I'm
looking for and step by step, I want to achieve my goal, time will test and tell. Please email me at my private
email address because when my subscription runs out soon as I may not have the time and opportunity to check the match account again, it would not be fair to lose your contact at this early stage of knowing you. My email address is heartdelight65 at yahoo dot com (heartdelight65/at/yahoo/dot/com).
I'm earnestly looking forward to hear back from you.

Cheers,

Mark

Note how he'll quickly try to get you away from match.com before his account is disabled.

Hello your name,

It feels so great to hear from you again. I had to sign out of match in order to concentrate on us. (<-- In reality it's because match.com will quickly delete profiles found to be fraudulent.) I am so glad I found you, and I have a believe that the journey of a thousand miles, starts with one. Who know exactly where we're gonna get with this. I am so honored. Are you still on match? Please sign out and lets concentrate on building this and making it work.

I am a man of high confidence and self belief. I had to take some time off dating after the loss of my wife. I feel very comfortable to live again. I've had her appeared to me in dreams so many times and she keeps telling me that she is happy for me to move on with my life. I am very caring and I was lucky to stay with just one woman until death seperated us. I am so glad because I know what it means to be in love. I know deep down that I have all it takes to build a solid relationship. We can make this work if we try. Honesty is the key, selflessness is the drive and love is the crown. If we can both put these 3 important factors in place we can be happy together for the rest of our lives.

I wanna be your friend and your love. I am very romantic and I love public display of affection. I will not be ashame of you wherever we are. I also love to dance. I do have an accent but I try as much as I can to speak very clearly. When can we talk? Can you call me when you get this message?

There is more to what we can learn about each other, but we will have to obviously take it one day at a time.

I am thinking of you.

Kisses
Mark.

Note how quickly he talks about love - this is one of the telltale signs of a scam.

Hello your name,

Thank you for taking out your precious time to send me an email, it really did feel good to hear from you . I am glad that we have connected. That is how I feel too. I feel I need to move on no matter what had happened in the past. I am new to this online dating thing and it sometimes makes me feel nervous I feel it is because I have been in my shells in the past years of my life after the death of my wife. Lately I realized that I must move on with my life as I have grieved enough that was why i joined match.com..

I have two children from my late wife and they mean the world to me and they live with their granny as in Italy as there would be no one to give them that much needed motherly love. I look forward to having them live with me some time in the future when I have a one big and happy family. My relocation was as a result of my inablity to continue taking the pains of my late wife’s death. Everywhere I go I see things that reminds me of her. So I decided that the best thing for me to do was to start life all over again and give love a chance.

I am an engineer by training and an energy consultant by calling, my job involves the management of projects in the oil and gas industry. I am involved in the design, construction and commissioning of oil and gas facilities. I am also involved in the some consultancy works for sellers and prospective
buyers of crude oil, it’s basically a negotiators' job. I enjoy my job because it gives me some kind of fulfilment that I manage as essential commodity. My job sometimes also takes me round the globe as the demand for energy cuts across borders, I am also self employed. I used to enjoy my frequent trips when I just lost my wife but lately I have come to realize that there is more to life than just work as I have toiled hard all my life and look forward to spending the rest of my life with the love of my life.

Call me on 703. 542. 1731 will add you to my IM so we can also IM each other when we have some time.I like to meet a woman who loves, caring and affectionate. I like the sunrise and its set, I like it when it chilly, warm a few. Well, I prefer going to New Zealand because of the great adventure and pleasure in there, the land of THE LORD OF THE RINGS. I love listening to slow rock, R and Bs, Jazz, Gospel and sometimes pop. I can’t wait to know you more, tell me your likes and dislikes. Tell me about your kids, can we talk on the phone and what is the best time to call?. Waiting earnestly to hear from you. I really do not know what else to tell you as I am new to this but would be willing to answer any questions that would make us better acquitted. I would stop here as I need to get to work but it did feel good reading your email and sending you another. Can’t wait to hear from you....@};-:x

Mark.

Dearest

Thanks for your email. I am developing a habit of checking my emails always to check if you wrote. With you I would want us to have total freedom and openness, there will be no point for us to play around and so also there's no better groove than being confident of the love of a partner and not letting it go. Thanks to God I realized that early enough in life so I've never seen dating a lot of women as a way of getting my groove back . We'd better open up and just say it as it is and the truth remains that it will be a lot easier to get your healing quick if only you can carry along and lean on someone whose ready and willing to take a life long ride with you.

Long lasting honest and genuine relationship is also what i am looking for, and distance can definitely not tear me from what I reckon will give me joy and fulfillment. I agree it's it takes one day at a time, but we can gradually climb on the ladder of love. I will not rush you into anything but I want you to put this at the back of your mind that I do not have games to play and I am looking for something that will last a lifetime for sure. I do have my children to protect and my heart to guard too.

about my children's ambition

John who is 10 has a desire to be a pilot but at the same time he loves football (soccer) I am helping him in whatever he wants to be in his life. Gold 15 will be a nurse just like her late mum. she is heading that direction already and am very excited about it because she will at least be able to help save lives and in plant something positive in the lives of people. Whatever they desire in life, it's our duty as parents to help them through it all.

My ultimate goal is to have an all round happiness. And what that means is to be fulfilled in every area of my life and to see my kids grow up to be important people in the society. Giving positively to the world we live in. I hate mind games, I do not strive on drama I keep it real and that's how it should remain. I think I am really liking you. I went to college in the uk .

My day
My typical day activities actually. I wake, say a little prayer and read the word of God which is the basis for my life. Go out and work out for a little bit. Grab coffee (don't really do breakfast) go out for my meetings or stay at home and do more researches and make business contacts. Get back in the evening. Take a shower, grab something to bite. Take a shower chill and watch TV. Play my piano talk to my kids and sometimes go back to the gym.

I am glad that we are gradually connecting.

I will be your hero someday:
(He forgot to copy/paste the YouTube link from the original script)

Love always

Mark.

Hi your name,

How are you doing? I do hope you're fine&well, Actually there is no point trying to hide my feelings because I've always loved openness 110%, I think I must confess to you that I've been long awaiting to read an email from you after the last one I sent to you, but even as I open my email from time to time, I feel so uncomfortable that you are yet to do me another email.

I don't want to be so concerned about myself only as you and I are both involved here, so I reckon perhaps you have been busy all along,but I pretty hope everything is fine with you.

I would have put a call through to you if only I have your number, but quite unfortunately I'm yet to have that.

I sincerely can't wait to hear from you, so I urge you to call me on 703.542.1731 or email me back as soon as you open this email,I want to be sure you're fine.

Do take care of yourself, can't wait to hear from you!

Hugs&Kisses.
Mark

Can you believe that I am just going to bed now? I have been watching a movie on TV. It feels so special to know someone special. Yes we have not seen or met each other yet, but in my heart I do feel a very serious connection. I believe that our meeting will simply be a confirmation of how fate has destined us together. I am not too good to be true, I think its just a situation where two people that are meant to be together met at the right time and we're making it work.

I need to sleep now but you will remain on my mind and hopefully I'll have some great dreams of us.

Sweet dreams my angel and bye for now.

Love always
Mark.