by HillBilly
Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:20 pm
welcome, Maryjo. unfortunately a name is quite useless for tracking anyone, especially scammers because they either use names of innocent people (like Tim said), or non existent names completely.
with an address, say an email address, f/b address, web site, etc, they are all unique addresses and it is much easier to evaluate if they are a scam or not.
your friend is very likely in the early stages of some type of scam, where the scammer is trying to build trust, getting ready to ask for more and more money until your friend is drained or realizes it is a scam.
Please post any other information you can about this suspected scammer, but not any information about your friend.