Is this guy for real?

Hello Gina,

Well if you want to hear the truth ...The truth is that he is a scam artiest so if you want me to find him for you i would need his Full Name, email address, and also want to know if you sent him money too, and the email you wrote him from and the IM you chatted with him from also cos we know he would have stopped using that IM so we would give you his new email and you conatct him and anything he asked you to do you have to follow it so we can catch up with here in Africa if he is here okay .....

And if you did how much you sent to him and where he claimed he was and i know it was africa ...Please write back so i know i have to start the search tomorrow okay and as i talk to you i work for an organisation in West Africa to help catch up with people doing this to people back in the states and we also have other organisation around the world too cos they usaually do not work alone .. ....Well i have to let you know after all the work done you have to pay us okay.

Well i have to let you know after all the work done you have to pay us okay.

This is a classic recovery scam. I'm afraid your money is gone and there is no way of getting it back. This person is probably the same one who scammed you in the first place.

Scamwarners guide and advice on money recovery scams;

How the money recovery scam works

Money recovery scams are particularly vicious since they target people who have already lost money to an internet scammer. The scammer, or one of his fellow criminals, will contact the victim pretending to be able to recover the money that the victim sent. Often, the scammer will claim to be an official government department or agency, like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria. The scammer will ask for details of the original scam, and will then assure the victim that the money can be recovered for a fee. If the fee is paid, there will be demands for more, and so on, until the victim realises they have been conned again, or runs out of money. Scammers have also pretended to be Scampatrol.org which is a well-respected victim protection site, in order to try to run this scam.

So what do i say to him I am trying to understand read this too Let me know what you're thinking will he try and hurt me if i don't go along with this. I am asking for advise. Is there anything you can do and did you get my letter regarding on your forum is anyone check to make sure they're not scammers

Well Gina,

There is one truth and that why he was not talking to you much cos he knew he could not get anything to you so he felt to threaten woul make you give him money thats why he is doing all he is doing now so just contact him back when we get you his new Im on yahoo okay and what ever he says you do just do it okay so we could get a hold of him okay .....

So he stops he stop hurting women like you again okay thats what the other women of united states are begging you to do we have done all we can to stop online dating but we can't so we need to catch explames for them to know are like stop or reduce it ...Ok Gina they depend on you now so please let me know if you can do it okay ....And get me him pictures so we can trail him okay ..
just wish i knew this before I met him.

--- On Mon, 4/27/09, Gina xxxxxxx <[email protected]> wrote:

From: Gina xxxxxx <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: I just wish i knew this before I met him.
To: "Steven blair" <[email protected]>

Date: Monday, April 27, 2009, 9:37 PM
- Show quoted text -



Steve,

I just got off of Yahoo messager. I am trying to learn to use
google.Steve, My family can never know I am using this again. They
took my computer way because my brothers are afraid They will find me
they know nothing that i am being followed again. or the men Mike
Aaron Johnson has following me. They will hurt me. I told Mike Money
and me is dry I really don't have money my parents and i have a joint
account I can"t
never get it out with them not knowing. We wanted to keep our
relationship a secret this is why he never pushed me I believe he
still has feeling for me still.

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Steven blair <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello Gina,
>
> Well are you saying you never sent him money , If so it means he would
> have gotten from other ladies and please if we get his new Im on yahoo for
> you can you chat with him ......Cos not all women know that there is an
> organisation like ours who can help them track down this men so please you
> would need to help us so we can publicly display him on US soil okay ....
>
> So please we would need his pictures too and if we get his new contacts
> for you and get to talk to him please you have to do whatever he asks you to
> do so we can use that medium to catch him and the funds you send to him
> would be refunded to you also once he is caught okay ...>he can't escape it
> okay you just need to keep us informed too and do you have a yahoo Im so we
> can chat and i would explain better to you too ..
>
> Sincerely
> Steven Blair

> --- On Mon, 4/27/09, Gina xxxxxx <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> From: Gina xxxxx <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: I just wish i knew this before I met him.
> To: "Steven blair" <[email protected]>
> Date: Monday, April 27, 2009, 9:14 PM
>
> I knew he was in Lagos Afraica He's in the missions Mke Aaron Johnson
> is his full name the name he gave me.He said he was 37.. the
> Natioalization paper He was must be 47 now he's49 yr old. He's
> Brittish Spainish and he is A widower. His daughter Mary Johnson
> should be staying in a school there in the city she is about 12
> yrs.old now.
> the Email [email protected] we conversed on was what I provided.
> Catholic people Meet.com is where he contacted me.
> He never got money. for Easter I almost sent his daughter a ipod. He
> said he pay me back we were planning on marrying.
> I found out he's a scammer so money was ever given him.
> I didn't remember that IM we chatted on, it could beYahoo messager I
> believe.
> I won't send money though if he asks for that unless you give it to me.
> What if he tries a gain to get it from me...
> Steve He owes me an explanation....

>

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Steven blair <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Gina,
>>
>> Well if you want to hear the truth ...The truth is that he is a scam
>> artiest so if you want me to find him for you I would need his
>
>
>>
>> Full Name,
>
>
>>
>> email address
>
>
>>
>> and also want to know if you sent him money too,
>
>
>>
>> and the email you wrote him from
>
>
>>
>> and the IM you chatted with him from
>
>
>>
>> also cos we know he would have stopped using that IM so we would give you
>> his new email and you conatct him and anything he asked you to do you have
>> to follow it so we can catch up with him in Africa if he is here okay .....
>>
>> And if you did how much you sent to him and where he claimed he was
>> and i know it was Africa Lagos ... Steve ,They wouldn't hurt him would
>> they? he was awfully scared. I wrote to the American Embassy would they have
>> copies of that it was in April 2007. I sent pictures there too. Do you work
>> underground? Do they have scammers in the American Embassy?
>
>
>>
>> Please write back so i know i have to start the search tomorrow okay and
>> as i talk to you i work for an organisation in West Africa to help catch up
>> with people doing this to people back in the states and we also have other
>> organisation around the world too cos they usaually do not work alone
>> .. ....
>> So do write back so i know where to go from
>>
>> Sincerely
>>
>> Steven Blair

--- On Mon, 4/27/09, Gina xxxxx <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> From: Gina xxxxxx <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: I just wish i knew this before I met him.
>> To: "Steven blair" <[email protected]>
>> Date: Monday, April 27, 2009, 7:29 PM
>>
>> Hello Steve,
>> Well i want you to tell me what you want me to do for you okay .....Please
>> find him..
>> You said "He not what he calls himself", I too have thought about that
>> myself,if you find him, I'd like to talk to him face to face. I just want to
>> make sure he's alive.Steve I am not a revengeful person this is not my
>> character,He was so, afraid they'd( this organization) would kill him. Steve
>> is he here In the united States? He was suppose to come back in May of 2007.
>> Find out Why do they want to control me,is this is why their following Me
>> he failed. Remind him never control fear or money will ever be given them!!!
>> Does he know their following me again? Is he having me followed and for
>> what reason. What have I done? I don"t know what I did do something wrong?
>> It's weird Steve part of me wants to believe it's not Mike Johnson, but
>> somebody who has a similar name who i fail in love with, he not that dreaded
>> scam artiest Dan Noyes thought he was.He not really a scam artiest but a
>> mistake in identity like he told me it was. I wish I had his picture Steve.
>> I sent all that to Dan Noyes.
>> Steve tell I do care I lied. When i said I could never love a liar
>> because Some times we are blinded by the true feeling were really feeling. I
>> care alot for him I knew him for nine mos.Please find him for me. He owes me
>> an explanation Ijust want to see him face to face.

>> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Steven blair <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Gina,
>>>
>>> Well i want you to tell me what you want me to do for you okay
>>> .....Do you want me to look for him for you or what do you want me to do for
>>> say it specifically okay and right now i just want you to know that he is
>>> not what he calls himself .....So tell me what you want and i will let you
>>> know what to do .
>>>
>>> Sincerely
>>>
>>> Steven

--- On Fri, 4/24/09, Gina xxxxxxx <[email protected]> wrote:

From: Gina xxxxxxxx <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: I just wish i knew this before I met him.
To: "Steven blair" <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, April 24, 2009, 3:01 PM

April 24,2009 12:56 inthe afternoon
(Live Jesus)
Hi Steve,
Iam fine just dealing day by Day.I always wonder if they will allow me to
go home to my family or is this the day I never see them again. This is Mike
Aaron Johnson threat to me.
Steve,and
I found your email under Lagos Nigeria scams. they play real dirty too,
I thought my emails were being blocked because, I have written to
Hannity/and Glenn Beck on channel 4 and they haven't responded. I read your
articles regarding scams like this. He acts like he so interested in you and
begins asking for money Lap tops ipods. He hit up with somebody who doesn't
have money and is very much depended on her family.
Dan Noyes said it not their style to follow...He said I am dealing with
somebody else.
Will they stop or will he keep his promise, I really am being followed
by guys; They get on the bus, follow me every where,they know where I work,I
won't ever admitt it to them but Iam afraid. I was hurt by men.I never asked
for it I am a practice Catholic I wanted to be a nun. I was raised in a
tradtional Italian home.
Here is what made me know about Mike being a scam artiest:Please read
see what you can do.
I met him on Catholic People meet.
God Bless you

>>> Deaf Community Targeted By Scam, Again
>>>
>>> Tuesday, September 19, 2006 | 9:03 PM
>>>
>>> Second Professor Accused
>>>
>>> By Dan Noyes
>>> Sep. 18 - KGO (KGO) -- The ABC7 News I-Team has found yet another college
>>> professor accused of ripping off members of the Bay Area's deaf community.
>>> We thought it was all over after we exposed one local college professor
>>> drawing deaf people into scams that cost them hundreds of thousands of
>>> dollars. Now, it looks like his good friend's been pulling the same thing
>>> during the past two years.
>>> It's been two years since we first introduced you to Brian Malzkuhn, a
>>> professor of deaf studies at Fremont's Ohlone College -- he's deaf himself..
>>> Person after person told us Malzkuhn dragged them into scams that cost them
>>> their life savings, and in the case of one San Jose couple, their home.
>>> Story continues below
>>> Advertisement
>>> Bill Ramos, scam victim: "I saw that and I thought, 'Oh, it makes me
>>> sick. What's he doing running from the camera? He looks like a coward. Why
>>> doesn't he just tell the truth?'"
>>> Bill and Marie Ramos lost the home they owned for thirty years because
>>> Malzkuhn convinced them to take out first and second mortgages, close their
>>> investment accounts, and get cash advances on their credit cards -- more
>>> than a million dollars total.
>>> Marie Ramos, scam victim: "So, we filled out the paperwork, everything
>>> went well, we got the money and we gave the money to Brian."
>>> It appears Malzkuhn sent most of the money -- if not all of it -- to a
>>> Nigerian investment scam. Chances are, you've seen those "get rich quick"
>>> e-mails. After the I-Team revealed what happened, several law enforcement
>>> agencies investigated, but the case went nowhere because they couldn't prove
>>> Malzkuhn personally profited from the scam.
>>> Sources at the FBI now tell us, here's the most frustrating part of the
>>> case. Their failure to prosecute Malzkuhn appears to have emboldened his
>>> good friend, another college professor, to pull the same sort of scam.
>>> We met Michael Johnson in the summer of '04 outside the Ramos' home. At
>>> the time, Johnson told us he knew no one ever made a penny from those
>>> Nigerian scams. But, in the months to follow, he got involved himself and he
>>> got others involved.
>>> Hsiu-Ling Yeh, scam victim: "He said it was a business emergency, he
>>> didn't explain it in great depth, he just said he really needed it, it was
>>> for a business emergency."
>>> Hsiu-Ling Yeh is a job coach for deaf workers at Old Navy and Johnson's
>>> long-time friend. He convinced her to take out an equity line of credit on
>>> her Daly City home. He even went to the bank with her. At first, Johnson
>>> needed $91,000, but he kept coming back for more.
>>> ABC7's Dan Noyes: "How much money total did you give him?"
>>> Hsiu-Ling Yeh: "$584,000."
>>> Johnson wouldn't answer any of our questions by e-mail, so we tracked him
>>> down. He teaches sign language at City College of San Francisco, at College
>>> of San Mateo and at West Valley College in Saratoga.
>>> Dan Noyes: "What happened with her money?"
>>> Mike Johnson, college professor: "I don't know. She agreed to help me, so
>>> sorry!"
>>> Johnson wouldn't say what he did with Hsiu-Ling Yeh's $584,000.
>>> Dan Noyes: "Did you send a lot of Hsui's money to Nigeria? Is that what
>>> you did with it?"
>>> Mike Johnson: "It's not your problem, it's not your problem. It's not my
>>> problem."
>>> Dan Noyes: "It's not your problem?"
>>> Mike Johnson: "The case is closed."
>>> The case Johnson's talking about is the bankruptcy he filed this year --
>>> he still could face criminal charges. In court documents, we found another
>>> deaf person Johnson drew into the Nigerian scam Gary Hendrix.
>>> Gary Hendrix, scam victim: "As a result of this, over the course of two
>>> years, I've lost 15 pounds, my wife has suffered, been constant aggravation,
>>> I feel he really destroyed my life."
>>> Hendrix had an insurance settlement after a house fire and Johnson took
>>> $95,000 of it. The professor even signed a note, promising to pay back the
>>> money within a month. He didn't.
>>> Johnson sent Hendrix this e-mail, citing his old friend Brian Malzkuhn:
>>> "What can I do? Nothing! ... The Ramos couple had no way to get the money
>>> back from Brian at all. They lost everything."
>>> Gary Hendrix: "And I know I've lost my money and I won't be getting it
>>> back, but we feel that we really want to see him punished for what he's
>>> done."
>>> Mike Johnson: "There's so many scams, all over, not me, I'm not the only
>>> one. Why do you pick on the deaf people only? Why don't you pick on the
>>> hearing people?"
>>> Dan Noyes: "You were picking on the deaf people."
>>> Hsui-Ling Yeh and Gary Hendrix complained to the Daly City Police, but
>>> got nowhere. After a cursory investigation last month, an officer wrote, "I
>>> have profound moral sympathy" for the victims' loss, but "I have no evidence
>>> of a crime."
>>> Former San Mateo County prosecutor Dean Johnson disagrees.
>>> Dean Johnson, ABC7 legal analyst: "If I were still prosecuting white
>>> collar crime in San Mateo and got this evidence, I can virtually guarantee
>>> you that a case would be filed and somebody would go to prison."
>>> He says Michael Johnson should be investigated, even if he didn't keep a
>>> dime of the victims' money.
>>> Dean Johnson: "If he knew that the Nigerian scam was a scam and he still
>>> promoted these people to invest their money and gave all the money to
>>> Nigeria, it's still theft by false pretenses."
>>> We contacted the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office this
>>> afternoon and they are now looking into the Michael Johnson matter.. The FBI
>>> is adding him to their Brian Malzkuhn investigation. We'll stay on top of
>>> this, during the coming weeks.
>>> We want to make sure word gets out to the deaf community about these
>>> scams, so we've taped a sign language interpreter for this story. Click on
>>> the video player at the top of the page to see this report with the sign
>>> language interpreter. (NOTE: There are three versions of this report in the
>>> video player -- 1) Report with sign language interpreter, 2) Sign language
>>> interpreter ONLY and 3) Report with no interpreter)
>>> >> E-mail the ABC7 I-Team
>>> (Copyright ©2009 KGO-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)

abc7 News Team
Dan Noyes
Dan Noyes is the chief investigative reporter for the ABC7 News
I-Team.....

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Steven blair <[email protected]>
wrote:

Hello Gina ,

How are you oing today .>>Well i am not surprised about this
...>First i have to ask how you got my email address in the first place cos
i have helpe alot of people solve this situation okay so please get back on
how you got my email and i would tell you the next step to follow so we can
see if he really is for real okay ...

Steven

From: Gina xxxxxxxx <[email protected]>
Subject: I just wish i knew this before I met him.
To: [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 3:25 PM

Hi ,

I have been scammed by a man named Mike Aaron Johnson He said he was
37yrs. old He was spainish and Brittish and a christian. We talked for nine
mos we were going to be married.. He knew every thing, my fears every thing
He is having me followed even today and said he'd take me from my Parents In
a letter my Parents read too. He said Mary had to go and my parents had to go .
Dad and Mom said It sounded Like a threat.
Our argument were always surrounded around Money. Sending him Lap tops
to Nigeria for the missions or he said he inhereted money from his Parents
Plane accident in Amster Dam,and had to put it my account or he'd lose it
and we needed for us to get married, or said he needed money to get him out
of Nigeria or a ipod for his daughter Mary Johnson He claimed he was a
widower. I almost sent this but I had him checked out He is wanted by the
police for deaf scams but i truly loved him I still have feeling for him.I
never ones saw this coming either. Naieve and flatter by the loving things
he said and so handsome..I feared rejection and the day I said I wrote a
letter to get him help and send it to The American Embassy I was told he
hated me he was being followed too and he was in danger He could n't keep me
in controll . Will they stop or will he keep his promise I really am being
followed by guys.

Mod edit: removed last name and email address of victim and cleaned up formatting. -Jillian

MGina
Please, tell me how you want us to help you, you can use my email address, it is posted bellow every post and I will try to help you as best I can.

The scams we are qualified to help you with are internet based scams where the scammers attempt to get money from you and I am more than happy to help you to understand any aspect of that you are not sure about

Just adding, everything you describe above except the following you bit is typical scammer behavior, these scammers have never to my knowledge been known to stalk anybody before.

My feeling is that if you are being stalked by anybody that it is unrelated to your experience with internet fraudsters.

I really dont know how to begin helping you with this but I can see than you desperately do need help, whether by police or perhaps some other organisation, but first, lets get your scam related questions out of the way so you can get help from the right people.

Right now i dont have time to go over all of this but if you can start by giving me the email address and the very first email you received from your scammer and we will take it from there.

I haven't read through your whole post yet, but I did search the email address he is using to talk to you. If you put "[email protected]" into google, you will get results from one website: a website warning about love scams on Match.com (Scamwarners will be on that list too, but it takes a few hours/days).

I will edit this with any further findings or info.

EDIT: I understand that you did not send him any money or goods and have not received, or cashed a cheque from him. Is that true?
It also reads that all you want are answers as to why he has done this to you. I particularly hate love scams for this very reason and it seems to me like the loss of any money would be seconded by the betrayal and heart ache.

If you did do the google search I mentioned, then you may have read the last two paragraphs in the relevant post. I think they are very well worded and truthful.

I am writing this to let everyone out there to be careful. These guys are pros and will use all of your weaknesses to get everything out of you. They learn your weaknesses by what you post on the Match.com web site. We have to be strong... [email protected] is not your friend...

Be Careful.....If they bring up money. They do not love you...They love your money....Hope my pain and suffering helps to prevent someone else from going through the same thing...

I am curious as to how you first started talking to this Steven Blair, could you explain that in any more detail?

Thanks again for posting this.

@MGina

I have used an annonymous email address especially used for this purpose, to contact your scammer in hope of finding more information

What I have found this

Delivered-To: [email protected]
Received: by 10.220.98.130 with SMTP id q2cs74350vcn;
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Received: from n73.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (n73.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [98.136.44.191])
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Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:16:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steven blair <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Hi Steve
To: Removed
MIME-Version: 1.0
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Ok, I know the next question, why am I showing you this?

The reason I am showing you is this 62.173.50.173 Nigeria (Ipaja)* It is a Nigerian and that email was definately sent from Nigeria

I can also show what he sent to me

Hello Murray ,

How are you doing today ? well i got your message and i felt i write you to tell you abit about myself ..so hope you like these few things about me ...

I am a sensitive, caring and open-minded and Christian man who spends his life helping others as i involve in my daily activities and very emotional. I am the owner of a successful and growing practice

I am interested in finding a woman who will be my best friend, companion, lover and soul-mate. I am looking for a relationship which will be stable and secure, characterized by intimacy and trust, and that will last for the rest of my life. At the same time, I want to move slowly with any one I may meet so that we have time to get to know each other and build a firm foundation for a relationship.

I have a great sense of humor and love to get engaged in interesting conversations. My hobbies and interests are many and varied. The following are some of my interests:

Music: I am most passionate about Classical Music, but also like Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, and international music, such as Celtic Music and Russian Rock

Films: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Foreign Films, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Suspense/Thriller, Westerns—for example, I am always ready to watch a comedy like Spaceballs, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Airplane, a crime mystery like the recent film Fractured (with Anthony Hopkins), or an adventure film like The Lord of the Rings series

Outdoor Activities: I love nature. In order to lose weight, get in shape and be a healthy person I have built regular walking and exercise into my schedule. I also like photography (I have professional grade equipment and take professional quality shots), bicycling, camping, hiking, fishing, horseback riding, sailing, snorkeling; traveling (I have been to Europe several times, the Holy Land, Egypt and most of the United States, including Alaska, the Arizona Desert and Florida—which is likely my favorite place to vacation), target shooting and hunting

Indoor Activities: art, collecting antiques, computers, cooking, crafts like jewelry making (by soldering and casting precious metals and setting semiprecious and precious jewels) and leather work, museums, movies, concerts, opera, theater, politics (I am conservative), reading (non-fiction on religion, psychology and history, as well as historical novels and classic literature) and dining out

Favorite Foods: International of almost all forms, especially Chinese, Italian, Greek, Indian, etc.

If you are interested in speaking more with me please respond to my email. Thank you.

Sincerely

Steven Blair