Facebook Scammer John Phillips

Another reader sent us this to report how someone had tried to scam her out of her money!

I want to report a scammer who has been in touch with me through facebook Love and marriage and all that promised then he asked me for $10,000 to help him finish a job in the UK or he will be arrested. John L PHillips 11265 or 54 Carmel Creek Rd San Diego Ca 92101 no phone number available john101phillips@yahoo.com We also learned that his myspace account is: http:www.myspace.com/539036208 I did not give John the money but he will move on to someone else who might just give him the money I want this reported please so someone else does not get hurt HERE IS HIS MONEY LETTER Darling its really make me feel good when i talk to you and i'm now happy and it was nice talking to your sister pat as well,I cant just wait to meet everyone of you and prove you wrong that i'm real and i bet it with you,You will still have to apologize when we meet for doubting me,I really love you and cant wait to make you happy all the time my sweet angel,I'm praying so hard for you now of getting better and my God has already answer my prayer hun,I dont know what you have giving me i cant sleep anymore with you or talking to you,I really want to be with you soon and be at your side always my love.I'm so sorry if you think i'm get you mad always hun,Pls and pls i really want you to put your self in my shoe my love.....I love you so much and nothing in the world will change that from me ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........I want to be with you all the time,Just have it in your mind that my spirit is there with you taking good care of you hun....... About the money gram hun...You will have to send $2500 in two different location making $5000 and do the same the next day my love all making $10,000 hun.....Its very fast and save darling....This will work my love....you will just find two different money gram location near you and do this my love asap.....Hope you understand all this hun,If you dont i will explain more to you when i chat with you in the morning my love...Pls and pls i will give you back soon as i get to Chicago my love......Talk to you in the morning baby..... Hugs and kisses John AND THEN THIS WHEN HE STARTS GETTING DESPERATE. Name...JOHN PHILLIPS Address...60 GREAT ORMOND STREET LONDON ENGLAND zipe code...WCN1N 3HR just get this down and you will with this to the western union Hugs and kisses Pls and pls get well better my love,You are getting me worried and i will not be sleeping sweetheart hun

Alan Cole, Scammer from Lagos Nigeria - Letter From A Reader

We just received this from a reader who was kind enough to share her story with us...

He claims his name is Alan Cole (and I later found out that "Cole" is commonly used). He has two email addresses:

alcole1950@yahoo.com

alcole1950@gmail.com

He found me on a dating site and wrote to me on 5/3/2010. My birthday was the next week and sure enough--he sent 4 extravagant arrangements of flowers, a huge box of Godiva chocolates and a teddy bear. (I later found out that all scammers send the exact same gifts). He told me he was in Ikeja, Lagos as a construction supervisor for a new road and lives in Signal Hill, California. The following week he started asking for money.

Short story: He got $1,000 out of me (this includes $300 in text messaging on my cell), ruined my credit card standing with bogus deposits to "cover the cash advances", sent me a fake check and 3 fake money orders from a "friend" here in the States, all of which were confiscated by Wells Fargo Bank's Fraud Dept. Swears up and down that he is not a scammer and a liar...yet he does all the things that scammers do.

The man in the photo may or may not be him....and if it isn't him, then some poor guy is unaware that his photos are being used by this Nigerian liar. He had the "spouse who died in a tragic car acciident" (Kim) and has two children - Brenda and John. All are lies.

Gretchen_sexygirl scamming on Migente - reader shares story

Hi this person is on match.com aka cantip4. Also found them on a site in 2008
called migente aka gretche_sexygirl. Doing an internet search of gretchen wales.
Well this person contacted me saying I was on her match list. And was having
problem with her in box and asking to correspond using misssmile990@yahoo.com.
We started emailing and she said she was in gold and diamond business inherited
from late parent doing business in Malaysia. We soon were caught up in the
whirlwind relationship. She was educated at school in London. Lived part time in
states and UK. Soon would be coming back to states0and would like to meet me. I
was elated. Our relationship quickly blossomed. Now she wanted to come to my
hometown directly. I was falling in love my head spinning with the idea of
someone to good to be true. She made plans and sent flight plans from klm
airlines. I was to pick her up at airport. I couldn't believe it. Well from then
on communications between us began to wane. Then at the different times between
communications seemed as if talking to different people. Writing grammar was
slopy or neat. Then she said she was on business as art sculpture, beads and
crafts shipper like we were meeting for 1st time. Now I suspected I was being
scammed. I checked the online scam sites and found nothing. So I did an online
search and found the older date site called migente. So now was unsure if was
being scammed but 99 percent sure. I confronted her/him and she tried to alay my
fears. I consented to find out truth. When time came near for her to come hear
she sent urgent message that hotel would not honor her master card do to chips
on back being damaged. She needed money right of way and would repay me when she
got here. I replied that such a prominent business owner would have other
financial resources and would not be in need of relying on 1 such as myself and
that I knew she was a scammer and would not get 1 dime from me. This did not
stop her. She said I didn't trust her and had wrong impression. I said I never
did trust her and she/he should be ashamed of themselves using the good Lord in
this manner and would never get 1 cent from me. My letter was actually not that
nice. I'm getting sick of these people. They are everywhere! They are ruining
the whole experience and making it next to impossible to meet someone online
without having trust issues or fears. Also owners of these dating sites should
take more responsibility to secure them from these people. They are receiving
big money from people to join and should do more to protect them.

printed with permission from our reader

Jerry Dickson Scammer on Facebook Uncovered - Money Request

Here is the transcript where he asked her for money and it was just 5 DAYS after they started instant messaging each other - these guys move fast because they don't care about you but only YOUR MONEY!

Lionheart I need you to run two errands for me honey
DOID Reader hello baby what u need?
Lionheart First you go down to any Western union outlet around you and send my cousin 400 usd...he is in UK at the moment and i need him to go down to my apartment to pick up some documents for me
Lionheart Not to worry it's a Loan will have it back asap
Lionheart Do you bank with Wachovia?
DOID Reader i can't i don't got it right now
Lionheart Then how soon can you have it down to him?
DOID Reader it's gonna be a while right now all my money is going to my daughter she hav a student loan and she needs help with her loan
Lionheart I need him to go down as soon as possible baby
Lionheart Not to worry baby you will have it back asap with a little interest
Lionheart Do you bank with Wachovia?
DOID Reader really babe i don't got it
Lionheart Honey pls do try
Lionheart It's very urgent

This is the information he uses for the wire transfer NAME=PAUL DICKSON ADDRESS=FLAT 6 ROYAL LONDON OLD KENT RD ZIPCODE=SSNEX7 COUNTRY=UNITED KINGDOM

She kept telling him she did not have the money to open the account at Wachovia...and he told her to borrow it from her father, her mother, her friends her family. he asked her to have her friend open it for her. He even told her to ask her Godmother! They stop at nothing to get the money.

Jerry Dickson Scammer on Facebook Uncovered

He calls himself: Jerry Dickson But he uses this email address: tonymacgregor10@aol.com And this instant messenger nickname: Lionheart Phone number: +2347066062221 THIS IS WHAT HIS FACEBOOK PROFILE SAYS: I am a person who looks beyond what may be the obvious. Character is worth more than flashiness. I am a person who appreciates honesty and a great sense of humor.. I love to laugh and to enjoy the simple things in life. I would appreciate a person who has a good sense of who she is and a sense of direction about where she wants to be. I can appreciate a woman who sees a man as a friend and a partner... I know that men and women all have an inner child within and that is why I would appreciate days filled with fun and laughter. I respect and adhere to taking care of business in life--family, work, community, etc Yet, I know life involves alance. I look for the good in most situations and choose to look for the good in others.. I know that life involves give and take and that what you seek--is that you must be willing to give and demonstrate yourself. I am a romantic at heart. I like to be appreciated and complimented to which I would do the same for that special someone..... I like discovering new things about the person you meet. I am a person who looks for the possibilities versus what cannot be achieved. life is better going through with a special one instead of just any one. I like poetry I like trying new things. I respect the direct approach-that is saying what you mean and meaning what you say. I believe in smiling-even when things are not going as perfect as you had hoped. A smile can brighten someone's day-I liken smiling--it is one of my trademarks...I feel all is not fair in love and war. That is, I feel you should give someone your best and that you should exercise respect and honesty. I appreciate genuine companionship and soul inspired relationship. You the one in which you can feel the earth move beneath your feet with just one kiss. Or, one in which you spend idle moments just thinking about the other person......

People leaving comments

We appreciate everyone that leaves comments to help and warn others. Just a suggestion, many of you leave the name of the scammer, but since they change their names so much, leave their email address also if you know it. Feel free to post the sob story they gave you to get money from you, or the "bio" (wife killed in car crash, etc) so people can see the familiar story as well.
The more info we get out there, the more info people can find before they get scammed.
Thank you all for your help and warning others!

They Will Still Con You ~ Even After you Meet Them in Person!

I had been single for a while after separating from my husband, and decided to try internet dating. After a short while I met a man Prav, and we got on very well from the start. We found that we shared the same star sign and our birthday's were only three days apart. I felt that we definitely clicked, and we chatted endlessly on IM and text messages. I waited every morning for his lovely texts to come through.

After just over a week, I decided to pay the £45 rail fare to go to London to meet him. We were both so excited and were counting the days until the weekend. We met at Waterloo station, and the instant I met him I felt that something wasn't quite right - he was shifty and a bit uneasy with me. I put this down to first date nerves, but as the day went on I became unhappy with the fact that he was so unattentive towards me, considering he had been so desperate to meet me.

During the conversation, facts began to come out that I had not been aware of before, there was an 'ex' girlfriend who, although she had supposedly moved out of his house, had still left most of her belongings behind. There was also the fact that his youngest daughter who had been living with her mother before he met me, was suddenly moving in with him full time. This I was particularly uncomfortable with, as having no children of my own, I did not want to live with anyone who had children full time.

Then he suddenly kept mentioning this business he was going into. He was buying the franchise of a well known coffee shop and told me that he was taking out a loan against one of the two properties that he owned. He then said that he was hoping he wouldn't have a problem getting his ex girlfriend to sign over her half of this property as he would need her to do this in order to put this up as collateral for the loan. I began to feel quite upset that he did not seem interested in talking about our relationship, only this business and the loan. He showed me all the architects plans and the business plan he had drawn up for the bank. I tried again and again to turn the conversation to us, but it seemed he did not want to know.

During the day, he asked me several times if I would consider moving to London should things work out, and I told him that we would have to get to know each other better, it was impossible to make a decision after only knowing him a couple of weeks. He seemed unhappy with this and by the end of the afternoon seemed not to be able to get rid of me quick enough.

On the train home, I was so disappointed. I just felt that there was something strange about this that I couldn't put my finger on. Well, a couple of days later I found out what it was. On Monday and Tuesday I was surprised because he was suddenly totally unavailable on Skype, and on Wednesday morning the text I had been dreading came through. He said that he could not get his 'ex' to sign over her half of the second property and he wanted me to take out a loan in my name for £10,000 secured against half his house.

I was stunned. He texted me and called me constantly begging for help, saying that the deadline for the franchise was Friday. It appeared that the only person who could help him get this franchise was me and if I really loved him I would trust him and take out the loan. It was emotional blackmail and I was devastated. I told him there was no way I could do this after such a short time of knowing him - the whole thing to me was ridiculous, but I knew that my relationship with him was over. He was just a con man.

Looking back, I don't think the 'ex' girlfriend was 'ex'. Her stuff was all over his house, and I couldn't see how she would move out and leave all her personal possessions behind. I have a feeling that they were both in this together and she had just arranged to be out for the day when I went round. The minute he knew he wasn't getting the money he dropped me like a stone. He didn't answer my texts, phonecalls or appear on Skype again. I felt so used and I am telling my story in the hope that it might stop this heartbreak happening to someone else. Be aware, and remember that even if you get to meet someone in person, it dosen't necessarily mean that they won't try to con you.