BTW, never nudge someone, as it gives them information. I feel validated. And he actually called me on the app. I have to laugh at their use of English.. Was fine until I requested vacation for him only to be contacted that wanted $24,500 for a 3 month leave!! he messaged me on 2 different games, clearly a scammer, reported him! I was just approached by one of them on TikTok! Have a young lady sending photos Becky Hickson they all seem to have a similar story. Some machine broke, cant afford to get tech out to fix it, so him and his crew are stuck there. I didnt go on hangouts, did not give a phone number or email. (His kids didnt need to be w/him.). if any of you play word feud watch out for steelers2021. To activate Chat, please follow these steps: 1. HOW TO HELP ROMANCE SCAM VICTIMS FOR FAMILIES & FRIENDS OF SCAM VICTIMS. First hes from Arkansas then when I compliment him on his diction and ask where he learned English now all of a sudden hes from Poland!! WebWhen they say they want to exchange pictures I tell them they should get on Instagram if they want to look at pictures. When I told him I wouldnt access his account (of almost $700,000) and have money transferred to my account, he then had no way to get home to access his own account. He slept with so many women using this game. I worry for vulnerable people on the site so am warning thatnifmtheymlook to,good to be true they usuallly are!! Reported them to Zynga, but theyve done virtually nothing to block them from WWF even though they are aware that the photo of George belongs to someone else. anyone ever heard of a smith felix!! The pics of men with dogs, In military uniforms, docs in a lab coat (lol!) WebSep 22, 2019 - Explore Brenda Baker's board "faces of scammers 2019", followed by 143 people on Pinterest. Sadly there will always be someone out there who is taken in. I love it. So even without the red-flag repetition of the same script across three different people, she was skeptical. Hes quite handsome and his photo is frequently used in scams. He has a lot of photos and a son that is 14 in boarding school. WebNikkiGM237. Ive had all these men as well..now got Chrismorris Alex morris.and a few more.theyre very persistent, Ever play with a Davis Anderson? I just posted I forgot to say the scammer I just dealt with was named Henry Lucas from Atlanta, who says hes an environmental engineer. My grandmother has paid for Jaydens tuition many times. Let me know if you have been scammed by him too. Both oil rig workers. Then I say GOT YOU! They are less than useless. When I see a message icon pop up, I ignore it. Does anything actually happen to these profiles when they get reported? The others seemed to want money or personal information for likely scams. I do play with people I dont know but my nickname makes it clear that I dont chat and if a player leaves a message I ignore it. Of course before I send that final message I report then on WWF. Next time I am going to say lemme guess, youre a widower from Europe but now live in the states. He then needed my address so that he could send it to me for safekeeping. Im still laughing now. There is even a new shield that you can block and report. I have reported him as a scammer. Here is another clown! All he wanted to do was chat .. Im not playing to chat! Asking questions like married single kids even where you grew up and favorite colour as in banking apps and the like you have security questions that you have to answer. I all of a sudden got requests on Words from Guy is from a foreign country, the wife is dead, and his daughter needs help. Living a double life.. These men are rude as hell. I am playing with several scammers right now, and I really enjoy yanking their chains. Wife died of breast cancer. After a few weeks of talking to him my friend discovered this. I play with them for a while then fess up that Im an IT Cyber Security Specialist lol. Ill see how these play out; as a sidebar, my average points per word has increased because I had to up my game because they have been beating handily. It was inappropriate under the circumstances. I also have been also getting friend requests on Facebook from military widowed men. He is supposedly from Berlin, is an Engineer and has a daughter that is 17 in boarding school. She thinks we are the crazy ones. when I told him I wasnt sending any money he cussed me out. Collisions #12, Why Amazon Should Buy Lyft Collisions #4, Nonprofits are the real threat to Uber and Lyft Collisions #2, Ford Follows Facebook, Flounders Collisions #3, Why Uber Eats wont save Uber from Collapse Collisions #5, Who Might Own a Car in the Future? He stopped communicating when I wanted out. I get one or two a day. Iafter talking over month I straight up told him thats a big turn off. If youre tempted to send money to a stranger and you shouldnt do it ask a friend or family member for a sanity check. She seemed nice enough until she said she would not be on WWF too much more and wanted me to go to Telegram. So true you cant trust something you cant see, one person said ask them to Facetime you , if they cant drop em they arent who they say they are . I right away say I dont give out personal info, then they get pissy and resign, or I get annoyed and block them. I always report as abuse impersonation. You can chat with opponents, but like with any online platform, sometimes strangers aren't there for fun - they're there to commit fraud. I love playing WWF, but it is so funny when they immediately come up with their back stories (all of them were widowers, save for one divorce), they have either a child or a grandchild they are raising alone, and are looking for friendly companionship. 5. You can stop it by changing your gender to male and putting a non female picture, your dog, something else you like. Sad lies of stories Not a reason to o give them a thing. My friend just met the 4 star general! Never send money to people you dont know. Just this week Ive had 2 of these types send wwf games to me. Until I figured it out.. Then he insisted, Are you happily married? I replied, Why be married if not happily? He resigned the game. Fortunately did not give them any personal info. He got mad when I wouldnt do it. Do not fall for it. I on the other hand, Im having fun at their expense, so much so, that they end up blocking me. The more questions a stranger asks you flattering though they might be the more suspicious you should become. I never wanted this to happen. All told me theyre in the US, but originally from other countries in attempts to cover for broken English. Call your best friend or your skeptical relative and ask, does this seem legit to you?. They resign. He has white hair and looks to be55-60. Nigerians. Didnt get a lot of game requests. Today I realised Upwords is now also being targeted by these guys. Really not sure what hes after. If Owen is a rudimentary AI that is following a complex script including deliberately misspelled words to make the bot seem less botty then that means that this scam potentially has global scale at what is effectively zero cost to the scammers. Nice meeting you here. Oh my goodness. ], Hey its not just men hitting on women. By the way, dont bother writing to Zynga tech support. As time and many matches go by, Owen tells the woman player his life story, asks dozens of questions about her life and tastes, and talks romantically with her. Im not interested. Now I have read that is a big red flag. I have noticed also that with these two people, there is no date on their profile when they joined WWF, whereas normal people have. Yes.definitely. Hes a WWF creep. Ha! I am at a loss for what to do. Hear Hangouts isnt secure not sure how. Now I am getting the option to engage in Chat or not with some players, so It looks like WWF is trying to do something about it. I said he got killed for killing a scammer! I was totally scammed by him. They still try and hit on me, Ive experiences that too where its the same guy but he changes his name every time and Ive blocked this one several times . If that was the case, I would never get to play. Is there anything I can do if I did fall for not one but two of these scams? Ive been playing with a scammer who calls himself Alex Normal. But he really had me going for a while. But the conversation continued with the offer of exchanging phone numbers and pictures, which I of course decline and end the game. From Norway. Just a lonely married man in a sad marriage to a mean wife. The other two are both engineers, both born from another country but were raised in the US by foster parents. Yes! Blocked. I reached out and he of course said he was sorry that someone scammed her using his photos. Do you report as abuse name impersonation? The boiler room is scary enough, but even scarier is the idea that instead of a room full of sweaty guys, maybe Owen is a bot. She is 70 years old almost and completely brainwashed. They are so easy to spot. Only play with people you actually know in real life! I hope nobody is falling for these inane stories. Jose Daniel.beware of him scamming! Yuk! Another one is Edward Harvey: divorced with two kids -oil rig worker who also deals in foreign exchange.. Hes getting a bit shitty as I wont change my profile pic to my face rather than my dogs!! Blocked the lot of them . Ive been googling him and can find nothing. The collage Still asking him questions that he never seems to answer. And I plan to find my fun somewhere else. Im married with four adult sons as I told him many times and just thought he was a lonely man looking for companionship. Got really shitty when I refused, persistent. The very next day I received 7 game requests- all from men. . I decided to talk to all of these. I am so relieved to find this thread! I didnt want to be mean to anyone but it was all very suspicious with their dates joined all between May and July of 2019 yet their skill was very good. I am getting 3 or 4 a week of these scammers. I have a wonderful next door neighbor who is in up to her eyeballs with this guy. Not to say there aren't legit people out there, but they are rare. WebIn a photo provided by the Washington County Sheriff's Office, the suspect sent Judy a custom blanket that was made with both her and his alleged pictures on it. Then when I finally asked why she chose to play with and message me, she got mad and said whatever, I dont need to answer that then resigned. Wife died a year ago, 15 year old daughter and working as a petrochemical engineer? Plays on the heart strings for the purpose of a payout. I lost 700$. Says he is a doctor working in Syria for the UN. To bad we cant have nice things. Each time you give information they collate it and keep it. But when Hangouts? I gave one of them my WhatsApp got but it never really went anywhere. You are correct! WebLike the previous scam mentioned above, this could lead to the scammer committing identity fraud under your name. This started in February. One guy was listed as if in college but he looked 60 something in his picture. The game completely disappeared! Ive also had the same from creepy guys. A hacker has breached Zyngas Word With Friends game and claims to have accessed a database of more than 218 million players. WebScammer Mark Baron. Weve tried taking her electronics. He hasnt Said anything inappropriate yet, but I am guessing some older guys falsely post Young handsome pictures-yes? I have a few games on the go at the moment with men I dont know and so far they are happy to play and not chat. Be skeptical: dont tell a stranger where you live, how old you are, what you do for a living, what music you like, what TV shows you watch. Maybe his wife found out he slept with women most of their marriage. Havent asked for anything. He looked like Bin Ladens cousin, lol! I didnt do online searches or push him because I didnt want to know it wasnt real. I also amuse myself by telling them all sorts of rubbish, one just sent me a pre written script about his tragic life (strange how this verse and chapter is all ready to go in seconds no one could type that fast !) Hi, Wendy. Just deleted the game and changed my profile pic to my dogs. From Atlanta, GA. Has two girls Alicia-12 and Rennie-6. A widower because his wife was shot in an armed robbery and died on the way to the hospital. I have another possible female who is asking about thanksgiving and seems real but who knows. I have blocked both of them and made it so people I dont know cant start games with me. We then changed Moms profile picture to one of my dog, an adorable Pembroke Welsh Corgi named Ace. I am going to remember this. There are active scammers here that will DM you without commenting and tell you they can complete the work and ask for payment upfront. I started getting a lot of these about 2 weeks ago. I may be gullible.but not that stupid. After reading all these scenarios, I am so glad I followed my gut. Once I told one guy that I was a widow. He lays it on thick implying hes in love. He says hes in CO but he has. Claims to be in the US Military. Most would not play me if I would not chat so I started to chat just to have a games to play with others. I am living with shame and embarrassment now and feel like a loser for falling for these scams. After them saying their speeches. So I played with him, and he was very Give them false information. A similar situation is happening to me now. Often red flags- the name isnt exactly the same as the profile, or the english is clearly google translate. I just deleted WWF. And they all have the same things in common as you stated. I hope no one else gets hit by this guy. Right now i have 10 of these men wanting to chat. What actually made me suspicious is the English as if he is using a translator device. One wrote Thanks for the follow so I wrote back and asked where he saw I was following him and no response. 59 yrs old, 15 year old daughter, wife dead, lives in Indiana, misspelled words, words out of context, Ex: I swear your husband is lucky to have such an amazing creature as a wife you know ( then theres an Fernandogreenman595- playing since 11/21/20. Every method of scamming has been used on her and she is in complete denial that its not a real person. met on WWF. Hopefully that fixes it. Im anticipating what the next one will have in common with the one before. 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