The profile pictures are usually extremely attractive and provocative, and they immediately strike up a conversation. And yet another scammer emerges! Wife died a year ago, 15 year old daughter and working as a petrochemical engineer? So I have to accept messages from strangers or else Ill never play. for awhile and caught on. They are all engineers too! anyone ever heard of a smith felix!! I refused to answer and he deleted our game. I said my husband wouldnt so would he send me money to get one? What matters is that you protect yourself and your loved ones. Hangouts has absolutely NO SECURITY! Hey, mine is a single dad of a 15 yr old daughter, too! Maybe his wife found out he slept with women most of their marriage. Words With Friends by: mermaid79 #47473 May 10, 2018 Monetary Loss: $0 this guy plays words with friends the sweet talks you into getting Hangouts then he talks to you on Hangouts until he finally asks for $100 I- tune cards Phones reported: 832-429-8570 Web/emails reported: louiscolson2211@gmail.com Gary Scott sound familiar James curtis. How about Frederick Luca? Working as a road and bridge engineer on a contract in Russia. He was smooth. Players of WWF can trade instant messages with opponents during each match, so theres a social component to the game. Yes, and it was a woman, at least thats what she said. he asked me how old where from and I resigned the game. He said all in I had 1200$. Since, it seems like it happens all the time. I caught on within a few days.. Total smooth talker, well at least in the afternoon and evening Morning not so much.. Said he was an investment broker with Mineroptions and sold bitcoins. He have her the worst stories about his marriage and need for sex. Same here! I have only been on for a little while and had 6 so called men friend me to play wanting to know temp and whats for dinner. Also my perps name is Raymond Buffman, I took his photo to a catfish photo site and found his pic on 20 different dating sites, slightly different pics. A woman has revealed how she was almost scammed by an online Casanova while playing a popular online word game. 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. All are 56. Living a double life.. Also they ask for bitcoins. I would rather look like a stalker than get harassed on a game I just want to play for fun. They are usually not too good at playing and have just recently started. Maybe google account is not so secure and they can get banking info from it. The Words with Friends Dating Scam Virtual lobby In many cases, this scam starts out with the scammer and victim playing a round in the same virtual lobby. I reported his info to Ftc.gov. I get a new one challenging me to play almost every day. We found way more money gone than we even knew she had. Hes been romancing me and is actually very good. ROMEO KINNUNE and his son JAYDEN. She is also such a fan of the online Scrabble knockoff Words with Friends(WWF) that I might use the word addiction to describe her relationship with the game and only be exaggerating a smidge. Wife in Switzerland remarried . They profile you and compose an idea on you. In the last two weeks, I have been hit on by an engineer, two oil rig workers, a surgeon and a four star general. I right away say I dont give out personal info, then they get pissy and resign, or I get annoyed and block them. In reading the above stories, mine sounds very familiar. Thats where they were picking up the crude oil. I am married and have three children. Im still laughing now. Hello, I talked with a Thomas too. 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!! I get one or two a day. And worst of all I was stupid and five phones were ordered on my phone acct. He also shared that he is a construction engineer born in Germany, resides in Texas and is now on an offshore oil rig in Turkey. Rechard Anderson on WWF 2 is a Romance Scammer and gets Vulgar when Confronted and That Profile Picture Also came up with Name of David Bryant on WWF2 app. Same scenario as most of the comments above, widowed has a daughter in boarding school and works on a ship. And you want me to go to Google Hangouts just to see what they will say. And, out dancing until 4am w/friends in from out-of-town who were visiting James to celebrate James being well enough to go out. Still laughing!! We then changed Moms profile picture to one of my dog, an adorable Pembroke Welsh Corgi named Ace. I kept resigning on 1 player, I finally blocked him. English is great and spelling too. Very unsafe. Looking them up is irrelevant. 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. im fascinated by this phenomenon. Same story for all 3! Dead wife (cancer, childbirth, accident), one or two kids, with the nanny or in boarding school while hes away. Shame, I could of happily spent my life just looking at him , Im flooded with these as well. I can tell by their profile pics theyre scammers before they even write me. I love to mess with these creeps on WWF if they say their Engineers, so am i, whatever they say they do, i ask them about the job, they change subject, if they say theyre American,i ask where theyre born. Some of these people are the worst social engineers I have ever met, where are you playing from? are you married? do you have kids? what do you do? all most of them are trying to do is scam your personal details, .. He stopped communicating when I wanted out. All stories are the same. I have since deleted Words With Friends and do not trust people. It is quite sad to hear that there are still people falling for these blood suckers! Until I figured it out.. When I see a message icon pop up, I ignore it. This is probably the third or fourth time one of these scam artists has propositioned me. She will not listen to me as I have told her many times this is a scam and now she is being used as a mule and dont know what to do as she will not listen to reason. Everyone beware of I already know what they trying to do they are also asking people if they have hangout and they seem to be desperately wanting people to join hangout. The photos always look retouched and the grammar fails. As hurtful as it is, if they were American and out of our league due to age, wealth, or looks that doesnt change because theyre from or stuck in another country. I didnt provide it. I have the rejection hotline phone number, so when asked, thats what I give them, then I wait, in usually less then 10 minutes, the game is over, and I am blocked!! He asked if I am happily married with kids and still wants to chat after I said yes. He said it sounded interesting but I told him it was exhausting trying to find places to hide the bodies. Blocked. Right now I have about 6 of these. What is wrong with you?! Do you know him please. I was scammed out of $70,000 over the course of a year. Your wife died tragically and now you are a single dad. oh and not to forget. . Likes to address you as: dear, babe, sweetheart, angel, etc. Give me a break! WebWhen they say they want to exchange pictures I tell them they should get on Instagram if they want to look at pictures. If that was the case, I would never get to play. The funny thing is that they all ask the same questions. Of course before I send that final message I report then on WWF. Claimed to be a soldier on a,peace keeping mission in Afghanistan blah blah blah.just blocked him before he asked for money as I never let them get that far.it is really spoiling th game for me as I usually play with folk I know and only click on strangers to get extra points etc. I've only gained two FB friends in the 10+ years I've been playing. First his name is Thomas Shawn. Thank you for posting this. I am.on scrabble go I am 60 but look much younger, playing this game I have had dozens of men mainly supposedly american telling me how beautiful I am etc, I feel they are using other peoples faces as a ploy, as off yet I have had an ugly one hit on me, do these people know they are also being used and their photo uplifted I should have meant that I do send occasional chats too, but there are always more than appropriate. Floyd Gregory, and another, Bryson (first name) and several others. Hi. Never won a game??? He asked why I didnt ask my husband to buy me one. Fernandogreenman595- playing since 11/21/20. Most of the time the player decides not to carry on playing, realising Im not the soft touch they were looking for, and the game eventually times out. Ive told them I have 9 children and changed my profile picture and still they keep on asking for my phone number, I got a female scammer yesterday.. Pic looked attractive (by design black crop top, low cut, blonde, mirror selfie- in case someone comes across her), but she started chatting. I am tired of getting letters to play like Please add Barry Smith of Salem Ill., Steven Wilfred of U.S., and James Smith of Springfield, Ma. He lays it on thick implying hes in love. They try to be as slick. Ive also noticed these types of messages come when you have been playing lighting rounds. its so very sad because I trust no one and Im sure that then they win !!! And he actually called me on the app. I always ask what website they are getting this BS from, of course they dont understand what you mean, and one guy tried telling me it was a coincidence, a word for word coincidence. Really goodlooking fella, us navy officer. Think Ill do the same. Yes Davis was the one who asked me if I knew how to chat because I failed to respond to him after replying hello. The game timed out eventually. She persuaded me to invest, which cost me around $8,000 and then I discovered this was a scam. (His kids didnt need to be w/him.). I have been playing on and off for 4 years and only recently started getting dodgy people playing. If I ignore their texts they stop playing. Scammer David Martin. 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. Haha I remember LC. Yep my wife has been getting loads , similar story. I am living with shame and embarrassment now and feel like a loser for falling for these scams. I guess when youre married this feels a little safer. Happy New Year. U only owe ur bills. I dont even see a way to do it. So today I was playing Words with Friends and a nice looking man popped up wanting to play so I accepted. Two more names to add: Steven Wilfred and James Smith, same biographies: dead wife, child that doesnt live with them, engineering bkgd. and, I swear there are different people Quite a few blokes asked me to play same old story their wives had died . I am getting tired of it and now I basically just decline new games. Caught him in many lies because he couldnt keep is story straight. Came to the US at 19. Massive scorer with words I had never heard of and grammar good at firstthen the personal questions then bad grammar (these scammers have an itellegent first writer then pass to another once they engage you in conversation). The collage Come on now!! Well, the second guy started saying the exact same things the first guy did! What a nice dream they spin for those wish to believe! Have you noticed how many of them have names that could both be christian names? Scammers that we have already banned can't comment. Wanted to get out. Me too usually they are from Europe initially. Names to watch out for, But his profile says that he is from the US. I play a few people who use stock images for their profile, easily verified with tineye.com. He continues to ask for money with the promise to pay me back when he gets back to the states. Watch out for Glen who also says hes a Peacekeeper in Afghanistan, has a 13 year old son and his wife passed away 5 years ago. Hes on ship as engineer. He didnt just quit, he blocked you. That is until today, when while supposedly on a business trip in Chicago, IL, he needed me to get him a $200 Google Play card to help with a business project and he would pay me back. UN wasnt sending their supplies would I go to Walmart and get $200 card and send him. To this day I get a scammer EVERY SINGLE DAY. Eventually they dissapear! I am playing with somebody right now who says he is from Germany but lived in NY and Florida for a bit. That time, when I said I wanted a phone call he called. WebSCARS SLATE BOOK A Guide For Families & Friends Of Scam Victims. Not sure how we can stop it! Wow. Have you had them resign but its not shown up on the win/lose/timed out/resigned bit? I envy him so much already. He asked me music I like. Usually when I tell them I will only chat at WWF, they block the game. I object to being told I shouldnt play with people I dont know isnt that blaming the victim? These creeps are ruining all the games. Then we put our deerstalker detective hats on: a few minutes of energetic Googling turned up a long thread on the Zynga user forum about this scam. I heard a story about two people on WWF that eventually got married. Anyone else had an experience? He says he is a widower because his wife died at childbirth with their son who is 12. Same. It was a red flag because I am not that cute. He claims to be a Marine Engineer for Maersk Shipping line. I did call one guy out on his English and he a totally gave up. I thought he had been dead for years. What a weasel! Same thing is happening to me. Supposed to be a Petroleum Chemical Engineer. 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. They may all be the same guy! If you do play with strangers and you shouldnt then dont share personal information. I believe my mom is being scammed by a Fred Anderson. Lol. Just this week Ive had 2 of these types send wwf games to me. if any of you play word feud watch out for steelers2021. I dont think he was after money or anything. I just told him that everything I have told you isnt true except for being busy. I took some advice from one of your commenters and said I was married to a mafia member and am very exhausted trying to hide So you can play with a stranger, arent they all, just dont talk to them! I am so relieved to find this thread! The requesting to talk was annoying, but did it. Today I got a challenge from Duranwa. Im in great demand. Huge red flag. I dont even play WWF but a person I know in real life wanted to introduce me to someone she thought she knew from playing WWF2. We got a good laugh out of that one! They love you and dont understand why you cant help. Done with the dead beat, wife is gone, single dad bullshit. Ive had over 50 men with the exact same statements and questions your mom received . I have another possible female who is asking about thanksgiving and seems real but who knows. 2 kids, 12 and 15. I cant count how many of them have come across my chat. I didnt go on hangouts, did not give a phone number or email. I am at a loss for what to do. Just be very cautious to never give them real info about yourself. When they ask for my phone number, they get oneto the rejection hotline!! Daniel Williams or Daniel William ? Rogueleader19. I play along with them for a while but eventually call them a scammer and Im blocked. I have a wonderful next door neighbor who is in up to her eyeballs with this guy. The guys name if Greg Williams. Guess it takes all kinds of people! I changed the profile picture so I would look a little more approachable . I said I was pretty much in old hag mode but that if someone wanted to tell me I was amazing & wonderful I would not object. Last one had the cheek to call me a gold digging slut!!! I have to laugh at their use of English.. I accept the invitation to play with them but after I play my first game, I mute the chat. Anyone have a Brandon Wyatt, Manuel Rutherford or Wilson Mark? To activate Chat, please follow these steps: 1. Id love to see the photo hed using. I stopped sending money in January 2018 and after many of his tries, I refused to send more money. Wife, Olivia, died of Leukemia. Lol watch for CORBIN BEN,EDDIE JOHNS,BENNET JACK, RICHARD RODGERS,EDDIE JOHNS, Donald Gentle, Frank Edwin. Just playing with him now to see how long it takes for him to dump me. I KNOW! The day after I talked w/him he told me about a fabulous work opportunity that would take him away for three months. I ask what is coil and he said, sorry meant cool music. He acts innocent, chats but is terrible at the game, so I gave him tips but he was more interested in me. I would never give out personal information. 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. Smh , So many scammers on WWF I play the lightning rounds and I think they find me there. Sad. The real creepy ones make everything disappear. So, when I was first approached with a chat, I answered back. He needs to be stopped. (He had said we would be able to keep talking the same way.) Scammer names: SRGT. Other times Ive pretended that Im a man that really messes with them! I figured there must have been some sort of a scam when I had 2 of these requests Within 10 minutes. i hope that in the near future scrabble companies will filter messages like these. Mine was named SullivanJohn, engineer on an oil rig, wife died of cancer, daughter died in car accident and bringing up 8 year old granddaughter. His voice didnt have a german accent. It is so nice to be flattered, but oh, I smelled a rat! Yes! I asked how the weather was and he said it was cool (it was 90 deg). My friend just met the 4 star general! He got mad when I wouldnt do it. He goes by Thomson Smith. Play THEM tell them stories and question their questions they hate that and just write ok ok then they say ok dear lol do what you can to get rid of but I report abuse on WWF and impersonation, unwanted attention and sure theyll get new names but make it harder REPORT THEM. My grandmother has paid for Jaydens tuition many times. 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. Car accident and is raising 14 year old daughter whos in boarding school in California. He mentioned that he is married by know more (his words not mine). I lie back to them. I think it's a safe bet that anyone trying to make significant conversation on a gaming app is fake. Yes, start a facebook page, I will definitely contribute..let me know I always report as abuse impersonation. Sounds very much like Ronniemarkonly he is in Kandahar and his 14 year old lives with his aunt. Ask weird questions LOL. I talk to scammers in words with friends and genuine ppl though not always and on Instagram scammers are everywhere you turn. Shes in love. So happy to find this site . I kept calling him my pretend boyfriend but part of me did hope somehow he was real. He claims his adult son and grandson (Elvis) live with him and he is an Engineer. They will text for hours trying to build this new true love relationship. We talked again the night before he was supposed to leave. She gladly handed over her phone number which I thought was a bit odd. Al is a big car dealer in Miami, Florida. As soon as I tried to quit a game with one, I get an invite from another. One of my friends told me she loved that I had a pretend boyfriend but also told me about a Ryan Gosling movie called Lars & the Real Girl. Heres the deal. gev1138 3 yr. ago. I like the game; its good for me because I work from home and can drop in and out of it when Im waiting for emails etc, but the downside is that lot of men (im sure women as well) really just want to use it as a dating app. Anybody chat with John Welles? 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 . Can I sue Words With Friends? I am a an older woman and I am not going fall from it. I played him a few days ago and when I said I dont use hangouts he was gone, First of all I use my cat as a picture. After he was in China he sent me pictures of (supposedly) him working but unrecognizable by protective gear. Hello, He took his kids to the zoo in the afternoon heat in Texas. Googled himh really is a generaltoo bad his English is poor and he knows nothing about the military! It didnt take long for me to figure out the guy was a nut. Im in 3 games right now w/men claiming to be working on an oil rig, widowed and raising kids alone. He wanted me to accept delivery of this box. Too smart for that. I used to engage a little just to hear their story, but now I message right back saying: Hello, just to nip it in the bud, Im not going to communicate other than here. He says your amazing and Ive never seen anyone as gorgeous as you ha ha. Wants gift cards and money all the time. His wife died from cancer several years ago. 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