happyboyprince@yahoo.com

[susan0804]

Update to my post.
Was out on the internet poking around for references to the scammers names used in my scam and found this reference to Terry O. Daniel, with the SAME address that they gave me! Different scam, same name, same address.



From: Abdul Mohamed Bin Saudi [mailto:easy.loans@live.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 4:32 PM
Subject: RE: UAE/971/UA3217827E/03/2009 [ Bank Charges Notification]

There is no other document needed for now. All the informations we received are ok for now. But we are to remind you that our entire client is responsible for the bank charges cost of transfer to his account.

You are hereby directed to pay the sum of one thousand one hundred and fifty US dollars [$1,150] for the transfer charges which is actually the only thing expected to transfer your fund has all other arrangement has been made as regards of your money.

Send this sum to us on the above information below:

NAME: TERRY DANIEL
ADDRESS: 29 SABKAH ROAD
CITY: DEIRA.
STATE: DUBAI
COUNTRY: UNITED ARAB EMIRATE


Your soonest reply will be appreciated

Thank you.

Regards
Abdul Mohammed Bin

[firefly]

Thanks for the update, susan0804.

Yes, it´s common for scammers to use the same email adress for different types of scam.

[SlapHappy]

Once you fall victim to a scam, you are marked for other scams later. Recovery scams are very common, where a different fake scammer character will impersonate a bank official, gov't official, or police, and tell you that you have "compensation for being scammed," "The scammer was arrested!" "We can get your money back and recovered for you,"
All of them ask for advance fees to do so, however, and are thus scams. Sometimes the "FBI or Interpol" will threaten you that if you do not pay some fees to them, you will be arrested. You may receive other scams like loan scams, job scams, investment scams (especially fake FOREX scams,) other scams to recoup your money lost in the first scam.
Ignore all emails from unknown persons, and do not add or talk to any unknown persons on social sites like FB or instant messengers. There is a very high probability that it will be your scammer, or another one that he sold your name to.

[hadenugh12]

I saw your post referencing johnhawkins147@yahoo when I googled his email address. I want to thank you in advance for posting your story as it has saved me from compounding an already bad mistake.
I too after a divorce joined Match.com in search of moving on with my life earlier this summer in June. I had previously met my ex-husband via the site so thought I would give it a try again. Within the first day I was contacted by Chris, an engineer by trade, who had lived the past year in MA and was currently back in the UK making final plans to move here (as his profile had stated – I always kept a copy of the profile to any guy I met to reference during conversations – call me overly organized). Here are my notes on him: Christopher Maxwell Perth (reachchrisperthinma@yahoo.com, ph# +44 7700 094441), D.O.B. 4/22/59, born in England, mother passed away in childbirth, father blamed him and was a drunk. His beloved Nana (very prominent in the early conversations) raised him. Gave little stories of growing up as well as traveling for work to lend authenticity such as grade school (catholic), playing rugby but got hurt, working in a morgue cleaning the bodies of the dearly departed – still gave him nightmares, received undergrad degree in Geology and grad degree in Environmental Engineering from Southampton University (I have a friend that works there – couldn't go back to the 80’s to confirm), met up with a fellow engineer while in Dublin at a conference from his university physics class named Ted Spencer (email: tedandbettyspencer@yahoo) who convinced him to make money you had to back yourself. He had worked at prominent companies dealing with the recycling of metals (I googled the companies but without contacts I couldn’t verify employment). He became a consultant to companies for his “expertise”. As he amassed some money ($1.92M pounds), he was working to use this capital to fund his retirement. 5 years ago he lost his wife and daughter in a car accident which devastated him. After a torturous 5 years he found himself ready to move to the US where he could start fresh, buy a house and move Nana and his German Sheppard Zeus into and work from home. He even told me he had a work visa secured which could be renewed and once he permanently moved here could become permanent as well. Hence his appearance on Match, but had assured me he could move to NY instead of MA.
Pretty soon after “meeting” online, he insisted on taking ourselves off Match (I hid my profile but didn’t cancel right away). We corresponding mainly through Yahoo chat every day, but also traded lengthy emails full of hopes, dreams, likes dislikes the usual (I tended to ask a lot of questions). Something in the back of my mind said share but not too much personal info which I’m glad I did. July 2nd I received and email telling me he had finalized a $30M 5 year contract with a Chinese company to buy recycled Rail Ties. I’ve worked for big companies and handled large deals so I wasn’t really bowled over by the size of the deal, but I was excited for him being able to make his dream come true. On July 3rd he flew to Accra Ghana and emailed me when he checked into the “lodge” as he called it. He was there with his associated Clement U. Friday (email special002@live.com, ph# 233540807881) originally from Ghana but now lived in the UK. During the initial first few days “everything was going well”, joked about the food, I warned him of dinner maybe including fish eyes as a joke which he ended up going on about how “yucky it was when it did happen – how did I know? He was to fly out on the 5th overnight via Amsterdam to JFK and I would pick him up. All of the sudden there was a hold up on the harvesting of the rails, one of the town councils wanted $15K to allow the workers to pull up the rails. He had already paid the government for the rails with his $1.92 (on hold for 2 wks via transfer with the banks). I had some savings but sent only $1k via Western Union, reticent to send the whole amount. This went on for a week – him trying to get funds elsewhere, but I finally acquiesced and sent another $2500 via Vigo this time (his request because of a better exchange rate – now I understand why). Still the council wouldn’t take their militia blockade down. Another 2 wks during which time Chris ended up in the hospital due to a combination of stress and malaria (he hadn’t taken anti-malaria precautions because he hadn’t planned on being the long). Clement in the meanwhile had gotten them down to accepting $8K. Between Chris’ $2500 and my $3500 they still needed another $2500 which I came up with by selling some jewelry and my motorcycle (I wasn’t using it anyway I rationalized and it was costing me to store it). Back to Vigo I sent more money.
So now everything should be good right? Nope… Now that everything was moving Chris was supposed to be able to fly out (mind you he overstayed his visa now) but the trucks couldn’t unload at the ship (standing in line) and he didn’t want to leave his investment. Now the hauling company wanted the balance of $30K they didn’t want to wait to be paid the balance as per “his contract” he had with them. It was then I told him I didn’t have any more money to give. Up to this point it had been my own money (mind you I had not paid a few bills thinking I’ll get it back soon). The more he pushed the more I pushed back. I started reading online about romance scammers trying to line up the warning signs but as there were a few they could be explained as coincidence also, but I refused to give more money. I figured if he was scamming he would stop once he realized I wasn’t going to budge. That Monday was a last im chat on yahoo where I said no again and he said ok, he had to go. Mind you I always kept my chat open at my desk during work and on my smart phone before and after hours. I was hoping I was wrong deep down I guess. As a precaution I learned how to back trace IPs and went through the emails all of which corresponded to where he should have been when they were sent. I didn’t detect any changes in conversation that would signal I was talking to someone else other than him if they were passing me off and he didn’t know I could do traces. Almost a week went by and Clement emailed me to let me know he was back in the hospital due to exhaustion. He also asked me for money to help Chris out to which I said no. I told him Chris and I had already had this discussion and he shouldn’t be asking me. Well somehow they ended up getting the money and moving the trucks. Chris finally flew out Aug 26th via Amsterdam to JFK. I was supposed to pick up him up after he went through Customs and immigration. He bought a phone 631-606-6250 and called me from the airport to let me know he was heading to immigration and to give him a few hours so I was sitting in the airport waiting. So I worked instead of going there. At 6:30 pm he called me to tell me he was in trouble. A DUI in MA before he left the US last year was flagging in the computer plus his expired visa for Ghana. He was in detention in the Queens facility. Over the next 2 weeks it became another need for money so his friend Ted could expedite paperwork and get it cleared up. He only needed $1500 sent to Ted who had by this time emailed me to make contact, “vouch” for Chris being a good guy etc, but due to economic issues of his own and lending what he could couldn’t do anymore. The best rate of exchange instead of thru Western union is to buy Money Pack cards and load them up with the max of $500, scratch off the back and provide the 14 digit code on the back. These codes can be used to add money to Pay Pal and pay bills as well. I’m giving details just in case anyone else gets hits with this request. Since there’s no personal info associated with this “vehicle” it’s easy to do. Well this time I borrowed the money through payday loans which are astronomical with rollovers and interest rates so you spend your money covering the interest fees if you don’t pay some if not all the principal. Very easy to get into debt this way so $1500 has now turned into $4500 of debt easily and where I get angry with myself to allow it to happen.
Ted informed me they cost was even more than he anticipated and Chris was asking for more now so I gave up explaining what a dilemma he had put me into. So after 2 weeks US immigration was sending him back to the UK. I received a text at 3 am telling me he couldn't call but he was boarding the plane. I checked much later. There were no planes flying to the UK between the hours of 12 midnight and 6 am. Anyhow, the past few weeks became more about getting my money back if that was at all possible (the Chinese are refusing to honor the contract and the down payment of 30% they were to make upon receiving a bill of lading for the cargo shipping which was last week) and Chris is facing UK immigration fines of 5000 pounds ($8K USD) because he was deported and was a well traveled person that should have known better. This brings me to googling John’s email address and coming across your online post. He was going to send money to Chris to help when he was stuck here a few weeks ago but had been busy. Originally Chris told me he was a client that owed him money then last night he im’d me (had to be almost 11:30pm his time) asking me to contact John on the west coast using the following information: Mr John Hawkins, American Honda Finance Corp, 20800 Madrona Avenue, Torrance, CA 90503 ph: 818-582-6301 (comes back as a land line in Van Nuys California), email johnhawkins147@yahoo.com. He told me to tell John my name, that he had already told John about me and how I had been helping him. He needed a little over $10K to settle the fine, get a plane ticket and cover my expenses (excuse me but that would be more like close to $10K just for me). I said I was at work still but had some questions to which he hurried off the im saying he was going home to get some sleep. I asked where he was and he replied he had been out reporting to Immigration (at 11:30 at night????) that’s when I said I’d email him the questions before I called John. When I got home last night I googled the email and saw your posts. I was up most of the night pissed that had not listened to myself after the initial $1000. I didn’t lose as much as you but I’m still in a position of trying to hold onto my car and make my rent payment plus figure out how to pay back what I borrowed. I did send him an email but it was to let him know I was done with the game and the price was too high to keep playing for a prize of “love that will never come my way”.
I have pictures he originally sent me before he went to Ghana (the dreaded blue screen had wiped out most of his pictures he claimed). During the entire time I have requested real time pictures but there was always an excuse – phone didn’t have a camera but he was going to get a smart phone once he got back here, didn’t have his camera with him (wasn’t on a vacation in Ghana), computer didn’t have a webcam, even after he got back to the UK was so stressed out over what was happening he wasn’t thinking about photos. I suppose these are all stolen from someone else. I don’t know if your Chris and mine are one in the same but they both have John in common and the set up seems to coincidental. This last month, as I pulled away with the declarations of feelings the more he pressed about me losing faith in him (not loving him etc). I spun a good reassurance until I figured out what was happening. I’m sad I was right, angry that there are people out there making a living off of the unsuspecting like us but most of all the more cynical towards taking anyone at their word. It becomes a “prove it to me that you’re for real and a nice person” whether it’s right or wrong.
It was also during this last month I started seeing someone else PHYSICALLY located near me and we meet each weekend, talk every day as well as text via OUR SMART PHONES (his cat hates me my dog loves him). I’ve met his family and some friends and even visited his office. I had stated in my Match profile only interested in the immediate area but got swept away and ignored my initial requirement which was stupid when it came to Chris. The new guy is a good guy, funny and caring but senses I’m a little standoffish. He doesn’t push or ask too many questions but just slowly lets the relationship grow which I appreciate. I don’t expect to hear from Chris and if I do I will ignore it because it’s obvious it’s just a game to him whoever he is. One thing else about googling johns email, he comes up as a go between for wire transfers and fraudulent bank transfers on a website called http:/ /www.stopscammers.com for reporting women scammers. From what I read the scammers can pose as women or men so I bet it’s probably the same people posing as a woman out of Nigeria (which was the IP address location for Chris’ emails when he was in Ghana).

[hadenugh12]

Here's the Match.com profile i saved:
Chris Perth
53, Widower, White, 5'9", Christian. Non Smoker, Social Drinker, Attleboro MA
How are you doing today and how was the weather?..i hope fine, i think its time you wanna check about my profile and here are the first steps of things to know about me.

# 1 I have been a loving, caring and involved person always
# 2 I will love and respect you!
# 3 I am honest and faithful!
# 4 I will choose a night out with you over watching sports any day!
# 5 I will sit and listen to you tell me about your day, and I will tell you about mine!
# 6 Humor! I laugh in the face of Humor
# 7 Always leave the seat down!
# 8 No drama or issues!
# 9 You can teach an old dog new tricks!
#10 You never know when I might win the lottery!
#11 I will miss you if you get eaten by a shark!

I want to find someone that I can share and spend the rest of my life with. Do you remember your first love? The way you felt every time you were together. How every minute apart you were anticipating the moment when you would be together again. The warmth you felt when you snuggled up together. The holding hands, the little glances, the looking into each others eyes and the smiles just because you were nearby. I want to find someone to share all those feelings and more. I want to meet the love of my life. I need a woman who can take me in and out of my comfort zone who will always be there after a long day someone who i can rub her feet after a long day and we could enjoy the free things of life. If you like what you have read please send me an email and i will get back to you pronto!
Interests: Dining out
Sports and exercise: Aerobics, Billiards / Pool, Cycling, Dancing, Swimming
Exercise habits: Exercise 1-2 times per week
Pets: I have Dogs
Political views: Middle of the Road
Sign: Don't display my sign
College: I'll tell you later
For Fun: LOTS OF THINGS I LOVE SWIMMING, LISTENING TO MUSIC,
SHOPPING,ASKVILLE,AMAZON, EBAY- CIRCLE A WORD PUZZLES,
T.V. ,READING. I LOVE THE SIMPLE THINGS OF LIFE.
Favorite Hot Spots: SARDINIA, COSTA RICA, THE MEDITERRANEAN IS A
WONDERFUL PLACE TO TAKE YOUR LOVED ONE AND ENJOY
THE WONDERS OF OUR WORLD PARIS IS ALSO LOVELY.
Favorite Things: Musically (jazz, rock, classical)...Sting, U2, Ben Folds Five, Yo Yo Ma. TV...Seinfeld, Rescue Me,
Family Guy. Is there any other color than blue? Goldfish...the crackers! The sound of laughter.
Lady Antebellum , Tim Mcgraw, making my lady happy.
Last Read: 50 shades of gray !! i think the Christian dude is an absolute sicko!

I had actually been approached by another guy using almost the same profile a few days after Chris had approached me. When I went back to look at it had been taken down. The pictures attached are the only ones I ever got from him and stories to go with each

[firefly]

Hello, hadenugh12,

thanks for the update. Glad that our infos helped you.

Can you try, please, to post the pictures used by the scammer one by one and not all together?

[hadenugh12]

[SlapHappy]

Reformatted phone numbers, trace, and gather Fake Character names and numbers together.

Christopher Maxwell Perth reachchrisperthinma@yahoo.com ph# +447700094441
Number billable as mobile number
Country or destination United Kingdom
City or exchange location
Original network provider* Cloud9 Communications Limited
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associate Clement U. Friday email special002@live.com, ph# +233540807881 originally from Ghana
Number billable as mobile number
Country or destination Ghana
City or exchange location
Original network provider* ScanCom Ltd (MTN)
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+16316066250 call from "airport at JFK"
Number billable as geographic number
Country or destination United States
City or exchange location Northport, NY
Original network provider* Cablevision Lightpath, Inc.
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Mr John Hawkins, American Honda Finance Corp, 20800 Madrona Avenue, Torrance, CA 90503
ph: +18185826301 Mobile number
Number billable as geographic number
Country or destination United States
City or exchange location Van Nuys, CA
Original network provider* Metropcs Networks, Llc - Part of T-Mobile now or soon.
email johnhawkins147@yahoo.com