This section deals specifically with online romance scams. The images used by the scammers are stolen from innocent people, usually from their social media pages.
Thu May 21, 2020 12:51 pm
Form received 2020-05-21 01:43:22
What name did the scammer use?:
James Roy Wu
How old did the scammer say they were?:
39
What site/app did you first meet the scammer on? Please provide a link if
possible.:
The Christian dating app FTH
Who made the first contact?:
They contacted me first.
If they asked you to leave the site/app and go elsewhere, where did they
take you?:
They asked for my number so they could contact me on whatsapp
Any other social media profile links used by the scammer.:
No
If they gave you a phone number, please add it here.:
419-359-0081
Scammer's Skype name.:
No skype
Scammer's Skype username (right click their photo/avatar and click "view
profile").:
No skype they used WhatsApp
How much money did they demand?:
15000
Name you were told to send the money to.:
Emmanuel
What country/city were you told to send the money to?:
To his friends account in Nigeria named Emmanuel
How were you to send the money ?:
They tried to have me use an app to pay it called WorldRemit
What steps, if any, have you already taken to block the scammer?:
I changed all my information. My phone number and blocked him from all my
social media. I reported him to Facebook.
Are there any other details you wish to share? Anything you say may help
prevent someone else from being scammed.:
Yes, we video chatted and he replied back and it looked legit so that's
why I believed it was him. He also had a woman pretend to be his sister who
video chatted with me and his friend so obviously they were involved too.
He said his sister's name was Jasmine and I have her photo along with his
best friend Emmanuel.
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+14193590081
Number billable as geographic
Country or destination United States
City or exchange location Bloomingville, OH
Original network provider Ameritech Ohio