Nigerian Tinder Scam

I met "David" on Tinder. David Bustamante claimed to be from Dallas and stationed in Nigeria with the army. He told me he wanted to get married and loved me after two days of talking. He said that he needed money for a wireless subscription in order to continue chatting with me. He said no one else would help him.

I did not send the money but wanted to warn others of this scammer.

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Sep 02, 2023
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FB Dating
by: Anonymous

When I started talking to this guy I had a feeling something was not right based on his grammar and such, and it became more suspicious that he can’t do phone call nor video chat.

I did the reverse image search and found this site, and confirmed that this guy who’s using those exact photos is not the guy he claims to be.

He is now using a name under Jeff Wilson and said he is from Sacramento which is not too far from where I live, and claims he is in the military based in South Korea. He also claims he is a Christian valued man and how I should trust him right away to make "this work". Glad I didn’t put all my trust in him and followed my gut!

Be careful out there and pass this along to anyone who may be using online dating sites/apps!

Aug 16, 2022
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David Caraballo
by: Anonymous

Met this guy on Upward claiming to be a David Caraballo, and right away wanted to move to google chat. His email was caraballodavid381@gmail.com and he had really bad grammar despite saying he loved to read and claimed to be a Baptist.

Said his sister was the only family he had left and he was in the army being sent to Sub Sahara. Glad that I looked up his pictures and found out it was a scam. He told me he deleted his profile because he wasn't able to respond to multiple messages and he wanted to keep talking with me.

Found some of the cliché things he said word for word on the internet. Also pasted the description of CBRN into the chat and ignored me when I asked if he pasted it. Told me he was trying to get out of being deployed because his sister couldn't survive without him.

Blocked and reported him, so beware of this guy!

Jan 18, 2022
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WILSON JAMES
by: Anonymous

His name now is Wilson James. He has 3 year old that lives in California with the nanny because of his military Special Ops job in Casper WY.

Mar 11, 2021
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"James" military tinder scam
by: Anonymous

Never got the last name. A guy named "James" who looks like a catalog model and wears a "lift heavy" t-shirt (100% sure they aren't his pics) and told me he was in the military and looking for a relationship. He wanted off Tinder and onto whatsapp right away. He repeatedly told me I am "so gorgeous and amazing" and said he would "treat me like a kid." (!?)

Not only was his English terrible, he didn't seem to have any reading comprehension skills. I told him I was divorced and he said "I hope you don't get divorced from your man." I reiterated we were already divorced and asked if he meant he hoped I didn't REGRET the divorce. His reply? "It was just question". I asked him where he was from, did he like the army, how did he get into it, what is his background, etc, but he wouldn't answer. He just kept telling me I was pretty.

The next day he says he loves me and proposed. I said f that in a nice way. Then be wanted my bank account so he could help me out with money. I said no way. I told him to use Venmo. He started getting a little aggressive with me and said it HAD to be my bank account. Again, I said no. I said there were plenty of ways to send money that didn't require me taking a huge risk. Venmo, Cashapp, Paypal.

At this point I got a weird text. It's a verification code for Plenty of Fish. He says he needs the code "for a friend". I said "Tell me and be very specific--why exactly do you need my phone number to get a verification code for a dating site for your friend. It makes no sense"

He's pissed now. He said he was looking for a wife and I wanted a friend. I said what the f did a plenty of fish verification code have to do with me being serious?

And then I let him have it. See below:

[3/11, 10:24 AM] +1 (517) 816-1353: I send you a verification code
[3/11, 10:24 AM] +1 (517) 816-1353: Send it to me
[3/11, 10:25 AM] Tracie: For Plenty of Fish?
[3/11, 10:25 AM] +1 (517) 816-1353: Not me sorry
[3/11, 10:25 AM] +1 (517) 816-1353: Just for my friend
[3/11, 10:26 AM] +1 (517) 816-1353: Please can you send the code
[3/11, 10:31 AM] Tracie: Why in the world would you send me a verification code to a dating website for your friend? That makes no sense.
[3/11, 10:31 AM] +1 (517) 816-1353: You want us be friends and i need a wife
[3/11, 10:32 AM] +1 (517) 816-1353: So I guess you are not serious enough
[3/11, 10:36 AM] Tracie: Me being serious has nothing to do with anything. I know what you're doing. You want to use my phone number to scam people on another website, and you want my bank account info to launder money.
[3/11, 10:36 AM] Tracie: I am lonely, not stupid
I sincerely hope whoever you target next will realize you're full of s--t. Your English is horrible, you are obviously not from the US. I mean, you'll "treat me like a kid?" Why would I want to be treated like a child? You have no reading comprehension skills and you didn't answer a single question I asked. Then you basically proposed to me after 24 hours of small talk because why? You think I'm "so gorgeous and amazing"? That I'm "good honest loyal woman"? You know what? I AM a good, honest, loyal woman. I would NEVER involve an innocent person in a crime.

That's it. I blocked and reported him. I hope my experience helps someone else.

Mar 03, 2021
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Scammer
by: Anonymous

He is now on Facebook under the name of Patrick James. He was trying to get my mother to send him £500 for his investment thing wallet

Jan 24, 2021
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John Sosa on Instagram (johnsosa946)
by: Shadena

Same story but through Instagram,

Randomly added me on Instagram, looked at his Instagram and all four photos were uploaded a day ago and not many followers at all. He didn’t like talking on Instagram so wanted me to add him on WhatsApp. The same story about his girlfriend cheating on him with his bestfriend.

Dec 27, 2020
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Be careful, he is on Tinder now!
by: Anonymous

This guy is on Tinder calling himself Jude Scott and claiming he is in the army in Texas! Always reverse search images on google and be careful ladies!

Stay safe!

Nov 30, 2020
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Alexander beck sosa
by: Anonymous

This guy is still trying his luck. I've been chatting to a guy who I thought was the guy in the picture until I came across this site

Nov 16, 2020
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Jose Cabrera David
by: Anonymous

So met this dude on wooplus. Said he was army. Had suspected he wasn't. Finally got a hit on one of the pictures he sent me to match scams. He told me he was from Illinois and both his parents are gone. Got deployed to Sub Saharan Africa. Now says he's deployed to Scotland.

So ya heads up.

Nov 15, 2020
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Marcos David fake
by: Anonymous

Hey, after one day he wanted to have my bank login and loved me.

Oct 10, 2020
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Chuck Werner Anderson is a fake!!
by: Anonymous

I met "Chuck" on wooplus and he immediately asked me if I had google hangouts or Whatsapp. I went back on his dating page and he deleted it. He told me he lost his parents due to a car accident and his girlfriend was cheating on him with his best friend and left him with a large amount of debt.

He would ask me if I was financially stable, ask me about my parents jobs. His grammar sucked. He told me that he was in the army and was being deployed to Nigeria and in the process of going lost his "package" and I needed to send money to him.

He will not video chat with me claiming it would get him in trouble or even be put to death. He asked for more money and I refused to give it to him so he used reverse psychology saying I wasn't ready for a meaningful relationship, so I called him and said lets be real, and he did not sound like a white guy, that man was a Nigerian, heavy heavy accent, mispronounced words, everything in that call was absolutely wrong, so I did multiple background checks, and a active duty check and nothing turned up.

I asked for his military email address and he said "what is that?" So he gave me his "personal email" chuckwerneraderson221@gmail.com. I don't know how I stumbled across the Military romance scammers but I'm glad I was able to point out the red fags and luckily found this site.

It just confirmed everything, so spread the word!!

Oct 10, 2020
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Omg this name is Chuck Werner Anderson
by: Anonymous

Yes this dude is trying to scam me, and I met him on Wooplus and he immediately professed his love to me and I'm like this is ridiculous. He absolutely refuses to do a video chat. He asked me for money because he lost everything by parachuting down in Nigeria.

That he lost his parents in a car accident and was cheated on and the girl left him with a large amount of debt.

Y'all do NOT BELIEVE THIS GUY HE IS A FRAUD!!!

Aug 31, 2020
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Met Chuck Wiener Anderson
by: Anonymous

This guy reached out to me on Wooplus. He kept emphasizing that he was ready for a serious relationship and wanted to see if I was. I told him I was ready but with the right person (that's how we started talking). He asked me to add him on google hangouts and used the email address chuckanderson112@gmail.com.

I became suspicious the first day we started talking based on little gaps in his story. He also came out very strong, knows what he wants, gave me a sad story about him losing his mother and father on the same day, and how his girlfriend cheated on him with his best friend.

I told him that I hate texting and would like to call him to talk but he told me that because of the army, the commanding officer, and the type of job he is doing, he didn't want to lose his job and would need to schedule a call but can't do a video call.

I questioned everything that he said and even called him out on the first day that he was a catfish. He was very persistent too, he kept trying to convince me that he wasn't a catfish and even showed me proof that he deleted his Wooplus account.

I kept finding more and more evidence and he even tried to use reverse psychology on me and said that I had trust issues. He agreed to call me on google hangout a few days after we first talked (mark you, we have been texting every day for hours leading up to the call) and when he called, I heard a black man voice with a very strong accent. He even tried to ask me for a game spot because he said he was bored while working. I kept talking to him because I got nothing better to do and found him entertaining.

Aug 18, 2020
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Chris Julian Werner- NOT
by: Anonymous

We matched on Tinder mid July. I felt suspicious of him as soon as we matched. As soon as he said "What’s a gorgeous girl like you doing on an app like this?" I knew he was a cat phish. I don’t know why.

Anyway, I chatted with him to see if I could catch him. Tinder shows you how far away a person is & it said he was 17 miles away. He said he was army special ops, he was an orphan, blah blah blah. Then he was silent for a while and Tinder showed that he was 7,745 miles away (Afghanistan) then after a while he was back to 17 miles away.

I come from a military family & I know that they do not have planes fast enough to get someone from L.A. to Afghanistan and back in a 24 hour period (plus other inconsistencies). I kept trying to arrange to meet him in person, but he kept changing the subject. He asked me for my whole name.

He gave me his "name", I googled it & found this page. I felt so vindicated. I reported him & blocked him.

Aug 12, 2020
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Goes by ethan logan
by: Anonymous

So its the same story i have been reading except for the whole kids thing. I already knew something was up but he hasnt asked for anything yet. But did say he was being deployed today.

I have to say he is pretty good at the lies he comes up with but not good enough to get my money.
He is currently asking to go on hangouts with ethanlogan17@gmail.com

Jul 24, 2020
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Spoke to him
by: Anonymous

This guy messaged me on Wooplus stating his name was Chris. He asked to talk on Google hangouts with the email terrychris1989999@gmail.com.

We've barely talked. I just heard the parents are dead and I'm in the military speech. Glad I found this when I did. Blocked now.

Jul 13, 2020
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Chris Terry
by: Anonymous

We matched on a WooPlus dating app. He seemed sweet. Hadn't dated in 3 years. His ex girlfriend cheated on him with his best friend. He didnt mention he was in the military or deployed till a week into talking.

I fell for it hook line and sinker. He told me he lost his pack with his wallet and phone. That he needed money for his leave form and plane ticket home. Sent me too many pics it was hard to think he wasn't real.

Email he uses right now is terrychris1989999@gmail.com.

I can't believe I was that stupid.

Jul 04, 2020
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“David Baker”
by: Anonymous

Well, I fell for it. "David" claimed to be an only child of deceased parents. He said he was a Sergeant in the US Army based out of Minneapolis MN. After a day, he started saying babe at the end of every sentence. He also had terrible grammar while I didn’t think about because I’m terrible with spellcheck. Anyway, David claimed he was sent out on a top secret mission over in Sub-Saharan Africa.

He said he lost his care pack which has his phone, wallet, and everything else and needed me to send him money so he could survive. Or he would starve until he found help. If it weren’t for this site and all the other comments I may have fallen for it. When they say it’s too good to be true, usually it means it is.

Jun 06, 2020
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Chris Julian Werner
by: Anonymous

Matched with this guy today, says he's an orphan and is in the US Army. He has been single a year and ended his last relationship because his ex cheated while he was on deployment. His absolutely terrible English was the first thing that tipped me off, plus I come from a military family, and some of the things he was trying to say make absolutely no sense.

For example, he just came back from a deployment, and he is about to retire, but he just had briefings for deployment today and will find out Monday if he is going to deploy again? He also tried to start the conversation with an exchange of some personal information, such as my full name, age, where I was born.

Never give out that information to someone you meet online.

May 10, 2020
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Thought something was up.
by: Anonymous

I too have fallen to a scam and wish to share my thoughts. We met on hinge. He seemed to be a very nice quiet type who was very understandable. But, after a while, he stopped talking to me. Though I did fall for his charm and his strange love, he was happy.

Called himself a devoted Christian. I fell for his shyness. But, knew something was up when he started asking me for money to help with an aunt that was going to lose her house. I said I couldnt help, explained my reasons super clear, but he said you didn’t love me if you can’t loan me money. If you do, we will stay together. Since you can’t, I had to have a good friend help me out. No thanks to you.

I wish whoever is doing this, be put in jail. And the real guy in the photos be able to finally live in peace.

Feb 23, 2020
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Report to IG
by: Anonymous

His profile needs to be reported. I can't believe he's on there.

He has hurt so many people.

Feb 21, 2020
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On Instagram Now as 1j.anderson1
by: Anonymous

He is on Instagram as Jeffery Anderson

Dec 14, 2019
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He again
by: Anonymous

I can't believe I fell into this person's conversation, too good to be true, I'm glad I was lucky to be alerted by a friend, 20 days talking, it's sad to know there are people like that, I hope God has mercy on him.

To me he said he was Michael Esteban Sosa
his number (650) 395-7704

Jul 03, 2019
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Tinder scam it is
by: Anonymous

I found this guy from Belgium and he looked really cute and withing two days he told he loves me and wants to marry me and he would do anything to get me. On the fourth day he tells me he got me a gift and wants to send it to me so he keeps asking my address. I haven't yet seen this guy when I talk about video calling as he says there's a technical issue in the area so then I asked to send his video but he hasn't yet.

I dont know what to do so please help

Jun 30, 2019
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Tyson dillion
by: Anonymous

He’s going by Tyson Dillion on Hinge. Thank you Nev and Max for teaching me reverse image search. I got it after a day of talking. Low life #catfish

Jun 16, 2019
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Alexander Sosa
by: Anonymous

He's back at it. He told me he loved me after 2 days of knowing me. I thought it was odd so I looked him up and found this page. Wow. I'm very disappointed that this person continues to lie with no shame. Sounds like someone with a demonic spirit. And to think we were talking about our spiritual beliefs about God and marriage. Pretty sad how people can just lie about who they are. I feel bad for the person he is pretending to be. I do not know the persons real name.

Jun 04, 2019
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Josh Dillon
by: Anonymous

I love reading the comments. Currently talking to this guy who says he is living in Vegas and currently wants to meet up.

Mar 21, 2019
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Alexander beck sosa
by: Anonymous

My MOS, 14E PATRIOT FIRE CONTROL ENHANCED OPERATOR/MAINTAINER
Rank sergeant
Pay grade E5
Echo company
Airborne artillery

This is the info this jerk have constantly trying to convince me they were really who
they claimed. Then said I love you and you are my everything. 🤣🤣🤣 this person needs help

Mar 21, 2019
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New name
by: Anonymous

Alexander Beck Sosa on WhatsApp. Wish I knew the real guy who’s face is being used because he deserves to know.

Feb 02, 2019
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New Name
by: Anonymous

Just started talking to this guy in pictures last week on POF.

Name Jason 25 from Manhattan
Using WhatsApp to talk
Told me he loved me after 2 days talking.
Has called me and does have an accent( kind of British i guess could be Nigerian). All pictures that are sent are online, with different ages and names.

Saying he is from England travels a lot for work, mother in Seattle.
phone number 1-307-206-5331.

I feel bad for the real guy. I found his facebook.

Thank god

Jan 27, 2019
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He has a new name
by: Anonymous

I met him. His name is Johnson Sosa, he is from Dallas Texas. His phone number is 2349069300565

Oct 30, 2018
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Chris Craig
by: Anonymous

Hi all. This lovely (not) person is now going by Chris Craig (christerry23357) on Kik. Chris on Tinder (gold). He told me I was his angle from heaven.

I’m heartbroken haha.

Steer clear.

Sep 14, 2018
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Nigerian Scammer
by: Anonymous

He's going by Sosa Fika on Kik. And he was using the same profile on Facebook before it got shut down. Who's the guy in the pics that he keeps using? Yeah, the same old story about serving in Africa in the US Army and wanting money to pay for connection and to buy food. And about his mother and his sister and oh his 4-year-old son, blah, blah.

Sep 06, 2018
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Tinder Scam gone Kik
by: Anonymous

He's now "Terry Jones" on Tinder and
kik (jonesterry2335).

May 16, 2018
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Just another dirt bag
by: Anonymous

I felt so sorry for the real guy they are hurting and yes I have been talking to him for over 2 months. I have talked to his sister and his so called comanander who told me he was going on a bad mission tomorrow and if he did not come back he loved me.

I am so happy I found this page first.

Goodbye whoever you are and I hope one day you have to get out and work your butt off

May 02, 2018
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Jonny sosa
by: Anonymous

And he also has his sister lol texting people too and he is trying to blackmail with pix.

What a jerk. I cannot believe him.

Mar 02, 2018
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New Name
by: Anonymous

Now he is Michael Scott

Jan 14, 2018
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He goes by other names
by: Atlanta Gal

He goes by Marcos, Sosa Hernandez, and Anderson. Here's his FAKE instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sosa_hernandez_/

This person has no life because they even created fake accounts to tag his buddy.

"Marcos" tried asking for my WhatsApp number after only exchanging 4 messages. I never replied back because I don't give my number out that fast. Then low and behold, I see Anderson pop up on my feed with the same face but different photos, but this time with a fake instagram.

Oct 07, 2017
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Nigerian Tinder Scam
by: Cynthia

Good for you and do not send them any 💰money.

I hope someday soon all the women of the world will get the message that those guys only want your money and that is all that want.

Do not support their expensive style or even pay their mortgage notes as we have own rent to pay.

Oct 07, 2017
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Nigerian Tinder Scam
by: Anonymous

Did he have an accent?

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