Words with Friends Scammer

Watch out for a Roy Ivan and David Williams. Both widowed oil rig engineers. Roy was not as slick as David, but they both thought we were destined to be together. Thank goodness I smelled TWO RATS and did some google searching. Deleted them both.

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Mar 16, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		Losers Abound
by: Anonymous

So many losers looking for money or sex or both out there. Why do they mostly seem to be "Christian " like this Luis Chanaga? How can someone act like that for so many years and keep it from his wife and church and family? His wife must know something but surely Luis lies or she wouldn’t stay if she really knew.

So gross. The stories here are disgusting and sad. Hard to trust anyone these days. It’s women doing it too so not just men like Mr. Chanaga.
Feb 18, 2023
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starstar 		Always Google People
by: Anonymous

This game has become a dating, scammer, and criminal platform. Married men use it for sex or x-rated chatting and others use it to seek junk or scam people out of money.

I did meet that Luis Chanaga everyone seems to be taking about. He was nice and actually played the game. I know he picked playing me because I have an attractive profile pic. He wanted more than chatting and I met up once. He’s married and living a lie as a religious executive. I wish this board and these scam alert sites were around when I was met him.

A Google Search today proves I was lucky to escape him. Hopefully he’s keeping with adults and maybe his wife was smart enough to leave that creep.


Check people out or disable chat. It’s not worth it and I’m much smarter about online everything now.
Feb 03, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		KeanureesesCharlse playing in words 😂
by: Anonymous

This one has been playing since Dec 2022. I see several folks played the scammers claiming to be Keanu back in April. These scammers are getting even more ridiculous. They actually introduced themselves as the actor.

When I told them they were lying and there was no way I would ever believe that they actually came back arguing and trying to turn it around and make me the bad guy. I told them they were unbelievable ridiculous and blocked him.

Words is full of them.

Beware and be careful.

If you play the lighting rounds this is the place they scan for their victims. Best to not accept the challenge. I've done a lot of research on scammers and they are fairly easy to spot. If they ever ask you to leave words and go to another chat room don't do it.

Block them!!!. I did however get a good laugh out of the experience. 😂🤣😅
Jan 01, 2023
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starstarstarstarstar 		Luis Chanaga Kettering President
by: Anonymous

How is that guy still employed??? Normally who would care about a married guy finding women to cheat with on the web, but come on man, you’re leading a religious hospital and posting pictures of your wife and kids. That guy should just step away for a solid year and reevaluate. I’m shocked if his wife knows because she should run as fast as she can.
Dec 31, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Luis Chanaga Strikes Again
by: Anonymous

I remember that guy!! Google him now. President at a religious hospital. Serving on so many Ohio community boards. Posting family pics and pics of him and his wife.

Either he got caught and is doing massive PR work to keep his many sexual escapades a secret, or no one knows and he’s literally pulling off the king of lies and hypocrisy.
Dec 22, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Someone finally called out Luis Chanaga for infidelity
by: Anonymous

Hahaa I knew LC Luis Chanaga was way too curious and invasive and asked so many personal questions. He’s a religious figure and married executive hiding behind online chats and websites to meet up for casual sex like Skout.

He tried to get with me on WWF too! I don’t think he plays anymore though. Maybe his wife finally had enough of the lies and sex with random women.
Dec 17, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Watch out for Luis Chanaga President Kettering
by: Anonymous

He’s a married man who using this game to meet women and have sex…. Because apparently his wife is a toxic abusive woman and he has to stay married to protect his job.

He works for a religious hospital… so having affairs or getting a divorce would get him fired from a high paying job. He fakes praying all over the internet.. just google him.

He is so kind and very good at luring women.
Nov 20, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Asking ??s to figure out my password
by: Anonymous

Recently I’ve had a few who ask questions to figure out a player’s passwords. The questions are favourite color, favourite cuisine, favourite music, favourite movie, pets name.

After they ask these questions they ask for my email. I never give them my email and I give them wrong answers for the questions.
Oct 06, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Richard Ryan
by: Anonymous

Anyone chatting with Richard Ryan? Says he is from Texas but working on oil rig in Canada. A friend of mine met him on a dating app.

Has a ten million dollar contract that has to be finished by the end of the month!

Typical scam
Oct 06, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Mason_Robert
by: Anonymous

This one has good stats. I think level 23 with 433 wins. He is friendly and likes to chat. The grammar is off. Sometimes it is better than other times.

He doesn’t use the regular script and ask personal questions. He is in a big rush to chat elsewhere.

Beware of all of them. They all are in a big rush to chat elsewhere
Aug 22, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Clubs and scammers
by: Anonymous

So joined a club. The newest feature on WWF. Pretty sure there are 2 scammers. One is Jeremy (Kaleidoscope). The other is Harry K (Kingsland1)

Anyone else come across them.

Harry speaks every language Lol. Both are widowed.
I love the club feature.

Good people on there besides these 2.
Jul 10, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Has anyone played this guy
by: Anonymous

Anyone playing Jasper W.
Jul 09, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		New player
by: Anonymous

Simply playing Words With Friends, free online word game. Most games are with bots. One week ago a new player asks me to join a game, I did. Then I get a message, "Hi, how are you?" Me, "Fine." Him, "Where are you from?" Me, "USA. And you?" Him, "I was born in Germany, but moved to Florida, and now I am in South Sudan, with the UN military." Me, "Why are you there?" Him, "I am an orthopedic surgery. What is your job?" Me, "I work for the UN and the FBI as a data security analyst. I help them look for scammers."

Him, "oh ok so what is you marital status"? Me, "I have just divorced my 4th husband. What about you?" Him, "I lost my wife 6 years ago I have one daughter do you have kids?" Me, "Where is your daughter now?" Him, "in Florida living with a nanny." .... LOL!

Meanwhile, every word he adds to the game is the simplest one possible, just wants to keep the conversation going until he finally asks for my email address, which he won't get.

Just thought I'd share that these characters pop-up on non-dating sites. And... his story matches those here on this site, even if the location and names differ.

Good luck everyone... don't send email addresses, block them, don't send money.
Jun 01, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Mile Willison - Denmark
by: Anonymous

This man started chatting to me on words with friends. I knew he was a scammer right away.

Words with friends is inundated with scammers!
May 28, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		To the player who played Nancy Walse
by: Anonymous

You are lucky she did not get nasty and try to blackmail you. One of my good players went to Hangouts with 2 women who looked like porn stars. They both asked for nude photos and when he refused they both tried to blackmail him threatening to get into his social media accounts and embarrass him.

Scammers never use their own photos. It’s best not to engage with them. When I get scammers I tell them I only play and chat on the game. Some of them resign or even block me. I am sick and tired of them.

I’ve tried changing my profile pictures to scenery or pets and they still invade my games. I’m a friendly person and only like to chat with genuine players who are only interested in playing.
May 22, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Nancy Walse
by: Anonymous

Attempted scam by a NANCY WALSE. After an innocent chat from Nancy saying she was in the UK at a place called Riley near Darlington, I suspected a scammer. I had never heard of it neither had Google. I did go to Chat and after a few days of photos she said she wanted to visit me.

Said she was in Saffron Walden and changed it to Brighton. Her use of English language convinced me it was the images she sent, fully clothed that confirmed my suspicions.

I was able to find out she was using the many images online for Karlee Grey. I asked her to take a picture showing her individual tattoo with coffee cup in the picture. It took her an hour to find one! And me thirty seconds to find out the exact picture was on the internet already.

Obviously I confronted her with images she had sent which I had found on the internet. In the end she admitted she was that porn star wanting to turn her life around. I blocked her but she will get another account but at least she wasted 7 days of her life and never got a penny out of me.

She was patient whereas most ask for money within a day of chatting. Ruins a good game so I changed my profile picture to a pint of beer but still attract unwelcome scammers.

7 in last week alone.
May 04, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Olympia Marcelo
by: Anonymous

Anyone got Olympia Marcelo. Airline pilot.....lol
Apr 30, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Benjamin Coxwell - Benjamincupid
by: Anonymous

Benjamin begs for money for his daughter's cancer operation. He is very persistent.
Apr 29, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Blocked and Disabled Accounts
by: Anonymous

I don't understand why WWF isn't disabling the accounts of scammers who are reported anymore. I would faithfully report each and every one of them and check back later on my blocked list, and it usually only took a day or so until I would see the person was disabled.

Sometimes it was only a few hours and I figured that person must have had a lot of reports and my report was the final straw. Now my list has at least 30 people I've recently reported who never get disabled.

It's just strange, like the disabling of accounts just suddenly stopped one day.

I realize they just turn around and start a new account anyway, which should be monitored more closely, but there are probably just thousands of new accounts each day and how would they even do this.

As someone suggested previously, I've stuck to just playing with friends I've made over the years who are diehard WWF players, and it is so much more fun to just enjoy playing the game and not be harassed with the scammer bullsh*t.

Just don't engage with them anymore. And certainly don't go to Hangouts or WhatsApp. You may think it's only a game and you would never send money, etc., but one day when you have your accounts hacked into or are blackmailed you will wish you would have just stayed away from them.

There are NO scammers who are just nice to talk to! They are ALL devious scoundrels with ulterior motives!
Apr 27, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Reverse The Curse
by: Anonymous

I already know who they are, and I will engage, so when they ask, "where are you playing from, I tell them, Nigeria, Delta State" next thing I know, they're gone...LOL
Apr 26, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Keanu Reeves
by: Anonymous

There are so many of them. Roman Reigns, David Spade, Vin Diesel are popular as well.

When will people realize that these guys on the game are all fake. And yet the game won’t do anything about them now. I report every single one and not one has been disabled in months however, my mom, sister and I all are blocked. I’m over the stupid game and their love of scammers.
Apr 26, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Keanu Reeves
by: Anonymous

I had Keanu Reeves for months 😂😂😂😂🙄 and now I have Steve Perry and Lionel Richie and another actor who forgot who they said they were 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤦🏼‍♀️
Apr 26, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Person with Keanu Reeves
by: Anonymous

Block and report. You aren’t playing the real person: Check out scam haters United on Facebook or google wwf scams, you will see that celebrities or military personnel in uniform do not play the game. They are all frauds.
Apr 26, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Words with friends
by: Anonymous

Hi all, I have a man claiming to be kneau reeves on words with friends, he has Kneaus profile pic and name, this surely is a scammer!! So many scammers in this app, please reply and thank you.
Jan 23, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Being blocked out of my account
by: Anonymous

I am the woman who was blocked out of my account. I am back in now and able to play. I always blocked them when they asked to go to hangouts, I was blocked by the scammers when I muted the chat or refused to go to hangouts.

Now I am going to try and max out my games with people who are only interested in playing words. I never told them I was going to block them.

From now on I will decline and resign and ignore them. There have been so many of them now.
Jan 22, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Blocking and Being Blocked
by: Anonymous

After reading some of the latest posts, I'm confused about how your account is being disabled just because you block and report these scammers ruining our games. Do you tell them you are going to block them and then they also block you out of retaliation? Are you only allowed to report and block so many players before your account also is flagged and then disabled by Zynga?

If we play Lightning Rounds and then decline the game requests that follow, are these people able to go back and find your name to block and report you just because you declined their game? Doesn't Zynga investigate any of this before they lock you out of your account?

I had stopped playing for awhile because it was all becoming overwhelming and I didn't enjoy the stress it was causing in my life. In the back of my mind I was afraid of having my account locked one day like this other player just told us. Besides a fun outlet for us, some of us really do take our stats and games seriously, and it's a shame playing a word game has come to this.

It's been almost two years since my hellish experience with a WWF scammer. I eventually was able to see the red flags and never sent or transferred any money, but the long-lasting emotional toll it has on you takes quite awhile to get over. It's an awful feeling to think you meant absolutely nothing to a person and they were faking a relationship just to scam you out of your money.

Please everyone, continue to look out for your elderly relatives, neighbors, and friends. I think you hear a lot more about these scams everywhere, and I would hope people are being more careful about not falling for them.
Jan 22, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Overwhelmed
by: Anonymous

Lately I have been overwhelmed once again by scammers. I do not entertain them with conversation. If you ignore them they will go away. If everyone would do the same it would make it harder for them to have victims.

Of course, if you are uncertain about a game request, simply decline the game. Don't let these idiots ruin our fun.
Jan 22, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Stick with personal friends
by: Anonymous

To that person who keeps blocking and getting blocked, I only play with a few friends, we have been playing for years, just stick with a circle of friends, and don't except every invite.
Jan 22, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous

In response to "being blocked by Zynga" I’ve found the game flooded with scammers again just lately, but it seems Zynga are trying to help in a small way, more than they were before, anyway. As an experienced Words with Friends player, you can usually spot scammers just by their profile picture, so I mute their attempts to chat, rather than blocking them, without even opening the message.

I find this is enough…they soon resign or time out, if they get no response to their chat. On occasion, when I’m not sure if it’s a scammer, I open the chat, and, when I see the standard opening lines "where are you playing from?" "What’s the weather like over there?" "How are you doing?" then I mute the chat and again they resign and I win the game and don’t lose my achievements.

I appreciate that blocking them would help others, but they just find their way back in another guise, and, as others have said, it can backfire on you and you sometimes end up being blocked yourself
Jan 20, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Being blocked from Zynga
by: Anonymous

Today Zynga blocked my account. I figured out why. I was a Level 25 player with over 4800 wins. The other day I got so many scammers sending requests and asking to go to hangouts I kept on blocking. The next day my games crashed. I deleted the app and created a new profile putting me at level 1 with zero wins.

Of course I got so many requests from scammers. I muted conversations for a few and they blocked me and the rest I blocked. Shortly after my games crashed. I tried deleting the app and reinstalling as per instructions Zynga gave me a few months ago.

Zynga advised they blocked me for deleting my app. I’m sick and tired of these criminals on lap tops. I just want to play with interested players and I like to chat on the game and not be lured to hangouts to be blackmailed and scammed.

Why is Zynga favouring these scammers? Has anyone else experienced this. I met a lot of good people throughout the years I’ve played. I’m disgusted.
Dec 31, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous

The scammers are heartless ruthless criminals. They bring shame to their country and genuine people. To them we are clients. They dehumanise us. I've seen many in their designer clothes or showing off laughing in their HK room high on drugs. Insulted been told its their right to scam us.

Yet they all can get online and most have iPhones. So should I have a giving heart - nope I've better things to do with my hard earned money. They're taught to try mind games for a lot and it's a fun game and they don't care. They're liars using so many people have been hurt by them.

They show no shame! Look on Google BBC for love or money and see the truth and stop being blind!!
Dec 31, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		No gift cards
by: Anonymous

I am not sending gift cards to anyone!
My only point here is that you can’t condemn an entire nation for the wrong doings of some!
Dec 31, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re:Scammer written by Anonymous
by: Anonymous W

My life is not cynical but instead my eyes are wide open with truth. There is no gray for those scammed, those stalked, those killed. I don’t understand why anyone would buy gift cards for someone on a game site, Facebook, or even a dating site once they have been involved with sites that discuss scammers.

To believe these "boys" aren’t recruited? To believe they are poor and destitute? To believe they use Amazon and Visa cards to buy food? That is naïve.

Please, please stop sending them gift cards. You are encouraging their behavior. I urge you to call the FBI. Get educated.
Dec 31, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Anonymous A
by: Anonymous

Look, whenever you send money even if you know you’re sending it to a Nigerian man/boy you’re still encouraging them. It’s now become part of their script. If they can’t trick you with romance or cryptocurrency scams they’ll turn to "Let me tell you the truth, I’m a poor Nigerian boy. I don’t want to do this but I have no money or food. I just want to get a job but our government is corrupt and there are no jobs. I’m an orphan and I’m trying to provide for my little sister but she’s in the hospital because I can’t afford her medicine….blah blah blah."

You send the money feeling all warm and fuzzy, but they turn to their friends and laugh at the foolish woman who gave them enough money for a new Gucci belt, which they shop for online using the new iPhone 13 the last woman provided money for. If you don’t send money after their "reveal" at best they block you, at worse they call you a selfish and wicked woman, accuse you of being racist, etc.

Or they might guilt trip you, like "Friends help each other right? You said you were my friend." "Is it a crime to send me some money for some food?"

No, not all Nigerians are scammers. If a Nigerian person wants to play WWF because they like the game that’s fine. But those people most likely wouldn’t chat. And if they did, they wouldn’t use the same scripts (and ask the same questions) that the scammers use. They’d talk more organically.

This page is supposed to be a safe haven for victims and those who had scams attempted on them on WWF. In my opinion bragging about sending cards/money to them willingly is an insult to what the victims went through.
Dec 31, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous J

To the lady who accused several of the posters on here of being heartless, how dare you! I know several people who have lost thousands of £s/$s to these scammers. Some have even taken their own lives for the shame of being sucked in.
I have just 'outed' a scammer who admitted eventually to being a scammer in Nigeria.

So desperately sorry, he's only done it once, he only wants to be a friend and to have a friend, he's going to stop....blah blah blah. He then changed his profile photo which I commented on the following morning. His reply? Smiley face Lol. You know that is what we do for living.

The sorry for what I'm doing is gone. It's easy money and they laugh at the women who succumb.
Compassion? Never. I have done a lot of charity work in Sierra Leone and have never....never....come across scammers from there and believe me some of them are very poor.

So there is something intrinsically lazy/sly about Nigerians who scam.

Please remember that before you accuse those who are trying to make scamming the vulnerable just a little bit harder.
Dec 30, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous

No one is saying it’s ok to ask for gift cards… no one is saying it’s ok to scam someone out if anything! Scamming is 100% wrong.. we ALL agree on that! So let’s stop arguing that point.

Life is not always cut and dried… things are not always black or white..life has shades of gray in every situation.

My only point in any of my comments has been just that! And that doesn’t mean that I’m a scammer pretending to be some woman posting comments here. My god….open your mind and maybe your heart a little. Life is too short to be so cynical.
Dec 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Helping Scammers?
by: Anonymous W

Why is anyone on this site promoting that it is okay to ask for gift cards, etc from women after posing as a possible future husband/lover? Finally they confess and all is forgiven?

Are you a scammer who is under cover because condoning scamming on a Watch for Scammers site makes zero sense. What is worse is believing these scammers are poor. The poor don’t have internet, phones, computers. The poor live working honest jobs.
Dec 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous

I had not checked in here for about two months and tonight I read all the recent comments- I was scammed last years for about 15K, I am still embarrassed and haven’t talked about it to anyone or reported to FBI.

Although I changed my driver license and cancelled my credit cards and etc.

Anyways, things that caught my attention:

1- since scammers can leave comments here as well, I think some of the comments are from those Nigerian Scammers. Don’t fall for those innocent looking sentences.

2- To those who send gift cards to scammers and feed them, the women who were murdered, or the ones who lost their houses and their retirements, they started sending small amounts.

3- These Nigerian scammers are very skilled in brain washing you. They are working under a very organized organization who train these scammers.

4- they have access to computers, internets, latest iPhones, so they are not poor.

Be careful! Go watch you tube videos about what these scammers are capable of.
Dec 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		To All
by: Anonymous J

Who said "everyone in Nigeria is a scammer"?

Definition of the word scammer 'a person who commits fraud or participates in a dishonest scheme'.

So EVERY Nigerian who uses someone else's photo or name (and the very worst in my opinion are those who pretend to be military, or use photos of men with their children) IS a scammer.

Why is it prolific on WWF? Because people like you feel sorry for them when being fed the BS lies and send them cards or money. They have succeeded. Word goes round and they think it's easy pickings.

You are right, not everyone in Nigeria is a scammer. But every single one who goes on WWF pretending to be someone else IS! There are Nigerians with morals who find jobs and work hard.

And every single person who sends money or cards to scammers is perpetuating the crime. For that is what it is...a crime.
Dec 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		To all
by: Anonymous

No one is saying that scammers don’t exist! Yes, they do, they absolutely do.


But not everyone in Nigeria is a scammer… that’s my point.
Dec 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		We Are Not Ignorant…
by: Anonymous W

Please talk to the FBI. They will advise you to not send anything to anyone in Nigeria. There are not "some" scammers. There are many scammers. To everyone that reads comments saying it is okay to send gift cards… research Nigerian scammers.

Google will provide plenty of proof of the plots and arrests made. I have been approached by $50 to $10,000,000 Scammers. I have been in contact with the FBI a few times.

This is a serious crime.
Dec 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Happy holidays to all
by: Anonymous

I stand by my beliefs. Not all Nigerians are scammers or thieves. It is ignorant to condemn all people from a country because of the actions of some.
Dec 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous

I'm part of a group that helps expose scammers. We're not heartless people. We've seen and learnt a lot. Been laughed and insulted at told we're nothing that it's their right to scam us. Yes there's a few that are probably desperate yet the majority scam for what? Food? shelter?

No let's make something clear its for designer clothes. Gold and drugs to show off. So when you are having a giving heart they're laughing at you as youre just a client and you mean nothing!
Dec 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Response to “Scammers”
by: Anonymous W

It is up to all of us to protect each other from scammers. Most women want to be loved by a man and these scammers know exact words to use to suck them into fantasy land. Many Professional women with degrees have had their hearts captured.

The scammers are not poor as they have internet, computers, phones and other electronics to reach out with. They have rooms to use that are disgusting, no food, filthy sinks and dishes… It is a set-up. A scammer sent me photos and discussed about how easy it is to get lonely women to fall for them. He is better off financially than my grandsons which are in the same age group living in the USA.

Stop blaming the victims.
Stop condoning scamming.
Stop sending scammers gift cards, etc!!!

Go talk with FBI agents and ask questions about how many reported scamming cases they have regarding Nigeria. Then multiply those cases times 90 because only about 10% or less get reported.
Dec 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Happy holidays to all
by: Anonymous

To those ladies who are 'kind' enough to send cards to these Nigerian scammers please stop! Do you not realise that offering just a chink of light, a modicum of compassion, is what keeps these men going.

They want something for nothing - false declarations of love and flattery can soon turn to venom and nastiness when you don't comply.
Even death threats.

These Nigerian men are past masters at lies and deceit. Maybe some of them are poor but they see this - preying on vulnerable women - as easy pickings. Do you think that giving them even a small card they will keep quiet about it? No, the word goes out that they have succeeded and so another and another tries the game.

I have had plenty of dealings with poor people in Sierra Leone - yet another African country with a mainly corrupt government.

You NEVER hear of scammers from Sierra Leone. Always Nigeria. Ladies who give.....please stop.

You are perpetuating the con and the hustle!
Dec 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous

I agree there are what they call ‘HK’s’ who house poor young men and teach them the art of scamming. The boss man feeds and provides shelter in return for scamming services.

There are many who try scamming on their own, and when pushed, they will come clean and tell you where they really are and who they really are. Scamming is not something that they all want to do, but they have no other way to survive.

Those that finally admit who they are for real are taking a big risk and I give them credit for doing so. Not everyone in these poor countries are horrible people or thieves.

Yes there are women who lose everything to these men, their homes, their bank accounts their self respect their families and sometimes their lives, and for them I do feel badly. But it is not fair to say that every Nigerian is a scammer. I have come to know many of these young men over the years and they are good decent people.

Some of them never pretended to be someone else and they have never asked for anything except friendship from me. It is not fair to lump them all into one category as scammers because it is simply not true. I know that many of you don’t want to hear that, and that your groups are working very hard to take down scammers.

Let me tell you you’re never going to stop scamming. Never! As long as there are weak women who have money and who are lonely and looking for love and attention, there will be scammers. This situation is far more complicated than anyone realizes. Most of them are not scamming for luxury items and electronics. They are scamming for a roof over their head and food on the table.

Ladies take responsibility for your own actions! If you are online looking for love be prepared to be scammed or fooled. We cannot always blame someone else for the mistakes that we make.
Dec 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Giving to Scammers after the confess
by: Anonymous W

I truly wish every person would stop sending gift cards and cash to them. Have you ever been scammed? Have you ever heard of women that sold their vehicles, mortgage their houses, emptied their bank accounts for these scammers? I have.

I belong to a group to report scammers. Do you realize some women have committed suicide after being financially devastated and too embarrassed to confess to their children? Some women have been murdered when they traveled to Nigeria carrying all of their cash thinking they are starting a new life with their man that loves them.

I had some confess. One lived in a dump with nothing to eat…FALSE… he had a ritzy apartment with many bedrooms that housed other scammers. It is a scammer ring. They hook up fake IV’s pretending to be sick and needing medicine or soup, etc. There are too many ploys they use.

They cash out the gift cards for 50% and spend the money on electronics, etc.

Women… Wise Up. Stop sending gift cards, etc. You are hurting other women by encouraging it.
Dec 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Happy holidays to all!
by: Anonymous

Glad to see I’m not alone in helping them. God bless you for having an open mind and generous heart.
Dec 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Happy holidays to all
by: Anonymous

I do help one of them on occasions. The same one. He is in Nigeria. Was my scammer but I knew he was then he admitted it. I just sent him a text tonight and will send a SMALL google card
Dec 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Happy holidays to all
by: Anonymous

If these guys were totally honest about who they are and where they are from and asked for help… how many of us would help them?

I suspect very few.
Dec 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Happy holidays to all
by: Anonymous

Well said about living conditions that we don't have to put up with. I do at times feel sorry for some of these scammers but they should not lead us to believe their made up stories
Dec 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Happy Holidays to all
by: Anonymous

Let’s take a moment to enjoy the holiday and be grateful for what we have… freedom, food, security, family, friends, job, hope, peace.

Until we reach out to others around the world, we can’t fully understand how much we have and how fortunate we truly are.

Could we live with power for only a few hours a day? Or for days without power? Could we live without running water? Could we go to the ring well every day to bring up contaminated water to use for cooking or bathing?

Could we live with no job and no prospect for a job, wondering how we will pay our rent or buy food?

How would we deal with diseases that plaque other countries… malaria, typhoid, meningitis? Imagine getting malaria and not having the equivalent of $20 to get treatment?

These are just a few of the realities that others face every day, yet somehow they have hope that life will be better one day.

We are born where we are born. Many have no choice but to live their lives in places that I’ve described. Honestly, I couldn’t live under those conditions. I don’t think anyone on this forum could either.

I don’t know what I would do, or what choices I would make if I lived in a place like that. Fortunately I don’t have to make those choices.
Dec 07, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Against O.
by: Anonymous

Has anyone come across this player? Level 15, looked and sounded charming, seems to be honest as he revealed quite a lot about himself on the first chat. Sounded too good to be true and his photos were too ‘perfect’.

He kept pressing for iTunes cards and eventually money, which obviously raised a red flag.

Did my own research….lo and behold, the photos he shared is of a European public speaker. I confronted him and he had the nerve to say that his social media was hacked and that he’s a victim of identity theft.

He goes by the name of Paul Lawson Brinton who claims he is an underwater deep sea welder.

His email is paulbrinton27@gmail.com
Nov 30, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Ralph M
by: Anonymous

Watch out for Ralph M..... he is a smooth talking scammer. Dont let him suck you in
Nov 29, 2021
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starstarstarstar 		Thanks for names
by: Anonymous

It’s helpful when you know who it is for sure. A couple I played with were sure they were but playing 10 games and no chat, nothing. It’s nice. It seems they come in droves.
Nov 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Yet more scammers
by: Anonymous

Watch out for this scammer he is bad. Went by the name of James Allen on wwf’ts e-mail was walterdoran84@gmail.com. His story is a cardiologist in Antarctica, family wiped out in car wreck, only grandson (Evans 14 years old ) in boarding school.

Here’s names of other scammers:

Williamsure e-mail williamsure414@hmail.com

Frederick j. Nautical engineer

Andy B bio chemist works in Mexico.

Warren T. Roland son.

Paleo D. In Rome engineer.

Johnson k. Lives in Michigan

Beware of all of these.
Oct 31, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Ben Piccio
by: Anonymous

I am really sorry for your friend’s loss- 100,000 dollars is a lot of money.

October marks the one year anniversary of my scammer. When I think back, I feel very stupid that I fell for his lies however, the people behind these scams are very skilled psychologists and they are very skilled.

But, I am so proud of myself to end it as I watched a YouTube video about these Nigerian scammers and how some women have been killed because of these scammers. I don’t remember the name of that video but you may find the link in comments that I posted a few months ago.

The subject was " David Grain"

I pray for your friend. And I am happy for her that had a good friend such as you trying to help.

BTW, my scammer has attempted to contact me several times. They never get tired, as we are their source of income.
Oct 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Ben Piccio is a SCAMMER!!!
by: Anonymous W

I played him and did live chatting with him on Hangouts Yes. Live. The camera was across the room but this guy actually matches his photo quite well. We chatted about many things and his answers pertained to the topic discussed.

For example - We chatted of my ex-boyfriend stalking me and he immediately offered to have bodyguards for me. This guy is such a close match I think it is easy for him to scam women. It ended when he asked for $670. I immediately knew he was a scammer that seasoned his victims. I told him off and blocked him.

Tell your friend that benpiccio2018@gmail.com plus he used Ben Carson name on WWF plus different bencarson emails are all the same person.

She needs to turn over all info to the appropriate authorities and Block him immediately.

If any men want money on WWF…
THEY ARE SCAMMERS.
THEY DO NOT LOVE YOU.
DO NOT SEND MONEY.
Oct 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Ben Piccio
by: Anonymous

I played a couple of challenges and then blocked him when he wanted to chat elsewhere. The other day I checked my blocked list and saw he is disabled. Why are people still falling for this nonsense? Hasn’t the lady who gave him $100,000 figured out he is a scammer?

Genuine players don’t really chat or they just chat once in awhile.
Oct 22, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Ben piccio
by: Anonymous

Sorry about your friend. I would say he is a scammer. I was involved once with a scammer named Rogers michael. Thank God I wised up. I did send him 500.00 dollars. He was really a young man from Nigeria.

They have a script they read that is why they fool us. I also am a widow. The type they like. She has probably never seen him in person as they always have an excuse.
Oct 22, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Anyone involved with Ben Piccio
by: Anonymous

Hi all, I have a friend that is infatuated with this Ben Piccio and has been for over a year now. She is a widow and has sent this person over $100,000 already.

We are trying to get her to realize that he is not real...keeps stating he is going to come see her.

This is sooooooo sad.

Thank you for any help.
Sep 18, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Glad I’m not the only one too
by: Anonymous

It is sad that they can ruin a fun game. I love the "I’m ?????? By name" what other way would you be called. I just won’t take on any new challenges but sad since I have met a ton of great people.
Sep 18, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		WWF scammers
by: Anonymous

I have been playing wwf since 2010. I loved playing the game. I started noticing scammers were starting to play a lot.

I only play friends I am familiar with now. I am glad to know that I am not the only one this is happening too.
Sep 17, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		If you block
by: Anonymous

Hi on WWF if you block two people in one day I find I’m getting my account disabled does that make sense ?
Aug 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Observations
by: Jessica P

I've been playing since 2011 but only with others since late 2019. I have gotten pretty good at spotting scammers, generally:

They use an uncommon spelling of a common name; they ask about the weather other there; act interested in what you ate - stewed fried chicken, spaghetti for breakfast are common answers; they are generally widowed with a tragedy and a young child though they proclaim they are older; they work overseas, on an oil rig or in construction in a war zone; they use terms like Queen or Dear; they screw up UOM and football is always soccer.

It gets very tiring and so I don't play as often anymore. Hope this helps!
Aug 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Nigerian scammer
by: Anonymous

Do not play James Philip or Philip Joyce. He is a nigerian WWF scammer
Aug 18, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Dave Bryan
by: Anonymous

I was scammed once by a Nigerian. I didn’t play for a while then started again. Then I ignored all texts and actually I am doing fine.

I have been playing with real players who never send me messages.

I believe that as long as you don’t chat and don’t move to hang outs, you are safe.

I don’t believe everyone in WAF is scammer but I do believe that there are many of them and I report them if I identify them.
Aug 18, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Dave Bryan
by: Anonymous

Started to play WWF with Dave Bryan early August 2021 and moved to Hangouts on 5 August 2021. Four-days later, he deleted WWF without saying anything.

He has a 15 y/o daughter, Chloe, who goes to school in Florida. They vacationed at the beach and he posted pictures in Hangouts, but a reverse lookup of the pictures show they were on the internet in 2019 not August 2021.

On 12 August, he left Florida to go to Denmark for a job as a Shipwright. Two days after arriving he had an accident on 14 August. Sent me a bruised knee picture.

On 16 August, he wanted to send me $3000 to put in my checking account so he can get groceries because he can't get into his account.

On 17 August, he wanted me to start a Bitcoin account.

After I said no again, he said he wanted to make a confession. He says he's a lil black boy from Nigeria who is trying to survive. He's an orphan trying to survive. He has no one in his life. He posted another picture in Hangouts and says his name his Abraham.

He asks if I would send money for food. I again said no.

When he finally said goodbye, he told me everyone on WWF are scammers and just want your money.
Aug 13, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Memphis USA
by: Anonymous

Beware of Michael Owen, says he was from Memphis Tennessee, 100% scammer.......more chance of it being Elvis Presley
Aug 10, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammer
by: Anonymous

Do not play Adrian Ignacio on WWF's. He's a scammer.
Aug 01, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Spoiling the game
by: Anonymous

I've played wwf's for many years. I used to get the odd scammer but the last few months I have been getting at least 3 a day. I can tell right away. They all ask the same questions & want to chat on Hangouts.

I wish there was some way of stopping them. I've reported them but nothing seems to happen. I know they aren't real & I'd never give them anything but I worry for the more vulnerable players.
Jul 31, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Guys
by: Anonymous

I would love to know how you come up with 99% and I don't know why someone would waste their time going to hangouts when you know they are scammers. I've played for years, and I'm well aware of the lines they use.

I give everyone a chance, no matter what level they are on. If they are scammers, they get blocked and reported. Such judgmental people. SMH
Jul 30, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers all the time!
by: Anonymous

I play WWF 2 daily and love the game. I have a few regular players but the number of scammers has increased double fold in the last couple of months. You can always tell by when they joined WWF…usually after I accept a game and check their game start date, I immediately block them.

I’ve had one guy who used the same fake profile picture…which I recognized, but asked for a game with a different name. Same stupid questions all the time.

I hate these idiots. I don’t chat usually…someone might send a message saying good game but usually the long time players are on WWF to play the game. I wish there was a way to block M or F. There should be no clue whether you are a man or woman….
Jul 29, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Reply
by: Anonymous

So there are a few regular guys on the game yes. But right now 99% of them are scammers. My post was because women keep saying the same things over and over about the stories they give.

Rule of thumb, guys that are not scammers don’t chat. If they do it’s good game or nice play or asking for rematch. I have a main account that I have had over 10 years. I have played thousands of games.

In the last 2 years, the game in filled with the scammers and they are a majority of the new games. Because of that, I locked my account so that I don’t get new game requests and only play people I have played for years and they are real.

The script of where you playing from, how long have you been playing, are you married with kids, send me your email because I want to get to know ourselves more better and am not here due to my job are all 100% scammers.

I am not judgmental but have spoken to so many of them on hangouts and it’s always the same story from them. They also use Alaye to see if you are a scammer now. This was just a heads up that if they have a brand new account, use the word dear or pretty, ask the questions above (and yes they are pretty much in that order), asking to chat on a different platform, what’s your favorite color/food/movie, are all widows or single guys, ask the time over there or weather, have you eaten, are All scammers.
Jul 29, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Not all guys are scammers
by: Anonymous

To the person who says 99% of the guys are scammers, you are wrong. Yes, there are plenty of scammers but just because there is a guy playing doesn't make them a scammer. I play and have played plenty of guys that are just normal people wanting to play wwf. You shouldn't be so judgmental.
Jul 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Adrian Ignacio
by: Anonymous

Anyone play WWF’S with Adrian Ignacio?
Jul 26, 2021
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starstarstarstar 		Charles Hartley
by: Anonymous

Watch out the Nigerians are at it again. They are very well known in South Africa. They are I think the top scammers in the world. They have moved up from declaring Lottery winners etc. now Mr Charles Hartley has appeared as a 61 year old house flipper in the US.

Please ladies be aware he is not a divorcee with a son and a granddaughter whom he calls his princess. His persona has been stolen by a Nigerian couple. Their English grammar is very basic and their spelling worse.
Jul 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Wwf
by: Anonymous

If you think that any guy on the game is real, you are mistaken. 99% of the men on there are all scammers. I have been keeping track for the last year. I have played 227 games, 9 did not chat and several were the bots that play, 2 were women selling forex and now are disabled. 190 are currently disabled, 12 are current games. The other 14 were friends that I know in real life.

They are desperate and more aggressive these days. They have no concept of socially acceptable questions and when you tell them that they are angered because you won’t tell them if you are married or not. They don’t want to chat with married ladies due to their culture being family driven. They don’t get that a woman doesn’t need a man.

I have deleted my game as of this morning because I can’t deal with the flooding of these rude scammers and the game is doing nothing to stop it. I have a couple that I’m pretty sure are the same guy because names are the same just different numbers.

The fact that 190 are disabled is staggering and should be a warning that none of the guys are real.

Rule of thumb, If they chat more than nice word or Good game or rematch, they are scammers. Don’t be fooled, some are better educated than others.
Jul 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Wwf
by: Anonymous

Watch out for Taylorcorey231 on words with friends. He’s a scammer
Jul 22, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Christian Walker
by: Anonymous

Christian Walker on Tinder is a scam The photographs are not true They are of a model called Garret Swann.

He will ask for your email ….
Jul 14, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Don’t go to Hangouts or WhatsApp
by: Anonymous

I accept games on WWF with potential scammers. I have found that if I don’t chat with them, they resign the games. If I do accept the chat, I say I don’t chat on WWF.
Jul 14, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Gray Hanry
by: Anonymous

Using profile photo of Tony Baroud Lebanese TV Host.

Asking personal questions early into the game, so I muted the chat. He abandoned the game.

Beware!
Jul 14, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Vanus/ Vanus Rambo/ Sylvanus.
by: Anonymous

Beware of one Vanus Rambo or Sylvanus in various guises. He plays as a Nigerian with a genuine photo. Says he is in the music business.

He will ask for cards, money, gifts & is persistent, charming & dangerous.

Block & report.
Jul 10, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		WWF Scammer
by: Anonymous

A guy started talking to me on WWF and then changed to Hangouts. He stated his name was Olic Nagget. He hadn't yet asked for money but he was very smooth talking.

He was very quick to say that he loved me and we'd spend the rest of our lives together. After 6 weeks I told him to find a real job and then I deleted him.
Jul 03, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Pretend love for financial gain
by: Anonymous

Recently played words with friends. A guy reached out in the message box and then initiated communication via Hang out.

He states his name is Mark Spiegler. Currently deployed in Turkey and an Army General.

Widowed and a 16 year old Daughter. Was cautious and then started some research when he stated he wanted to make me his sole beneficiary, sent a fake form and advised it would cost $850.00!!

I started questioning him and he did not like this at all. I then cut him off.
No fool here!!
Jun 30, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Decline invites from 1-ranked players
by: Anonymous

One of my policies on WWF is to decline game invitations from anyone with a 1-rating.
Jun 30, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Ugh..Its humid (scammer?)
by: Anonymous

Anyone come across a guy with the username: Ugh..it’sHumid?

Says his name is Kyle and he’s from Florida. Didn’t ask for anything, no sob story. Just very strange.
Jun 29, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Google Reverse Image
by: Anonymous

You can use Google Reverse Image - simply download from your online App Store and follow the instructions.

I’m playing a scammer at the moment and recognised "her" as such from the first move. Used Reverse Image, came up with a girl who’s starred in bondage videos, and of course it’s not "her" short word play that was an immediate give away, it was one move off predicting when "she" would message me.

Playing her game at the moment so she wastes "her" time and can’t scam someone else!
Jun 23, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Website maintenenace
by: Editor

The website will be undergoing maintenance for the next 4 days so any submissions/comments won't appear live until then.

Apologies for any inconvenience.
Jun 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		MikeEmmett
by: Anonymous

Claims to have a daughter by the name of Ella. Uses salt pictures with anyone he chats with. Same story too.. he said he lives in Michigan, but born in Spain. You can easily tell by the way they spell the words that they aren't from the US.

He uses " ideal " instead of idea and "being" instead of been 🤷‍♀️. He says he has his own business but it's far from it, as he has already asked for money. Chatted with him for over 6 months and was always very respectful and very sweet.

Now he's chatting with my daughter and a friend of mine! Yeah... caught him in the act! He's just as sweet with them too. Anyway, He's been blocked!

He's still out there ladies.. he's quite a charmer. Don't fall for it!

It's obviously a trap 🙄 you'll fall in love too 😄🙃🤔🤦‍♀️
Jun 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Hope???
by: Anonymous

I haven’t gotten approached in a while… hoping it stays like this!!!!
Jun 04, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Oil rig workers
by: Anonymous

An interesting comment below about oil rig workers living in the lap of luxury. The scammers that abound on WWF may say they're on an oil rig but my experience is that they are too thick to possibly have a job as an oil rig worker and if you question where their oil rig is, invariably they mention a sea that doesn't exist, like the Mexican Sea, or if you ask where the nearest town is (for instance Aberdeen if they're supposedly in the North Sea off Scotland), they haven't a clue what you're talking about.

Report, report, report!!!
Jun 03, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		We can’t stop them from contacting us
by: Anonymous

No we can’t stop them from sending chat messages. We can decline or block new requests if they look like they are possible scammers.

I used to get a lot of scammers and now I decline the games. Right now I have genuine players. The chat can be muted.

We are not obligated to chat with them.
Jun 03, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		All oil rig workers
by: Anonymous

This text is to inform all ladies that are talking to oil riggers. They are scammers, they do not have to pay for nothing if they are working on an oil rig. I have been scammed out of a lot of money from broken pipes, to feeding his child at home with a nanny or going to boarding school.

They are liars. They have all the luxury on the rig as they do at home. They go home every 2 weeks and work every 2 weeks. Some of them have their women right beside them as they are telling you how much they love you. Dont believe a word of any of it. They have access to their bank account, so all you are doing is putting money in their bank and they live good off you.

Take my advice if you dont want hurt
Jun 01, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous

I am plagued with scammers and am ready to resign the game. How can you stop these people contacting you?
May 23, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Another scammer
by: Anonymous

Taylor W…..will chat you up fairly quickly with the usual
May 21, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers and this site
by: Anonymous

Ok we all know the scammers are aware of this site...so everyone needs to be careful of what they share here. Remember that!
May 21, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammer
by: Anonymous

Watch out for someone that used to play WWF as MartinCarson89. He is using the pictures from Adam Shankman’s Instagram account. He wasn’t able to scam me and he wasted 17 months of his life trying. Asked him/her to own up to what he did. Of course no response!

They are all Scammers!!!!! Or try to be. He is an excellent player and his texting grammar is excellent as well. He is well aware of this page.
May 18, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		The Invisable Man
by: Anonymous

re The Invisable Man.

Here is the link.

U TUBE

https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1762660
May 17, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scott R. - Scottryan193
by: Anonymous

Because he is using someone else’s photo-

I saw him in lightning round and I was surprised. Maybe he is not the same person that scammed me.

I believe "Gustavo Lazo’s" picture is being used by scammers. That’s what I saw on a you tube video and on Gustavo’s website.

Watch invisible man on you tube to find out what a dangerous mafia is out there trying to scam us.
May 17, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Debit Card Scam?
by: Anonymous

Has anyone come across this scenario in all the scams being attempted out there:

This man I talk to, who I presume to be a scammer, said one of his workers had his bank debit card mistakenly sent to a wrong address, which just so happens to be in the state I live in. Someone suggested that it now be reshipped overnight mail to someone closely in the state (which would be me) and that a photo be taken and sent to him, so that he could use it for a purchase he urgently needs to make and can't wait to receive another card from the bank.

This is just such a strange request. Like what is he up to? Is he just phishing for my full name and address for possible identity theft, as he only knows my first name and the state I live in?

If I would do this (which I have no intention of ever doing anything so fraudulent!) would he say I stole the card and/or be responsible for purchases made since I'm the one who had the card in my possession?

Just when you think you heard it all, these scammers keep coming up with new schemes. Just please be careful everyone! Don't have anything to do with money with any person online you've never met!
May 16, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scott R. - Scottryan193
by: Anonymous

I am currently playing Scottryan193. I believe he started the game after a Lightning Round. To the lady who says this is the same person as David Grain, who scammed her in the past, how do you know that he has now changed his profile name and username to Scott R./Scottryan193?

You said he uses a fake photo, but couldn't other people also use that same photo? I think other people have said that more than one player sometimes are using the same photo. It says the date he started is April 12, 2021.

Did he just completely start a new account recently and how do you know it's the same person?

I'm just trying to figure this out as I hope the guy who scammed me also is still not out there in disguise. He most likely still is. They are such pathetic liars without a conscience about what they do.
May 16, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Edward Winters
by: Anonymous

Edward Winters is still using the same photo but has changed his name to Graham Edward. He wants to do you a favour and introduce you to crypto currency....lol
May 16, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Mark W.
by: Anonymous

Mark W. 118089 is a spam - he is using Gustavo lazo’s picture (a Cuban poet).
May 15, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scott R. - Scottryan193
by: Anonymous

I was scammed by someone named David Grain who used a fake photo which I found out by going through comments here.

I didn’t play word for a while, then one day I thought what if that person is still out there with a different name? Don’t I want to warn others?

Today, I saw him with fake picture with a different name: Scott R.

How do I report him? I don’t want him to scam others the way he scammed me.
May 15, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Anderson J
by: Anonymous

Says he’s from Aberdeen Scotland, but now lives in the states & works for Exxon. Appears to be different people playing because the level of words used is not consistent
May 14, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Boris
by: Anonymous

I assume no luck with Boris A or Boris @? A few mentioned playing him a while back. He is slow and patient.
May 12, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Sneaky Scammers
by: Anonymous

There's this one person I played WWF with recently who I think is a sneaky scammer, and I was wondering if anyone else ever came across him.

Back in early May his profile name was Williams M. and user name was "Not a dating site" followed by a yellow sad/frowning face icon and large red X's. His picture was of an older man, he was listed as playing since Aug. 23, 2016, and I remember he told me he was from Florida.

Our conversation was strange, almost creepy, like he was trying hard not to come across with the usual scammer script, but I've been around long enough to see right through it. Later the profile name changed to Robin M. and he/she changed the icons in the user name too.

The person was on my blocked list, but today I noticed the user name has been changed again to "Be nice or get blocked X" (that's a large red X at the end).

I knew you could change your profile name but didn't know players could edit their original user name.

I just have a feeling this person, being around as long as he/she has, is probably up to no good. Why else would they be changing their names like they are? It looks like they have a history of playing a few years now so they don't come across as being "suspicious," but these are the ones that you have to really watch out for.

I'd be interested in hearing if anyone else had any experience with this person?
May 12, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers trying to hide username in lightning rounds
by: Anonymous

So I’ve noticed as of late that scammers are quickly blocking people in lightning rounds (I’m assuming they are making an effort to quickly hide their usernames so that they can’t be exposed on forums like this by experienced players.

The reason I suspect this, is that several times I have gone to view multiple usernames of low scoring players … the first time I look, their user name is there! When I go to check again a few moments later, their actual username disappears and it somehow only shows their " first name "where the username would normally be listed .

Easy solution—-quickly view their info and take a screenshot before they scramble to block you .
May 11, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re Winters Edward
by: Anonymous

Winters Edward aka Edward Winters has now changed his name in WWF to Graham E....Graham Edward
May 08, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Eric Lopez
by: Anonymous

Eric Lopez. Email el5852811@gmail.com. Another scammer. Tried emailing me saying we were friends on wwf. Never heard or talked to him. Said he was in Iran on a peace mission. Fake picture

Tried telling me I am beautiful and sent me a poem. Seriously! They must be getting desperate to reach out through email. Not sure how he got my email though. I don’t play wwf anymore. I got scammed and learned my lesson by falling for a very sad story
May 07, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous

This has been a bonus week on WWF. I think I have spent more time reporting than playing. It is one after the other. I even had 3 different ones using the same man's photo under different names. I play until they tell me how beautiful I am. I ask how they know and they say my profile picture.

My profile picture is just a written phrase. I now report and block them with a message that says: "sorry not my day to be scammed."
May 06, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re Edward Winters
by: Anonymous

Hi Anonymous in answer to your questions about Edward, yes he loves my accent, is falling in love after two games of wwf, doesn't care how old I am, loves older women...lol.

Hasn't asked for anything yet but like I said he is not playing or communicating much now but is on wwf a lot and winning a lot of games so I hope no other women are falling for his lies
May 06, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Gregh4585
by: Anonymous

Gregh4585 - another one from lightning rounds who I could predict would be sending me a game invite and instantly sending me a message. He invited me to a fast play and immediately messaged me on the first move.

After I made about 3 moves without responding , the game disappeared (assuming he blocked me ) .
May 06, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		TerryandFrancess@gmail.com
by: Anonymous

He is a scammer, son caught him in a big lie, his old email, Terry Smith 1q@gmail. com has been deactivated. One down more to go Hahaha
May 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Attention all scammers!
by: Anonymous

Hangouts is going to cease to exist soon!!
May 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Hangouts
by: Anonymous

So just to make people aware, the scammers are aware of this site and read the comments. They take notes from the complaints here. I have had several tell me they use this in their scripts.

That being said, they want to go to hangouts because time on the game is limited before they get disabled. They also want to use hangouts because it doesn’t use their data as fast. By moving to hangouts, they can ask for money and keep up the pretense of being in love.

They will send the pictures of hearts and flowers and tell you how beautiful they think you are, and this is all part of the game because they think all clients (and yes that’s all you are to them) are just lonely and waiting for them to sweet talk you.
May 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		“Edward Winters”
by: Anonymous

That’s hilarious that you made the fake account to meet Edwards on hangouts. Now you’ve got me curious and tempted to try this myself lol

What kind of stuff do they say on hangouts? Do they tell you "how beautiful you sound" and "how much they want to marry" you ? Or do they keep it subtle at first , before moving in for the kill ? lol
May 04, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Edward Winters
by: Anonymous

Re Edward Winters or Winters Edward. Out of curiosity I made up a false email and went on to hangouts at his request. It started off with a few phone calls from a very charming man with a lovely English accent and the last call was from a man with a very different voice...no English accent...lol.

Also some of the texts had quite poor grammar. Since mentioning that I am now being ignored on wwwf and hangouts....lol...be very careful with this one ladiès
May 04, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Reporting and Disabling Scammers
by: Anonymous

I really enjoy also seeing when players (or scammers I should say) that I've blocked and reported get disabled, especially the ones who've been around for awhile. I know they just turn around and start back up again with a new account, but at least now they are back at a "1" for player level and we're more on the lookout for these new player accounts.

Just recently I saw that one player who was around almost two years was disabled. Yay!! In my Manage Block List he had a number by his name starting with 22 (followed by 7 other numbers, such as 22xxxxxxx) rather than the later 24 and 25 numbers that I see disabled more. Must have been a sneaky scammer to stay around that long!

Sometimes I get tired of having all these scammers invade my games, but other times (like if I'm really bored!) I just enjoy making up lies about my life in a conversation, like they do, and then have the satisfaction of reporting them.

Keep up the good work everybody! Remember to pass along to others--especially older, more vulnerable people--to never give money, transfer money, or loan money, as well as never give out personal ID information, to anybody you've met online but never in real life.
Apr 30, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		The “Prince “ has been disabled
by: Anonymous

Hey guys! Just a quick note that reporting must drive results sometimes. I see that our heart throb prince (Makatoumfazzamadabinmohamme) has been disabled. I find it so satisfying seeing these guys get disabled especially the ones who put a lot of time and effort into establishing their stats and profiles.
Apr 30, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Level 5 and above
by: JLPaul116

I saw @Chris in NH post and I only play 5 and above. Most of them are scammers at that level too but at least I am not breaking them in
Apr 29, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Lindewe s
by: Anonymous

I am a woman. Lindewe’s profile is a young beautiful woman. She immediately started chatting and wanted to go to hangouts or Whattsap.

In her chat messages she always called me dear or my dear. I blocked her
Apr 29, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Level
by: Anonymous

The level is at the bottom of the profile picture. If someone is at level 1 and only won a few games they are obviously scammers.

There are a lot of beautiful women and/or ones who look like porn stars. Most of the time these are guys. They changed their tactics. A friend of mine was playing one who looked like a porn star.

Eventually my friend got a confession from the player that he was a 17 year old Nigerian guy.
Apr 29, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Chris in NH
by: Anonymous

How do you know what level they are? I accept the game. And if the guys are newly on words or have won like 2 games since 2014 lol I just block them and never start the game. Thanks
RLH in NY
Apr 29, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		My change in strategy
by: Chris in NH

I have decided not to accept any WWF game invitations from anyone at Level 1. Ordinarily I’m always happy to engage new players, but the avalanche of ‘beautiful women’ sending out their game invitations to me has just gotten wayyyy too much.
Apr 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		To person playing Keanu
by: Anonymous

I played him too, and he wanted to marry me even though I told him I wasn’t a fan. He must have met someone else because I haven’t heard from him in months!
Apr 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		List of players in words (beware)
by: Anonymous

Johnjackson09094
Dennishaywood53
Beaks

These players challenged me while playing lightening round!

John & beaks resigned or blocked me once they realized I wasn't going to chat.

Dennis I did chat with. His story was that of a scammers. I'm 99.9% sure all are scammers actively playing in words.


If anyone is playing against them please keep your guard up.
Apr 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Prince
by: Anonymous

I also had him on the game and he blocked me as well when I refused to go to hangouts. He is definitely a scammer, that pic and variations of the name have been recycled. But of course the game doesn’t care and he is still active.

I reported as well but he isn’t disabled. Make sure to report as unwanted contact at the least.
Apr 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Knock me over with a feather
by: JLPaul116

I just played "Keanu Reeves." I guess he didn't account for that I might personally know Keanu. . . Scum bag
Apr 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		“ I’m a prince from Dubai “
by: Anonymous

Recently got a message from a "prince in Dubai" …user name is quite the mouthful : Makatoumfazzamadabinmohamme

As soon as I asked him "are you sure you’re from Dubai ? I thought maybe you were a Nigerian prince " he instantly blocked me

I’m wondering if they are making insanely long usernames now in an effort to make it more difficult to expose their usernames on forums like this? Another trend to watch for with these guys I guess !
Apr 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re: Boris@
by: Anonymous

I am currently playing him. I will update you. May or may not be a scammer
Apr 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re Winters E
by: Anonymous

Winters E asked for my phone number, said no so now has asked me to go on hangouts..lol
Apr 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re: Winters E.
by: Anonymous

I am currently playing him.
I will update you as I learn more.
Apr 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Not a scammer
by: Anonymous

FYI........Martin Carson is not a scammer!
Apr 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re user names
by: Anonymous

Re Edward Winters. His user name is
Winters E.

Underneath that is Wintersedward76
Is anybody playing him?
Apr 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		No traffic
by: jlpaul116

I must have been flagged as a waste of time. I haven't been getting any requests lately. I'm completely fine with that but find it strange.
Apr 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Boris@
by: Anonymous

Has anyone been scammed or tried to by Boris A. game name is Boris@

He is very methodical and careful, not your typical scammer but I believe he is. If nobody has been tried, I could be wrong about him and it Was just me. From Nigeria and goes by real name.
Apr 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Martin Carson
by: Anonymous

Yes,Martin Carson is a scammer, played him before.
Apr 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Martin Carson
by: Anonymous

Martincarson89 on WWF. Haven’t seen him play for a long time. He might have changed his user name. He also has a Instagram account rm_carson. Is this who you played? And how long ago?
Apr 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Martin Carson
by: Anonymous

He is a scammer. Have played with him before...scammer!
Apr 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		When asking about a particular man...
by: Anonymous

Such as...
Edward Winters
Martin Carson
Etc

Please also list the USER NAME in Words With Friends.

This is what we need to research your man to give you all we can find out and know. Beware there are a lot scammers.

Thank you. Together we can make a difference.

Apr 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Edward Winters
by: Anonymous

Has anyone had Edward Winters from the UK start a game with them. Very unsure about him.
Apr 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Anyone playing
by: Anonymous

Is anyone playing WWF Martin Carson?
Apr 23, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		So much value
by: Anonymous

Please don’t stop! This site does give so much value and helps many! Your time is very appreciated and I want to thank you for hosting it.

ED: Thank you

Apr 22, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Dana P
by: Anonymous

Just curious if anyone else has communicated with a Dana P. On wwf sweet guy maybe little too sweet and after more than innocent chat. Ive blocked him.
Apr 22, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Ads and apology
by: Anonymous

Please forgive my previous post about taking the ads down. I had absolutely no idea how the website works and that the ads help with the costs of the website. By all means leave them as I’m sure the rest of the ladies would agree this is a very useful site and certainly you need to be paid for your time and for the cost of the site. I truly had no idea and I’m sorry if I seemed ungrateful or rude.

You are providing a wonderful service here and I think I can speak for everyone when I say thank you thank you thank you for all that you do, please forgive me.

ED: Thank you for your kind words. I don't mind spending many hours per week as a community service if I feel its helping people. It is heartbreaking reading some of the victim's stories that are submitted, and I would like to think this website is helping in some small way to those victims/potential victims.
Apr 22, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		henry M. #nohangouts
by: Anonymous

Well here’s an interesting one. New tactic being deployed. Obvious picture of a scammer. I usually mute the chat without opening it, but the #nohangouts got the better of my curiosity!

Sent a message in the third move, which I opened, but didn’t reply to, it just said hello with a red rose emoji. Played another move and he responded immediately with "how you doing?"

I still haven’t responded, but one for one of the scammer eradication groups to follow up.
Apr 22, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Non stop
by: Anonymous

The game requests from scammers especially if you are playing the lightening round is crazy. I see who is playing those rounds and can bet on who will invite me to play a game based on their picture and two 1st names.
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Apr 22, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re: The Ads
by: Anonymous

I noticed a few weeks back that I stopped getting 10+ requests daily from accounts that I assume are scammers. I started just declining all games from people I don't know and it seems like they just stopped trying for a bit.

Yesterday I had a 5-7 requests again and declined them all. It seems the more you accept the more they challenge.
Apr 22, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Ads
by: Anonymous

Lol! The ads are very annoying and distracting! STOP THEM! I also noticed recently that the site has been very quiet. Hopefully we are all learning we are not going to stop scamming we might slow down but we’re not going to stop it so it’s all stop arguing about it. We should all be on the same side.

ED: I agree the ads are annoying however they are there to try to cover the cost of hosting the website. My time reviewing the submissions/posts [a couple of hours every day] is my community service trying to help victims/potential victims of scams.

If the ads are really annoying people and thats why the page is quieter, I will take the website down as its not serving a useful purpose.
Apr 22, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		The Ads
by: Anonymous

Is nobody commenting anymore because of the ads or is mine just not working? Never seen this page be so quiet.
Apr 17, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Non stop
by: Anonymous

Anyone else finding the scammers intros to be non stop this week?
Apr 17, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Another one to watch out for
by: Anonymous

Lindewe S

Her profile picture is a beautiful young woman. I am a female. She started chatting within 24 hours. She immediately asked to go to hangouts.

She has not asked any personal questions yet and is not following the usual script. She said she is from Spain touring in South Africa. Her grammar is good. She calls me dear.

Sneaky scammer. Maybe the women from the FB group can send her challenges and see what her agenda is
Apr 17, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Decline equals block most times
by: Anonymous

I have found that lately the scammers are blocking me if I decline the game and or accept and don’t engage in chat. Isn’t If you get so many blocks they disable your account (happened before, it’s a headache). I don’t know how they can block when I decline, does anyone know ?
Thanks

Apr 12, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry smith1.q@gmail. com
by: Anonymous

All are big time scammers, liars
Apr 08, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Website maintenenace
by: Editor

The website will be undergoing maintenance for the next 4 days so any submissions/comments won't be live until then.

Apologies for any inconvenience.
Apr 07, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Women Stand Together
by: Anonymous

Well said! Please...anybody, anytime, do what you can to help combat this problem, whether you block and report suspicious people on WWF, join a group on Facebook, or spread the word to family and friends about scams in general.

It is obviously a never-ending battle and there are literally thousands of these con artists out there, and it has only gotten worse lately with the whole pandemic for many reasons.

You may at times think it doesn't really make a difference the little bit you can do, that you can't change the world by taking down a scammer here and there. Yes, that's true, but if you were only able to disable one scammer here on WWF, or get him to give up or reconvert what he's doing with his life, maybe that one scammer would not have been able to affect my life by violating me and taking away my dignity and trust in people, something I continue to struggle with on a daily basis.

So please...stick together as women and look out for each other!
Apr 07, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Women Stand Together
by: Anonymous

After reading all the comments below, I think we all need to take a breath and live by this quote.

Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.

Maya Angelou said these words and we as women shouldn’t be criticizing or challenging, we should all be working together for a common goal. To protect each other, to learn from each other and to be there for each other.

However that happens, whatever groups we belong or don’t belong, we are women and that group should be enough for all of us.
Apr 07, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		WOW
by: Anonymous

What is this group you are talking about? How can I find them? How Can I join?

I am one of the people who was scammed by a person with a fake name of David Grain who uses Gustavo Lazo's picture for his profile.
Apr 06, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Wow
by: Anonymous

It always amazes me how people can be so catty as keyboard warriors. I don’t believe that either side is wrong. Most of us have been fighting the battle against the never ending slew of scammers for a long time but there are still a ton of women that have no clue what they are up against.

My mother is one of them. And because of her and her trusting natures, I do what I can every day to take as many as I can out. Do I think it’s wrong if you ignore, no, do I think it’s wrong if you don’t engage and just block or block and report, no. Do I think what the group is doing is wrong, no.

There is no right or wrong way to combat this every growing problem and yes for every one that we take down, 2 more pop up but in the last week, I have broke at least 20 of them. I did it with the help of an amazing group of friends that just so happen to meet here on this forum that I am part of the ‘warrior elitist’ group that has been trashed here.

I’m sorry that you feel the way you do, I wasn’t part of the conversations you had but I also had to go through them. I was initially rejected for reasons that seemed suspicious but in the end it was well worth it. We have a lot of laughs and if nothing else, I made some great friends and I love seeing how we come together and use our skills. We all have strengths and weaknesses and play off of them.

I’m not advocating for anyone to come into the folds but felt the need to defend it. You all have your own opinions and have to do what you feel is best and again, none of them are wrong. But as a group, we have a mission to slow them down, get their accounts disabled to slow down even more. I’m not naïve, I know they go right back in some cases as we have seen but because we have a great system, we are better equipped to stop them.

They do read our conversations here, I have had a couple tell me that they enjoy learning our secrets as well so that’s why we are diligent in keeping who and what we know private. They have female profiles as well that they use to obtain information as well. And they know about blocking and reporting as well and we have faced that of people getting their accounts shut down.

There is enough hate in the world, if you can be anything, be kind. Life is to short to be mean to people.
Apr 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re wow
by: That Old Chestnut

Racist?
Who said anything about what race you are to be a part of our team? You do not even know what race I am, come to that. A truly bizarre comment.

We do, however, work as a team, so are all like minded, determined, happy and spirited. That is why it is important that new members are able to fit in, not because of their race. The same values, ethos and enthusiasm are vital and what I look for when I 'recruit'.

Furthermore, no one accused you of being a scammer yourself. Another random and unfounded comment.
Apr 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		That Old Chestnut
by: Anonymous

Correction in the name, it was That Old Chestnut, not This.
Apr 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Group
by: Anonymous

I was playing a game on WWF with That Old Chestnut. It was so she could screen me for acceptance to their group. I have been playing for years and the last couple of years had my share of scammers. Since I would not send money and would reverse search their pictures they did not stick around very long.

I do not know what happened but That Old Chestnut left the game with me. I believe she had some personal things to deal with at the same time. I am skeptical about trying again. This was my 2nd attempt. I must give her bad karma or something
Apr 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Amazed
by: Anonymous

"Warriors". OMG, none of us in the group claim to be warriors. All we try to do is get them to confess and get their accounts disabled while hoping to convert some. We do not claim that we are special and the admins are careful not to admit scammers into the group. We do connect mentally based on what each of us have been through or what our friends have endured.

We are trying to make WWF safer for non suspecting women. I was one of those 3 years ago, naïve, lonely and fell for a scammer. Anything I can do to prevent another woman from being romanced by a scammer I will do.

Saying we are racist is pure BS. Grow up. So if it makes others feel better to mock us and insult us - have it. Concentrate on the scammers and posting their info on here. Someone may see the names and identification they use on WWF and realize they are being scammed.
Apr 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		No sour grapes
by: Anonymous

I’m with you. I don’t need to be part of some elitist group to do what I’ve been doing for 5 yrs on my own. I’m my own person and will do it my way.
Thx for your post
Apr 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Wow
by: Anonymous

I can assure you I am no scammer. I have been playing for years, dealt with, called them out and had them confess. I know what to look for and what to say.

Only letting "certain people " in is rather racist. So carry on well your little group.
Apr 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		No sour grapes
by: Anonymous

No issue with the role these Warriors have taken on. Its a good thing. But these guys are just creating new accounts and playing the Warriors. They are not reforming.

I am glad the Warriors are at least putting a hurdle in how fast they can run their scam. I dont care to be part of your secret group. Didnt ask to join. I am fine on my own.
Apr 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Is my reporting working?
by: Anonymous

I’ve been having fun wasting scammers’ time and started trying to "report abuse", but when I do it just brings up a white screen that says "report user" at the top, but no further option to send the report?

I assume there’s supposed to be another button on the screen to actually report, but it’s not there.

Can anyone provide any insight?
Apr 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Sour grapes?
by: That Old Chestnut

To Anon

I too have made some excellent friends with people I have played the game with. I can think of 4 people whom I love dearly and chat to daily.

To address your other points.
We DO let people join our group. We have 3 recent members who, after a fairly lengthy process, are part of the team now and have fitted in beautifully, as I knew they would. We do not allow just anyone to join as that could undermine the groups integrity. I screen people very closely to check they are not scammers and that they would be a good fit to the 30 or so people with us already. Yes, there are questions...of course there are!

It sounds like you know this already, but I didn't take your request further forward, for whatever reason.

Just recently I had 4 scammers try and infiltrate the group, so of COURSE I am very, very careful.

We are not working on one boy at a time. Each of us has, at a guess, 6 on the go at once. So WHEN not if they are disabled they lose the 50 marks they are working. That's 300 scams saved a week per group member. We have 30 odd group members. You do the maths.

Yes they sometimes, but not always, open a new account. There are 30 of us actively looking for that immediately.

As we have Zyngas ear we have a very high success rate at disabling. Some take longer of course, and we have dealt with some very top end scammers who are very, very smart. I could say more, but I won't.

As we are only doing good and making the game a safer, happier place, whilst having a darn good laugh at the same time, I am not really sure what your issue is?

I can only assume that you approached me to join us, were rejected and that this is sour grapes.
Apr 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous

Did you actually bother to read the reply a few posts down about NOT being labelled as WWF warriors.

I don’t think you did.

They, understandably, are very careful about who is let into the group. I have seen for myself how a young scammer can do a turnaround with the right guidance.

When all is said and done, surely we are all in the same boat - trying to make sure women are aware of the dangers out there?
Apr 04, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous

In response to making a true good friend. Yes it can happen. I have a good friend on WWF now almost 16 months. We are on hangouts. We are both married. We are both very engrained in each others lives.

The secret society of wwf warriors will not let anyone else in. Its them and us and scammers. But they will question your every move and sound like your mom if your answer doesnt suit them. They are helping to get rid of one player at a time but the scammers just create new profiles. Its not rocket science. Just follow my posts from a few days ago
Apr 04, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Please understand
by: Anonymous

Please understand that if the group on Facebook accepted everybody with these, we would have scammers among us on there. I am new to the group but it was over two months before I was invited. They are a wonderful group of women that are there for the right reasons. Our goal is to try to save people from giving away what they own and having their hearts broken at the same time.
Apr 04, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Friends
by: Anonymous

It is possible to make friends on WWFs, I have several that I have gotten close to. We talk about family, life events, etc. I was impacted by the hurricanes this year, and they have kept in touch and checked on our progress often.

As far as scammers, I have had at least 20 in the last couple of weeks. I had requested to be in the Facebook group to help bring these guys down, for whatever reason I was declined without given a chance along with several of my friends. So now we just decline games with the ones we assume are scammers.
Apr 04, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Thanks to the group
by: Anonymous

I would like to thank the group of you who are taking on these scammers. It is a good thing you are doing. Getting them disabled. I have been playing on WWF2 for a long time.

I have never posted my real picture, its always of something else. I'm not on any other social media other that words. I had no idea that words had been invaded by so many scammers.

Until last year, I had what I thought was a nice man challenge me to a new game. I accepted not knowing that he was a scammer. He was very chatty right off the bat. I had accepted other challenges but there was never any chatting. I thought it was strange. Not sure how he found me, must of been through the lighting round.

I'm normally a friendly person so I chatted back. Then I got the story about him living in the US and he was an engineer and was stationed on an oil rig in Europe. Had one child who had to go into boarding school when he was away. Was a widower Little did I know this was the story of a scammer.


Yes, he convinced me to go to hang outs. Which I have never heard of. He called me and once I heard his voice I knew something wasn't right. He did not sound like a 60 something year old man. His voice was that of a young man with a very thick accent. Could barely understand him.

Of course he knew all the right things to say and send and was very charming. I started doing some research on scammers and found several articles on the subject. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I realized I was dealing with a real scammer. His story about being on an oil rig and widowed etc. Was that of a scammer. After chatting with him a little longer he asked me to send him gift cards for quite a bit of money. I told him no way! Why was he asking me for money and he was so well off.

After that I knew 100% I was dealing with a full pledged scammer. It very nerve racking to know I was almost fooled by this scammer and he could of stolen a lot of money from me. Although I never sent him any kind of money, the whole experience did leave me feeling very vulnerable. It's a scary feeling to know there are people out there, that know how to and will take advantage of an unsuspecting person.

These scammers steal another person's identity and take on their lives, pretending to be them. They steal off their social media using pictures and words written by the unsuspecting. I can only imagine if and when these men/women finally realize what is going on, how they must feel.

It's pretty easy to spot a scammer on words now. I've only had a few of them challenge me since then. I knew they were scammers and most of the time just decline the game.

Just remember if a person you don't know asks for gift cards or money especially over the internet please don't do it. Know that you are dealing with a scammer who is out to steal your money, heart, dignity. Block and report them.
Apr 04, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re scammers alive and well
by: That Old Chestnut

To Anon. You make a few points that I would like to address.

We are not WWF Warriors. We are a group of friends, all of whom have been touched by scammers in some way, who share a sense of humor, self worth and morality.

We engage with these boys, learn about them and talk to them. We have been very successful in rehabilitating them and showing them that there is another way to earn money rather than scamming and stealing.

When they are disabled they lose every single victim that they are currently grooming. Up to around 50 or so. We see that as 50 people who are now not going to be scammed. The scammer has to start over, and often they do not bother.

Zynga know us and engage with us often. Now, I am not sure how you think you have engaged with us to such a level that you can describe us as pompous and judgemental?

We have not engaged with anyone out of our circle. You are not a member of our Facebook group so you have no idea what our ethos is or how we conduct ourselves.

Reporting is vital.

The more reports a scammer gets, the quicker he is disabled by Zynga and the sooner he loses his marks. The more times his account is disabled the less likely he is to start over with 50 new potential victims.

So simply blocking is ultimately a selfish act.
See how that works? You report for the sake of others, not just yourself.

We do what we do for others not for ourselves.
It isn't rocket science.
Apr 03, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Sexyalex042 Has changed username
by: Anonymous

Just to let everyone know "Sexyalex042" has changed his user name to a more "mature" username. His name is now Mr.Alex_David.

Please see an earlier post of mine about this guy (his old username is within the comment title of the post)



Apr 02, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers Alive and well
by: Anonymous

Well said! I feel the same way. Take responsibility and simply don’t play them and don’t engage with them.

Thank you for stating the obvious so clearly!
Apr 02, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers alive and well
by: Anonymous

So for years I have been learning about these guys. There has been a great increase over the last few weeks but I am sure this is common. If you want to play with less stress, remove your profile picture, they will message you as soon as they see you are a female. I know males are scammed too, but I can't offer much into that part.

As you play with the option to play new friends and allow invites, you open the door to anyone contacting you. I now keep that off, until I feel like I want to explore and meet new players. Of course I get the 2 first names immediately. They use that like Todd Michael or a name and a few numbers.

If they have a picture, reverse image search it on yandex. I find all my scammers there. Don't give out info and if you are invited to hangouts, whatsapp or telegram that's a red flag. What could you possibly have to discuss with them outside of words chat. If you are looking for a love interest, low chance it will happen with a real person on words although I have a very good friendship with a man who is not a scammer, just a lonely man who has been around for almost 18 months.

Now the self appointed Words with friends warriors will tell you the same thing. I found them to be more judgmental and pompous, like they owned the right to punish scammers. I spoke with 2 that just asked a lot of questions and seemed to keep tabs on me more then they did the scammers.

Just block the scammer and go on. Reporting them does nothing, zygna does nothing. These guys just make new accounts. As long as you are not giving them info, pictures or money, you are safe.

Remember that.

So enjoy your games on words and stay safe.
Apr 01, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammer
by: Anonymous

Scammer on words with friends 2. Goes by Ricahard M. User name is moenrichard89.

Very good lier
Mar 30, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		“Sexyalex042” Alex D
by: Anonymous

So this one, I have to admit I had fun messing with lol. I called this guy out for being a scammer and even convinced him to change the photo to himself instead of using fake ones.

I started playing this guy maybe a month ago or so and he admitted he was in Nigeria when I called him out on it and he even updated his picture to a Nigerian man (he only left this picture up for maybe a day or 2). After unsuccessfully begging me several times to send him a picture of myself and begging me to take the conversation to a different platform, he finally gave up and doesn’t talk to me anymore.

For fun I’ve been keeping an eye on his username to see if he gets deleted (as I’ve reported him). I see that he continues to change his profile picture frequently.

His updates on profile pictures has gone something like this :

- when I first started talking to him about a month ago it was a 40 something year old man with blondish hair in a green or blue shirt.
- When I called him out and encouraged him to " be proud and to be himself " he updated the picture to a Nigerian man.
-A few days later he changed it back to the very first picture again.
- I called him out for using a fake pic again, he then updated the photo to what appeared to be a different Nigerian man.
-A few days went by, and he changed it back to the very first picture again.
- He kept the very first pic for maybe about a week (?) and then changed the picture to a bouquet of red flowers for almost 2 weeks?
- Now today when I looked him up, he has a new picture of a new Caucasian male with a kid.

**shakes head**
Mar 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scott M
by: Anonymous

His full username is

Sm8852556

I know he is a scammer, and haven’t given in to his "tears" that he can’t get a vacation because he can’t get his box.
Mar 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry smith1.q@gmail. com
by: Anonymous

This is to the lady trying to get a hold of me, I tried using you profile letters and nothing came up, but if you will scroll thru, my email address is on here on Oct 17,2020, would love to hear from you
Mar 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scott M.
by: Regular Player

When you post about asking if anyone knows him, can you please post the user name from the game. It’s hard to do anything about it without the exact name. For example if will say Scott M. But his user is ScottM123445678 there are thousands of Scott M. On the game.

If you post user names here, we can add them and see what we can get. But in general, if they are on a rig of any sort, 99% (don’t want to insult true rig workers) they are scammers. They are getting smarter in the scripts but they slip up easily when pressed on questions.

We are glad to try and help to get them disabled but without a user name it’s impossible.
Mar 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Standard info
by: Anonymous

ANYONE Who says they live in America but are working overseas, is a scammer. You can count on that.
Mar 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Names
by: Anonymous

Anyone play against a Scott M? Claims he is from California but works on rig in Ireland. Script not totally followed but sure he is a scammer.
Mar 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry Smith
by: Anonymous

Terry Smith, to the lady that was scammed by Terry Smith. Contact me on words with friends. My profile name is
Rmkable
Mar 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry Smith
by: Anonymous

WhatsApp and hangouts are just chat apps and no one is going to just start up a chat with him. If he is on WWF his username is necessary for us to recognize him.
Mar 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry smith1.q@gmail. com
by: Anonymous

I do not know his user name, I didn't know it was important until a few months back, so I didnt get it but I'm the one he scammed. I have tried to play another game with him, but he hasn't played in a while, so sorry, I didnt know how scammers worked, but now that I do, I will surely be getting that.

He used a Michael Whitehouse profile picture until I told him about it. He has changed to sunflower, then onto a saying, but no user name on them either. He is on hangouts, whatsApp and fb.
Mar 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry smith
by: Anonymous

To the lady who keeps posting about Terry Smith. We can’t identify him on WWF by his email address. Without his username from WWF, we won’t recognize him if we come across him in a game. So while we appreciate that you have been scammed by him, plz post his username. Thx
Mar 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry smith1.q@gmail. com
by: Anonymous

This man is a scammer, and is using a big sunflower as a profile picture on WhatsApp, and using Michael Whitehouse profile pictures on hangouts. He does not have a daughter, but will tell you he needs gift cards to order food while he is working on a oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, but don't believe a word he says.
Mar 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Invisible Man
by: Anonymous

You are welcome.

Never send a copy of your Driver's License, Passport, Social Security Number or Bank account number.

Never send a picture of yourself. It will be on the internet forever. Sometimes, the picture that you send, will be used as a profile by the scammers to scam someone else.
Mar 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Invisible man
by: Anonymous

Thanks a lot for sharing that video - I watched it and felt really bad for the woman who is dead now.

I felt really lucky that I found out soon enough and caught them before they harm me for real.

Does anyone know if I should report this scamming ?

I already reported to the local police and got a new driver license, since they had a picture of my driver license. But should I do anything else ? Do I need to report to more places ?
Mar 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Ignore the request to chat
by: Anonymous

I accept games and if they player starts chatting, i assume they are scammers. I ignore their request to chat. The real folks continue to play. The scammers resign the game and disappear.
Mar 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		In response to “What to do?”
by: Anonymous

I always felt bombarded by these scammers. Today I got 14 game requests and declined all of them. Check the game level and the amount of wins and if they are at level 1 with 0 wins and a very low game score then they are scammers.

Mute the chat.
Mar 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Hilarious
by: Anonymous

Oh my goodness, I wish I could share a screen shot of a conversation with a new scammer. His responses are so funny.
Mar 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		What to do??
by: Anonymous

I have been bombarded with scammers, even a couple of women. I love playing the game, but it is so tiresome dealing with these people.
Mar 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Always messages after the third move
by: Anonymous

I’m noticing lately that these scammers always message you immediately after their 3rd move rather than their typical immediate message after the first move.

You would think they’d be a little smarter and not be so obvious with their patterns (even though they’d still stick out like a sore thumb to most people due to their atrocious attempt at English).

Tonight I had someone "compliment" me saying he really " likes my words". I pointed out that the compliment was rather awkward and they respond " you are welcome dear " ** insert massive eye roll**
Mar 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous

I have been on this forum for about a year now, reading all your posts

I am suggesting to everyone that is on this forum to go to U Tube and watch this documentary.
It will take only 44 minutes of your time.

Here is the link:

U Tube
www.ctv.w5 The Invisable Man
Mar 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Reply to " change in pattern.... .."
by: Anonymous

You are right, some of them don't use stolen photos anymore, anyway it is always easy to recognize them because they start chatting straight away, plus following the same tapescript.

The problem is that recently 8 out of 10 who start a new game are scammers. I always report them, but WWF should do something, otherwise most people will quit the game
Mar 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous

Facebook has really gotten bad and I have a dating site on there and everybody I met on there have been sending codes to my phone from my Facebook and other places.

I'm not sending him a damn thing so you need to tell everybody that Facebook dating app is still nothing but scammers and Men who want money
Mar 23, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Thank You
by: Anonymous

Thank you and your group for everything you do to STOP these scammers!
Mar 23, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re: Ignoring
by: Anonymous

Those of us in a group I belong to do NOT ignore our families. We work at Reporting Scammers so they are disabled and unable to rape women and men financially. I have texted with women that lost from $100 to hundreds of thousands of dollars to these scammers.

I have talked with women that have sisters that sold their houses and vehicles who sent all money to these scammers. If we band together we can educate women and men not to send money, gift cards, or launder money for them. It is a never ending battle but well worth the time I spend.

Our motto is family first and we take breaks from cornering these jerks. We rejuvenate before continuing our mission. I personally know female friends that were scammed for tens of thousands of dollars. Why? They were lonely and scammers know exactly what to say.
Mar 22, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Change in pattern with profile picture
by: Anonymous

Wonder if these scammers have received word that their pics are getting reported for being "impersonation". I’m noticing that they are now posting pictures of things such as flowers instead.

I bet their new approach is to chat casually with you on words with friends and then eventually lure you to "hangouts" where they will then share their fake picture and begin the scamming process from there.
Mar 22, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry smith1.q@gmail. com
by: Anonymous

Using a big yellow sunflower for his pic, but still the same old sly fox.
Mar 21, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Been scammed by David Grain
by: David Grain

You won’t know what you are dealing with until you get scammed. I was a long time scrabble player that moved on to words with friends and never had received so many messages that I received in the summer.

I was a type of person that never ever was scammed in my life.

I pretty much ignored all of them when playing. Or answered them wrong then they left.

Unfortunately David Grain’s gang who scammed me were very skilled and they were a group working together. They were very skilled and I believe they were even strong psychologists owing to how they control you. The other two guys that they were working together were Donavan Smith and Bernardo.

I read all your texts and I believe the scammers read them too. That’s why they become smarter.

The thing is not everyone who is playing will automatically search for word scammers. Most people like me will start searching google after being hit.

I am glad that I finally could pull myself out of it. It was really hard to save yourself from a net that 3 villains make for you. But I am happy I did.

I miss playing word with friends. But it wasn't worth the money I lost and the time I spent chatting with that criminal David Grain

Mar 21, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Entertainment
by: Anonymous

I have been bombarded the last couple of days with scammers. I didn't think I would answer their questions in Spanish. One asked how I was doing, I answered with Gracious. They replied, that's really good to hear.
Mar 21, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Neglecting families
by: Anonymous

I wasn’t suggesting to chat with every level one scammer. Part of the reason I do what I do is to help other human beings. I thought that’s what we were here for, ultimately. It’s very presumptuous to assume those of us that are simply trying to make it a better world, or neglecting our families.

I also think it’s careless and callous, to assume that naïve people should just pay the price for being naïve.

I would suggest you do this anyway you’d like and others can do the same.
Mar 21, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		There are more and more of them 😡
by: Anonymous

All of us as players should decline games with them when they are level 1 players with 0 wins. We should mute chat. We should block them. We have to discourage these evil scammers. When I realize who they really are I ignore their messages and don’t play with them for a few days and some of them resign and block me.

There are more of those young women who look like porn stars. They try to lure all of the male players. I get a lot of the handsome looking older men. Any player who starts a challenge and declares their feelings or asks to go to hangouts or whattsap are scammers.

People beware.
Mar 21, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Ones to watch out for
by: Anonymous

Edwardgeraghty001 - jury still out on this one but 95%sure scammer

Steverobber113 -Steve

Ernestwaynesmith95 - Ernest W.

xyzzy - Louis A.

Arroyojohnson26 - Johnson A.

Frankwilliam5055 - Frank W.
Also played him previously, same photo - Philip Todd

Rogerbaker194 - same name

Ethan_Brooks - Ethan B.

Danieljohn19198 - Daniel J.
Mar 21, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Ignoring
by: Anonymous

I also ignore and they will go away. I don't have time to sit and chat with these guys. I understand there are naive people in this world, but if they choose to send money to strangers then that's just a hard lesson learned.

I hope the ones that do spend their time trying to "catch" these people are not neglecting your families!
Mar 21, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Bitcoins miners
by: Anonymous

Today two scammers proposed me to invest in Bitcoins. I know for sure because it's always the same story, photo of a middle-age handsome man, start chatting straight away, one engineer, one doctor. But they both want me to invest in Bitcoins. They say I should send them as much money as I want and in a few days I will get back three times my money!!

No more love scammers.. Beware
Mar 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		New ones
by: Anonymous

One of my guys just told me there were a bunch of new people coming in. The problem with the analogy of ignoring them, in my opinion, is this. They are going to be naïve people that will not ignore them. The more of us that say to them directly, "we’re on to you. "It seems to me that would be more of a deterrent.


Those of us that are actually talking to scammers that have admitted their scammers, we’re getting information to possibly protect someone else.
Mar 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Greg B.
by: Anonymous

Anyone encounter him?
Me-B-GB is username
Mar 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Adrian Goddard or Glen Goddard
by: Arlene j

Adrian Glen Goddard on my line now
Mar 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Block the chat..
by: Anonymous

I've decided not to respond. They eventually give up. I keep playing the game and they keep trying to make conversation. After a few days, they leave! Of course others come along. I just keep doing the same thing.

I believe if we all do this, they have to give up. But of course, there's always those wanting to chat. I'm tired of being nice and responding nicely to these scammers. They will continue as long as there's those responding.

I love the game and will continue playing but they will keep coming. I will continue ignoring. They will get nothing outta me!! That's for sure!
Mar 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers. Yup. Increased yeaterday
by: Anonymous

The recruits must have graduated. Been awful. 10 yesterday.
Mar 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re: Ugh! They are back
by: BabyGurl

Yes, I noticed this also. I received a total of (10), receiving (6) just yesterday. Several have started the game, but once I subject my word move, and answer their request, they immediately resign the game. Which thoroughly delights me, due to I am so incredibly sick of these scam artists. They can all completely disappear~They truly ruin Words With Friends for me
Mar 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Ugh, they're back
by: Anonymous

About 3 weeks ago the scammers seemed to have disappeared. I thought they finially gave up. Not one game request from any of them (yay!). Last night I received 5 and just now another one. Anyone else notice this?
Mar 19, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Byron
by: Anonymous

Hi, I play online Scrabble and I'm pretty certain that one of the players is a scammer. He says his name is Byron and he works on an oil rig in the gulf of Mexico. I asked if he was on FB and he said they are not allowed because of his job. He says his wife and son died.

Usually when I tell a fella who messages me that I'm 74 I don't get any more messages and they disappear. This fella says he is in his 50s and calls me dear all the time. Ive refused to give him my phone number and my email but he's still chatting.

I'm giving him false information to see how far I can push him before he realises I know he's a scammer. He hasn't asked for any money so far but I'm expecting it. I know all about these scams and thats why I'm seeing just how far I can go.
Mar 17, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers getting smarter in lightning rounds
by: Anonymous

Noticing they are trying to get smarter in the lightning rounds. Typically they would only play 1 or 2 low scoring words before they jump to grab your user name to message you after the round is over.

I’ve noticed tonight that they are leaving lightning rounds with really high scores (likely using a cheat app) and they are also making their names more "attractive" (one tonight was apparently a "mind doctor" and not in the oil rigs ).

Also noticing more and more, that they are including university details to cover up where it normally shows how long they’ve been playing the game.
Mar 15, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Called themselves Stacey white
by: Anonymous

Anyone play with Stacey white. Beware! this imposter ripped off a 64 year old man. Romanced him out of 130k. Big score I guess but what goes around comes around. This should be a game people can trust and enjoy but no its a pond of scammers waiting for the attack.

Let ne know if anyone comes or has been in contact with this person. Brown hair. Also there is a woman called Ann asking men for money.

Beware. Online a lot from June through Dec. 2020

please help find this scammer.
Mar 15, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		doctors
by: Anonymous

The doctor script is not new they’ve been using that for quite a while now.
Mar 15, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Moen Richard Smith
by: Anonymous

Moen Richard smith is a scammer from Nigeria. Uses a fake picture. Please don’t get sucked into his story. I did. I was so naïve that I didn’t realize that people even scammed on words with friends. It was horrible.

He finally admitted he was a scammer from Nigeria. But here he is again. Don’t fall for it. Fake picture.

Goes by moenrichard89.
Email is moenrichard89@gmail.com.

Very very good lier.
Mar 14, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry smith1.q@gmail. com
by: Anonymous

Ladies, be very careful with this man, his profile pictures are of Micheal Whitehouse, a well known motivational speaker. He claims his little girl was his, which is not, and his wife is his ex-wife, but nothing is true, even his video chats, shows himself to be masterbating.

He tells so many lies, and can't keep up with them. He will confess his love for you, ask for gift cards to fix pipes on an oil rig, but dont do it, as that company will pay. He will ask for gift cards so he can order food for his little girls, which he has none, so dont fall for any of his lies, just delete him.

He promises to come rescue you, and make a better life for you, but believe me, he is a scammer.

Block, block, block him
Mar 12, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		All men
by: Anonymous

I still read all those comments but it’s mainly men trying to scam women. There are loads of men pretending to be women trying to scam men, but also genuine women trying to make money by scamming men out of their money because of the economic climate.

Once on hangouts they want photos and are pretty quick to send theirs but a reverse image search shows who they really are sometimes. And it is a laugh who they pick to impersonate. Few of them are genuine. Recognised by their eagerness and they get very jealous if you are playing other women! Some have very limited vocabulary but if you set them up with an easy high points score and they don’t fall into the trap you know they are scammers.

Only play three people now and I know they are genuine or playing the really long game 😂😂
Mar 11, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Boggle the mind
by: Anonymous

It amazes me how they don’t seem to read or hear that people are familiar with the script. At least change it up a bit. You can tell by the way they talk that they are in early 20’s (most).

I keep thinking about the picture of them all crowded into a space with laptop and script. I wonder if they yell hey anyone talk to this person ?
Mar 10, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Now WWF is full of doctors
by: Anonymous

Until a couple of weeks ago they were all engineers or in the army. Now they are all doctors, surgeons. In this moment I'm playing with the following scammers: Richard R ., Dr D, Michael D., Robert W. All surgeons working around the world. Probably they got a new tape script to follow!!
Mar 09, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		AnthonyC ....cutemonster786
by: Anonymous

Has anyone come across the above guy?, playing since Jan this year, working in the army in Syria, lives in US, 9 year old kid, wife died of cancer, no family.. yada yada usual script.
Mar 08, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re: Jedrek Jaworski
by: Anonymous

Classic scammer. Read through the comments here. They are often from one country, living in another, but working somewhere else. Widow, oil rig, a kid or two...basic script. You should go to google images and reverse image all of the pictures he's sent you.

If a person is truly in need of assistance they'd likely reach out to friends and family and not random strangers on a game. I'm guessing he told you he is an only child as well and his parents have passed away so he has no one else to help him.
Mar 08, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Jedrek Jaworski
by: Anonymous

On Scrabble, a man called Jedrek Jaworski Polish, on an oil platform in the gulf of Mexico approached me. Very charming, widowed 2 boys from England. Sent me pictures of him and his twins.

He asked for a gift card for his boys birthday because his account was blocked in England, and after, to open an account for him to transfer money because he needed some for an emergency on his job.

I suspect he is a scammer.
Mar 07, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re: Anyone else having major issues with the game?
by: Anonymous

I've been having issues for 4-6 weeks. It shows it is their turn but I am completely gone from their list. You can do a force refresh and will not lose games, rank or tokens:

Profile
Settings
Click "Manage Block List"
Click the three lines on the upper right side
Select "Broken Game?"
Select your game (mine shows Boggle and WWF)
Click "Force Refresh"

This worked for me today. Not sure if it will stay working but at least it seems to work for now.
Mar 07, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Anyone else having major issues with the game?
by: Anonymous

I have had all of my games go into oblivion. I can see them but they can’t play me. It happened a month ago to my old account. I’m not causing any issues so don’t think I would be reported or blocked by more than a couple. Tried reaching out to Zynga but loosing battle.
Mar 06, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammer Wilsonbrian669
by: Anonymous

This one got particularly nasty when confronted. Demanded my gmail pretty quickly, to see photos of my pets. I recognised his name so have spoken before with someone of this name. Once reported carried on sending messages, so not sure if he's actually gone.
Mar 04, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers Gregseado807 Gregswado807 henryalbert
by: Anonymous

Gregswado807 Gregseado807 & HenryAlbert365 chatty on WWF had the same story. Alleged widow, wife died of leukemia, hepatitis or some other cancer, has 1 or 2 kids, works on oil rigs in the ocean, etc.

Found the 411 here and put them all on block !!!

Beware people!!!

Where are the real men in the pictures have no idea someone stole their identity and photos!!
Mar 04, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		The Old Chestnut
by: Anonymous

Would like to play a game on WWF with you, and would love to be in your group
Mar 03, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re, Reporting Abuse
by: That.Old.Chestnut

Hi. You raise some good points and I hope I can help.

If a game is suddenly gone in a puff of smoke then either they have blocked you OR they have been disabled. Yes, you can and absolutely must report (multiple times for various transgressions) even if you have been blocked. Here is how.

1: Your Profile
2: Settings
3: Manage block list
4: 3 lines, top right
5: Report Abuse
6: Select user....this brings up everyone you have played, whether they have blocked you or not. It also shows disabled players. It's a valuable tool!

Before you hit the 3 lines you are on a page that says Block or Unblock. If you look, the player who has blocked you DOES NOT SHOW on the list of players that you can block.

If you simply block from this list, they do not get reported.

By clicking the 3 lines and reporting them for each thing they have done, you ALSO BLOCK THEM 😉

The unblock list is handy for seeing those who you have blocked and if Zynga have then disabled them.

Disabling is a bug bear. They can reopen an account with a new Gmail instantly, with the exact same profile picture and name, although some use scrolling numbers like Jasonpatrick123, then 124 etc.

It's a pain, but by bringing them down you spoil their day as they lose the up to 50 marks they are working at the time, in a flash.

Some keep note of likely names so they can re game them, which is how you got to be regamed, I am sure.

There you go.

Hope this helps a bit. X
Mar 03, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		A few things...
by: That.Old.Chestnut

A couple of things.

I have not emailed anyone who posted their email here, so if you have received an email claiming to be from me, that person is lying.

I am currently playing lots of people. You need to open a chat with me, telling me why you gamed me or I will be resigning the games, in order for me to concentrate on the other players.

I WILL need to know about you, in your own words. This is to sort the genuine people from the scammers, whose poor English often gives them away. You will need to chat with me. No one is exempt, sorry.

I have had somewhat of an emotional event this week, so I am rather low and only rarely logging on. Please bear with me 🙂
Mar 02, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Just wondering
by: Anonymous

Has anyone played WWF with EBUKA?

He said he is from Delta State in Nigeria.
Mar 02, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Blocking and Reporting Abuse
by: Anonymous

I have a few questions about blocking and reporting that hopefully someone can answer for me:

1. When a game suddenly disappears without you resigning, I'm assuming it is because you have been blocked...usually because you won't go to Hangouts or WhatsApp or you've confronted the player about being a scammer. Does this count as a loss for you, a win for the person blocking, or neither?

2. When you are blocked by someone, can you still find them under Settings to block them too and report for abuse or are they completely gone from your list of players?

3. Does Zynga disable people's accounts after they have been blocked/reported so many times or what? Do they look into people's stats/history or chat conversations so they aren't unfairly disabled or don't they really care?

I blocked this man and he actually came back under a new name, found me, and started another game. I'm just so tired of these scammers creeping up on my games. I block and report, but I'm afraid that eventually my own account will be disabled and I will lose my entire game history because of having contact with them.

I guess that's why people log in under two accounts -- one for their trusted friends and one for games with new players, who will most likely turn out to be scammers.

Ugghhhhh.....I used to enjoy Words but I think I need a break!
Mar 02, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Taking them down
by: Anonymous

So, my best friend got scammed out of thousands by one of these delightful charmers, and I seem to have taken umbrage on her behalf and am finding that I'm reporting about 5 or 6 a day.

I must admit it does give me a great deal of relief when I see the 'disabled' in the usernames of those I've reported. I haven't yet moved anyone onto Hangouts or another platform, but the most persistent ones I do give a mobile number of another persistent one. I've even got someone purporting to be an MP.

Should I be continuing onto Hangouts or is what I'm doing enough?
Feb 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		David Grain Victim
by: Anonymous

Thanks for reading and leaving me comments. My only intention of writing my story is to warn others. From all my research and readings for the past month, I think there is a Mafia out there and they are very skilled.

My other intention is to start healing. When you start talking to other people, you feel a little bit relieved. There hasn't been a day that I haven't blamed myself for being so stupid when everything was right in front of my eyes.

I don't want to talk about the clues here because I know they read these stories and they correct their mistakes and become stronger and stronger.
Feb 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Kip Eugene Hickmam
by: Anonymous

Is he a scammer?
Feb 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re: That.Old.Chestnut
by: W.

I was accepted into the group and discovered more about myself, others and scammers in the process. I went from sad to mad and determined to bring down every scammer I could.

My scammers have ranged from $100 to $10 Million. Each knows how to suck you in. As a group we get advice from each other and it is easier to block/report them to the goal of getting them disabled so their contact with innocent women stops. Is That.Old.Chestnut making sure we are not infiltrated? yes!

I feel 100% safe in the group. If you are accepted then you’ll know each of us have your back. After seeing negative posts against That.Old.Chestnut I knew that I wanted you to understand we are a dedicated scammer disabling group. Each if us were victims or knew victims of scammers.
Feb 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Resignation of game
by: That.Old.Chestnut

Hi, Yes, I have resigned any that have either not chatted back or who I thought were there for a purpose other than what I have mentioned here, so your response, that I was your Match of the Day, did it.

As I have 20 or so games and chars ongoing now, and only log in once or twice a day, I need to screen.

Thanks for understanding and good luck.
Feb 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous

Before I knew there was such a thing as scamming, I did have a couple of players that tried to scam me. I never sent money. The last one I knew was a scammer, I played along with him for several months. He finally confessed who he was, we talked often, their situation is sad, but it doesn't make what they are doing right.

I'm by no means taking up for them. I am always leary of any guy that starts a game with me. Right now I have several scammers I am playing, I usually just ignore them and they will go away. With all that being said, some of you may think I'm crazy, but I have found a wonderful man on wwf. Neither one of us was looking, we played several months before we talked, before we knew it we were in love. So to say every guy is a scammer is wrong, as I have been guilty of.
Feb 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		That.Old.Chestnut
by: Anonymous

You resigned our game, but it's all good. I assume it was my response to your question. After some of the comments here, I was only being cautious and wanted to know I had the right person to play with. Have a blessed day.
Feb 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		I am That.Old.Chestnut
by: S

So, I have been accused of being a scammer because my account is new. This account is new, yes. I opened it for this express purpose. My main account is 3 years old, if I remember.
Scammers report us as much as we report them, so our accounts get shut down too.

Obviously I will not risk it by posting my player name here for my main account or any account I scam bait on.

I do not scam bait on That.Old.Chestnut, so you will not get game requests from scammers via that.

The people in my group ALL have 2 or more accounts, because that is what works for us.
I hope that the name of this account also goes some way to settle any fears.

I start chatting yes, of course I do, because someone has to. From the chat I gauge whether the person I am playing is a scammer themselves or not. I have had scammers try and join a dozen times. They are easy for me to spot of course.

It worries me greatly that a couple of people here think I am a scammer because of the measures I need to take. I can only assume that they are scammers themselves, trying to undermine the group, yet again.

Yeah, they are on this forum...several boys have told me this...they use it as a tool to learn their skill from.

There was ONE person whose post on here caught my attention and instigated my post about our little group, because they sounded like the sort of person who would fit in with the rest of us. That is why I mentioned it in the first place, not for any other reason at all. I am NOT on a recruitment drive.

That person posted on Feb 21st, as anonymous, with the title 'site where we can exchange pics', or similar, and mentioned recording a recent exchange with a 24 year old who tried to turn the chat around to tug at heartstrings.

So, if that is you and we are playing, tell me.
If we are already chatting, then I am sure you are already aware that I am not a scammer myself. My English is a bit too good for that (being British helps!) and I don't work on an oil rig *wink*

I have probably already mentioned my real name to you on our chat. ANY doubt, just block me. That is fine.

I do not want anyone to feel doubtful or uncomfortable.
Feb 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		David Grain victim
by: Anonymous

I just read your post, and I can't help but feel for you. I know people would say you were foolish to fall for a scammer and you feel so ashamed now, but I have been there and it happens to many other people too. I still feel tormented at times about what all happened to me. All we can do is tell our stories, try to regain our dignity, and hopefully help others.

I've read so much about romance scams everywhere I can since my ordeal, trying to really understand it and how I could have been so easily fooled, and it definitely is a psychological thing where you are groomed, like people brainwashed in a cult.

The really good con artists out there (and I'm not talking about 90% of the obvious scammers) definitely know what they are doing with the mind games they play. All it takes is a lonely, vulnerable, unsuspecting person, and these heartless souls work their charm till they can talk you into just about anything.

Look up the psychological term "variable reinforcement" to see how the relationship messes with the chemicals in your brain -- when they "disappear" for days and won't answer your texts, when they try to isolate you, or manipulate and intimidate you -- the addictive connection you have with this person will continue to grow stronger.

And then there is all the sweet talking of just what you want to hear. You can't help but feel a special connection. All of these things can make you feel euphoric, like you are falling in love, which increases your level of trust even more.

As the relationship I was involved in deteriorated after this man wanted me to basically be a "money mule' (which is a felony) and I started to doubt more and more things, I still made excuses for his behavior and wanted to believe it was real. Thank God I came to my senses because he did not care one bit about me or the harm he was causing me.

In the end I have no idea of the real name of the person I was talking to, where he actually lived, what he even looked like, as the pictures he sent me belonged to someone else. When he said he was being 100% honest with me and I should trust him, he was 100% lying to me.

Thank you for sharing your story. It is a small step to begin to heal. I know others might say you are pathetic for falling for a romance scammer, but you were a trusting person who wanted to feel loved for who you are. I'm so sorry this happened to you and you experienced not only a loss of money, but a loss of your self-dignity. Please take care of yourself.

We are here to listen and support you.
Feb 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		David Grain
by: Anonymous

I played word with friends as king as I remember. I was a scrabble lover, then found this game and were playing this game for fives years now. But since August, I started getting all these messages and when I didn’t answer, they left the game.

I changed my picture and ignored them all. But it happened. One day when I was frustrated with every one around me, I answered one of the texts. He was not handsome and he was old and I thought to myself, I will be safe talking to him. But I was wrong, after 3 months of time wasting long hours of texting, and losing around 13K, very accidentally I searched his image in google and found out that he was using another person’s pictures and the whole story he put together was a lie.

I don’t know how I believed him. Now that I think back, I think they have an organization, and they all have studied psychology. I feel like for the whole 3 months I was under a charm or something. It even took me a month to be brave enough to come here and talk about him.

His name is David Grain. He is using Gustavo Lazo’s pictures. He claims to be in Greece and trapped in a ship and needs money to get out. I am guessing he is from Nigeria.

Please be careful. I deleted word with friends, the only game that calmed me down - but it cost me 13K and the feeling of getting raped. It hurt so much specially when I couldn’t talk about it to anyone. I feel ashamed.
Feb 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Another one
by: Anonymous

Has anyone played with benjaminanderson, another scammer, as he scammed my friend out of 2k, and if I had known, I would have reported him to Zynga.
Feb 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Facebook Group
by: Anonymous

If you guys want us to join than simply provide a link to the FB page. If the group is private and has security questions to join, the vetting can be done there. It is odd that people keep posting their email addresses here on an open forum.

My WWF account has my first name and last initial, it shows United States as my location and a picture I haven't posted on social media because I don't want the scammers to reverse image search and find me. I'm not sure how you can vet from a game.
Feb 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		That.Old.Chestnut
by: Anonymous

All I'm saying is, when I started a game with That.Old.Chestnut. they started chatting right away. Now, if you think that is finger pointing or making accusations, then that's on you!. I along with someone else ask on here when they started playing, it has yet to be answered.
Feb 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Leaving
by: Anonymous

I'll be leaving also. There is way too much drama for me. I hate to say it but it almost sounds like bullying going on. I've played long enough that I can spot a scammer immediately, so therefore I really don't need to be here.

God bless the women/men that dont realize they are being scammed.

With that being said, good luck to everyone!
Feb 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		What is wrong with us?😠
by: Anonymous

This is all getting ridiculous as there is way too much finger pointing going on here! This is sounding was too immature for me. This started out as a genuine site to discuss scamming and make others aware of the dangers in getting involved with these fake people.

Now it seems we are turning on each other, the very people who we are trying to help. This is getting ridiculous.

Men have a saying, "Bro’s before hoes’. What is wrong with our gender, why must we pick on each other and turn on each other? Even when we try to help another uncover who her "man is" she ends up turning on the one who helps her to discover he was fake in the first place. Our gender better get it together. Perhaps we need to form a group called ‘Gams before Scams’ or ‘sisters before Dicksters’

At this point I think we are all pathetic from those of us who have been scammed right to the very ones who are trying to expose these scammers! It seems our gender cannot unite! And we should be ashamed of that!.

Ladies hear me, we are not going to stop scammers or scamming. It is the only way some of these people can survive. Be that right or wrong that’s the way it is so we better face the reality of it.

I am sad to say I’m signing off here, I don’t want to deal with this nonsense anymore.
Feb 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		That.Old.Chestnut
by: Momma Bee

I do not start chatting however, that account was created specifically for people to add her so she can screen them from new site so the only people that should be adding her are ones that are interested in joining the group and the way that is done is by talking to them.

In order to join the group when she first created it (and it was here that we all came from that are in the group) we all went through the same process of playing against her. It was on a different account but again, she doesn’t give that one out because she doesn’t want to get burned from scammers and get on a block list where she can’t get new games from them so she created a generic one just to screen the people from here.

So with that being said, she knows where the games are coming from so in order to quickly transition from the game to group, she has to chat.

Why is this so bothersome to you? Again, if you are that skeptical about it then resign the game and move on. We aren’t begging you to be part of the group but if you choose to do so, you will appreciate the safety measures she is taking to protect us that are in the group and make sure it’s not infiltrated by a scammer.
Feb 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Wow
by: Anonymous

Yall are attacking one person because of their opinion. Sounds like a bunch of Jr high kids! "Don't want you in our group." Wow, I certainly don't want any part of your "group."
Feb 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Starting the chat
by: AnyBee

To hasten things along if I think that the guy is taking too long to launch a conversation I will launch it by making a comment about a play that they just made. Sometimes if I’m playing at LR lightning rounds and I’m playing with someone who looks to be suspiciously a scammer and they have been dropped out of the round for whatever technical reason, they get a star beside their name so I will game them because they don’t have a chance to game me.

I may start the conversation thanking them for accepting if they pick the game up and they play. Some just go with the flow and they’re happy and excited that somebody chatty is playing with them, but others are extremely cautious. They’ve learned to be suspicious of women who suddenly start a game with them.

And they get even more suspicious of the woman starts the conversation.
Feb 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		That.Old.Chestnut
by: Anonymous

Do you start chatting right away when someone starts a game with you?
Feb 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		That.Old.Chestnut
by: Momma Bee

I also will also confirm that she is not a scammer. She started that account just so she can screen people from here. She doesn’t want to give out the account she plays on because if she gave it out here, the scammers lurking would block her and her account would be useless.

If you truly think she is then resign and block her. Simple as that..but you are wrong. And honestly if you are that skeptical and negative on it then you aren’t someone we probably can do without in our amazing group.

We are are a fun group, we laugh and have become friends and we are protective of each other as well. So if the group isn’t for you then don’t bother, no hard feelings; we will continue to do what we do.
Feb 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		That.Old.Chestnut
by: Anonymous

I never said I was pointing fingers! I simply said the one I am playing is a scammer. I've played along enough to know how to spot them. People are giving out their email address on here where the scammers are lurking.

Again, I was not pointing fingers or making accusations!
Feb 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		That.old.chestnut why do you think this person is a scanner
by: Anonymous

Good afternoon.

Not too sure why the person stated this person is a scammer, is it just by the date of their account? I am currently playing people who have been around for years and they use the same script many scanners use.

What other red flags besides date they started playing leads you to believe they are scanner?

I am aware who that.old.chestnut is and she is not a scammer.
Feb 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		That.Old.Chestnut
by: Anonymous

Hi. I would be REALLY interested to hear which of the dozen or so people I am playing and chatting to you are. I suspect none of them. This account was opened for this express purpose. We do not use our real accounts until we are certain that the person we are chatting to is legitimate.

Which you do not seem to be.
Ho hum. Next.
Feb 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		That. Old. Chestnut
by: Anonymous

I can assure you she's not a scammer. I'm part of her group and we fight relentlessly to close down fake accounts. Maybe instead of pointing fingers and making accusations chat with her!
Feb 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		That old chestnut
by: Anonymous

So first of all you are incorrect. They are not a scammer. They are the admin of our group and they do an amazing job at it. They have the new account to get potential new members of the group because scammers have tried to infiltrate our group and we share a lot of useful information that we don’t want them to know.

And we all have a couple of accounts we play on. We never use our real account, we all have secondary ones and when those get burned from playing too many scammers (because yes they are savvy to us as well), we start new ones.

The easiest way to vet people is to play them before giving out private information.

Trust me, it’s nice to have people who play the same scammers and we can get them disabled much quicker that way. If you don’t believe me, that’s up to you. But for our unique group, we respect and enjoy the person that is behind that screen name.
Feb 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		That.Old.Chestnut
by: Anonymous

The That.Old.Chestnut that I'm playing is definitely a scammer, they have only been playing since Feb 23th. Anyone else playing this one?
Feb 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		samson B sb8586671
by: Scammer magnet

This one’s chatting with me now with text straight from the scammers guide book. From Tampa, but working in Scotland. When questioned about his English, he said he’s originally from Germany, but moved to Tampa. Widowed of course
Feb 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammer
by: Anonymous

If they start up a chat and start asking many personal questions 99.99% chance they are scammers.

Don’t get me wrong I have met quite a few people on WWF and we were total strangers at first. We may have am occasional chat such as nice play or wishing them a nice holiday.

If you suspect they are scammers you can report them to Zygna. There are so many scammers out there who treat WWF as a dating app, one told me it was, and want to get you offline so they can ask for money.
Feb 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Annable3239
by: Scammer magnet

Another suspicious looking female sent me the "hello..how are you doing?" Message. Haven’t responded. Very low scores on the three games " she’s" won
Feb 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Williamharrison191
by: Scammer magnet

Looks like a scammer to me. Sent me a message after three moves. Haven’t responded, but thought I’d share in case any of you want to catch him out. Will continue to post names on here for those of you hunting them down. I get lots of them.

Is it of value to those of you doing the work if I post the names here, or have you more than enough to get on with already?
Feb 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Report scammers
by: Anonymous

Go to settings, go to manage block list. On the right click the 3 lines and then choose report abuse. Scroll until you find their name and then report. We usually do for unwanted contact and fraud.

And to the person that is questioning about the group, trust me, we are legit and good at what we do. We are close group and have a lot of laughs. Through our time, we have gotten so many shut down, always working on more and along the way have gotten details of how and why they do what they do so it’s easier to combat them head on.
Feb 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Report scammer
by: Anonymous

How do I report my Scammer to Zynga
Feb 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		join group
by: Anonymous

I would love to join the group that are taking down Scammers. I was scammed out of money and would love to see him get caught. His name is Terry Smith.1q@gmail.com. He is using the profile pictures of Micheal Whitehouse. I am no longer letting these people scam me. I have deleted my whatsapp and hangouts app.

my email address is francesseay9@gmail.com, I have all the pics that were used
Feb 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re That old chesnut
by: Anonymous

You need to spell it correctly

That.Old.Chestnut

Don't forget the dots, the capitalisation & check the spelling of Chestnut.

8 other people have found me with no issues.
Feb 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		re That.Old.Chestnut
by: Anonymous

It is a new account, created just for this purpose.

Chat - you will soon see I am no scammer, lol.
Also several people who are in my Facebook group regularly comment here.

That said, if you are in the least bit doubtful or uncomfortable, just resign the game :-)
I am not in this to make people anxious.

I have had 8 or so game requests, and have accepted them all....which one is you, please?
Feb 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		University
by: Anonymous

Just for those that don’t realize it. Many of the scammers are now putting a university in place of where it shows how long they’ve been playing. Dead giveaway
Feb 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers beware
by: Anonymous

I have also try to warn others and have been chastised for it. It is kind of depressing when you’re trying to help someone and they snap at you like that. So now I don’t bother, it’s every person for themselves.

If people are not smart enough by now to not get sucked in to the scams, then they get what they deserve. I have given up trying to help people who didn’t want to be helped.
Feb 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		That old chesnut
by: Anonymous

Trying to look for you on WWF, but can’t find any profile by that name. And no I am not a scammer I’ve been playing words with friends since 2013
Feb 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers beware
by: Anonymous

I enjoy playing wwf but have been approached and once fell for scammers tricks. Whenever I go on now I go through the "play someone new" profiles - male and female and if see someone who looks a bit dodgy pull off their profile photo and do a quick reverse image check.

If they show up under different names, scammer sites etc then if I see a mutual friend playing them then message to them to be careful.

It’s amazing how many times I then get messaged back basically telling me to mind own business.
My IT skills are good so if I am 100% sure they are not genuine please take my warning seriously.

Then I report to Zynga who hopefully take them down and they have to start again though I dont think this actually happens sadly.
Feb 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		That.Old.Chestnut
by: Anonymous

I also started a game with you. It says you just started playing February 23,2021. Is that you or is there a scammer among us????
Feb 23, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re posting email addresses.
by: Anonymous

As I clearly said, we get requests from scammers, which is why the group is no longer visible.

Playing with people who might want to join and chatting with them to verify that they are genuine has worked well thus far and is how we will continue thanks.

Of course anyone can start their own group and run it as they see fit, but this is what WE do.
Anyone I choose to email will realise PDQ that I am not a scammer but a scam baiter...its not rocket science.

It is also their choice to do so, or to game me on That.Old.Chestnut as several have done already.
Feb 23, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Sj1515062
by: Anonymous

Is or has anyone played against Sj1515062?
Feb 23, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous

Old chestnut I sent you a game request. And a message in wwf. Username RLH
Feb 23, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re posting email addresses.
by: Anonymous

Right, but this forum is not locked down so people are sharing their email addresses for anyone to see. You can have a closed FB group that only members can view content on, but that is searchable for people who would like to join.
Feb 23, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		facebook group
by: Anonymous

Please add me to your group, as I would love to post the pic of my scammer.
Feb 23, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re posting email addresses.
by: Anonymous

No, the group is secret & locked down to protect the integrity of the people who are members. This forum is where I met them all in the first place.

Entry to the group is very, very stringent & we check, check & triple check on people first.
Scammers have tried to infiltrate, but they are pretty easy to spot, lol.

I have a 'spare' WWF account people can game me on if they prefer. We can chat & take it from there.

That.Old.Chestnut
Feb 22, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Posting Email Addresses
by: Anonymous

We don't give our email addresses out to the scammers on WWF so why post them on a public forum?!

I can now email you pretending to be the person who runs the Facebook page as can everyone else. Your email address may also lead to finding you on FB or other personal information.

If there is a FB group dedicated to sharing scammers pictures and stories than you can simply post the link to the page or the name of the group so people can join.
Feb 22, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Please add me
by: Anonymous

Jodydale52@gmail.com
Feb 22, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Facebook. Pls add me
by: Anonymous

Scintillaisme@gmail.com
Feb 22, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re Scammer sites where we can exchange pics
by: Anonymous

Hi. I have a Facebook group where we do just this. There are 30 of us involved. We exchange pictures, chat shots & have a right giggle doing it too.
If you past your email I will contact you, once I have spoken to the other group members - obviously we need to be very very careful because the scammers do try & infiltrate.
Feb 21, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammer
by: Anonymous

I looked for Donny**B and I think he deactivated his game and is now using the profile of Christophershedrack19

Thanks to the group who is working to disable these scammers.
Feb 21, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous

Donny**B. Played with me and declared his love and wanted to go to hangouts.

Christopher shedrack19 started playing and he is using a picture that looks like Donny**B

I think it is the same scammer
Feb 21, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammer sites where we can exchange pics
by: Anonymous

I have scammed probably 50 to 60 of these guys. I do this in an effort to help them realize that we are on to them. I know that is a drop in the bucket but everyone that I string along and then expose may possibly save some woman thats willing to give them their money. Does anyone know of a site where we can go and exchange pictures of these guys easily?

Also, wanted to share that a 24-year-old that I exposed yesterday, subsequently spoke with him and recorded I am explaining the lack of opportunity in Nigeria. Says he feels horrible about himself but he has to survive. Even if you manage to do this, they will still try to pull at your heartstrings. If they can’t take you one Way they may come at you from a different angle.
Feb 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John Ott from Chicago. Jott6282
by: Anonymous

Can you tell me what scammer websites hes on? I believe you. Just want to see it for myself. Ive been blocking guys for 2 years. I know the script. Havent gotten it yet with him. It is odd
Feb 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Evidence
by: Anonymous

You are telling the truth. No matter how much we continue exposing the scammers there will be women out there still believing the lies of scammers. We all know the scammer’s rhetorical questions. We all know their wife’s dead or divorced and they have one or two children being raised by nannies and attend a boarding school. They are from a foreign country, live in the USA and are currently in a 3rd country. They are out on a rig, on a peacekeeping mission, or work for the UN.

I do get discouraged that some women do not want to know the truth. All we can do is provide the evidence and pray the women escape. It is better your heart hurts now while you still have money in the bank, haven’t sold your car, haven’t mortgaged your house, etc.

The scammers are heartless.
Feb 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Jott6282
by: Anonymous

I’m not sure what more evidence you need, I have been playing for 8 years. I have had so many that end up confessing who they really are, how they do it, why they do it and have pictures of them in action. He is definitely a scammer. I have zero doubts. There are some that I play that I wonder and have to dig deeper in but this one is classic scammer 101.

His picture shows up on other scammer websites as well. If you do video chat with him, they do have ways to use someone else’s pictures and videos. Or they say it’s dark or the camera doesn’t work right. He blocks anyone that presses the issues with him on his inconsistency in stories. He is looking for someone who won’t question his stories.

Don’t fall for it.
Feb 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Jott6282
by: Anonymous

He wants to video call and gave me a cell #. Im not desperate for anything. I have 3 good online male friends who keep me busy. I saw the pic you saying is him. Its not.

I have a few pics he has sent to compare with that. He might be a scammer but he hasnt crossed the line yet.
Feb 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Evidence
by: Anonymous

We need to understand that regardless of what concrete proof we have that some one is fake, there are women who are desperate to believe in the love and lies that are being fed them. They don’t want to see the proof because it destroys their mental image of the fairy tale they are living in.

We have to find solace in the fact that we tried to save them but in the end we have to let them make their own choice.

Even if it’s the wrong one.
Feb 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Jott6282
by: Anonymous

Seems you believe he's real? Simple ask him for a video call. See every excuse he gives as why he can't. He's been verified on a scam group as a scammer!
Feb 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Jott6282
by: Anonymous

Idk. Id love to see the photo you found.
Feb 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Jott6282
by: Anonymous

Not the exact same photo but I have got a group of friends who confirmed it was him. Look on Yandex
Feb 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Jott6282
by: Anonymous

I had reversed photo checked him. Wow. He didnt come up. Which did you use.

I did yandex and google
Feb 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re:TaylorCory1481, AKA taylorC
by: PurdueUBabyGurl

Help, less than (24) hours, we are requesting to move/relocate the conversation to hangouts from my phone (real bold to assume I am playing WWF on a phone, instead of a computer, laptop, or IPad). Here is a snippet of the conversation: " can we forward this conversation somewhere else if you don't mind do you have Hangouts on your phone?". Taylor C, is indeed, a scam artist
Feb 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Jott6282
by: Anonymous

I've photo reversed and found him on a German date sites erm bisexual. All points to him using stolen photos so Jott6282 is a fake
Feb 19, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John Ott from Chicago. Jott6282
by: Anonymous

To the player whi tried to play against him 3xs. When did you try? Just curious. He has also said he only messages me lol.

But had a chat with a woman in December and it didnt go anywhere lol
Feb 19, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Levels can be deceiving
by: Anonymous

I had to set up a new account as I didn’t remember my password to my other account nor did I have access to my email.

I was able to move up to level 10 in a matter of a few days of playing the game. Don’t be surprised if they are at level 15 and recently started as they need less points to move up to the next level. If I didn’t witness it myself I would not have believed it.
Feb 19, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		A New Name To Add To The Scammer List
by: PurdueUBabyGurl

Received a game play request today, on WWF, from a Taylor C, TaylorCory1481, Playing since December 26, 2020 (Red Flag #1), From Canada, Male. Started a game, and then resigned when I did not respond fast enough for his taste.

So, I sent a game request to him, and sure enough, he sends me an inbox note (Red Flag, #2), via the game.

If anyone would like to game him up, and confirm my suspicions, Please do
Feb 19, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John Ott from Chicago. Jott6282
by: Anonymous

Nor my heart nor wallet are open to him. I wont send $ or pics. Or info about myself. Im smart.
Feb 19, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John ott
by: Anonymous

I have tried three times requesting a game with him and he has declined for three times
Feb 19, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John Ott (jott6282)
by: Anonymous

I looked John up the other day and it said he was at level 1 and now he is at level 15. I don’t buy it as he’s only been playing sense September 2020!

These ladies are telling you that he is a scammer so you need to believe it!
Feb 19, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John ott
by: Anonymous

Are you not hearing what all of these other women are telling you? I hope to God you don’t start sending money to that man and if you’ve already invested your heart you need to find a way to stop. There are literally thousands of them out there
Feb 19, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John Ott from Chicago. User name Jott6282
by: Anonymous

Its so interesting because I have played and blocked at least 20 acammers. But he hasnt shown any real intensity that makes him seem shifty. Please keep me posted. Thanks
Feb 19, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		More names
by: Anonymous

I have noticed they are changing script. Anyone playing against the following?

Sean Bill ( two first names) from Chicago
Thomas M from Texas
Paul Hansen

All three have up the script
Feb 19, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Barbara K
by: Anonymous

Trying to sell Bitcoins. Wants to ‘educate’ me in how to turn my money from 100% to 1000% in 24 hours 😂
Feb 18, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John Ott
by: Anonymous

Yes I did chat with him. I don’t give a lot of information but his script was the same as all the others. He didn’t do the 20 questions per se but I got enough to determine he was a scammer. Somewhere along the way, I was passed to someone new because the tone changed.

They work in rings, they have different levels and when they aren’t getting anywhere, they pass on to try a new tactic. He didn’t like that I asked about the cheat app so he hasn’t rematched but there are others that are playing him as well so we will see what they come up with.

Don’t use your real information ever! I pick a place I’m familiar with to say where I am from. I do give my real job most of the time, sometimes I am married, sometimes not but more lately I just respond that my marital status 3 questions in doesn’t have any relevance to the game. I never say how many kids I have, if they ask names I make them up like Huey, Dewey and Louie.

Ask them their favorite place to eat..you won’t ever get a real response, Google their area and pick a place and pretend you know it, they don’t know you don’t and they can’t give answers about their own neighborhood. The story will change, they will have just moved there recently. If a guy says he is from Alabama, ask Tide or Tigers. They can’t answer and won’t understand the question. Generally they Google the definition of Tide lol. If they have on a sports jersey or hat, ask them round about questions about the team, like oh do what do you think about so and so. They won’t know what you are asking either. If they say they are military in Afghanistan, ask them if they liked the surprise for Valentine’s Day or what ever close holiday or even not, they freak out and change the subject and then usually they are back in the states. Just act like you know something they don’t, they will block or resign immediately. Tell tell sign if a scammer.

Push back a little on them, if they can’t give a real answer or dance the questions, they are scammers. Use Google!! It’s your friend!!!

My suggestion is to create a secondary profile and use that only.
Feb 18, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John Ott from Chicago. Jott6282
by: Anonymous

Hey did you chat with him? Just wondering if you got the same story. And yes a few games were in the 600s.

So I agree on the cheating app.
Feb 18, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John Ott
by: Anonymous

So I added him and played a few games. My take...he uses a cheat app, he is much smoother than most but is definitely a scammer. Don’t fall for his niceness.

His script is a little different but we are finding that they are changing it up a bit to avoid being disabled so quickly and by having a longer playing history, women are less likely to suspect them.

Feb 18, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John Ott from Chicago
by: Anonymous

Anyone connected with John Ott. Username is Jott6282

Please invite him to play. See what you think
Feb 18, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Carl Wood
by: Anonymous

Anyone ever chatted with a Carl Wood? I've been chatting with him on and off for months. He doesn't say all the same old things; still wants me to go to whatapp or hangout or give him my contact information. None of that will ever happen.

Says he owns a record label, has a 17 year old son, from Germany originally. He's never asked for money. I'm not going to have anything to do with him, or give him any information. I'm just curious if he's a real guy.

He's a real "sad sack" and "needs" a woman in his life, and of course it's me lol. Just curious if anyone else has encountered him.

Thanks!
Feb 18, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Henry Stewart
by: Anonymous

I dragged Henry Stewart around for three solid weeks. He believed I was going to send him 21K. I took him all the way up to the point of that I was headed to the bank then I had an emergency and had to leave the bank. Went back to the bank, put the wrong account number on the deposit slip, and the teller couldn’t deposit the check then I had to leave to go help my sister, then I had to go back home then it was three more days until I could go back to the bank.

All while he breathlessly waited believing that he had it made in the shade. One of my best girlfriends helped me with it, I tormented that man until he was almost crazy. Now after sending him an email letting him know what a worthless life form he is, he is a puff of smoke.

I had a great time doing it! Wwf, I am making it my guess as to personally clean up that site. I have finished off 18 in the last four days. Do you wanna make them run away really fast? All you have to do is accept their chat, ask them if they’re one of the Delta State boys and they become a ghost. I know there are many of you that have sent money and I am doing it for all of you.
Feb 17, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Try this
by: Anonymous

If you have a photo. You can reverse search on the picture. I have done it a couple of times, you will be surprised who shows up. I was chatting with someone who called himself henry morgan and had him on a couple of times about being a scammer, but he insisted he wasn’t, anyway I did a reverse search, and the photo was of a well known chef.

I had him on about it and he came clean eventually, and he did try posting another photo and I checked that one out.

I sort of feel sorry for them, I believe their circumstances are not the best, but that’s no excuse to lie.
Feb 17, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Boris C. Anybody ??
by: Anonymous

Is there any way to know if Boris is scamming? About a year ago I have given him some $ and I’m sure I was scammed but he is adamant he is just trying to save for NYSC and will be able to get a good job.

I just wish I could find out if he is asking others. We talk daily and are good Friends but don’t know if I’m being bamboozled.

Boris C. Is his game name. Can you have more than one account with WWF?
Feb 17, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		GSTUD$
by: Anonymous

Played a couple games with "GSTUD$" from Oregon. In his profile picture he's wearing a red Atlanta Brave's baseball cap and a dark long sleeve shirt with a Seattle Seahawk's blanket and plant behind him.

He's Level 19 and seemed legit although he looks 50-60 years old and used a lot of words to try to appear/act younger. Chat started off normal. Asked where I was from and he was telling me about Oregon. My account has been working off and on and I told him that. He said "cool" and then his very next message was asking me what my "bodily appearance" is.

I was starting to respond and he asked me if I like "large c**k" and as I started to respond again, he starts telling me "your week [you're weak]" for not engaging with him. He went from average Joe to nasty and inappropriate without me having showed him any interest at all. I don't think he is a scammer but should still keep an eye out for him.
Feb 17, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John Ott from Chicago. JohnO6282
by: Anonymous

He has said hes 45, in Chicago. Daughter Emily who is 6. Gave me a cell # I havent used it. On hangouts. Thats where we chat. Job is a cook. Has sent his pic and doesnt appear American.

Thank you!
Feb 17, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John Ott
by: Anonymous

I just started a game with him so will see if he accepts and can go from there. What did he tell you so far? Where he was from, history, profession.

Any information is helpful for us when we play them.

Feb 17, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John Ott from Chicago. User name John6282
by: Anonymous

Sorry Jott6282 Hes still on words
Feb 17, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John Ott from Chicago
by: Anonymous

Hey try Jott628. Name comes up as John O.
Feb 17, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re John06282
by: Sarah

He has probably been disabled, as we cannot find him at all. Look in your report abuse area - his name will say disabled if he has been so.

Another possibility is that he has changed his name & blocked you.

PLEASE, if he is still active but blocked you, report him. You can still report anyone, even if they have blocked you.
S x
Feb 17, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		TerrySmith.1q@gmail.com.
by: Anonymous

Ladies, be careful of this man, he tells so many lies, don't fall for any of these men that you meet, they are all scammers. If we all would not talk with any of them, then their money supply would go away, it would save you heartache and shame.

Please be aware of this man. He milked me out of a lot of gift cards from cracked pipes on an oil rig, to food for his daughter and for his broken lap top. He has the profile pictures of Micheal Whitehouse, please take it from me, he is a big time scammer.

He will befriend you on Words with Friends and I'm told he is on Facebook too. I learned a good lesson, don't trust anyone from the internet, look for red flags, if it sounds to good to be true then it is.
Feb 16, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		JohnO6282
by: Anonymous

Must be disabled on WWF or he deleted his account after getting multiple women to Hangouts/WhatsApp because he comes up "No Results Found".

This is a sign of being a scammer.

Did you go to Hangouts or WhatsApp to chat with him?
Feb 16, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John Ott from Chicago. JohnO6282
by: Anonymous

Thank you. He honestly seems ok. Let me know what you find out.
Feb 16, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re John Ott from Chicago. JohnO6282
by: Anonymous

I am going to add him up & see what I think. We have a group of us who play & get these guys disabled, so we will be able to tell you if he is legit or not, so long as he plays back :-)
Feb 15, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Jeffreylof118
by: Anonymous

Scammer . Beware
Feb 15, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		RE: Glitches in the game
by: Anonymous

Yes, exact same issue. Started about 3 weeks ago and couldn't play for like 10 days. They fixed it and it worked for a day. Then they fixed it again and it has been ok for a week and now broken again.

I contacted support and they know there is an issue but it doesn't seem like they have found a fix. They told me to log out, force stop and log back in. That worked once. I have also uninstalled and reinstalled.

My friends on iPhone/iPad can play so I don't know if it is an android issue. Boggle is down as well so it looks like it is affecting Zynga games in general.
Feb 15, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Glitches in the game
by: Anonymous

What is going on with this game? I wasn’t able to play for 6 days and then the issue was fixed. I was able to play for 2 days and now I’m not able to play. It is very annoying.
Feb 15, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Another one to watch for
by: Anonymous

Donny**B

He declared his love on the first challenge and is very persistent about going to hangouts to know each other better
Feb 14, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John Ott from Chicago. JohnO6282
by: Anonymous

So he seems legit sometimes. Then today uses the words yoghurt and colour. Neither of these are used in Chicago. Your thoughts? Only interested in me so far. No $ brought up. Is sort of sexual at times nothing horrible.

Wants to know what Im wearing etc. I have had plenty of scammers but this guys not on an oil rig lol
Feb 14, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Username WWF
by: Anonymous

Robertala11 with fuzzy dog
Feb 14, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		To not all Nigerians are scammer
by: Anonymous

Thanks for your kind words, I'd like to talk.
you can email me at szshell67@gmail.com
Feb 14, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Boris C
by: Anonymous

Sorry I wasn’t clear. I wondered if anyone else had been scammed on WWF by Boris. I had just a friend relationship with him and I know he is who he says he is but he is very subtle and I just feel like he is trying with others. It’s all about his schooling so he can get a real job.
Feb 14, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		re: Flexxtreal
by: Anonymous

Any Nigerian, or anyone claiming NOT to be Nigerian but America/German/whatever but who is obviously not, who starts chat on WWF is after ONE of TWO things.

1: Money
2: a Ticket out of Nigeria

The latter can also be in the form of money, or it can be a marriage Visa. Any Nigerian talking to you on WWF is after a wife or your cash.
Myself & a group of friends have been playing these guys for a year now & have first hand experience of their gangs, as well as inside information on how they work.

We share info between us in our group & bring them down as often as we can.

Yes, there are good Nigerians, we know many, however they are not the ones talking to western women on WWF :-)
Feb 14, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Truths and Lies (Andreee R.)
by: Anonymous

To the person contemplating her relationship with Andreee R, I just want to say that I became involved with a man on WWF for most of last year before I finally realized that he was a romance scammer. Many of us share the same experiences.

Looking back, there were red flags along the way, but I didn't want to see them and made excuses for his behavior because I thought we had such a special connection online and could possibly have a real relationship one day. He played on my loneliness and vulnerabilities.

Eventually when he had gained my trust, there was the "money emergency," and when I didn't do what he wanted, he became very annoyed and nasty and the relationship deteriorated. He wasn't going to waste anymore time on me.

It affected me for many months afterward -- the loss of trust, the feeling of being used and played for a fool. I blocked him on Hangouts but secretly wished he would still contact me somehow, say he was sorry and that he wanted to change his life for the better. This never happened.

Trying to put together the mystery of what I was involved in, when I googled his name, there was absolutely nothing to be found. If he lived in the United States and owned a house like he said, there should have been something online, the college he apparently graduated from should have had him listed as an alumni, etc., etc.

And one day I got the courage to do a reverse image search and discovered the pictures he had been sending me were of an Italian model named Andrea Zanchini! I couldn't believe how I was so easily and thoroughly duped.

Everything about our relationship was a lie...his name, the stories about his life, even the face I thought went along with the words. He never cared about me at all. He was a devious scammer and I was one of his many victims.

I didn't give his WWF name here because he hasn't played recently and I sometimes still fear retaliation as he knows my real name and address. Probably has a whole new profile now anyway as these scammers change like a chameleon. Some of these guys (and girls too) are really, really good at what they do.

Mine even was able to pull off video chat with the face matching the stolen pictures. I don't know how he did it, but the screen was usually choppy and difficult to see and hear him clearly. He blamed the wifi at the hotel he was staying at for business and that he didn't have a good connection. They can be very believable and convincing.

If you are questioning things and not sure about someone you met online, go with your instincts and do as much searching as you can for clues. You may just untangle a whole web of lies and deceit and save yourself the hurt and pain of continuing in such a sham of a relationship. I sure wish I would have.
Feb 13, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Flexxtreal
by: Anonymous

Not all Nigerians are scammers or bad people! But I understand your concerns. They live in a horrible place and they just want out of that country, and who could blame them? I would be more worried that you’d be his ticket out of that country but don’t judge him by what others are doing.

I have a lot of experience with honest Nigerians and they are kind and loving people. If you post your email address we can chat outside of this forum. I suspect you won’t get any support here. I’d love to talk to you.
Feb 13, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Andreee R. (Flexxreal132)
by: Anonymous

Has anyone talked to this man on WWF? I've been talking with him almost a year, we've gotten close, I've video chatted him many times. Says he wants me to come to Nigeria and marry me. He tells me he isn't talking to anyone else, but I want to be sure before I get more emotionally involved. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Feb 13, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Henry Stewart or Seward
by: Anonymous

Henry Stewart or Seward, UN Dr. in Qatar then Afghanistan. Needs me to accept a package. I’ve just deleted him. He is a slick one, but never got anything from me.
Feb 13, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Boris
by: Anonymous

To Boris asking if anyone got scammed, that is why we are on here to give each other heads up and names of those to watch out for, so answering your question, yes I got scammed out of 3k, but I got it back, with the interest that was promised.
Feb 13, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Usernames
by: Anonymous

So just to push this to the top once again, the red flags that they are scammers are first they chat right away (they are getting smarter about it but still usually happens very early).

The script is hello, where you playing from, how long have you been playing, what are you experiences, what is your profession, are you married with kids.

If those things are said, 99% they are scammers. Most will give you their life story, I’m from here but work in a foreign country and they are all widowed from wife who died in accident or from some crazy disease or they are divorced from a wife who cheated on them.

They always say I can’t be here due to work so do you have hangouts or WhatsApp. With hangouts closing down, not sure what they will do now. Their English is horrible...no one as adults asks anyone can we be friends or I just want to know ourselves more better. Huge red flag there!!!

New scam is that they want to take care of you and will send you x amount of dollars to your cash app. Do not ever give them real information. The best suggestion is to create a new account with a different name that is not connected to Facebook and just use that instead.

Do not give out your real location, pick somewhere else. I am married sometimes, single, have lots of kids or none. I never give them real information at all. They like to use military and they are in Yemen which isn’t true for US troops or Afghanistan but they won’t know the base they are on.

There are groups that work to get them disabled. And please if you don’t play them, report as abuse as unwanted contact at least and not just block them. If they get reports of abuse they get disabled much faster.

But if you post their user name in the game here, those in the groups will play them to get them disabled but they have to have the full user name like johnmichael123 not just John Michael..
Feb 13, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Boris
by: Anonymous

Playing since early 2020. Anyone else get scammed ?
Feb 12, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Rob C. (Charles Robert00)
by: Anonymous

Has anyone talked to this man Charles Robert? Very charming and says all the right things and says he’s from Rochester New York currently living in Canada for the past 3 years and he is divorced and has a son who works for the oil rigs.
Feb 12, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Mark or Liam Spiegler liamspigler92@gmail.com
by: Anonymous

Watch out for him as he says he is a general in Yemen and has a 16 yr old daughter with health issues. Tries to rush a relationship then when you say red flags he gets angry. I called him out on picture he sent as a reverse image showed the same pic with multiple people with the face changed only. He said I didn't trust anyone so I blocked him and reported. He is on Facebook dating
Feb 12, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		"How was your night?" "Dark."
by: Chris in NH

Thanks to this web site, I have learned the more nuanced ways scammers try to infiltrate me. I've been noticing WWF profiles that show both a woman and a man. I have learned the telltale come-ons ("Can we go to Hangouts so we can learn each other better?").

I have noticed that absolutely horrible grammar and spelling. And only with TWO have I reached a point where I'm asked for money to solve some crisis on their end.

My very favorite retort is this: "If you don't have Facebook, then I don't have Hangouts."

Boom. Roasted.
Feb 12, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Newest Scam, across games and social media sites, to add to the list
by: BabyGurl

Hi you guys~I would like to add another scripted scam to the long laundry list of how these scam artists try to target unsuspecting women (and men), and this is pretending to be a sugar daddy looking for/seeking a woman to be their sugar baby.

I have had this occur to me on numerous sites, Word With Friends, Yahtzee With Friends, InstaGram, Twitter, as well as, FaceBook. With this particular scam, they will attempt to obtain your Cash App ID, if you possess one, or mailing address for the propose of, "sending you your sugar baby allowance". I have had so many to approach me, from this standpoint, I cannot even begin to list names. I will from this point forward, comprise a list, in order to be able provide this information next time.

Please be vigilant and careful, you guys and do continue to report these losers!!! Love and Huggz
Feb 12, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Cheating scammers
by: Anonymous

It's an invasion on WWF. So I have decided to cheat them. When they ask for my phone number or email address, now I'm giving them the number and email of another scammer ( they have no problems to write it down). So at least they can have a romantic chat between the two of them.

The last one (oil rig engineer, single father with a daughter of course) wrote " I allowed my daughter to go to school". Typical of African countries!!!
Feb 10, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Henrik w and Lisa M
by: Anonymous

This person started a game with me then disappeared when I wouldn’t chat with him. Here’s the info:

Henrik W. DW6728580

Playing since 1-28-21. Female. However the picture is of a male. When engaged in the actual game, the name is Lisa M.

Beware!
Feb 09, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Censored words
by: Anonymous

There are quite a few, as well as Nigeria. My friends name is Cassy & the Ass bit is starred out.

If ONLY they would censor out Whatsapp & Hangouts.
Feb 08, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammer
by: Anonymous

Has anyone come across James Gist from the USA - oil rig engineer. Please don’t fall for his lies - he has scammed me out of lot of money.

Usual story - single father, working away, daughter in boarding school etc
Feb 08, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Unable to play
by: Anonymous

I have had the same issue for the past 5 days. It is very frustrating. I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling and troubleshooting and nothing works.

Hopefully Zynga resolves the issue soon.
Feb 08, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re: N*****a
by: Anonymous

Yes, it blocks out Nigeria for me as well. Some of the scammers are also in Ghana and it doesn't censor that country. When I type it out, I type woth spaces in between like N I G E R I A and that works.
Feb 08, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Unable to play
by: Anonymous

I have not been able to play for 10 days and was told others have the same problem. I deleted numerous times fave up
Feb 08, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		N******a
by: Anonymous

That happens to me too!
Feb 08, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		N*****a
by: Anonymous

Yes, the powers that be ie WWF have deemed this to be a swear word. Rightly so in some respects! I get by it by writing capital N and then a space with igeria after

N igeria!

simple!
Feb 08, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		N*****A
by: Anonymous

Does it happen to everybody or just to me? Whenever in the chat I type the word Nigeria ( usually telling the scammers I know where they are from), in the chat it is printed N*****a. It seems there is a sort of censorship, so we cannot write the name of the state
Feb 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		To signs
by: Anonymous

You are so right in everything you said. I went on hangouts once. Never again. They know exactly what you want to hear.
Feb 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Can they instil a virus in the game
by: Anonymous

I haven’t been able to play for 3 days as there is a glitch in my game. I googled this and it says Zynga is aware of this problem that players are encountering and it has to do with FB logins.

Is it possible that someone can put a virus in the game? I’ve tried everything and cannot play. I got frustrated and deleted the Game
Feb 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Signs
by: Anonymous

Sorry ladies but I can't believe some of you are still wondering whether these men are for real!
If they are working on the high seas - they're scammers. If they were born somewhere but now live in the USA - 99% sure they're scammers. If they want to go elsewhere- like Hangouts or WhatsApp - they're scammers. If they've 'lost' their wives and are looking after kids (maybe a nanny or at boarding school) they're scammers. If they call you dear - they're scammers. If they ask you are you married with kids? 99% sure scammers. I want to know you better - they're scammers. If they're with a peace keeping force in Aleppo - they're scammers. Major in the USA army - scammers.

I never give my WhatsApp number out, nor converse on email but try to keep them chatting to waste their time. Their English is usually crap. And they don't answer questions! Once I answered the "how is your day" questions with " I fell over and broke my leg" . The answer "okay, that's nice ". The majority of them are THICK!!!
Feb 04, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John Ott from Chicago. User name John6282
by: Anonymous

Anyone meet up with him on WWFs?

I am not sure yet what his deal is. Gave me a cell phone # idk. Also wants to go on hangouts
Feb 04, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Similar Experience on Wordzee
by: Anonymous

The profile I'm conversing with is named "David Thompson" - is "from Switzerland" but lives in California but(!) is working in Belgium as, naturally, an "independent contractor Engineer"

He says "I handle road and sea projects right now am in Belgium working in the high sea but will be retire soon. I'm single father I got divorce five years ago when my ex wife was into drugs"

He then goes on to describe his interests: "Listening to music, Cuddling up reading a magazine or watching TV, Cooking...I love walking in the Park"

He wants to see pictures of me, and keeps asking me to join him on Google Hangouts.
Feb 03, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Patrick W
by: Anonymous

Another scammer - Patrick W. Today, after a very short conversation, asking me to go on Instant Messaging site so we could see photos, get to chat properly etc., he's deleted the game (and himself?), obviously because I ignored his wishes.

Usual garbage, lives in Manhattan, moving to Beverly Hills soon, oil rig engineer, originally from Berlin.
Feb 02, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		A new ruse...
by: Anonymous

My friends & I who bait these guys have noticed a new way to try & get you on Whatsapp or Hangouts .... they say their messaging on the WWF app is failing & start sending you messages saying 'message failed' or similar.

I have had 4 try this in the last few days. I think a memo has gone out that we are stupid enough to fall for it, lol!

By the way Hangouts is closing shortly, so be aware of invites to Kik, Snapchat, Line, Telegram & other chat apps too.
Feb 02, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		In response to real or not
by: Anonymous

Asking for money for data is a scam. They want the money for data yes, but so they can still chat to other women & scam them too.

PLEASE never use Whatsapp - its not a great idea to give these guys your phone number. Hangouts, while it is still with us, is better, but there are apps that can allow them to get your email address from it, if you have added them. You may find your Facebook page hacked & sold, or friend requests from people you do not know (nor would you want to, probably).

Myself & 30 friends play these guys regularly & swap info on them on a Facebook group I have.
We are also in contact with their scammer units in Nigeria....we know how it works.

Can I also point out to the people who have said that all men on Words with Friends are scammers that this is patently untrue. I myself have made some excellent friends on the game who are genuine & as pestered by scammers in their female form as we are. Don't tar everyone with the same brush - the scammers are easy to spot :-)
Feb 01, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		In response to real or not
by: Anonymous

They ask you to move to hangouts or what’s app as it uses less data than words with friends.

He is not real,
Feb 01, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Real or not
by: Anonymous

I can spot most of the scammers when they request a game. I accepted a request from a man from Nigeria, he started chatting after a rematch game, we moved our conversation to whatsapp, he's never asked for anything accept to help with data, I've used a top up to do that, twice. What I want to know is there anyone chatting with him or know of him?

Andreeee R.

Thanks to anyone that can help.
Jan 31, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		nude picture
by: Anonymous

I was playing some gal I didnt know, and a box popped up with a nude picture of her!
Jan 31, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Anyone playing w Thomas
by: Anonymous

Anyone playing with a Thomas M.

Tommy’s 47
Central Texas College
Texas, United States

Claim to be an engineer.

He hasn’t asked for anything and seems to be a slow scammer.
Jan 30, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Regarding Mike W. Comment...
by: Anonymous

Are you using your actual picture on WWF? If so, people can do a reverse image and may find you that way. That's how I've been calling out some of them.
Jan 30, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Mike w
by: Anonymous

Okay so Mike W found me somehow on Instagram. Name is Darrel Gibson. I never gave out my real name and never even talked to him other than on WWF and calling him out.
Jan 30, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Avoid, avoid and avoid
by: Anonymous

Roy O.
Roysoscar0808
Played since 20 November 2020
USA
Oil drilling engineer

Straight off wanted my gmail address due to the nature of his job he couldn’t always be there. Could we email or hangouts. I could have his gmail. He was desperate. Wasn’t interested in the game.

Just persisted all the time about hangouts. I persisted back saying no. Eventually he said I didn’t understand he couldn’t be on friends due to the job. I told him "No what is you dont understand I’m not going on hangouts.

Guess what - he blocked me straightaway. Just decline if he pops up. He is one pain in the ass pushy scammer
Jan 30, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Ones to watch out for
by: Anonymous

Jerome A. Jeromeambrose12
Darren W. Darrenwright090
Mark A. Adamemmanuel12
mark O. markoliverjames4@gmail.com
Frank W. Frank William55

All full of the usual BS

All reported on WWF
Jan 29, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Mike w
by: Anonymous

I've seen him pop up numerous times with different names. He played a game and he asked me 3 questions. The usual...are you married? Where do you live? Then asked what I like to do then let's get to know each other more.

I called him out as BS. He told me I was a very negative person. Which set me off even more. He tried to get me to video chat to see that he has been hurt too. Lol finally I hit the roof and said so how many profiles do you actually have?! You keep changing your name.

He blocked me. Lol. He had grey hair and always wearing glasses. Says he is in Iran working with the military. Typical story.
Jan 29, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Jamess S.
by: Anonymous

James sparrow11.
August 12 2020 USA
Houston

Surprise surprise he’s not there at the moment. He’s in Libya deployed for counter terrorism. Usual - are you married etc. He’s single with a daughter. Within a total of 6 messages the do you have an email.

I said I didn’t give to people I don’t know. He is very persistent but I put him off and he came back with "you can have mine jamessparrow675@gmail.com.

Haven’t blocked or reported yet but for sure avoid him ladies
Jan 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		All of them
by: Anonymous

They are all scammers. The short video chats are someone they are impersonating. The words they say if any do not line up with the mouth movement. I had a couple of them do this. I blocked my camera so they could not see me.

I always use a bogus email for them. I have gotten many to finally tell me their true identity and have never sent a dime. I have heard every story they have, engineers, doctors, military, UN peacekeepers. You name it I have heard it.

Never send money or gift cards. Do not let them suck you in with songs, poems, hearts and flowers. Their sweet words are all lies. They hope you are lonely enough to fall for them so they can have you as their bank account. They are unworthy of you attention.

Please be careful out there. Don't lose what you have worked hard to get and especially don't lose your dignity
Jan 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		FrankT. Ft30463
by: Anonymous

Messaged straight away "Hello beautiful". From Berlin. Wife killed in car crash. Next message "God has sent you to me. Can I be in your life. Can I have your number".

Kept asking me to go on What’s App and sent me his number from "Germany". Checked the number and it was a landline from Salt Lake City. I told him I don’t converse with scammers and blocked him.
Jan 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Tim. Thechamp52
by: Anonymous

Same old chat. Contractor. Was going to Israel on a special plane for important works. Pushed and pushed for my email and when I didn’t give in he was really rude and blocked me.
Jan 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Louis Burke
by: Anonymous

Thank you. I blocked him. They are very persuasive. And yes, they are very good at it. I had a video call from him the first time we chatted. It was very brief, and really thought it was him. But he wouldn't video again, and he said the first one was proof he was real.

I blocked him 2 days ago and now he's trying to get me back thru email. Fortunately, I made that email just for him. I'll delete since it's not important anyway. No big loss on my part.

I'm glad I keep checking here. I don't trust these men. Sometimes we just get told nice "lines" (because honestly, that's all it is).

Better to be single rather than taken advantage of.. 💔🤷‍♀️🙄
Jan 28, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re Louis Burke125
by: Anonymous

Hi, Yes, this man is a scammer, and this is verified from myself & my group of friends who play these people & expose them to Zynga.

Please don't feel bad. They can be very persuasive & are doing this for a living, so are pretty good at it. You were taken in by a pro and many other people are every year too.

There is no need for the harsh tone of the previous comment.

Jan 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Solero A.
by: Anonymous

SoleroAnders

Playing at the moment. I know his profile picture is the singer Thomas Anders as someone else tried scamming me with the same profile (Ethan Noah 34).

Solero is Saying he’s from Dublin, working as a medical specialist in a refugee camp in Syria.

Please do these people think we are so stupid. He hasn’t yet asked for money but almost immediately asked to go on what’s app. I’ve put him off so far. He is for sure a scammer. What a name. Solero. These people make me so mad
Jan 27, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		question
by: Anonymous

I have a question:

When I call them on being a scammer some of them ask if i want to do a video call. No thank you, i don't. But here is my question - how do they do that?? Get the photo from their profile picture onto a video call?

Obviously, I'm not very tech savvy lol.
Jan 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Louis Burke
by: Anonymous

He is a scammer...open your eyes!
He is not legit and that story is used all the time.

Scammer!!!
Jan 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		LouisBurke125
by: Anonymous

Anyone played with Louisburke125 on wwf?? He recently asked to take the conversation to hangouts. Told him I was married but he insisted so I went along with it. It's been about a month conversing with him and I love all his oh so perfect words. But still not letting my guard down.

He's gorgeous in his pictures. He's got a son, supposedly in boarding school (in NJ.) He says he's getting ready to retire but now he's asking for money to help pay for his son's meds. Brain cancer, he says 😔😔.

Well, I didn't give in, I feel bad though, but if he's a surgeon, shouldn't he find a way to get him what he needs?? They will never stop. This one seemed legit
Jan 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Please add user names
by: Anonymous

If you have questions about someone, please put their full user names. We can’t research without it. They all give fake names and locations and they change them often so if you put there user name ie johnsmith1234 then we can research them as well.
Jan 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Austine N./Linda R./Mydogfuzzybear
by: Anonymous

I was playing Austine N. recently, middle age male photo, said he was from Holland, Michigan, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee, working as an underwater welder, married once but divorced his wife. One day he just abruptly resigned the game for some reason.

Later I noticed on the bottom of my game listings that the name had changed to Linda R. and there was a young woman's photo with a white dog. When I clicked on the resigned game, his male photo still came up in the upper right corner of the screen. Both players had the username Mydogfuzzybear. Linda R.'s location said Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion.

It's just really weird how these players switch screen names and photos. I thought I was playing a male -- could have been a female -- who really knows anymore? Has anyone else played Mydogfuzzybear or had this happen with others players?

I guess the only thing that stays the same or you can believe anymore is that they are trying to scam you out of money in one way or another!
Jan 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		John Ott from Chicago
by: Anonymous

Anyone meet him on words?
Jan 26, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		TerrySmith.1q@gmail.com. AKA Larry B vin 3970
by: Anonymous

Hello all you ladies that has been scammed by TerrySmith.1q@gmail.com, it has been confirmed that he is actually using Michael Whitehouse, and he is using this mans profile pictures. He is a scammer.

If you play with him on words, dont fall for his lies, romance or any pictures. Im trying to save you the time.
Jan 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Richard Anderson
by: Anonymous

We need the USER NAME to investigate.

Click on their Profile for this info.

Example...

Richard Anderson
Richardanderson434 👈👈👈👈👈👈 USER NAME.
Playing since (date)
(Country) (Male or Female)

We have a team that investigates scammers and we need this in order to provide you with the truth.

Never send money, gift cards, steam cards, Amazon cards, etc. Never accept money on their behalf or pay custom fees. Never transfer bitcoins or invest your money with anyone you meet on this site.
Jan 25, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Richard Anderson
by: Anonymous

What is his profile name? If you can post his user name, we will check to see and game him.

If he is a military doctor, UN worker, oil rig worker, engineer that is born in one place, lives in somewhere in US but works somewhere else, single or widowed with a kid then yes. They always say like I am from Italy but live in Dallas Texas in USA but currently working in high seas in Australia. They don’t realize that most people know where Dallas is.

Tell tale signs he asks, where you are playing from, what is your profession, are you married with kids. Do you have hangouts or WhatsApp, I am not always here do to nature of my work, I want to know more about ourselves.

They say alright or okay after everything you say

98% of men are scammers...
Jan 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Richard Anderson
by: Anonymous

Does anyone know a Richard Anderson and whether he is a scammer?
Jan 21, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Foul Mouth Scammer
by: Anonymous

Anyone else play Andrew C./Andrewcolec9? His profile says he's been playing since Dec 12, 2020, from USA. Typical scripted conversation about nothing interesting or important, then a lot of pressure to go to Hangouts to "share pictures and get to know each other more better" even though I told him I was married. Figured he was a scammer.

I usually like to stall around to finish out the game (and get my win! lol), but this guy had a real foul mouth and the conversation just got vulgar. I had to block and report him after he asked if I had been f*cked hard lately. Disgusting pig!

I just hope this isn't a new trend to deal with playing the game. At times like this I really miss the good ol' days playing WWF without all these scammers and bad actors!
Jan 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Word War
by: Anonymous

To the person playing Scott Williams, I am playing him on another word game, Word War. I only play these AH for entertainment, they use a scammers playbook to get all of their scripts, so when they ask a question, I use their own script to answer back.

The first thing I do is ask for their pic, then look for them on images, when they want one of me, I stall them and tell them I don't take very good pics, that goes on until I can get the real identity of their stolen pics.

Just be careful with these AH, and never send them cards or money, and stay vigilant.
Jan 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry and Larry
by: Anonymous

Trust me... it’s confirmed.. both are scammers!!!
Jan 20, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Matt Word or Frank Collins
by: Anonymous

Just wondering if anyone else has had a Matt Word or Frank Collins contact them on word with friends. Possible scammer
Jan 17, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Anyone know this one??
by: Anonymous

Anyone ever play against a Scott William? Very smooth, pretty good English and "script" not entirely followed. They are getting good.
Jan 17, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		re Terry & Larry
by: Anonymous

I can't get either player up with those player names. Can you check they are correct? I can then check the profile pictures & hopefully tell you who they are using, which you can throw back at them :-)
Jan 16, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry and Larry
by: Anonymous

I don’t believe they are the same person! Larry tells me he is in Manchester and told someone else he is in South Africa. Just because they use the same pictures doesn’t mean they are the same man. Also they are always on a rig and always have a contract so that is not any indication that they are the same person.

They all claim to be widowed and they all claim to have young children so that is also not an indicator that they are the same man. They all have something else in common to, they all want money!
Jan 16, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		TerrySmith.1q@gmail.com. AKA Larry B vin 3970
by: Anonymous

Playing both these men, they have the same profile picture, same daughter, Terry lives in Indiana, Larry lives in Alabama, both have foreign language, and I can't under Larry very well, Terry is very easy to understand.

Terry says his contract is up, but will need gift cards to get a ride home, Larry is still under contract. Both work on oil rigs. Its so odd to get pictures from both of them and they are the same man, both are Scammers and losers, so dont let them know anything about you, as they will fall so hard for you.

Dont believe a word they say, as both are big time liars. I did a background check on this one man, and nothing can be found
Jan 15, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous

Unable to report scammers on WWF as I go to report and it freezes and this has happened numerous times.
Jan 15, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Worst scam attempt ever!
by: Anonymous

Like many women on WWF I get approached by scammers constantly but this one really made me laugh. He launched straight into the ‘you are so beautiful, I want to be with you and make you happy. I know straight away when I see you that you were the one for me'! Why so funny? My profile picture is, quite deliberately, my much loved dog.

Interestingly, although I continually refused to provide him with contact details, personal information etc, he persisted for two days with his declarations of undying love and claims of being heartbroken. I did ask my dog but he’s not interested either!
Jan 15, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re 'Things to watch for/wealthy bachelor'
by: Anonymous

My group & I have encountered this a few times.
His name isn't Logan Maxwell, or similar, is it?

If you could post his full player name we can get him disabled.
Jan 14, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Another one
by: Anonymous

Words with friends showed a person I think was called my match of the day. I asked him to play. He did. Of course wanted to chat. I am chatting to play along. I had a scammer last year before I knew about this website. Is a CEO at his construction co.in Germany. Lives in Florida. Thinks I am beautiful bla bla bla. I will report him when I am 100 percent sure. Right now I am at 99 percent sure
Jan 14, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		"Things to watch for" comment
by: Anonymous

Your comment summed up a lot of the activity I've seen over the last year, but one other scenario that I personally experienced and wanted to add is the "eligible bachelor/businessman" who is single, never married, no children, no siblings, parents both deceased, self-described as a "loner."

Supposedly from the United States but travels frequently for business. You'll be the only person he can count on when his little financial crisis hits and his accounts are frozen because he's away from home and trying to take care of business.

My "bachelor friend" appeared to be wealthy with nice clothing and suits, a beautiful ultra-modern apartment, ready to retire soon as he apparently had quite a fortune set aside. Sadly he had been so busy with work his whole life he had never taken the time to find true love. So you just might be that special person to share it all with him!

Beware -- it's all a scam, very carefully played out and pretty believable if you're not suspecting anything. These guys are devious and you never know what their next little scheme will be.

Please continue sharing your experiences so we can stay informed!
Jan 14, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers hijacking other profiles
by: Anonymous

A lot of the same stories are already posted. These scammers will immediately start sending messages. You know it's a scam if you click on the profile, and the start date will be recent but the profile pic shows they're on a high level. One I had was the exact same story scam everyone was warned about.

He then accused me of being the scammer and got nasty. So now all I do is just keep repeating exactly what they sent me. They will soon disappear.

One said I'm from California, where are you from. I repeated the exact message. He then said, I'm from Miami, where are you from? They don't even pay attention to the conversation.
Jan 13, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Lead them on
by: Anonymous

Love reading all these comments, but of course the majority of them are from people in the know! I've been having a few games with them myself - they obviously don't read your answers as they reply okay or that's nice to more or less everything.

One day I said I had fallen over and broken my leg - he replied "that's nice"! I've told others I'm a retired fraud squad officer. "What's that"? They sometimes say and I explain that I still report scammers if I come across them. Funnily enough most disappear then.

I've sometimes said I have 18 children and 45 grandchildren. They dont even respond. To answer one who asked me what I was doing today I told him I was making a wedding cake, doing a skydive, surfing, riding in a horse race and if I had time I would do a half marathon. All in one day. "That's nice!!" Bahaha.

I feel at least if they're talking to me then I'm wasting their time.
Jan 12, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		TerrySmith.1q@gmail.com. AKA Larry B vin 3970
by: Anonymous

TerrySmith.1q@gmail.com, is now Larry B vin 3970, be on the look out, Scammers,
Jan 12, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Things to watch for...
by: Anonymous

Here's what I've learned so far:

-They are all divorced or widowed with a kid(s).
-They either work on an off-shore oil rig, are an independent contractor, a doctor or are in the military...sometimes a combo of those.
-They will ask your age, marital status, if you have kids and where you are playing from.
-They will ask for you to chat on WhatsApp or Hangouts. If you tell them you have neither they will ask for your email address or insist you download the app.
-They will send "Alaye" as a message which is their way of saying they are a scammer and they suspect you are as well. The last time I sent "Alaye" the scammer sent back "Afar now" so I'm not sure if that is the new "code" word or not. One sent back "Boss man show me your ways. Only been doing this for a few days and you since 2011"
-They typically don't capitalize the first letter of their first name...not sure why.
-They recently joined and have 0 wins...a few have a handful. Average game score is low.
-They type "am" in place of "I am" or "I'm"
-They ask about your belief in God.
-They will ask you to do a video call so they can prove to you that they are not a scammer.
-They often call you "my dear" or "my friend" when chatting.
-They really drive home being your friend and tell you how much they appreciate your friendship (after a few basic messages).
-They miss obvious lies. For instance, I tell them I am from the north coast of the United States. We all know there is no north coast. One told me he lives in Vegas and I told him I go often and stay at the Hallmark Premier Hotel next to Bellagio. Anyone who lives there would know that is a lie. Instead he said he had been there and it is a lovely hotel.

There's a few I decided to call out and they eventually admitted that they are a scammer but try to get me to understand their government is corrupt and there are no jobs. They try to get me to still be their friend and listen to their sob story.

At that point I wish them good luck and end the game. Most will rematch and still try to get you to talk to you. A few of them have given me their phone numbers so I added them to my clipboard and give those numbers out to other scammers. One guy gave me his email address and it was his full user name with @gmail.com attached. I am not sure if this is their standard or not. I don't ask for their email or contact information. I only ask them the same questions they ask me and I do not any bit of romantic interest. I can only imagine what they say to women who actually express the same feelings to them.

Anyhow...sorry for the long rant, but I hope this will help someone!
Jan 12, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Waltersrussell27
by: Anonymous

Be aware! He tells me his name is Walters. Whose name is Walters? This is what he told me. He is a independent contractor for Exxon Mobile and is in Alaska on a job. He makes lots of money and that why he's not with his kids. He lives in Tampa, FL. He is 58 and has twins age 9. Their birthday is in Feb. His wife died giving birth. His kids are being watched by a nanny.

Very charming talker. He wanted my cell phone number right away. Did not give it to him. I tried looking him up on the internet with the info he gave me, and nothing came up. When I told him that I thought that he wasn't being honest with me, he told me that I had trust issues. So I finally told him that his story is all over the scam internet, he deleted and blocked me.
Jan 10, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Douglas Malcolm
by: Anonymous

Douglas Malcolm US general with the Peace Corps in Kabul. Widow with son in boarding school in California scammer.
Jan 08, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re Martin Carson
by: Anonymous

I have gamed him - if he doesn't play back there is little we can do.

This is why it is important to post full player names - the sooner we have this info the sooner we can contact the game creators with hard evidence of attempted fraud.
Jan 07, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Username
by: Anonymous

Username on Words With Friends. Martincarson89. You mentioned you have a group to take down scammers. He hasn’t played for awhile. What’s the scoop on him. He has a Instagram account. Is this the same person scamming and using Martincarson89?
Jan 07, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Facebook helpers.
by: Anonymous

Someone mentioned Facebook groups who work to take these fraudsters down? I run one. We are on Martin Carsons case big time.

PLEASE if you post here, make sure you post your guys (or girls) player name, then we can game them & do what we do :-)
Jan 07, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Kenneth Winfrey WWF
by: Anonymous

Watch out for a Kenneth Winfrey, unfortunately my mother got scammed by this person. Claims to be Italian American, lives in New York. He’s a marine engineer stuck on a ship out in Syria and needed money to fly back to his son in New York then he got sick so needs money for food and meds instead. I can’t believe my mum fell for it but she’s lonely and vulnerable and really believed this guy loves her.
Jan 06, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re: Last comment on Martin Carson and others
by: Anonymous

To the person who just wrote in that last comment. Thank you. You have summarised it all so well and you are right, we won't be finding our soulmates playing WWF2.

Just be vigilant, guard your hearts and assume nobody is real regardless on how it may all seem.
Jan 06, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Martin Carson and Other Professionals
by: Anonymous

He’s a professional scammer and grooming you for the "big haul." If they think you’re worth something they can get from you, they patiently build a relationship without ever asking for money or favors. After you trust them, are addicted to the love and attention they give you, are committed and think you will have a future together, they will make their move and ask for something major. And I’m not talking about a small gift card either. These guys will set up a major emergency and financial issue and need to quickly "borrow" thousands of dollars.

You trust your special friend, and because of the urgency and you not thinking it through clearly, many are able to get what they ask. If they do and when you realize you've been duped, you most likely will never hear from them again. If they don’t get what they want, they will become very nasty as they have become greedy and feel entitled to it. By this time, they will also know enough about you to try to hack into your accounts anyway or even try to get revenge by blackmail.

Believe me, I’ve been there. Don’t stay involved with him or any of these professional con artists. These are not the young boys in Nigeria just trying to get by. These are highly trained men who've accumulated quite some wealth doing this to lonely, vulnerable women. They know exactly what they're doing with the lies they make up, playing mind games with you, etc.

I was groomed like this for almost a year but, thank God, didn’t fall for the big haul. What hurts the most now is knowing I meant absolutely nothing to this person after talking to him for so long and thinking we had a special connection. He would have destroyed me financially in a minute and never cared.

You are just a person they are trying to scam, and they will just move onto the next unsuspecting person. They are despicable human beings without a conscience. At the end of one's life, whether or not you believe in God and eternal life or not, I wouldn't want to be faced with living a deceitful life like this all because of greed.

It's highly unlikely you're going to find your special person or soulmate on Words with Friends. Please realize what these men (and women) are up to and be very careful. Better yet, block them and move on with your life.
Jan 06, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Martin Carson
by: Anonymous

I do believe you regarding him. Did he ever ask any of you for money? I’ve been chatting with him for a year plus phone calls. What information did he share with you about his life? I’m inquiring because he hasn’t asked for any money, I-Tunes cards, etc.

Just so you are aware I’d never send money to him or anyone!!!! Just trying to figure him out so any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Jan 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Martin Carson
by: Anonymous

I and a few others all played him at the same time. He chatted to us all. Loved us all...lol. Don’t believe a word he says no matter how much you want to believe him, don’t!


He is fake!
Jan 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Most are scammers
by: Anonymous

They can play with your mind and hope that you fall for it. Words of love, poems, songs etc. All just so you will fall for them. Mine went from being a 65 year old white man to in reality a 34 year old man from Nigeria.

Sometimes we are lonely and the attention is nice BUT it is not real
Jan 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Response about martincarson
by: Anonymous

You do realize that they use pics of celebs and even impersonate them to get money from people. I have had several who posed as celebs but ended up being scammers. I also have had a couple make death threats.

I would say that 80-90% of people who play the game now are scammers. Men and women both are showing up.

Please read comments below and see the red flags, they are pretty obvious. With the events in Nigeria right now, they are getting more aggressive in their pursuits tactics.

There are plenty of Facebook groups that work to get these guys disabled.
Jan 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		How do you know
by: Anonymous

Re: Martin Carson. How do you know he’s a scammer? Did you chat with him? Is he the same person as on his Instagram?
Jan 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		A question
by: Anonymous

I did a face search and found that the person I was talking to wasn’t the person in the photo, the sad thing is they are using usually prominent people who are unaware of what’s happening.
Jan 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Martincarson
by: Anonymous

Yes he is fake... a scammer
Jan 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Has anyone ever played MartinCarson
by: Anonymous

Has anyone ever played MartinCarson on Words With Friends? His player name is Martincarson89.
Jan 05, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Donations
by: Anonymous

Do some research - the Nigeria government is corrupt! That’s why the country is a mess. That’s why so much poverty and scamming. No jobs and no one cares! Any money that the government gets goes into the hands of its corrupt politicians! They live like kings while the vast majority is left to survive anyway they can. This is not meant to justify or defend the behavior of scammers...it’s not! It’s the facts of living in Nigeria.

We all need to be vigilant about not sending to scammers! But we have to educate ourselves, don’t assume they are all rich and living in luxury... they’re NOT!
Jan 04, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Regarding... Poor and Slums
by: Anonymous

Wake up. Every time someone sends them money, gift cards, steam cards, etc it encourages them to get more greedy. If the person is actually that poor and lives in the slums then they can’t afford the computer that is used to scam people on their own.

Otherwise they are working in a room under the boss that is raking in millions or billions but only giving them a tiny amount. When you see photos of those arrested they are dressed very nicely. Donate your money to Feeding the Poor or to missionaries that help the Nigerians because this way 100% of the money is used productively.

DO NOT ENCOURAGE SCAMMERS OR FOR PEOPLE TO GOVE MONEY TO SCAMMERS.
Jan 03, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Poor and slums
by: Anonymous

You are correct there are hundreds or thousands of scammers that are rich! And yes I see them being arrested online. They are stealing and are filthy rotten rich! No one can possibly condone that. I surely won’t!
But there are some who really are poor and live in slums. They scam to eat. It’s not right! But should they starve because there are no jobs And their government doesn’t give a crap about them what they live or die?

None of us can possibly imagine life like that. I pray we never experience that.
Jan 03, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Nigerian Scammers post 31 Dec
by: Anonymous

To the naïve woman [possibly a scammer] who said these scammers are poor, living in slums and unemployed - they need to get into the real world.

Here is a group of "poor" scammers [in link below] caught who had $40Million in cash and the addresses of 2 million victims when caught and who had laundered hundreds of millions of dollars.

https://qz.com/africa/1879261/fbi-use-instagram-to-get-dubai-nigerian-fraudster-hushpuppi/

Poor scammers in slums - yeah right!

The only correct part is they are unemployed, because they don't need a job while they are stealing money from everyone and have $40Million in cash.

To the people who believe that the scammers are poor and living in slums - they deserve to be scammed for being so gullible.
Jan 02, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		So Many Scammers
by: Elizabeth

I’ve been trolling these scammers for months, and its very easy to spot them - average word scores are in double digits. They read from a script. I play along with them, keeping them occupied so they don’t engage with lonely, vulnerable people.

I told one man, I bought his daughter a Target gift card and he sent me his email address, after he asked me to take a picture of the card. I used a disposable email address and sent him some Bible verses about repenting from his sin and turning to Jesus.

Another man, gave me his street address and I looked it up and it was a mobile home in a trailer park.

Here are the losers I’m playing with now: jorge W. - zJw2656 ; Martin T. - Mtony1585; Peter L. - Peterlucas23; James M - zyngawfuser_43235224; Elliot W - Elliotw513
Jan 01, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Take responsibility
by: Anonymous

We all need to take responsibility for our actions and our decisions. No one makes us send gifts cards or money to anyone. We do it if our own choice. If I can’t afford to help someone, I shouldn’t. We all need to take responsibility for what we do or don’t do.

No one forces us to give. Ladies please don’t be coerced into giving what you can’t afford to be without. That is not how love works.
Jan 01, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Nigerian Scammers
by: Anonymous

Somebody wrote that they are unemployed and living in slums and that we should "give them a chance". A chance to do what? To inveigle themselves into the hearts of unsuspecting women who believe them when they profess love and adoration?

To try and get money out of someone who maybe doesn't have much herself? Sorry, but I don't think giving them a chance is on the cards!
I feel sorry there are people in this world who don't have much and have a hard time making ends meet. But maybe the one lady who does end up giving them money or cards, or whatever it is they're after, had a hard time making ends meet too!!!
Grrrrrr....
Jan 01, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Nigerian Scammers in poverty!!!
by: Anonymous

One scammer, "David Nathan", broke my heart when I finally got him to expose himself as who he truly is. I promised to not turn him into the police. He was my $75,000 scammer - what he asked for, he was given zero. He wasted 4 months of my life at that point in our relationship.

He confessed and wanted friendship. We did WhatApp videos. He still confessed love, he showed me a nasty apartment with no food and begged for my help. He showed me a house where his mom and siblings live. But the truth came out one night when I insisted he take me on a tour of his current apartment.

It was super nice, lots of food, he wore Nike clothes, he has recording music equipment that is very expensive. He played his guitars and sang music along with all of the background music.

He was continuing to scam women and still is. I deleted the App and blocked him after him asking me for money again knowing I had been in Urgent Care and was sick, he turned nasty.

They do NOT care. They want money. Don’t believe they all live in poverty!
Dec 31, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Nigerian scammers
by: Anonymous

They ARE unemployed and they DO live in poverty in slums! If they have the courage to be honest, at least give them a chance! If it were your son, wouldn’t you want someone to give him a chance!
Have a heart.
Dec 31, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Reporting WWF scammer
by: Anonymous

Using name: Donald Cornell on words with friends is a scammer. Caution! Says he’s an engineer from Denmark.
Dec 31, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Nigerian scammers
by: Anonymous

In these last months wwf is full of scammers, I have at least 3 or 4 new players, all scammers, every day. But now they are different. I start asking them straight away " where in Africa are you from". And they have no problems at saying they are from Nigeria.

Today a new player has even the photo of a young black guy in a slum. I think that they have realized nobody believes anymore the story of a widowed oil rig engineer, therefore they try with a" half truth". They tell you they are unemployed, have sick parents, in any case they wanna talk on hangouts or whatsapp. But when you don't accept they block you.
Dec 30, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		READ ME - Tips
by: Troy TLC

1. Search for "groomed", below, for compelling stories.

2. Search for "TLC" for my prior tips.

3. Don't use your WHOLE NAME in any game: ask a trusted friend what is displayed in your profile, Don't use even part of your real last name!

4. Scammer's names change constantly: Creating a new post here might feel good, but isn't it kinda pointless and dilutes the valuable tips and stories of fraud?

Please use "Report Abuse" when you "Block" a scammer... You won't hurt any ones feelings!

Dec 28, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Annajames
by: Anonymous

Annajames on words is a scammer

Be careful
Dec 23, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Met on J date
by: Anonymous

Steven M Brown. Mining engineer out of Munich Germany. We spoke for about two weeks and he finally professed his love. The next day it seems he had a banking problem and can I please send his son a $300 gift card.

By then I knew it was a scam and so I asked for a street address. He explained I could use the email. I declined and called him a scammer and blocked him.
Dec 22, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Morgan J
by: Anonymous

Just appeared as morganjohnson619

If you are going to use a photo don’t use one of a decorated Major and Sir ..... 😂

Reported.
Dec 22, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Websites
by: Anonymous

I think it’s time the websites checked into these reported romance scammers. They are far better equipped than we are to see if the person is for real and to start blocking them. Consider a water right year 2020 was and still is I think the website should step up.
Dec 22, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Anonymous Dec 21
by: Anonymous

Some of these guys are definitely more difficult to figure out than others. After playing Lightning Round, a man started a chat with me that turned into a relationship lasting several months. He was (supposedly) a businessman working from home at the start of the pandemic who said he was bored with the stay-at-home orders and I assumed had more time on his hands for playing games online.

He played Words very well and his grammar and communication skills were excellent. He (supposedly) was a bachelor and his stories about his life were very believable. We had an instant strong connection. We played games and chatted for weeks before he ever asked to text elsewhere as he was then leaving on an essential business trip and didn't want to lose contact with me while gone.

He started calling me dear and babe and was the sweetest, most attentive person. The photos he sent me matched him in video calls. He said he definitely wanted to meet me in the future.

I had just lost a close friend to cancer and I guess was far too vulnerable. He "groomed" me for many weeks before ever having a "financial issue" where he couldn't use his credit card and needed money quickly. I'm a professional woman who just about fell for it all, but I wasn't able to do what he was asking at the time.

We continued talking but there were many red flags after that -- just strange things happening that didn't feel right. Looking back, I believe at times it was someone else in our conversation. He had changed and there were many excuses and lies about everything.

I don't think he wanted to really waste anymore time with me because I didn't easily give in to his request for money.

I still can't believe I was duped like this in a romance scam. Everyone wants to just feel loved and accepted for who they are, and when you are played for a fool like this it's very traumatic. I honestly have no idea who I was talking to for months or where he was from. I feel for anyone who has been through this.

Yes, there are many of these scammers flooding Words these days and trying to jump on the bandwagon. You can pick them out in minutes. But there are also some highly professional trained scammers out there -- and all it takes is a lonely, vulnerable person to fall prey to their dangerous schemes.

Continue to get the word out to others! Now that I'm more aware because of my own experience, I've noticed segments on the news about this and articles in magazines and papers. There are many stories online. The more publicity about it all the better!
Dec 21, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Glenn Steelerman 3156
by: Anonymous

His profile picture is a General. His stats are good and he won over 2989 games. His grammar is good. It took him awhile to chat and when he did he said he is not a bad guy. He said he lives alone and I told him I’m married. He played a lot and never chatted that often.

He called me sweetie and baby. He said he loves to play words and I told him it was nice to play with someone who didn’t have an agenda. After that comment he didn’t play as often and finished the game and did not rematch.

I googled images of all army generals and his picture wasn’t there. And a real army general does not call women sweetie and baby. He did not ask the usual personal questions like the other scammers.

He does have his own agenda though.
Dec 15, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Anonymous Dec 14th
by: Anonymous

Couldn’t agree more with your comments. I’ve given ridiculous answers to their banal questions and still get the "Wow. That’s nice" response. They ask what I’ve had for breakfast or lunch and I’ve replied hedgehog stew - roadkill. "Do ŷou swim." I replied yes, I swam the Channel yesterday. "What hobbies do you have"? Yesterday I skydived, went deep sea fishing, made a wedding cake for a friend and cycled 20 miles! No comment back.

They are getting more clever with photos but I’ve noticed a big increase of men’s photos with dogs. "What breed"? I ask. They don’t reply until I’ve asked them three times. A golden retriever is described as a chihuahua!

It’s laughable. Well, it would be if it were not for the knowledge that some women are still being sucked in by the lies.

They disgust me. Report, report, report!
Dec 15, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Too many scammers
by: Mary

Anonymous who wrote on Dec 14th. I agree with you. There are too many of them. Today I reported 5 of them, 5 " widows with children". For a while they had almost disappeared, but now they are back.

We have to keep reporting them but words with friends should do something too. 99% of new players with a photo of a middle age man are scammers. Why don't they check their IP, or ask them a document to verify their identity?
Dec 14, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous

There are thousands of these scammers out there. There are groups working to get them disabled but we are finding that they are just popping right back on with same name and emails. Or they change the number at the end of their name by 1-2 digits. They all have the same story. They are getting creative with their pictures but they all almost chat immediately with the same script. They are asking to chat on WhatsApp or hangouts much quicker now.

We have reported so many directly to the game but they do not care. They don’t care that they are impersonating celebrities. Joe Cross, Paul Hollywood, Tony Baroud, Tom Earsting are the ones they use a lot. But the game makers do not care. Report them for fraud, unwanted contact and it will block them automatically. The more people that report them, it gets them disabled quicker.

Do not give your real information out ever, use a different location than where you are from. I never tell them if I am married or not, I tell them it doesn’t have any impact on the game if I am or not. They do not read your comments, they have a script of questions and we have seen the copy of them as well as pictures of them at work.

They are 18-25 year old males from Nigeria. The script is to switch off handlers if you don’t comply to push you to go to other places to chat. The game uses a lot of their data. They call you dear, beautiful, sweetheart because they have so many that they don’t remember the names and when they switch handlers, dear is easier.

If they say alaye, they are asking in Yoruba if you are a scammer basically.
Dec 14, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Watch Out
by: Anonymous

For Hanshans F. He is a real charmer. He wants you to invest in Bitcoin and will send you pictures of a Bitcoin machines. He wants to know your investments and then asks you to send him a steam card. He needs it for Christmas.

He says he is a builder in Germany and of course, lost his dear wife. I blocked and reported and he turned up on the list of players. He is gray haired and sunglasses in photo.
Dec 12, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Gabriel Richards
by: Anonymous

Claimed to be from New York as a plastic surgeon currently in Panama. 39, single dad to a daughter. Kept asking for me to download hangout. Blocked me after stopped replying. Profile pic as a young white male with dark hair at the gym.
Dec 10, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		40,000$
by: Anonymous

My girlfriend had one of these a$$holes scam 40,000$. Seriously, FBI got involved. Said he was following her. Got really bad. If they are too good to be real. They are ladies.
Dec 09, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Website maintenance
by: Anonymous

The website will be receiving maintenance for the next 4 days so any new posts won't appear live until after the 4 days.

Apologies for any inconvenience.
Dec 07, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers are all the same
by: Anonymous

I don't understand how people still believe to them. It is so easy to recognize them. Whenever a male player has a photo on his profile, always men over 50, he starts talking to you straight away, asks TO talk on hangouts, asks questions about your private life while he is always a single parent, an engineer/ surgeon/ in the army.

Now it is up to you not to play or keep talking, but remember he is a scammer so the more you tease him the funnier it is.
Dec 05, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Harry Potter
by: Anonymous

Seriously....someone called himself Harry Potter and when I asked him if he knew J.K. Rowling of course he hadn't a clue. Apparently working in the Ukraine high seas but when I mentioned Sea of Azov again didn't know what I was talking about.

Got rid and reported twice.

Then there was Marcusbruce101 - using Paul Hollywood's photo, mentioned him before. Called him out by saying I know what your job is - presenting on TV. Asked him when his next show was on, he said before Christmas. Yeah right, Bake off has only just finished, which I told him. He disappeared.

Reported twice.

Then there was Davideric6811 - claimed to be working as an orthopaedic surgeon in Syria. Don't they all. So easy to catch out. Told me he loved me within about 6 lines, played him along a bit and said I warmed to his picture but I wanted him to come over to see if we were physically compatible. He said we can have a relationship without my husband knowing. They are so full of sh1t.

Now talking to Stewartcartermark - claims to be Austrian but currently living in Texas. Spoke German to him. No reply. Asked him if he spoke German, he said no. So you can't possibly be from Austria then - oh I left when I was young. Yeah right. Still playing this one along. Got to the stage where he wants to chat somewhere else.

I never go that far, call them out, tell them their Mother would be ashamed etc etc. What I don't understand about this one is that when I first played him he had been playing since Jan 2019, so when that is the case I give them the benefit of the doubt, now it appears he joined Sep 7 2020. How can that be??
Dec 04, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Isaiah Igho
by: Anonymous

If anyone is playing Isaiah Igho be careful. He knows all the right things to say.

Well he thinks he does...lol
Dec 04, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Ogaga Akoh
by: Anonymous

Be aware of Ogaga Akoh, he is good but not good enough to fool me. I can see how he could fool some though.

Do not send him any money
Dec 03, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Anyone come across Leo Nathan (Williams). Watch out, he's good!
by: Anonymous

Claims to work in oil spill clean ups. Has a load of money. He'll even give you access to bank account (which he has no access to himself). He'll go off on a contract (job with his crew), then supposedly add your email and have no other contact??

Then wants you to help pay for the cost of the transfer fee to his account and says he'll pay back. How? If he can't even access "his" account? Then turn around and tell you that you are the only one who has access to his account and will be liable if taken advantage of??? Like really??

There's no access to the account, only in person. Smells like fraud to me!

NOT FALLING FOR IT!
Dec 03, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Looking out for my WWF community!
by: Anonymous

Ladies, please be careful with these scammers and watch out for elderly family and friends so they don't fall victim to these con men either.

Even if you know enough not to send any money or do any money transfers for these guys, if you engage with them and answer their questions (they are always phishing!) and they have your cell number and/or email address, they can possibly figure out your passwords or security questions and hack into your accounts.

They may also use any intimate or compromising photos you may have sent to blackmail you and ask for money or they will send the pictures to everyone on your social media list.

And they may use your photos to create another profile to scam someone else. Yes, a man can pretend to be a woman online and scam another man! I imagine stealing your identity could become a nightmare.

I have been reading lots of stories online about romance scammers and wouldn't put anything past them what they are capable of. They have no feelings and you are just the next person they happened to come across online to try to scam and make some money. When you call them out after talking for weeks or months, your sweet friend will suddenly spew all kinds of hatred toward you and just move onto the next unsuspecting person. These guys have no conscience.

What an awful way to live your life. I hope they can find some peace in what they do during this blessed holiday season.
Nov 30, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Marcusbruce101
by: Anonymous

Oh boy am I going to have fun with this one! He's using the photo of Paul Hollywood (UK people will know him of The Great British Bake off).
Says he's from the US. Watch this space!
Nov 29, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Shirley J and her scammer
by: Anonymous

His name is Mike Antonio Pierce and I was also his wife and his queen. He spoke with an Italian accent and claims to be an oil rigger working for an Australian company. I called him on it and boy did he get pissed.

I didn’t send him any money but he did get under my skin. Ladies remember you don’t want to be a purse for anyone. I sure hope the saying what comes around goes around it’s true.
Nov 29, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammed on the hangouts app
by: Shirley J

Someone on hangouts scammed me big time. He doesn't answer questions when asked and claims he's a widower, mother just passed. I fell for it constantly sending him Google play cards but have stopped and feel like a complete fool and he calls himself a orthopedic surgeon supposedly working in another country and has given me 2 different dates when he's suppose to return to the states.

He's still there constantly calling me his queen and wife and I must have sent at least close to 2 grand in play cards and he was always telling me he loves me. He has an accent v

Ladies beware and be careful
Nov 29, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		WWF
by: Anonymous

I have a Marcus Antonio trying to scam . I can’t believe how many guys are scamming . There are 2 other ones . Same line lost wife in a tragedy . Wants to talk on google hang outs
Nov 27, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammer?
by: Anonymous

Anyone deal with a Kevin? He says he’s from California and works in the oil field??
Nov 26, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Justin Yoder scammer
by: Anonymous

From Nashville, original from the Netherlands, he is a single father. Wife died OR left him after he found her in bed with his best friend. Works on an oil right in the gulf of Mexico. Very good looking man.

I did a search of his photo on the internet and found his photos and name were stolen from a real estate agent in Utah by the name of Justin Yoder. Asked me to go to Google Hangouts, sent YouTube videos, professed his love.

Trust your instincts!!! I got out before anything happened but it became scary and unnerving.

Horrible people out there! He now has a fake Facebook profile too.
Nov 26, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Slime bag
by: Anonymous

Be aware of James P. Parker! Plays a couple of good games, then chats, charms and uses sweet talk to engage ladies. EG: Honey, sweetheart, etc. Wants you to share your details. You get nothing, very little from him. Sends YouTube love songs, calls on Hangouts.

Claims to be Italian, widowed with 2 daughters, stranded while working in Ireland, needs cash to help out with machinery repair. Has accomplices to receive cash in States and Nigeria? Ghana? - don't do it!

So many obvious lies, deceitful. Such a bad tempered creep.

Steer away.
Nov 25, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Cjohn
by: Anonymous

Anyone have any dealings with a John Marshal or a Haggis Alexander? Both claim to be in Iraq and same sagas.
Nov 19, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Got him
by: Anonymous

Martin B or (Martinbraden) with the gmail name "Marvin D Barron" now erased. He has a fake pic of him holding his dog, often plays lightning round.

Claims he's in Manchester but he's from Louiseville Kentucky (but I think he's actually from louieville in south africa).

"alaye" user, the phone number he gave me was: +447441442291 (I tried to milk the scammer of everything he had). He's one of those 'investor' people.
Nov 16, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry smith1.q@gmail. com
by: Anonymous

Ladies trust me if ever there was a scammer, Terry Smith is a big time SCAMMER, don't fall for anything he says. He will lie and make you believe it, he thinks things out, but sooner or later, he will slip up, please I beg you, don't fall for his lies, he says he is 64 yrs old , gray hair, glasses and nice looking, if I could sent a pic. I would, beware of him
Nov 15, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		RE: martincarson89
by: Anonymous

I've never played Martin Carson but have played other scammers who were excellent players scoring high numbered words. The reason for their high scores is some of them are using a cheating app called snap assist.

They download the app and take a screen shot of the page and this app gives you a list of high scoring words to use. This is one more trick of these scammers to try and fool us into thinking they are the real deal, when they are not. They are only after money and gift cards and will say or do anything to accomplish this.

Normally they are very low scoring players. Usually scoring 5 to 10 pts per word. Please be aware of this when playing.
Nov 11, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		ScrabbleGo
by: Anonymous

ScrabbleGo: Beware of "Benjamin D." Claims he is Dr. Benjamin D. Brinkman, in Sanaa, Yemen. Provides stolen pictures and identity of Dr. Garth Davis from Asheville, NC.

States he is Christian and will send daily devotions from Yemen. Stated his wife has died, and has 2 young daughters living in Asheville with their nanny??

Truth is Dr. Davis and wife Kelly are divorced (had son Alex who died in a car crash) with 2 daughters NOT named Melissa and Melinda.
Nov 05, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Martin Carson
by: Anonymous

Has anyone ever played against Martin Carson in the past? Excellent player!!! Username Martincarson89.
Nov 04, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Matt schell or schellM
by: Anonymous

Take your pick. Starts chatting saying she is from California. Wants to chat on Hangouts, asks for a photo and sends on at first fully clothed. Tells me I am cute despite me being twice her age. Google image search shows she has stolen identity of a porn star Katie Banks. Blocked her and reported her via Words.

I think the gmail address is false too and Schell Matt had a mans photo at one stage. So she may be scamming men and women.
Nov 04, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Usual approach
by: Anonymous

Was contacted through chat on Words. After a very short while she wanted to chat on Hangouts. Asked for a photo and sent me one with huge cleavage. Said her name schell. One name I could see was schellM. And her profile picture said Matt schell. At one time she changed her profile picture and it was a man.

She sent more pictures, some naked and one looked too professional. I did reverse Image search and it turned out she was using Tania Banks website. I let her continue until she asked for $100 Steam card so she could send me a video especially for me.

Reported her on Words site for impersonation but could easily be for fraud. The time zone difference didn’t make sense as she was on at times when she would have been in bed in California.

Probably another Nigerian, giving decent Nigerian people a bad name
Oct 30, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Sad but reality
by: Anonymous

None of us knows what we would do if faced with the conditions under which these boys live. Yes it’s lying, cheating and stealing and it’s WRONG! But it’s survival for them. I don’t condone it. Ive seen horrible situations there, sad and horrifying. People die there because they can’t afford to get medicine.

Again I don’t condone their behavior but no one should live like that!
Oct 30, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Encho Donald
by: Anonymous

This person said he’s an orthopedic surgeon from New Zealand but working in Sacramento. Yet his English is poor. Suddenly he says he’s in love with me. Wanted me to invest in a company called Zedoptions and then when I wouldn’t he asked me for an iTunes gift card for 100us. Says he needed it to update his computer to apply for a job.

I asked him why he hadn’t the money when he is a surgeon and therefore well paid. He said he had spent all his money on his son who had been in an accident.

These people are the lowest of the low.
Oct 30, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re List by Anonymous
by: Anonymous

I am afraid you are wrong.

They do work in cels, sharing info between them & also sharing chats between 3 or more of them. They have 'closers' who deal in going in for the final scam. We know this because we have contacts who have told us how it works. `

We have seen the lists & we have seen their faces. You might find your scammer suddenly changes his tone, his language might become worse or his terms of endearment for you change. This is because you are talking to a different man now.

This is also why they like to call you 'dear' - it saves them having to learn a new name for every new scam.

Also I am very, very aware on the horrors of living in Nigeria. I have seen it in videos boys have sent me & it is appalling.

But I would still never steal from a vulnerable person. Ever.
Oct 30, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Two???
by: Anonymous

Anyone else deal with a Mark Pettle? Or Mark Steven?
Oct 29, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Marcus W
by: Anonymous

Marcuswhite222 plays WWF. He bides his time and is an ok player. Been playing since January this year so he's lasted well. Just started calling me beautiful and baby which is par for the course from a scammer. Then he asked to go on hangouts or WhatsApp.

Bye bye Marcus. Reported him.
Oct 29, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Too good to be true
by: Anonymous

Stacy Evans uses stacyevans751@gmail.com for hangouts. Suggests swapping photos and uses Ava Adams website for the pictures. Asks for money, amazon cards, and gets annoyed when accused of a scam. Says it’s her birthday, and send explicit photos.

At one point they said " Truth be told love die with moses for mountain" Traced this to a Facebook page of a Nigerian singer.

Enough said. Don’t be fooled as she is good but not good enough
Oct 29, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Robert Connor
by: Anonymous

Please do a reverse image on this guys photo, on google or Yandex. I prefer the latter. The mere fact you are asking if anyone else is in communication with him shows you are not convinced this guy is real. He probably isn’t.

Tell your loved one to block!
Oct 28, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Just wondering
by: Anonymous

There are lots of names for these scammers, and I believe they use other people’s names and possibly photos. As well as names could we see photos, or is there a site where we can check them out.?


ED: you can post pictures when you start a new submission [but not when you are adding a comment to an existing submission] - use the page below and you can see photos there and you can also post your own story and photos there:

https://www.watchforscams.com/nigerian-dating-scams.html
Oct 28, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Don’t be fooled
by: Anonymous

Susan F. Or Boonelisa63

Normally they ask to go to Hangouts. This one couldn’t wait. Told me it was her birthday and if I sent her a steam card she would send me a video of her playing with herself. Blocked and reported
Oct 28, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Robert Connor
by: Anonymous

Has anyone had contact with a man named Robert Connor from Texas who is an oil rigger.

Please post as the safety of someone I love is at stake
Oct 28, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		List
by: Anonymous

I don’t believe that there is a list that is shared by scammers. These are mostly young guys just trying to make money to survive or pay for school fees. It’s not some huge syndicated business. What they do is wrong, but some are desperate as there are no jobs there, the government is corrupt and no one cares if they live or die.

What would we do if we had to live like that?
Oct 27, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re: Do these scammers share a list.
by: Anonymous

The short answer is yes, they do have a blacklist of names & profile pictures. Myself & the people I am working with to get these scammers disabled have been listed. We have even seen our old profile photos on pinboards in the background while on videochat under a new player name.

We change player name & picture regularly & open new accounts too. Bear in mind also that the recent youth uprisings in Nigeria mean that there are fewer of them active at the moment too.

Also THEY report US too, resulting in account loss on occasion. Zynga do nothing about this, even though we are, in effect, helping them do their jobs by stopping these scammers. Zynga will not even look into our own account closures.

This & the fact that Scammers can re open an account on the same email address are things that Zynga need to urgently address, to keep innocent players safe :-)
Oct 26, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Got me a live one
by: Anonymous

James V.
Jamesval()🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

From Netherlands, currently living in Vernon Hills, Illinois but right now working in Kuwait 😏
Oct 26, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry smith1.q@gmail. com
by: Anonymous

He has no middle name or user name just email address
Oct 26, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Stella james
by: Anonymous

Stella I think you sent me a invitation to accept you on hangouts, if you did, please resend. This maybe something about Terry Smith so please send again to francesseay9@gmail.com
Oct 25, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Do these WWF scammers share a list?
by: Anonymous

As other ladies have mentioned and suspected, I believe I managed to get myself on some sort of a list that these scammers must keep and share among themselves that I'm not to be contacted anymore on WWF as I'm onto what they're up to and most likely blocking/reporting them.

I used to get bombarded with requests after playing Lightning Round, but now I see their faces (some in military uniform, etc.) and I don't get any new game requests, or maybe one after playing like ten rounds or so.

I guess the "rats" don't like when we "rat" on them and may somehow know now not to waste their precious time on some of us. Does anyone else know anymore about this?

It's still important to get the word out what these scammers are up to!
Oct 25, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Beware of Money Transfers
by: Anonymous

Just another warning! Besides the usual request for money cards and gift cards, beware of transferring money around for these scammers too. Some even promise a little "extra" for your trouble, but transferring money, especially illegally obtained, is money laundering and a felony. If the feds look into things, you will be easily identified with your name and computer/phone identification numbers on the transfer.

Scammers also may make a deposit to your account with a "rubber check" that is not good and will eventually bounce. So it looks like you have money in your account and they immediately want it transferred somewhere else. So you do a Western Union money order or a similar transfer and they withdraw the cash right away.

A few days later you will be notified by the bank that the transfer which went through didn’t have sufficient funds. Your name is on it, you will be responsible for it, and the scammer will have your money and be long gone. There probably won't be any way to contact him either by this time or get anything back.

So please don’t fall for any of this!
Oct 25, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry Smith
by: Anonymous

Re Terry Smith

Can we have his player name please, then those of us who do this actively can game & report him.

The name that was posted previously is either incorrect or now disabled.

PLEASE PLEASE include FULL player names when you post about your scammer.
Oct 24, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry Smith
by: Anonymous

Ladies beware Terry Smith is on the loose again, he takes all he can get from you, all the while making his moves on mother's, and he will smooth talk you, and will make you feel like he really loves you, and promises to come and get you after his contract is up, all the while telling lies, after lies.

He will use you for a year or so and then he will let you go, that means all your money is in his bank account.

Please don't fall for him, as that is not his real name, after doing a background check, he does not exist, just a made up name, Be very careful
Oct 22, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry smith
by: Anonymous

Please listen to some one whose been there and done that, a scammer by the name of Terry Smith, is looking for older ladies that have money and a lonely heart, and he will make you feel like he is so in love with you, that no one will take you away. He is a wolf in Sheep's clothing, a scammer. He will love you and come for you when his contract is up.

But then, something happens and he needs a large amount of money. Be careful, Do not give him nothing, he is building his bank account.
Oct 21, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry smith1.q@gmail. com
by: Anonymous

There is another scammer on this list, Terry Smith, so lookout, be aware, he will tell you anything you need to hear, he loves you so much, as soon as his contract is up, he will come and get you, makes himself very welcome in your life, don't let him know anything about you, he will never tell you anything about him self, except he is divorced with a little girl, his wife cheated on him, but it's a lie.

He wants gift cards and tries to get money too, so don't fall for his tricks, as he is a big time scammer
Oct 21, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Possible U.S. scammer
by: Anonymous

Stay away from a player going by the name of Wallace J. in Words with Friends. Did some investigation and found out He is a She. Posing as a widower with two kids. Stuck on an oil rig in the gulf of Mexico.
Oct 21, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		How to report even if they have blocked you
by: Cinnamon

Posting this again for reference. This method is the best way to report these idiots.

Did you know that even if your opponent has blocked you, you can still report them?
Reporting, rather than just blocking, is SO important. After a certain amount of reports they get disabled, then they need to open a new account & start all over again. They hate this. It saves others getting scammed & makes a huge difference, so PLEASE REPORT YOUR SCAMMERS!

Here is how to report someone who has blocked you, on a mobile:

1: Click on your photo, then on the settings cog.

2: Scroll right down then click on Manage Block List.

3: Click the 3 horizontal lines in the orange bar, on the right.

4: Click report abuse, in red.

5: From here you can find everyone you have ever played, even if they have blocked you, & report them.

Report them more than once if you can. They are usually guilty of more than one issue - Chat-fraud, Chat - unwanted contact, Chat - impersonation & Photo - impersonation are my regulars.

Also, from the manage Block List page you can see who you have blocked & if they have been Disabled.

It's a great resource :-)

Happy Words with Friends playing - if we work together we can rid this great game of these scumbags.
Oct 20, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		re - Trap the Love Rats
by: Anonymous

Thanks for your post and sorry you got sucked in by one of these leeches, for that is what they are. We all need to have a concerted effort to oust these scumbags. I just wish more ladies would think to get on this, or a similar website, to learn about their methods and resist falling for their lies.

All too easy when you're at home feeling vulnerable and kind at heart. I'm continually reporting for abuse, it's disheartening when you see them still online doing their 'thing'. WWF needs to buck its ideas up in banning them completely and to make it easier to report. The system often gets 'stuck' when you try to report - very frustrating.
Oct 19, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Trap the "Love Rats"
by: Anonymous

I have noticed over the past few days the requests to start games from these bad actors are decreasing. Thank you ladies for all the work you are putting into this. I'm on a mission too to block and report as many as I come across.

I still struggle daily after my emotional ordeal being involved with a romance scammer and can tell from some of the posts I'm reading that others have been through a lot too. I really feel for all of you. I come here often to read posts and comments and it has helped me get stronger.

These "love rats," as I prefer calling them now, take advantage of our loneliness and vulnerability and good heart, and it is sad how we get sucked into their game of lies and manipulation and have to deal with it all.

I know it all seems foolish to me now, but there's always a first time for everyone. I was busy with my job, family, and home and honestly had never heard of these types of scams. I came to Words with Friends for a little relaxation at the end of my day and unfortunately had my path cross with a real "smooth one" who had learned the trade all too well. They are out there all hoping to come across someone like I was.

Let's continue to fight this problem and look out for each other. Get the word out to others. Thank you so much for your support!
Oct 18, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry Smith
by: Anonymous

This man is one heck of a scammer, tells you what you want to hear but never follows through with anything, as long as you keep sending cards, you will hear what lonely women need, so please ladies, be aware of this man
Oct 18, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		How to report scammers
by: Anonymous

Please don’t just block them, report them for abuse of fraud, unwanted contact or if you know whose picture they are using then impersonating is good too. Don’t just report once, report over and over.

Go to setting and then scroll down until you find the report abuse. Choose the persons user ID and then the reason.

You can report more than one offense.
Oct 18, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Martin Carson
by: Anonymous

Has anyone played Words With Friends with a Martin Carson. If so please share if you have chatted with him? He’s not on WWF now. Been off it for about 10 months. I’m desperately trying to figure him out. Thanks
Oct 18, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		How to report scammers
by: Anonymous

I have quite a list of scammers that i would like to report. What is the process?
Oct 18, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry Smith
by: Anonymous

Oh ladies, believe me he is a scammer, big-time scammer, Iyke and three of my friends have chatted with him, all trying to test him, and he took the bait, as he is the biggest scammer around. And when you confront him about being a scammer or about lying he gets very angry.

Any of you who have dealt with him will know that’s what he does. He has been promising to come and get me for almost a year now. Ha ha ha, I won’t hold my breath waiting for him. So if anyone out there is in doubt about him, trust me he is a scammer
Oct 18, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Jeff D.
by: Anonymous

He claimed to be an orthopaedic surgeon on a contract with the UN helping the war victims there. Also said he was from Detroit but originally from Rome. After a somewhat brief conversation he asked for my cell or to talk in hangouts. His username was Jeff Donald with some numbers after it but I didn’t write it down before I blocked him. He is also on scrabble go.
Oct 18, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Kelvin Jacole
by: Anonymous

BEWARE ladies. Kelvin Jacole promises you the world! He is very good with words and music. Contact by Hangouts, video call and mail. DON’T TRUST HIM. Unfortunately I did.
Oct 17, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry smith1.q@gmail. com
by: Anonymous

Would love to hear from all the ladies he is or has talked with, to see if it's the same Terry D sayif it is, then I will know he is a scammer her is my email francesseay9@gmail.com
Oct 17, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Kelvin Jacole
by: Anonymous

Kelvin Jacole is a scammer! Charmer but watch him. Says he divorced 2 years and found out his daughter of 12 years is not his. CEO of company in the states. Living in Waterford now trying to sell his late mothers house who died 40 years ago.

Good looking guy with beard 52 years old!
Oct 16, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Kelvin Jacole, Curtis Ortega
by: Anonymous

Beware of Kelvin Jacole, CEO Jhavens Food & Logistics and Curtis Ortega
Oct 16, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Mark Pettle. Mark steven
by: Anonymous

Watch out for Mark Pettle and also a Mark Steven.

1 worker for UN in Iraq as medical surgeon
2 other engineer in Australia

Neither has access to money
Oct 15, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Martin Carson
by: Anonymous

Had anyone played WWF with a Martin Carson???
Oct 14, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Kelvin Jacole
by: Anonymous

Hi! Those who had contact with Kelvin Jacole, please can you write to me? I was scammed by him 😞 My email julia.eliasson@protonmail.com
Please!
Oct 13, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re. Ridiculous
by: Anonymous

I had a Jason who prior to Jason was a Joe?! I called him out too cause he used the same lines as this other guy who was young and on some military base. And of course both were widowed.

I just want to play WWF not deal with these idiots
Oct 13, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Ridiculous scammer weekend
by: Anonymous

Oh I couldn't agree more. There must be thousands of the little blighters out there now. I called one out this weekend - it makes me laugh how irate they get! This particular one was quite abusive - F*** my family, F*** you - it went on and on. Five minutes later..."it doesn't matter". Bahaha....yeah right!

This one was David B (Divid smiths)- unusually from the UAE and not the USA! Nasty piece of work.

Needless to say he was reported.
Oct 12, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Ridiculous scammer weekend
by: Anonymous

Yes! This weekend was insane with scammers. Going on about how they want a woman to take care of and love and how they are hardworking. It starts with a hello, then a hello with a question mark then a ton of questions ranging from are you married, what do you do, so do you have kids then non stop questions and stupid quotes. Its getting out of hand now.
Oct 12, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re be Smarter
by: Anonymous

The group has had at least 4 dozen profiles reported and disabled. By engaging with them we are learning more. Zynga know this too & aid us.
Yes, they come back but when they do they are disabled faster because Zynga already have their email on record.

We do NOT teach them, we are careful about that.
But we are succeeding & enjoying it while we do :-)

Don't engage if you don't want to - your call - but DO report and they will be disabled even faster.
Oct 09, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Be smarter
by: Anonymous

You can get them reported, but they just pop up elsewhere under a different profile. So the only way to really stop them is to stop engaging with them altogether. If their supply of ‘scammees’ dries up, then their business of scamming
dries up.

Do not chat with them, do not engage in any conversation with them! By chatting with them you only encourage them to keep trying. And reporting them does nothing.
Oct 09, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re Be smarter by Anon
by: Anonymous

No, DO engage with them, then you can report them & that gets them disabled.

That is what we are doing on my Facebook group, with huge success.
Oct 09, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Jackson Davis
by: Anonymous

Scammer. Called him out and then the game and his profile disappeared. Immediately started a chat then wanted to go to a private chat off of WWF, wanted me to send pics, wanted to send me flowers, etc.
Oct 08, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		More and more scammers
by: Anonymous

Its getting ridiculous how many scammers are per day. I try to keep my games full with my regular players but when they aren't here come the scammers. I had 5 new ones in one day!!!

Same routine, Hi how are you, hows the weather. Same bs everytime. I get tired of it and I just block one right after another.

I love the game but this is getting crazy.
Oct 08, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Be smarter
by: Anonymous

We all need to start being smarter than these scammers! Ladies you will not find the love of your life on wwf! So stop chatting with these guys and falling for their lies and promises!

Take control and DO NOT ENGAGE WITH THEM!
Oct 08, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		PLEASE put the full player name..
by: Anonymous

Please put the full player name of your scammer. So many have generic names - Terry Smith for example will have an individual player name too. Click on the profile & it will be under the user name, in smaller text.

This way myself or my friends who also do this can play him & get him reported, then ultimately disabled as the more reports they get, the quicker they are disabled.
;-)
Oct 07, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry Smith
by: Anonymous

Ladies beware Terry Smith is a scammer, and he is a slick talker, knows what he is doing and how long he can hold your attention. He says he has a daughter named Rosie and nanny Martha, from Indiana, and caught his wife with his best friend and divorced, lies, lies and more lies.

He says he is 64 yrs old, with gray hair and peppered beard, and he will scam you out of your money so fast, and he will fall in love with you, and says he will come and get you.

Do not believe a word he says.

I Hope this helps some ladies that fall for him
Oct 07, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		So many scammers
by: Anonymous

I play often so I get a lot of scammers. I can tell immediately so I don't chat with them anymore. They're the same "How's the weather there? I'm an off-shore oil rigger or military, widowed with children" Think we're great friends when I've said almost nothing & my profile is a dog. They want to move to hangouts, so I block & report.
Oct 07, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry smith
by: Anonymous

This Scammer promises love and asks for money!!
Beware ladies!
Oct 07, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Aleppo Peace Keeper
by: Anonymous

I’ve been playing this game for a few years now and I am on my 3rd or 4th scammer. The scamming has only happened in the last 9 months. I got a challenger called amandasorquist

She says that she is serving as a Peace Keeper in Aleppo but comes from Atlanta Georgia. She will be my second US military woman from the US who is in Aleppo but she is almost as attractive and fascinating as the first.

I must join the US military to find gorgeous looking women. I am just waiting for the request to contact her on WhatsApp or another social medium. ATM she is being very inquisitive.

The last 2 "women" wanted me to send them phonecards
Oct 03, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Beware of Sabrina Duijnisveld with phone number +31 6 55320044
by: Anonymous

Here is this woman scammer. She is using her real face to make money from men. She comes to you for ONS and if you look serious, she pretends to be serious too and uses her academic program to make money from men.

Here is here number +31655320044. She’s looks so beautiful and said she works and does her PHD. She’s a liar. I look up and noticed it’s not.
She’s from the Netherland as she said. I think she’s going to show real face to scam men.

Please everyone be careful.
Oct 03, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		HOW TO REPORT IF THE PLAYER HAS BLOCKED YOU.
by: Cinnamon

Haven't been on here for a while - busy with my band of likeminded people getting these men disabled.

Did you know that even if your opponent has blocked you, you can still report them?
Reporting, rather than just blocking, is SO important. After a certain amount of reports they get disabled, then they need to open a new account & start all over again. They hate this. It saves others getting scammed & makes a huge difference, so PLEASE REPORT YOUR SCAMMERS!

Here is how to report someone who has blocked you, on a mobile:

1: Click on your photo, then on the settings cog.
2: Scroll right down then click on Manage Block List.
3: Click the 3 horizontal lines in the orange bar, on the right.
4: Click report abuse, in red.
5: From here you can find everyone you have ever played,even if they have blocked you, & report them.

Report them more than once if you can. They are usually guilty of more than one issue - Chat-fraud, Chat - unwanted contact, Chat - impersonation & Photo - impersonation are my regulars.

Also, from the manage Block List page you can see who you have blocked & if they have been Disabled.

It's a great resource :-)

Happy Words with Friends playing - if we work together we can rid this great game of these scumbags.
Oct 02, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Morrisonjordan390
by: Anonymous

This one is the usual working in the military. He’d befriended me a month or so ago and told me he was based in Canada. I declined his next game to get rid of him. Then this month he popped up again. This time he’s a coastguard in London.

Kept pressuring me to go on hangout. When I asked him how he’s changed countries and professions he just said personal reasons. I said it was impressive how in the age of Covid and quarantine, he was able to change countries and professions all in the space of a month!
Oct 02, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Crowned Prince of Dubai
by: Anonymous

Beware this guy is a patient person never giving up. Most guys on wwf get angry about not getting my email address. But, not this guy. He claims to be the Prince of Dubai leaving in conversation "to do prayer calls" that last all day.

He claims he isn't married but was engaged last year to an arranged marriage but it didn't work out. In the few weeks that I have been talking with him, not giving him any true info about myself, he hasn't asked for money but, I'm sure it will come soon enough.

Anyone else talking with this guy?

Here is his email

hamdanprincefazzah65@gmail.com
Oct 02, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Beware of this one
by: Anonymous

Started off as friendly chat, suggested going to Hangouts which made me suspicious. Asked me about myself and asked for a photo. Then sent me a revealing picture, said if I wanted more I could send her money. For research purposes, said she used to work in a bar in Florida till COVID.

Pictures and text got more graphic as she thought she had me hooked. Blocked her and stopped playing. Goes under the name of Janemichelle , JaneM, Lisa Jane, Janemichelle008. Beware of the happy smiling face, aged 25. She thinks I promised her money;. She has tried to start other games but not accepting any of them. Plus she was rubbish at scrabble. Played 7 point words 😂😂. Also said she had travelled to Paris of France, Ajax of Amsterdam and Yugoslavia. Yet that ceased to exist before she was born.
Oct 01, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Ramsay Nouah
by: Anonymous

This guy (in real life) is a Nigerian actor and producer, done well for himself, has a wife and 3 kids. According to google very happily married. He asked for a game and immediately asked if I'd downloaded his videos on YouTube. I must admit I wondered if it was porn but decided to take a chance. They are actual films (can't remember the names right now).

I looked him up, asked him whether he was born in Lagos and he said yes. Wikipaedia says he was born in Ebo, which I challenged him on. He said his Mum told him he was born in Lagos and brought up there too, not everything on the internet is correct. He says he is split from his wife and has the kids. He can discuss his marriage but not on WWF.

I told him I had no interest discussing his marriage, and that I was surprised he would even think of doing so considering his high profile! He says he viewed me as a friend but no problem. Can we chat outside? Usual stuff. I then challenged him and said I thought he was a scammer. "alright then, no problem. I owe you no explanation or proof and besides I just met you and was too friendly with you. It's OK. Stopped talking and playing now. He sounds quite intelligent with the way he writes and is beating me well (b4 he stopped playing). Could he be the real thing? Has anyone else been challenged by this guy?
Oct 01, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Pictures
by: Anonymous

Don’t send any pics. Your face and pics could be used by a scammer. They gather pics to set up a profile. Your face could turn up as a scammer!
Oct 01, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Crowned Prince of Dubai
by: Anonymous

Thank you for this website.

I know there are lots of scammers out there mostly with WWF and I like to toy with them. Exaggerating my family life. Most of them give up but lately I've had the pleasure of conversing with the Crowned Prince of Dubai.

He tells me that he is lonely after being forced into marriage with someone he doesn't love. We've been talking for a week now and he hasn't asked for money or talks of loving me. I guess he is still "building on our friendship" before he tells me such things or asks for money.

I read somewhere that the fake Fazzahs will ask for money for a fake orphanage. I know in my heart and mind that he is a scammer, so what can I ask to throw him off his game?

He is insistent on getting my pictures. Mostly selfies (what do you look like right now?), nothing inappropriate. I've told him that I work in the cyber crimes (which I don't) department of my local law enforcement agency. He wants me to send him pictures of me at work.

Why does he want my pictures? I questioned the picture he sent me. Asking if it is in real time. He said no, it was taken earlier in the day. I can't find his email at the moment but it is something like

princefazzahhamdan65@gmail.com
Sep 30, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		bryantdavison1111s
by: Anonymous

Total fraud. Typical scam artist. Just trust me. Beware and stay away.
Sep 29, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Tons of scammers on WWF
by: Anonymous

Beware of men that try to engage you on messaging on WWF. They are up to no good. They try to lure you to other messaging apps or giving up your email app. Some are smoother than others. They try to get personal info from you.

I will block communication from people who want to engage in this way.
Sep 28, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Seeing the light.
by: Anonymous

Been corresponding with a henry morgan for nearly a year, and he’s asked for cards and money for all the usual problems. Tried to find him on a few scammer sites, but he’s obviously using someone else’s pics.

It’s those people I feel sorry for, as I wonder do they know they are been used. I have blocked him a few times, then he emails me.

I haven’t seen him on WWF since I blocked him.

Just realised I didn’t say anything about Henry Morgan. He says he’s of German parents, Wife died and three children with the eldest named Lisa. he works on oil rig and when I first met him he was in Scotland then he briefly went home to NY then off again to Portsmouth UK.

I have see a pic of a henry morgan but not him.
Says he’s 60, grey hair, and pictures of him on a rig and in an office and 2 pics of him wearing glasses.
Sep 28, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Louis burke 333
by: Anonymous

A scammer and English states he lives in New Jersey and when I asked him questions he replied you think like a dog
Sep 27, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Terry smith
by: Anonymous

Anyone chat with this guy terry smith. He is smooth and loved me. Gonna come for me when the contract is over. Been saying that for months. Every time his contract is supposed to be over he has one more problem and needs more money and more time.

I finally realized he’s not coming to get me, I just wonder how many others he has promised to come get and rescue
Sep 27, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Daniel r
by: Mrs B

Claims to be a widow from Germany but living in the states and has three daughters. He speaks very good English so he could fool some people. I literally played one game of the lightning round and he started a private game.

I knew from the start he was a scammer as I’ve played many of them before. I was going to carry on Playing along with his lies but decided not to so reported and blocked him
Sep 27, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Kelvin jacobs
by: Anonymous

I came across Kelvin Jacole. Should live in Amsterdam but using a mobile number from the USA
Sep 26, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Forex scams
by: Anonymous

Amandacuttie
Sharonarmett899

Both have intimate conversations, that lead to asking you if you've heard of forex trading. Both have polished presentations that promise big returns with low risk.

Sharon then communicates with you via email. Amanda doesn't. Both start off as "quick play" players until I balked at committing to their program without thinking about it more. Then they no longer continue with WWF game. Haven't heard from them again
Sep 26, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Lukeevansofficial75@gmail.com
by: Anonymous

Be careful on Hangouts for This scammer on scrabble go. He has a picture of Luke Evans as his profile picture and goes under the name of Lukeevansofficial75@gmail.com

He pretends he is Luke, and starts off chatting then says how lovely you are and not like the fake actresses etc and promises you everything and tries to get you to email his management for a come and greet that normally costs you a few thousand pound. Then a bit later says he has a fallout with his management and needs €10000 to get a hotel and plane ticket and when told he was a scammer still tried to convince and says he loves me, and when you don’t fall for it he will block you and disappear.

Please be aware as he sends photos of Luke and will call you on your phone to try to make it look real. He is very good.

BEWARE
Sep 25, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Bob Rice
by: Anonymous

From the very start I had a gut feeling that this person was a scammer by first researching WWF scams. I only wish that others would research before getting themselves into a situation that would involve them into being lured giving them gift cards or money. I didn't get that far.

I played along and like many chats, they ask you to hangouts or whatsapp. I said I've never heard of these apps. I texted him, he gave me his phone number. Started texting and yes, messes up your mind with the romantic words which was typical in most chats. When I mentioned he was a scammer, he got defensive.

The picture belonged to Gabriel Wutrich. Did image search on Yandex. Handsome doctor. Well finally, I blocked this player. Needless to say social media is filled with scammers.

Please don't fall for these sweet talking individuals. Pretty creepy.
Sep 25, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		To long term scams
by: Anonymous

If you said yes to next of kin or beneficiary he would probably ask for your personal information. Glad you said no.
Sep 24, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Long term scsms
by: Anonymous

Has anyone experienced a long term scam? This guy wants to name his next of kin or beneficiary. I said no. And he has absolutely no digital footprint. Anyone else experienced this?
Sep 24, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Raymond Bennett
by: Anonymous

Raymond Bennett - lost wife and daughter in plane crash, engineer (I’m sure would have been oil rig engineer or working in Afghanistan if I’d probed).

Very good looking chap, played well.

What’s not to like - EXCEPT that I saw this forum and reverse image searched his picture. I found that his image actually belongs to Dan Pastorini - American footballer and more recently, marketeer at Atlas Settlement Group inc, from where ‘Raymond’ must have stolen the picture.

I called him out and strangely, the game disappeared. Still reported him for Abuse with WWF.

Trouble is, these fraudsters will just invent another profile and be back again within minutes. Very sad, and so sorry for those who get sucked in.
Sep 23, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Kelvin Jacole
by: Anonymous

Yes I’ve seen it but the person who I’ve spoken to doesn’t sound the same as the one on the video
Sep 23, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Kelvin Jacole
by: Anonymous

If you do a YouTube search, you’ll find a video of a lady who caught out the scammer pretending to be Kelvin Jacole. Worth a watch!
Sep 22, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Searching
by: Anonymous

Has anyone met up with Richard Johnny 091? He’s a scammer my wife has been talking to.
Sep 22, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Kelvin Jacole
by: Anonymous

I have been chatting to Kelvin Jacole who claims to own the company JHaven Foods. Says he is living in the Uk and shortly will be buying a house in Bristol.

His pictures are the same as his picture on his company website
Sep 22, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Kelvin Jacole?
by: Anonymous

Has anyone come across Kelvin Jacole who claims to be the Chief Executive Officer at JHavens Food and Logistics Company.
Sep 16, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Kenneth Gaulette, NJ. Sex Offender claiming he is a Fed
by: Scam Victim

Beware of Kenneth Gaulette in N.J. who also goes by the name Ken Stavola. He was a Newark Police officer who was arrested for sexual assault years ago and is no longer in law enforcement (google his name for proof).

He is now illegally doing investigations as a Private Investigator. He is also going around saying that he is with the Feds and wearing FBI shirts.

He told me that he owned an investigations company made up of "other Feds like him" and claims to have connections like the governor and former presidents. I hired him based on his false claims, and he did nothing but stole thousands of dollars from me after telling me lies about fake evidence that he made up.

He is also not working with anyone, especially any Feds (FBI or DEA according to him) or any retired law enforcement of any kind.

Stay away from him and warn your friends, he cannot do investigations and is a criminal, scammer and a con man. Everything that he says is a lie. He should be in jail
Sep 15, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Jocelyn Poirier
by: Anonymous

Jocelyn Poirier was playing her for 6 months and turns out she's a scammer
Sep 13, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Bernardo Velasco used as profile pic in WWF2
by: Anonymous

There is a person who uses the photo(s) of Brazilian actor Bernardo Velasco (I used Google Reverse Image) as his profile pic. I was playing and chatting with him over a week, and he started saying things like he has fallen in love (hallmark of a romance scammer).

Claims he lives in Wisconsin, USA. His stories are very detailed, very well crafted, very unlike the standard scammer stories floating around. His grammar is not that atrocious, and so he managed to have me believe him for a bit.


Didn't hang around to the bit where he asks for money or whatever.
Sep 09, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Derrick N
by: Anonymous

Watch out for Derricknelson898. He is using the photo of retired US Army General John F Campbell. Called him out on this eventually and of course he denied it. Then he said he WAS him. Said he was out in Afghanistan at the moment.

I pointed out Campbell was retired. He changed tack then and said he was his twin brother! And he was 60 and a Lieutenant General. When I pointed out John Campbell was 63 he said that's right he's an older twin.

I'm in hysterics at this stage...so laughable!! Ended up telling him he was a despicable idiot and got dumped but of course I've reported him for abuse.
Sep 09, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Louis Jackson
by: Anonymous

Anyone know a Louis Jackson? Seems to have the same stories as the other stories I read on this site. Would like confirmation as I'm trying to protect someone I know who may have fallen for one of these scammers.
Sep 09, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		New tactics
by: Lee

So it seems now that they are all using snap cheat app. I have had several of them confess that they are using it.

They are getting more aggressive on moving to new platforms (hangouts and WhatsApp, and now telegram).

They are switching the script questions but still are using similar jargon. The dear comments are still there and the grammar is horrible. I have spoken to 7 in the last month on hangouts and all ended up being from the Delta state NG (Nigeria).

Please please please report as abuse rather than just blocking them. If you report as fraud or unwanted contact, they get disabled. There is now a glitch that when they get disabled they can use the same user name. You can also send screenshots to zynga from the game of the conversations and that gets them removed quick.

There are several men they use the pics of regularly and that is picture impersonation as well.

Just today I received 9 new games, all brand new accounts, all the stories. If you see another female on your recommends games that is playing one of these guys, start and game and chat with them, work together to get them disabled. There are groups that are working to do this as well.

The more we stick together, we slow them down. Don’t let them get to an innocent victim. My contact name is in other posts in here if you want to chat elsewhere.. they need to stop!!!!
Sep 09, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		A for Originality/ Creativity
by: Anonymous

To the person who wrote about George. You have a better understanding than most of what theses guys might be going thru. I respect that
Sep 09, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		George
by: Anonymous

Yes that’s him! Very quiet intelligent ‘god fearing’ man. Looking back on my time with him, I now see subtle signs along the way that I missed Too bad because he was honest about a lot of things. I guess life is tough there to make such people do things like this for money
Sep 09, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Dumb Doctors!
by: Anonymous

So what's with all the "doctors" on peacekeeping missions in the Middle East who can only manage to come up with very simple words of less than 10 points? I played one who must have thought he was doing well with his 2 and 3 pointers because he didn't really try any harder. I was leading by over 300 points!

You would at least think if they had the brains to make it through med school they would be able to play more impressive words. I'm just so disappointed in the less-than-challenging games these scammers play! LMAO
Sep 09, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		An "A" for Originality/Creativity!
by: Anonymous

I have found these comments interesting and believe I have also played with the same "George" some of you mentioned. Seemed like a fine young man who said he was from Nigeria and was ashamed of all the scammers coming from his country.

Told me he had a job and we had pleasant conversation for a few weeks. Always very polite and respectful and seemed to be educated with a good command of the English language.

Then one day he said his boss told him he would be losing his job, that times were rough because of the pandemic. I said I was sorry to hear that but he still never asked me for anything.

Then a week or so later the story got worse and he was to be evicted from his house because he couldn't pay the rent and didn't know what he would do. He started asking, begging me for help. Said his uncle had raised some money for him and anything I could give him would be appreciated.

I honestly felt sorry for the guy and thought maybe I should give something. But then I got to thinking that a lot of people are struggling right now and he probably has it better than me if he's pulling this scam with others!

As someone else said, "a real smooth one" who really reels you in with a different approach. Have to give him credit for being original!
Sep 09, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Not all from Nigeria
by: Anonymous

These scammers are NOT all from Nigeria! They are from all over the world including the US so lets not always assume or blame one country!
Sep 08, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Names
by: Anonymous

His name is Mike Antonio Pierce, 61, from Milan working as an oil rig manager. He's charming, attractive, and a total scammer. His email is
pmike@gmail.com and he alleges that he works at Cairns offshore from LA.

Divorced, one granddaughter, Mandy, that he's raising.

You can all fill in the blanks.
Sep 06, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammer
by: Anonymous

Mark Jason
Luke George Evans
Alex Welsey
Jones Adam
Jeffrey Hoffman

These have the same stories. They are single dads and their wives are deceased.
Sep 06, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Sherrry w
by: Anonymous

Look out for sherrry w she/he plays the romance card and wanted me to give money for a flight to come see me and then when I declined they needed money for data 😂

They have no Shame.

Keep your guard up folks
Sep 04, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		George
by: Anonymous

Anyone chat or play with George? EJ G. ejoville

Looking for some one to compare notes

Thanks
Sep 04, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Acting now
by: Anonymous

Lucas M. My most recent scammer. They are not very good at it though. I’m going to give them a 1 out of five for effort.

I like to think of scammers as an amusing sideline to the game But this one became boring quite quickly. Can’t recommend.
Sep 04, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		James white
by: Sandy

This man has been playing since April level 15 and states he lives in Corith Texas which is 30 miles from Dallas. I asked him how far lol and he said 3 hours and 10 minutes. I called him on it and he states it was a misunderstanding. Uses a picture of a man in middle 59's in a suit. Born in Iowa and mom from Germany. Parents split and he moved with mom and has been in Texas 10 years His position is a Contractor engineer
Sep 03, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Fyi
by: Anonymous

Just so you all know, many scammers are aware of this site so beware of what you post.
Sep 03, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Frankwilliam07613
by: Jan

Good old Frank. Loved the idea. Nay was excited to hear I was in the UK so he could visit and get to know me better. Told him I didnt think my husband would like that! Told me he's from Boston. Then when I questioned his "I've only had coffee for breakfast" at 0220 Boston time I get this reply.

I worked 25 years at Boston medical center as an emergency doctor before I had my contract with the UN but I'm currently working here in Afghanistan with UN NATO troops for peace keeping mission as an emergency as medical doctor.

Then he tells me he's in a war zoo. What's a war zoo? Are you treating animals? I asked! He resigned!!! How can this piece of scum have been playing since November 2019? Needless to say I've reported him.
Sep 02, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		EJ. G Ejovillr
by: Anonymous

A real smooth one! Anyone playing with him, his name is George! Really curious to hear of others experience with him. He is very nice and doesn’t pretend to be anyone other than himself.

Uses his own picture. Not really typical scammer but once he reels you in emotionally, the needs start!

Please post if you have played or chatted him.
Sep 01, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Dougherty S. (Sterling)
by: Anonymous

Got a request to play from Dougherty S. Accepted the challenge. Immediately got message from her. Her picture is of a nice looking younger white lady. She thanked me for accepting her challenge. Asked me where I'm playing from. Asked me what I do for a living.

Then told me she wanted to be great friends on WWF. Asked me if I was married and had kids. I asked her where she was from and she says shes from South Dakota but lives in Virginia but is currently in Syria.

I asked what are you doing in Syria, she says with U.S. Army. I did not think we had troops in Syria. I asked how long you been there and she says 7 months. I don't respond for a few days then she messages "hello" and I say "howdy" and she says "how are you doing" I say "ok". I ask her how she doing she says, "lonely and bored". I deleted her after that.

I am pretty sure she is scam artist and probably not even a woman.
Sep 01, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Williamspoon
by: Anonymous

Lol this one is a scammer. His daughter has passed away and needs 20k. Beware the stories are just incredible
Sep 01, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Please be careful ladies!
by: Anonymous

I'm ashamed to admit that I was played for a fool too by one of these "romance scammers." Although I can pick them out easily now (their stories are ridiculous!), back at the start of the pandemic when I was homebound and feeling isolated, I began talking to this man on Words and had an immediate connection.

He was intelligent, worldly, and so romantic and charming with all his sweet sayings. I downloaded the Hangouts app to continue our cozy conversations. I was the love of his life who he was going to marry after coming back to the States from an overseas business trip in the Middle East.

One day after several months he told me his credit card account had been frozen and asked if I would do him a favor and transfer money around for him related to his business. I considered it at first but it was complicated and a huge sum of money and something told me it just didn't feel quite right. That's when I searched online and found stories from other women about all these money scams going on.

If I had done it and been caught, it could have been a criminal offense for money laundering, basically being a money mule. I have no idea if it's illegal money related to terrorism or drugs or whatever, but I don't want a felony on my record! He was very annoyed and angry that I wouldn't do it (he said to strengthen the commitment we had) and we didn't talk for awhile.

Gradually we began talking again, but not like before. I never let my guard down and honestly was scared that if I didn't talk with him he would blackmail me out of spite with some deep dark secrets I should have never shared with him or steal my identity with all the personal details he knew about me and make my life a living hell.

He started sending me links to open with songs and other things to share with me, but I would never open them. I don't want malware on my computer or phone! I changed usernames and passwords just to be safe. It's awful what they can do to your life.

Eventually there was another stint where he had a medical emergency and needed immediate money for treatment as he couldn't access his accounts. He pressured me and said he couldn't understand why I wouldn't be there for him when he was sick and needed help.

Believe me, they are trained and are experts at what they do, and scamming you is really all they want.

Looking back there were so many red flags that should have hit me in the head -- going silent on weekends when his internet connection was supposedly bad (was he with his real family?), dropping his phone in water so it didn't work for days, video calls which were all choppy and would freeze up (so I wouldn't easily detect a thick Arabic accent), nothing found on Google when searching for his name, unable to show me his driver's license or passport when asked, etc, etc.

How someone can tell one pathetic lie after another is beyond me. These ruthless men have no morals or ethics.

I wanted to share my experience in the hope I can somehow help other women. If it even helps one woman, it will have been worth it to me. These love connections are addictive and mess with the chemicals in your brain. You are groomed and brainwashed and intimidated and degraded. Loving ourselves through the process of owning our story is the bravest thing we can do.

I eventually blocked him on Hangouts and ended all contact. I was a little sad at first but got over it. It was never real to begin with.
Aug 31, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Marcus A
by: Anonymous

Sorry wrote Marcus W
Marcusaeuroi- think Marcus Aeurolis the Roman emperor
Aug 31, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Marcus w and Brown R
by: Anonymous

Marcus w - on a crude oil rig in El Paso Texas. 15 year old daughter lives with grandparents in Florida. He has not seen her since covid19 hit. He’s 55, wife died 7 years ago of cancer. He was married 15 years. I asked how old he was when he got married. He said 40. I said according to my math you would have been 33. He said he wasn’t good at math😂🤣

Brown R- picture of man in mask with hands on wall. He to is an engineer but likes to admire his painting- lol. He’s 64 and his 47 year old wife left him for his best friend that was like a brother to him. Best part is she got pregnant at 47.

You can’t make this stuff up. Both guys - new players and came immediately after lightning round. I have reported. Please find these guys and do the same.

Time to take a break.
Aug 28, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Gideon
by: Mrs B

I knew from the start he was a scammer but decided to have some fun. Added him on Hangouts and started exaggerating my life. He asked about my family and I said my dad died in a Horrific lawnmower accident which resulted in both his legs being chopped off and he got thrown into the air and electrocuted.

He then replied I don’t think that really happened did it. He then tried to call me and I said sorry there are sales people at the door I just can’t get rid of them. He then got Annoyed. I didn’t hear from him for the rest of the day but late at night he sent me a few words in Nigerian which I had to look up and it basically meant someone who falls for a scammer and gives money away.

Not quite sure why he sent that since I was the one playing him along too
Aug 28, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Loser Leo
by: Jess

This guy tells me he is originally from Finland but lives in Colorado. Lost his son in a military event and his wife to cancer of the breast. I said I didn't know of any military uprisings in Finland. Mind you Finland is supposed to be the happiest place on earth to live.

Insistent about going to Hangouts, and doesn't like being told no. . . Meet LeoRichard736
Aug 28, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		JNic28
by: Anonymous

This guy is a horrible scammer. Typical story, in Afghanistan for a peace keeping mission. He asks me how was my night. I said I am going to go with fine. He sends me back "Alaye" which is Yoruban (Nigerian). I had to use Google translate and everything. I sent back a reply in his language and he resigns but doesn't block. I guess he thinks I am one of them.
Aug 24, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		No new game request
by: Anonymous

I too haven’t had any new game requests and am wondering if I’m on some sort of list.
Aug 24, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		They just don't read stuff
by: Anonymous

So I've been chatting to a few obvious scammers. Usual drab conversation - so when asked how I was I said "well I've broken my leg but apart from that I'm ok" his reply "that's cool".

Another one "what are you having for lunch? I replied "custard and trifle with smoked salmon". "Yummy" he says.

Another one really bossy "well are you sending me your gmail or not?" You could say anything and they agree. Pathetic.
Aug 24, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Harry William
by: Anonymous

Anyone come across this guy? Works on oil rig in Germany, wife died in childbirth, has 3 kids in boarding school! Very religious, bible basher
Aug 22, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		I always scare them off
by: Anonymous

They always show up after lightening rounds. As soon as they start with "hello" blah blah blah, I tell them I am married and don’t send money.

Boom! Gone!

When I’m bored I toy with them. I make up where I live, my age, my life. It’s awesome! Lol
Aug 22, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		What about orthopedoc doc in Syria named Oscar Harrison?
by: Anonymous

Dr. (Lol) Oscar Hartison wanted me to get on hangout. Said he was from Dallas and contracted with the Syrian army for two years. Wanted me to get on hangout. He called me. A man from Dallas with a middle eastern accent. I looked him up online and he is a scammer. My first experience with hangout and a scammer. I deleted him after reporting him. Looked him up on Google. Major scammer.
Aug 21, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Something funny
by: Anonymous

They usually start out with their standard intro.

I'm a civil engineer from Denmark, living in Kansas City working in an oil field. I'm a widower with a 9 year old son who is in boarding school in Prague.

My response is... No you aren't.

His response is... That's nice, where are you?

😂
Aug 21, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		I’m not sure how...
by: Anonymous

But I think I may have gotten it stopped. I would usually pick up one or more of them playing the lightening round. The last time, and this has been a couple of months ago, I got four of them at once. I played them all (exhausting, but I feel like it keeps them away from more vulnerable players for a while!).

I usually give them a little bit of rope, let them build their story, then start calling them out. ‘You should be Ashamed of yourself", "people are on to you", etc. I told one of the four that I was going to report him. He said HE was going to report ME. But then he quit making plays - ALL of them quit making plays AT THE SAME TIME - and they eventually timed out.

I still play the lightening round, I still do everything I enjoy doing, but I haven’t had one scammer in two months. Could I have gotten on a list in Nigeria?? Whatever, the peace is wonderful. It just breaks my heart that anyone would fall for them.

By the way, I’d read through this post for a while and I see some people offering to help find scammers for them. Maybe I’m just a giant mound of cynicism, but I wouldn’t trust them.
Aug 21, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Peter Milford/ Daniel c
by: Anonymous

When you play this guy (scammer) contractor drills oil and builds roads, his profile says Peter Milford yet when you are in the game, he shows up as Danny C. How does this happen? He needs to be gone.
Aug 20, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Lots of scammers
by: Sick of the games

Yes Lisa Kim is a scammer. Told my husband she was a stock broker but I thought the picture didn’t add up. When he wouldn’t buy she got angry and deleted herself. There was also a girl just went by Sarah. Said she was 32, wanted to go on hangouts to talk. Sob story of her daughter needed stuff and having medical problems.

Used fake pictures and clips on hangouts. Never got any money. Called him handsome. Since deleting hangouts I have not seen just sarah on wwf. But if you come across a long brown haired girl with brown eyes and sad pictures at first which are terrible quality and then beautiful clear clips of her smiling and happy beware.

If anyone else has had dealings with her sure would like to know.
Aug 20, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Hopkins humpfries
by: Anonymous

Uses a picture of a man dressed in a suit and I have seen this picture with other names. Very low score. Didnt wait but 2 moves and wants to know more about me. I asked why and he replied because I do. I replied I heard about scammers on here from friends and they are from Nigeria and I dont give out any information lol and immediately blocked.
Aug 20, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Doctor from Yemen
by: Anonymous

I’ve been a complete fool. Wilson Eric spoke for 4 months, very convincing. I was naive n perfect idiot to be trapped by such a person, and yep I was scammed out of money, and want my money back but no idea how to do this, so has anyone managed to get money back from scammers?

They Are so clever, no bad spelling, regular pics, family pics etc., I had the FBI get in touch, and apparently they wanted £2000 to go get him and arrest him, but obviously I did not send this but this person did tell me who the guy Wilson was impersonating was, and that’s how I found out, so my warning would be it’s not always bad spellers, addressing you as dear, checking info out with you general questions.

Some appear very genuine in the things they share, so please be aware I would hate anyone to have the experience I had x
Aug 20, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Chris J
by: Mrs B

So he continued to beg me for the Itunes codes. I made one up like this. 34S9C86A08MM71E1R. If you look I spelt out scammer. He didn’t notice this and kept saying baby this code doesn’t work what’s going on?? I said I’m sorry I got them at Walmart I’m not sure.

He then says please just take a very clear pic of the codes I need it ASAP. I feel my time is done with him after 6 weeks of stringing him along so I send a message saying do you think I’m that stupid? I’ve known from day one you were scamming me and I was playing along there are no gift cards you idiot.

He doesn’t reply and I delete google hangouts :-)
Aug 19, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Anthony S. - Asam21581 user
by: Anonymous

Anthony S. is using Captain Lee Rosbach’s picture.

Level 1
Not good at the game
Tried chatting
Uses "dear"

(Typical traits)
Aug 19, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Hangouts
by: Lee

So the reason they all want to go to hangouts and WhatsApp is so that it’s hard to report them. They don’t want to talk on the game because they know that it can be monitored and if you report them rather than just blocking them, the chat can be looked at by Zynga.

Also, most use fake pics from celebrities. If you do an image search, you will and can report them for impersonation. The most popular are Joe Cross, Tom Ernsting, Tony Baroudy, and a Russin politician. They use a lot of military pictures and even use the person in the pictures real names. They are getting smarter and using more generic pics now so they are harder to find. Please report abuse rather than just blocking them so we can get them disabled.

Also, be careful on hangouts. I had my account suspended on the game because I was reported for scamming when in reality it was the male asking for gift cards. I had to fight with Zynga and they refuse to reopen my account even though I had screenshots from hangouts.

Also a lot of them are using cheat apps so they will score high points every time.

They are easy to spot like questions are where you playing from, are you married with kids or what is your marital status, what is your favorite color, I would like to know more better about ourself.

They all are from a foreign country, they live in US but work somewhere else. They are military on peacekeeping missions, drilling engineers that include crude, diamonds, gold and other precious metals, and doctors. They have lost wives in tragic circumstances and have young children.

Any Of this is all the script for them. Grammar is always horrendous!! Most of them have played less than a few months because they get disabled so their time is very short.

If you push them on details they refuse to answer because they don’t have the answers because it’s fake.

Please please please use report abuse rather than blocking. When you report them it automatically blocks them as well but a report gets generated. The more people that report them because we all have some of the same players and the more reports that are generated, they get disabled meaning they have to start all over and it slows them down.
Aug 19, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Hangouts
by: Anonymous

Yes hangouts and whatsapp. Scammers want you to use these. Being a stupid lady last year I went on hangouts with a scammer. He claimed to be on a ship in the gulf of Mexico on a contract. Then he would retire in a few months go back to his home in Pennsylvania and come to Ohio to meet me.

Of course his wife died of cancer and he had a 14 yr old daughter in school in NC. She would email me also. Of course it was the scammer e mailing. I sent the daughter a couple of gift cards. Finally I wised up and he admitted he was a scammer in Nigeria.

Even sent me his picture on hangouts 33 years old. In a way I was glad because I really did not want a boyfriend. So I was not heartbroken. Would I do it again I don't think so
Aug 19, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Hangouts
by: Anonymous

Do all the scammers use Hangouts? There are oil riggers that claim they caught their wife in bed with the best friend, and they always have a young daughter.

Then there are the orthopedic surgeons who say they work in Yemen. They have teenage sons.

Anyone else finding this?
Aug 19, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Laura N.
by: Anonymous

Got one today. Laura N. says she is almost 30, lives in Orlando. Right off the bat was asking personal questions. Asked for my phone number to text or google hangouts. When I said I was married "she" didn’t care
Aug 19, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Chris J
by: Mrs B

Been talking to this guy for way over six weeks now playing along with him knowing full well he was a scammer (Yes I have too much time on my hands) and yesterday he finally asked me for $150 iTunes gift card. I asked him what it’s for and he said he needs to urgently look something up on Google so I screenshot a few pictures of used gift cards and sent them to him face side up saying I will hand them over to him when we meet in person.

He was then saying baby I need them now it’s important if you really love me you would send them over. So again I screenshot The back of a gift card from Google but the code was kind of blurry and he got mad because he couldn’t read it. So I sent another but this time I cut half of the card off so only half of the code was showing lol.

He’s been calling me and sending me pages of love messages saying please baby send me the codes. Very entertaining
Aug 15, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Lol
by: Anonymous

Just played a game with an obvious scammer, beautiful girl wanted to email or chat on hangouts. After challenging them as scammers continuously, they kept on trying. I read this thread and saw the Nigeria comment so my next reply was to say I just tracked their IP address to Nigeria.

Within a minute the account had been deleted lol 😂
Aug 14, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Thomos Frank
by: Anonymous

Is anyone or has anyone played with Thomos Frank? He is using the pic of Ralph Harris of Ralph Harris Ministries. He uses the typical questions; but, at times, his grammar is better than some scammers who have attempted conversations.
Aug 14, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Blocking/reporting
by: Lee

So there are so many of these and we are working to get them disabled as fast as we can. They do read the conversations here as well. If they ask for hangouts or WhatsApp you can report them and all are using other peoples pictures so they can be reported for fraud or impersonation.

They sometimes know who the person is in their pic but a lot don’t. They are getting smarter and trying to appear more normal with their conversations but the grammar is always off due to translation apps.

Rather than just blocking them, go to settings/menu in top right and then report abuse. Choose their name and then report them for several different things. This reports them and then they can get disabled.

They want to use hangouts and WhatsApp because they don’t use their data on those. Don’t use any of your real information for them. Make it up and it’s better to use a fake email and pic. They are hanging out in lightening rounds a lot now.

They will start chat right away, and Standard questions are:
Where you playing from
What do you do for a living
Hows the weather over there
Are you married with kids
What is your favorite color
Do you have pets
Let’s be friends dear
Let’s talk on hangouts so we can know more about yourself.

They fall in love immediately and promise to send you money if you give them money for their data now.

If you need help you can add me and I will help you get them disabled. Myemailforstrangers10095

The more we work together the more we can slow them down and cause them inconvenience. I have had 7 this week admit they are from Nigeria once they realized they were caught.
Aug 14, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Robertson German possible scammer
by: Anonymous

First, thank you for all the hard work and this page. I wish I had seen this a year ago. Anyhow, a year ago I was scammed by a man who went by Martin Hank or Martins Hank. He had multiple profiles I had discovered. Anyhow, since our confrontation I had not seen or heard from him on WWFs.

He just vanished which was great! However, I was just playing in the Lightning Round and noticed a very similar picture- Robertson German. I’m not 100% sure it’s the same but the glasses are unique and match the picture I had saved.

Anyhow, I just wanted to give a heads up. The picture has a dark haired little girl which also matches Martin’s original profile as well.

I despise scammers. I just want to play the game and I hate that my trust in people is gone. I now question everything and everyone.
Aug 14, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Richard91collins
by: Anonymous

Hi. You don't have to relocate him to report him. Go into settings and click onto Manage block list. Select Report abuse (that sometimes takes ages to go thru). Type in his name or you might find him on your select user list. Select Abuse type and what game you were playing him on. Then report!

Good luck.
Aug 13, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		richard91collins
by: Anonymous

Pretty sure I found your guy! Grey haired man with a grey beard with his arms around his knee?

It was richard91collins, you can look him up by that username.
Aug 13, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Possible scammer- how can I relocate?
by: Anonymous

I'd no idea of these scams -- just thought the guy was lonely and needed to chat. After he asked me to chat via Hangouts, I wasn't on WWF for a couple days, and he left our games.

He's either Richard91collins or
Richardcollins91

-Asked all questions listed.

Today, I began a new game with a female, and before I could SS the pic, screen showed "player also plays with" and showed "Richard's" profile photo.

How can I relocate him to report him? Thank you all for this forum and help!
Aug 12, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		RE: Charles Gary
by: Anonymous

Please have your NAN watch this episode of Mel Robbins. Season 1 Episode E:45- Titled Cat fished Lost over 1 million dollars. If she has a ROKU with the ROKU channel she will be able to watch on there. The whole first season of Mel Robbins is on there.

If not maybe she can find it on YouTube or other streaming channels ! Mel is a life coach and explains all of this very well. Plus has women on there that have been catfished and scammed by these young guys. Most of them are from Nigeria. One lady was scammed out of over 1 million dollars over a 2 year period. You can only imagine her feeling once she realized it had all been a scam. Nan don't let this happen to you!!!

I haven't come across this scammer Charles Gary but Words is full of them. His story is definitely that of a scammer. All of their stories are the same. Either a doctor, military man or a contractor working on a oil rig. Is widowed had a child usually in boarding school. Comes up with sob stories as to why these rich men need your money!!!

Once you send money they will either disappear or keep on charming you to get even more money.

I sure hope your nan see's this for what it really is a scam. This so called man is only after her money and will say anything, copy and paste poems, etc to get it. There is a playbook on the internet that these scammers use. Its called the Nigerian Playbook. When I was being scammed by one everything he was saying to me was in there. Pretty much play by play. I actually sent my scammer a copy of it!

Hope this helps!!!
Aug 12, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Me again!
by: Anonymous

So following on from my post the other day about being thankful for this group as I nearly got duped! Anyway, I’ve been deliberately trying to lure in these scammers so I can waste their time, boy it’s fun!

TONY JACKSON, a "doctor" in Afghanistan, he’s form the states, has a son, wife died etc. After 3 hours he said he wanted to marry me and could I email the UN asking for permission to go on vacation with my fiancé.

Of course they agreed (lucky me!) anyway I have to pay 1200 euros to the UN and I’m just stringing him along until I tell him I’m not paying ☺️.

Also look our for BOSS R, PETRE RODGER AND STEVEN SPIELBERG (😂)
Aug 11, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Thomas Denied changed to Patrick Williams
by: AnyBeeGirl

His user name is still "Patrick denied "(Hangouts he was Daniel) but his display name is now Patrick W. and he has changed his photo.
Aug 11, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammer
by: Anonymous

PhillipMuller419 is most likely a scammer. Wanted to go on whatsapp. On a contract in California.
Aug 11, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		David Campbell Engineer on oil rig!
by: Anonymous

Watch out,for this guy. Widower, wife &daughter died in accident, son< Maxwell at Trent College in England. Needed $2,000,00. Very badly spoken & cannot use Facebook properly, Bad spelling, etc. A right, clever Scammer.
Aug 10, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Lightning round
by: Mrs B

Played the lightning round today and literally got five scammers start a game with me afterwards.

They must be really lurking all the time
Aug 10, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Charles Gary
by: Anonymous

My nan is currently being scammed by a ‘Charles Gary’. Same story as the rest, lives in Florida, born in Brazil and lived there for 40 years before moving to the states. Works on an oil rig in the gulf of Mexico and has a teenage daughter.

They have moved from WWF to what’s app. My nan will not give me anymore details but sent me two photos that I have reverse searched and nothing comes up. She will not believe the other 1000 stories below.

Any ideas on getting her to believe me, or has anyone come across a Charles Gary on WWF?
Aug 10, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scott Kufus
by: Anonymous

I find it hilarious that this guy really thinks he has been scammed saying people are using his photo.

Within an hour he wanted me to stop talking to other guys and he was in love!
Aug 10, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Anthonybsrtorn1
by: Anonymous

His photo is that of model Peppe di Giorgio and his photo has been used by many including good old Anthony B.

I find it astonishing that, when you call them out they accuse YOU of insulting them!
Aug 08, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Wwf games
by: Lee

If you cannot find me, add CinnamonSands. She will help you, just send her a message when you start game.

Mine is myemailforstrangers10095
Aug 08, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Fb group
by: Anonymous

I cannot find you in WWF (lee) do we private message.
Aug 07, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Group
by: Lee

It’s the only one that is the game and scammers. If you add me on wwf, I will private message you there.
Aug 07, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Facebook group
by: Anonymous

Lee, I typed in WWF scammers and many groups popped up, how do I know which one is the one we are talking about?
Aug 06, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Facebook
by: Lee

In the search use the name of the game and scammers. It will pop up. Click to join and then once you are screened and vetted you will be allowed. It’s a great group. If you want to add me, send a game request to Myemailforstrangers10095 and send a message, I will help you from there.
Aug 06, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Facebook group
by: Anonymous

What is the name of the group?
Aug 06, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Facebook
by: Anonymous

Just tried to join your Facebook group but think I've messed it up as I couldn't see to whom or how I was supposed to send a private message!
Aug 05, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Thankful for this page
by: Anonymous

I feel blessed I came across this page today and I’d never heard of Yandex but it helped me a lot. I searched "wwf scammers" just to see if they exist as I became suspicious of so many "doctors" talking to me lol.

But anyway I fell for the whole hangouts thing but thanks to here I’ve put a stop to someone I’ve been getting to know the past few days!


ED: Its so good to hear the site helped prevent you becoming a victim. Well done for searching "WWF scammers" in the first place
Aug 05, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scott wiiliams
by: Anonymous

I met a Scott Williams several months back who was a scammer but he was around late 40’s n balding
Aug 05, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Good looking guy
by: Anonymous

Anyone know a Scott Williams wearing a white shirt on his profile. A young man from USA or so he says!!
Aug 04, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		A few more names...Beware
by: Anonymous

John M/JK6769277
Thomas A/ThomasA19
MATTEO G/Matteosmile

I have been playing in words for the past 7 years. I never knew any of this was going on until a couple of months ago. I accepted a man's request to play. I had no ideal I was dealing with a scammer.

After chatting with him for awhile I began to get suspicious. Then after going to hangouts and him asking me to send gift cards I definitely knew. I would never send money to a stranger like that and told him so.

But he kept trying to convince me he was a 62 year old man looking for and according to him had found his soul mate. These scammers can be very convincing and are apparently trained very well. I just thank the good lord for helping me to realize what he was and I had not sent him any money.

Now that I know Words is full of scammers I have learned to spot them pretty quick. I just hope others don't get taken by these scumbags and learn to spot them. I did report and block him. I've been doing a lot of research on this since it almost happened to me.

Just remember to never send money or gift cards no matter what kind of sob story they give you.
Aug 04, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Blocked players
by: Lee

If you just block them, it allows them to keep preying on others. Make sure you are reporting them as impersonation, fraud, threat chat. This way they get disabled from the game and yes they can start new profiles but it slows them down.

Signs of scammers - pictures are almost always of single men. A lot use professional men that post a lot of pictures. You can use image search to show the real person. Their grammar is horrible!

They have the list of questions..where you playing from, hows the weather over there, are you married with children, what’s your favorite color, where are you originally from, favorite food or vacation. These are all questions that a lot of security questions use on websites and most people will give out the answers without thinking.

Best suggestion is to create a generic gmail not using your real name. Give fake job, location, never give out real information.

If you go to hangouts, use the generic email and fake info. Never send pictures to them and never ever send iTunes or gift cards. Make sure you log out of hangouts regularly.

They are getting better at it and they are being more patient with the conversations. They are also lurking in the lightening rounds more too.

The more we work together on this, the more we can help prevent them preying on weaker people that may not realize these things exist.
Aug 04, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Chris J
by: MrsB

Been talking to this man for well over a month. He started the game on words with friends And I knew instantly he was a scammer but I thought I would play along. He stopped playing once he got me on Hangouts (I created a fake account).

He says he is using his dads account and his name is Sean Morgan on hangouts. Bear in mind his words with friends picture was an almost 60-year-old man so his dad must be knocking 90 and have Google hangouts really??

I told him I’m deeply in love with him but he says he’s busy working away for at least another month. Still waiting for him to ask for any money. This is what he just sent me

I have no other words to describe the way you make me feel. No words, no actions could even come close. I believe that Ronald Regan said it best to Nancy in a letter, telling her only that, "I more than love you". Their love was a strong love, surviving everything, even death. I believe that even after his passing, Nancy felt Ronald's love for her raining down upon her. That is why she has always seemed at peace after the death of such a truly loving husband. That is the love that I feel for you.Kindly take care for me and have a pleasant day with kisses and hope we chat tonigh
Aug 04, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Cinnamon Regarding Group
by: Initials WK

I sent you a request. Thank you for starting the group.
Aug 04, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		I found this and I pray it helps
by: Anonymous

https://againstscammers.com/how-to-spot-a-words-with-friends-scammer/

May everyone read this. It is about identifying scammers. Please do not get involved with scammers.
Aug 04, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Blocked Scammers
by: Anonymous

When I block them I frequently get a message saying "you have blocked this player before" so obviously some of them just change their name and come back to try again...lol
Aug 04, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Group
by: Cinnamon

If you search for the game name & Scammers it should come up in a search. I don't think there are any other groups as specific.

Please be prepared to be asked questions before you join - I do not want it infiltrated by the scammers themselves, also we are female only for now.
Aug 03, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Getting them disabled
by: Lee

We are doing a great job on getting these guys disabled pretty quick. By reporting them under abuse as impersonation or by threatening or unwanted contact works better then just blocking them. We work together on the Facebook page to make this happen.

Newest group is
Mathieujurgen593
Johnwilly197 (using South Carolina state treasurer pic)
Aaron Din
Benjamin.8oliver1
Mark T. (78_99)
Beckwilliams4

Aug 03, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		RichardAllen0785
by: Anonymous

Has anyone talked to him? It is a picture of a very handsome guy. I was suspicious right away when he asked me where I was from so I decided to have a little fun with him. I told him I was married to a mafia kingpin and moved around alot.

His response to that was so where are you from? I told him that no place in particular since we had to keep one step away from the law. He said something about being an independent contractor and how he was interested in me. At that point I said this conversation is getting kind of weird I am going to end the game.

He came back and dropped the f bomb on me. I knew then that he was a scammer.
Aug 03, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Cinnamon - how to find your fb group?
by: Anonymous

Hi! I love your posts. I bait these guys along to waste their time so they don't use that time to talk to someone more vulnerable. When I feel they're about to block me I block and report first :).
Aug 03, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Cinnamon
by: Anonymous

How can I join your Facebook group?

I have reported too many scammers to list them all.

I hate that many women don’t know about the scammers and they fall for the men. In 2018 I did not know until being romanced for a couple months. I was devastated. After that I have been on a mission to get more scammers blocked.
Aug 03, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		'They're Men.......'
by: Cinnamon

No, they are not all men. A friend of mine was taken for several thousand pounds by a very alluring lady who turned out to be a female scammer.

They are mostly male though, as they know that women are more sympathetic & THINK that we are easily manipulated by a sob story & a great looking face.

The reason they try & blame you is so that you feel bad & guilty & sympathise with them. They then have the upper hand & manipulate the situation for further sympathy, which is usually when the dying child/school fees/dog with cancer story pops up.

I now run a Facebook group with a handful of members & we are comparing notes, swapping experiences & working together to tag team these people & get them disabled, with great results.
Some members have first hand experience of being taken by these guys - we are a judgement free group :-)
Aug 02, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Mark Wilson
by: Penny

Has anyone had experience with Mark Wilson?
Aug 02, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		A few more names...
by: Anonymous

In response to your post, yes they all try to put the blame on you because firstly THEY'RE MEN!! And secondly because they're the worst kind of men...lying, cheating, scamming bas****s. I'm talking to john P. at the moment who despite my catching him out on where he lives (Anston Avenue in Wales. Apparently a district!

When questioned he says it's in Letwell...which is actually South Yorkshire) he's now telling me how beautiful I am and how much he admires me. He's an office technician (that's a new one!) who also goes to college to be a construction engineer. When I asked him what is an office technician he googled, copied and pasted a description.

Ladies...avoid getting involved. The trouble is, all of us on this website know what they're like - it's the ones who don't come on this website that I worry about!!
Aug 01, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		A few more names
by: Anonymous

Larry Poem
Thomas Line
Vwaire Tim

All scammers with basically the same oil rig story. Two have given themselves up but are still " in love " lol with me. Of course I am the first one they ever tried it with, NOT. Larry Poem has not yet told me the truth but is starting to hint about trust and support so I know the question is coming.

It amazes me how when you say no they try and put blame on you for their situation.
Aug 01, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Latest scammers
by: Jean

Ladies be aware of these guys from lightning round:

Mark W- Mw579261
William-Barnabydaddy553
David T- davidthomas56
Patrick L- luispatrick095
Codyroberts629

All widowers with one kid. All marine engineers with one kid- wife died. William is an Orthopaedic surgeons. I still have never been asked for steam cards or money, but lots wanted hangouts. No thanks.

They do disappear on weekends. They are also relatively new to game- some just got their profile within 15 days. You can definitely know who will hit you up after a lightning round. These scammers have sucked the fun out of the game.
Jul 31, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Another name in words to beware of
by: Anonymous

Alexmorrison012345. Claims to be a contractor from Los Angles California. In Canada working on a rig. Asked if I'm married or single. Told him I knew what he was up to and in no way was he going to get me to go to hangouts or scam any gift cards or money out of me.

He went off line but hasn't resigned from the game. Says he's been playing since March of 2020.
Jul 29, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Austin S
by: Lee

The person they are using as Austin S is General Austin S Miller. If you play along and know anything about the military, you will catch him quick. Make sure you report abuse of impersonation to get him disabled. The more reports of it they get they will disable the account.

The other one they use is Mark Milley.
Jul 29, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Christopher D and Austin S
by: Anonymous

I am playing with two different scammers using the same picture. Christopher D and Austin S. A man in his 30's wearing a camouflage uniform with the American flag behind him. First time I have seen that.

They like to use military photos to get your respect.
Jul 29, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Time Zones
by: Anonymous

They’re not very good with time zones. I’m in the US Eastern time zone and they all disappear at 11 PM every night. This is very strange as most claim to be in the US.

I had one guy sending me good morning messages at what would have been 3 a.m where he claimed he was.
Jul 29, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re facial hair
by: Anonymous

Yes, I noticed that. And a lot are pics of older gentlemen. I’d be more interested if they were a little younger maybe 😂
Jul 28, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scott Kuffus
by: Anonymous

To the lady who is talking to Scott Kuffus he is a scammer. I met him on pof a couple of years ago... the man is real but his identity has been used many times by different catfish...run
Jul 27, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Facial hair
by: Anonymous

Has anyone else noticed that so many of these scammers use pictures of men with beards? Can almost pick them out from just their pictures.
Jul 27, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		ANTHONY bakker
by: Anonymous

His profile was Anthonybakker2

He told me some sob storey about his phone not working. And he has to use the work wifi?! Lol
Jul 27, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Anthony Bakker - do you have a player id
by: Anonymous

I was playing someone who said they were a software engineer under a different name. Do you have a player id for Anthony Bakker?

Just wondering if my guy has morphed info a different person.
Jul 26, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Anthony Bakker
by: Anonymous

Anyone have this guy talk to you? What's my number. I tell him I am married. He's a software engineer. Now he is begging to add my on hangouts cause he feels a spark and cannot imagine wasting a day talking to me. I told him I don't have hangouts and why can't he text or whatsapp? Tells me his phone is crap and rarely works. Lol

Literally begging me to talk to him. His wife died years ago supposedly. Tells me he cannot stop thinking of me. We have chatted twice.
Jul 26, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Idiots
by: Anonymous

Really can’t believe the stupidity of these people. On answering the usual question of where are you playing from, I answered Nowhere. He then asked me where that was. I said north of Scotland. He then replied that he had never heard of Nowhere before but had now!
Jul 26, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scammers
by: Anonymous

So I have one now that claims to be Scott Kufus from New Jersey. I believe he is using the real Scott’s picture. And this is just one of so many I come across.

Please don’t fall for any of these scammers stories. Never ever let them take advantage of you!!!
Jul 26, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Derekmicheal870
by: Anonymous

This worm has been stringing along my 82 year old mum. Unfortunately she was blissfully unaware of the existence of scammers and had even started chatting to him on hangouts. Had to put her straight and hope she doesn't fall for it again. He claims to be a surgeon and uses a picture of a real surgeon who is so good-looking, his picture has been used a lot for dating scams etc.
Jul 26, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		The devil is in the detail.
by: Cinnamon

These guys are lazy, greedy & stupid. And that is a bad combination of things to be.

My friend MapTokyo said to me that the Devil is in the detail - point in case:

My latest scammer is using a picture of a guy in Army fatigues, his name clearly on his chest & the word 'Ranger' on his arm. He is standing in front of a Ranger logo banner too.

My scammer has called himself by this gentleman's real name, so it matches the name on the jacket, but tells he he is in special ops.

I ask him is he used to be a Ranger, as it says so on his jacket. This surprises him, REALLY surprises him & he says yes, he was a Ranger between 1986 & 1987.

The guy in the picture is around 50, so this would make my scammer 84!

I have yet to challenge him about this, but am looking forward to hearing how many children he has, how his wife died & how hard his job is on his poor old knees :-)

I will be contacting the poor man whose identity has been abused by this con artist also.
Jul 26, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		re This & that.
by: Cinnamon

One of my favourite ruses with the guys who have lived in Sweden (or wherever) is to send them a looong & complicated message using Google Translate in a language close to the one they claim to be native of, so Norwegian for instance.
They copy & paste it in to Google translate where it automatically detects the language used, but (and it's a big but!) they don't bother checking & knock out a response in English which auto translates to the language you used.

So, he says he is Swedish, but he understands & is responding in perfect Norwegian.

I had one say that they do actually speak 'Icelandish' in Poland......
Jul 25, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re. This and that
by: Tom Fan

I agree. They are not even trying LOL I’ve never met anyone with a child in boarding school, yet all these guys do. Mine has a son in boarding school in Pennsylvania. In the middle of summer. During a pandemic. Poor kid.
Jul 25, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		This and that
by: Maptokyo

The blue asterisk means that team was short a player and WWF added a computer generated player. They always suck and funny enough they are always or almost always a scammer pic.

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck... it is a scammer. When was the last time anyone here heard of ANYONE killed in a gas explosion? A house fire? A plane crash? I am 57, in the past decade I have lost 3 friends around my age to cancer. Women just do not die at this pace!

I never knew anyone who died in childbirth. I never met anyone whose baby died in childbirth. Stillborns sadly yes, but the crap they come up with. It truly shows how disposable we are in their minds. Several posts down there was a post about a Danish man who moved for a week to Cleveland and then immediately went to the rig in the Gulf. Mid game he was disabled. We were chatting in google translate danish, a day later SAME EXACT INTRO, this guy cannot be bothered with google translate. Doesn’t understand good day etc. I said you aren’t really Danish. Yes I am. My parents died in a fire when I was 5 and my uncle wouldn’t take me so I was placed in an orphanage.

Still doesn’t explain why you cannot understand basic Danish. Oh the orphanage sent me to St. Stephens Episcopalian boarding school in Dallas Tx. Still doesn’t explain why you cannot understand.

His wife died 3 years ago giving birth, so did the baby but saints be praised he has lovely 13 year old Linda, in boarding school in Denmark where he has a mansion. Evidently hers was the only school in Denmark to not close for Covid. His name was Ford and he is disabled. He will be back though.

They are all scammers. Work from there and you won’t be duped. If you are looking to meet a man on WWF, look for years of playing. Look for sustainable social media.

Never give anyone a $.
Jul 25, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Blue asterisk
by: Anonymous

This means word master/ bot.
Jul 25, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re so predictable
by: Anonymous

The blue dot means they left the game and were replaced by a bot
Jul 24, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		So predictable
by: Anonymous

I am able to tell who will ask for a game but paying attention after the game. Generally they have no or low score.

Anyone know what the blue asterisk means after a name though in the lightening rounds?
Jul 24, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Think im being scammed
by: Anonymous

Yes he fits all the scammers criteria. If they ask you to leave words and go to hangouts or whatsapp you can be 100% sure he is going to ask you for gift cards or money. Best thing to do is to report and block them.

They are all over words. All unusually have the same story. Some kind of engineer, doctor etc. All are widowed and have a son or daughter in boarding school. You will learn to spot them very easy. Under no circumstances send them gift cards or money. They all usually work on oil rigs and will have a sad story why they need the money.

They are very good at what they do and can be very convincing. Don't be fooled by them. Keep your guard up. Also they will tell you they are in love and want to marry you.

Beware!!!
Jul 24, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		MagnusR
by: Anonymous

Think I Got one on the hook now. Goes by magnus15151520. Claims to be a petroleum engineer from Michigan.

Has a picture of a man and little girl that looks like at a ball game. Already asked if I'm single and wants to get to know me better. He is a better player than most of the scammers. Gets high numbers.

Will see how long before he asks to go to hangouts.
Jul 24, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Think I’m being scammed
by: Anonymous

Here is a photo and name. I would appreciate any help I may get.

Edison Nicholas
Antwerp, Belgium

Has a fifth teen year daughter. Wife killed in gas explosion
Jul 23, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Patrick Jordon
by: Anonymous

Patrick Jordan 000, my current scammer. Lol I wouldn’t do hangouts and he deleted me very quick. I added him back on words with friends and told him all about what I knew about these scams. Then I reported him.

He was on a ship, wife and 2 kids killed in a plane crash, one daughter still living. Same old story just a different scammer. Lol
Jul 23, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Smith keys 56
by: Anonymous

Beware - bombarded me with all the usual scamming stuff - called me ‘dear’ and ‘my queen’. Used Yandex to look for his profile pic and there he was!
Jul 22, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		James A. Glanville
by: Anonymous

Impersonating a military man. The best part of this whole scheme is that this person who he impersonated is a judge in the city that I live outside of the suburbs. I recognized him immediately as he had one of those little blurbs at Christmas while he was serving in Afghanistan giving a shout out to his family. He also presided over my daughters adoption.

Didn’t chew him out but did recommend that he look up this man and use him as a role model to improve his life and to strive to be the best he can be of a man.
Jul 22, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		TomFan
by: Cinnamon

Hi TomFan,

Firstly, you are not alone in being drawn in by one of these guts. They are professional confidence tricksters and are good at what they do, mostly. You have not been stupid, or gullible - you have been a victim of a professional.

You say that you know he is not who he claims he is? Why is that - what has aroused your suspicions?

In all likeliness he is a scammer & he is being paid to keep you engaged, hence the long encounters. They get extra money for info like phone numbers & email addresses.

Can you share his user name, so we can see if anyone has encountered him before? If you would rather contact me via the game then start a game with me & we can chat - CinnamonSands
Jul 22, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Tomfan
by: Anonymous

I also was talking to one sometimes 3 hours at a time, and he was my first scammer. I had no clue about these scammers until he asked for a steam card. He broke my heart.
Jul 21, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Question
by: TomFan

Hope it’s ok to ask a question here? I’ve been chatting with a guy who I know is not who he claims. Every time we end up in a chat it lasts for 3 hours.

Is that normal? I really like talking with him. I don’t know why he would spend that much time with me if he didn’t enjoy talking to me too.

I’m preparing myself for the inevitable letdown.
Jul 21, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Quiet week
by: Lee

So It’s been a quiet week, only 1 new player added me today. I still have 2 that are messaging once in a while but haven’t played their turn in days so they will time out soon. But I have noticed that the ones I have reported are now disabled for the most part.
Only a few are still active so hopefully you guys get them and can get them disabled.
Jul 21, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Toddclark4004
by: Anonymous

He’s from Denmark, moved to the UK but is currently on a project in the Gulf of Mexico and sometimes stays in Ohio. His pregnant wife died in a car accident. He has 8 year old twins named Cindy and Lindy.

I thought we were getting to know ourselves so I told him I was married and he disappeared. I guess he’s looking for a step mom for Cindy and Lindy.
Jul 21, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Keep them coming
by: Anonymous

I love reading all your stories! I used to play along with scammers too and have had many similar replies to those reported. Now I just mute the conversations without opening them and the scammers soon go away.

I was finding the "chats" were taking up so much if my time I didn’t have time to play all my games! So please keep the stories coming. It’s my daily entertainment to read them....apart from actually playing WWF of course!
Jul 20, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		New one
by: Maptokyo

I had a hard push to go to a new app. Ever heard of Telegraph? Are they moving away from hangouts? I had the usual array last night. I imagine they are like the monsters in Monsters Inc. promptly at 10:30 my time I get 6-8 new games. Two will block me and vanish before midnight. Another one or two will play a word and then vanish for 12-18 hours. The remainder will follow the script and I try and outlast them for the win.
Jul 20, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re: more better
by: Anonymous

Yes they all want to go to hangouts and the expression they use is they want to get to know ourselves better. 😂😂😂
Jul 19, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		"more better"
by: Anonymous

Everyone of them wants to go to hangouts so that we can know each other "more better".
Great grammar
Jul 19, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		New ones for me
by: Lee

I also have reported David Williams, and I tried speaking Spanish as well and he got Annoyed.

My new ones are MarkT who hasn’t given me much info on one account but is in Alabama and from Germany on another account. Pushing hard for a phone number but hasn’t mentioned hangouts or WhatsApp.

JamesM10929 - is madly in love after asking me my name, where I am from and am I single or married. He wants to marry me and tells me he loves me.
Jul 19, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		This weeks treats
by: Cinnamon

Davidwilliam57
Says he is Spanish by birth when I asked why his English is so bad (and it is terrible, even for these guys!). I asked where he lived in Spain & he gave me the name of an Italian town. I told him he was mistaken & he told me he couldn't remember the name of the town he was born in & lived in for 36 years. Now speaking to him in Spanish. He has gone strangely quiet apart from posting, in English, that he loves me.

Daviswilson681
Similar - says he lived in Poland for 40 years, but can't speak a word of the language. Gets very angry if you question him about it. It is like poking a bear.

Johnsonmalcom346
Profile pic is him in front of the Russian national library. Says he travels to Rushia often!

Millamake406
Weird, creepy questions & profile picture. I think he was calling himself Miller - says it is a classic American name. But he has spelt it Milla.

Stevejobs6695
Yes, I am playing Steve Jobs. I don't think it is the real one, but you never know! Pushing for Whatsapp.....hard.

Stonemanalfred
Vile little guy. Using a photo of Brian Newman. Called me revolting racist names when I said I didn't think he was who he thought he was. Still says it is his picture, but that all whites must die because they treat blacks 'like sheet'. Reported multiple times, with screenshots.
Jul 19, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Just a thought
by: Cinnamon

If the started out the word Hangout or Hangouts, then the scammers lives would be made MUCH more difficult, because we could say Oh, I don't know what you are talking about.

I had the word Happened starred out today!
Jul 17, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Regarding Ben Piccio
by: Wendy K

I had contact with "Ben Piccio" from December until February 2019. Yes, he had a grandson Carson back then too. He is a SCAMMER. He wanted to protect me as I was being stalked by an ex-boyfriend, he wanted me to move to California and marry me. Actually he wanted money from me. He was on a RIG, just like many of the scammers. He did a video call with me but the camera was so far away that you could not clearly see his features. We talked back and forth for a while.

He used the same photo that "Wayne Anderson" used, he was a scammer also. Beware... Report Ben Piccio as a photo impersonation and block him. Good luck.
Jul 17, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Fredandergroup
by: Cinnamon

He ticks all the boxes - schmultzy talk, asks the questions, bad English, calls me Dear & My Lady but 5 games in (all of which I have won due to his rubbish play) & he has not mentioned Whatsapp, Hangouts, email or even Bit Coin!

He has been around for a while too.

Is he playing very long game, or is he just a bit thick?

Will report back - in the meantime feel free to add him so we can eventually get rid....if he plays this long & slow with everyone he might still be here at Christmas!
Jul 16, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Names
by: Maptokyo

While scrolling through my nightly report list I noticed something that had been niggling at me. I had three scammers at very different times use the name Elliott Sando. He is a popular African soccer player lol and scammers are using his name because they are fans I guess.

If anyone can get gclifford993 to play and report I would be grateful. Yandex will show you a dozen pics of George from LA California USA, in case I didn’t know where LA was. Originally from Italy but has forgotten how to speak Italian. For some reason I cannot get him disabled despite chat proof and pic proof.
Jul 16, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Richard K
by: Anonymous

Watch out for Richard K. Asks where you’re from, if you’re single and immediately asks for your what’s app.
Jul 16, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Ben Piccio
by: Anonymous

Was on WWF and Ben Piccio says he’s from San Francisco and he is divorced with a grandson named Carson. He began asking if I’m married and wanted to know my occupation etc.

He asked me to change my profile picture because he wanted to see just me. Also, he wanted to know my what’s app and email (asked for gmail specifically).

BEWARE!!
Jul 16, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		More scams available on this site
by: Biggles777

Hello

I have come across other scams and posted them elsewhere on this site.

Military
UN Doctors
United Way doctors
COVID-19 scams
Instrumentation Engineer scam
Dubai Royal Family scam
Gold and Diamond mining

All have photos and every form of payment from wire transfer, banking and Bitcoin. About 5 also have pictures of the actual scammer. Others they admit to being Nigerian.

All are available at the link below and I made an effort to point out red flags, errors and how they try and hide money in some.

https://www.watchforscams.com/nigerian-dating-scams.html#INV

Note to ED: Thank you and your team for your tireless efforts in helping me to post all these. It is really appreciated


ED: You are welcome, and on behalf of all the people who view and benefit from the information you have provided on this website, a huge thank you for the tireless hours, personal risk and financial cost you endure in order to educate and help victims and potential victims of these ruthless scammers
Jul 16, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		RE: Two letter words
by: Anonymous

Their actual English is poor. You can tell what they're typing in themselves vs. the typical scammer script paragraphs.

They don't actually care about playing the game, they're just after your money.
Jul 16, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		2 letter words
by: Cinnamon

For the person who asked why a lot of them play just simple 2 letter words. Well these guys have dreadful English for a start. A lot of them claim to have jobs that require degrees, but can barely string a sentence together.

They are playing a LOT of women at once, so use quick moves to simplify things. Sometimes they will send you a message meant for someone else by mistake, sometimes in their native language too - this happened to me last week.

So they play these simple words because it is convenient for them, it keeps the game with their victim going & it is what they can understand. The real idiots IMHO are the ones who are obviously using a cheating app to 'win' therefore making us want to play them again to beat them, when they can hardly even spell in their messages to us.

Some do this because they cannot bear to lose to a woman - had one tell me that once.
Jul 15, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		SaintGenius Jnr or Milk
by: Anonymous

Scammer, sent a pic of me to friends, threatening me online, has contacted my husband and friend already (lucky I had already told them).

Different names including Milk Fancy. Nigerian DJ🙄😡
Jul 15, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		2 letter words
by: Anonymous

Can someone please explain to me why these dumb guys only play 2 letter words(vowels no less) yet they send sentence after sentence describing their jobs, claiming love and wanting you to download hangouts. I don’t get it.
Jul 15, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Gone gone gone
by: Maptokyo

WWF is stepping up their disabling game. Cinnamons friend of birthday card fame is disabled. Disclaimer Cinnamon and I play each other and as scammers go though friends lists we play a lot of the same ones and trade info to mess with them. It makes it a lot more fun! I also played William, but he didn’t ask me for a card.

I have challenged several mentioned on here and have noticed they do not chat unless they initiate the game, or they don’t play back at all. I am only interested in reporting them so WWF gets reports from different sources.

Have a good evening!
Jul 15, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Eghivwekesh
by: Cinnamon

Eghivwekesh goes by the name of Williams J. A nice elderly gent by his photo, if you are in to that sort of thing. He looks like a cuddly uncle.

Never come across such poor English or such stupidity, as declared love instantly then asked for a card. I asked if it was his birthday - yes, he said. I asked if he would prefer puppies or kittens on his card. He says either!

Sent me his email address - username @gmail.com

I left it a day. He got very anxious that he hadn't received my card yet. So I rigged up a new email address & sent him a birthday card. Yes it had a cat on it, & a fish.

He says how can he use it on itunes. Well, I say, it is a birthday card, so you can't. He starts saying I don't love him (true) & can I now send a £50 itunes card.

Reported & blocked.
Jul 14, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Chrisjamea7
by: Anonymous

He just asked if we can talk somewhere else. I suggested google hangouts (I know they love that lol). Gonna play him a long a bit. Told him I won the lottery 2 years ago and I took early retirement bc of my winnings haha
Jul 14, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Widowed
by: Anonymous

I have a guy today that has his name listed as Widowed. He hasn't talked to me yet, but i can guess how it's going to go. LOL
Jul 13, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Off shore oil worker Richard Roll
by: Anonymous

He was a widower and has a 15 year old son in a boarding school in Scotland. He was from Ullapool and even gave me an address. He wanted me to chat with his son and then today his son asked for a money card for games. When I refused Richard said I didn’t care about his son. I told him he just verified the fraud I thought he was. Lol We are still chatting, waiting to see what he wants next. Lol
Jul 13, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Peter Armstrong caught out
by: Anonymous

So I caught Peter Armstrong out. I created a fake google hangouts and he instantly tried to call me on it. I didn’t pick up. He then called ME a scammer from Nigeria and "I should practice my English because U K don’t speak that way". Then told me to go to hell. Haha
Jul 13, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Richardbricks421
by: Anonymous

He is using Juan Solers picture. He started a game and immediately messaged me. I replied Hola Juan que tal? He ignored my question and asked may I know you? I then said nope and he disappeared.
Jul 13, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Is he back?!?
by: Maptokyo

Chrisjamesa6 from taxes sounds a lot like our group favorite Stave lee!!
Jul 13, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Same man?
by: Cinnamon

Weirdest thing - I was flicking through my opponents & realised that 2 of them seem to be the same man, but different pictures.

Baadshaho T & Bradschaeffer7799

Neither are playing or chatting, but I think I have found someone with 2 profiles, using either his own picture of the same mans picture in each profile.

I think I found the latter here.
Jul 13, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Tedd Jones
by: Anonymous

Claims to be an architect from Alabama with 2 kids. He will try to get you to lend him money for a contract he got in Canada but they won't pay for his flight and hotel in canada. Took him awhile to finally ask for the money.

He posts picks of his designs that are from some Indian website. These guys are relentless. I play along long enough to snag them and then block them.

Do not give them any real information.
Jul 13, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re Tom Ernsting.
by: Cinnamon

No, not my cousin (sadly!)

Just chatted with a guy called Barrycarlos499.
I asked if he was Spanish with a name like Carlos & he said he was. Told him my Husband is too & asked where in Spain he is from. He says near to the Rodney Memorial. Which is in Spanish Town, Jamaica!

So I asked him if he was in Spain, Jamaica or Nigeria (which they have now deemed a swear word and *** out!) He admits he is from Nigeria then accuses ME of catfishing because I was trying to get personal info from him.

Ended up with him calling me some weird names like Goat & Money Head, so I have reported him.

If you play this guy tell him you know he is from Nigeria because he told your friend so :-)
Jul 13, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Peter Armstrong . Chrisjamea6
by: Anonymous

I believe these are both scammers. Peter said he’s a widow with a 16 yr old daughter. He’s from California but is in Canada working on an oil rig. He’s now asked for google hangouts. I’ve created a fake account and I’m going to see what he tries to get from me

Chris says he’s American. I asked what state and he replied "Taxes". I’m assuming he means Texas lol
Jul 11, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re: John Barrowman
by: Anonymous

Cinnamon - is your cousin Tom Ernsting? I fell for a guy using his pic. We emailed a few times and he sent me pics from Tom’s Instagram.

His name is Steven West or Stevenwest2001.
Jul 11, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Scott H
by: Anonymous

scottharry5153

Just tried opening chat - did reverse image and 37 different scams against him!

Record 😂
Jul 11, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re John Barrowman
by: Cinnamon

It would have been great to have his player name so we could add him & ask too. I once came across Paul Hollywood playing WWF - called himself something totally different though!

A cousin of mine is a male model very much in the mould of a lot of these profiles - older, grey hipster beard, gorgeous.....I am dying to see his photo pop up one day :-)
Jul 11, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Cutiss Walker
by: Anonymous

Image is a nice dressed classy looking guy in a car. There are several user names he uses. Will scam you over to telegram or hangouts and ask for a steam card.

User names are Cutiss walker, cutiss33, cutiss44, Cutiss55, cutiss66, cutiss77. Beware!!
Jul 10, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Beware of this Username Militaryplatform103@gmail.com
by: Lor

Red flag scammer who plays on WWF. His username on the game is Militaryplatform103@gmail.com, He is so smart on that word app. The name he told me was Sgt. Gerald Rodriguez without knowing he was looking for a catfish. He will chat at you and wants to move to Hangout. He said he is in the military and deployed in Syria. I had a quick video call with him as he said he was on a duty post and got caught. Lol.

He makes you feel in love with his words and then later on he went on a mission and they won and only few of them survived. Then he told me there are Millions and gold bars they found where they had their mission and said the military officers decided to share the money and the gold bars with the survivors and luckily he was one of those survivors.

Then telling me he will send his share to me as he doesn't have any family now except his 6 years old Son name Alex at home care, Texas. He said he sent his 2.1 Millions and the gold to me and even showed me in the video call just to show me that it is real and i know what’s in it when it arrives to me.

And that was Rev. father who showed me and mailed it to us as he said he was the only one who can go out of the camp as he was also injured from the mission. Then a day after I got mail from a private courier saying it will be in transit, and then got put on hold at the Dubai international airport for customs tax.

Then telling me there is customs tax because of what they’ve found inside the suitcase and the charged was $58k and I need to pay it urgently or they will sue him for laundering money and for not declaring what’s inside of the suitcase. I was like worrying about it as i love him. But the other side of my mind is like saying something fishy about it, and that Sgt.Gerald trying to push me to do anything and so he said that’s our future money and we can’t afford to lose that money inside. He was pushing me to find a way or get a loan and etc. And I am glad God gives me wisdom or else I will be in trouble and in debt.

He no longer talked to me after I refused him and that I can’t help him for that. Whatever love he said to me faded away so quick. Lol
Jul 10, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Woodshawn164
by: Anonymous

Shawn just deleted me because I would not do hangouts.

From philly, widowed, son in boarding school and he is working in the Cyprus sea. 🙁🙁
Jul 10, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		John Barrowman
by: Anonymous

I have just played a male using the photo of John Barrowman who is a well known actor and personality in the UK. I played along for a while until he asked to go to hangout then I said I would if he told me his real name. He said..Bye..but not before I blocked and reported him. What a joker!
Jul 10, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		This weeks work
by: Cinnamon

This week I have had a good few accounts deleted after I have reported them, which is a VERY good thing. A few of my ongoing games, & those still to be removed are:

ItzG141 - Uses a picture of the model Brian Newman, & sends long, long, looooooong 'romantic' messages about Karma & spirit. One message took 6 screenshots to get it all in. I have told him I have Whatsapped him & the fact he has not got my message is driving him mad. I have not Whatsapped him.

Jameseugene191 - Another copy & paste smooth talker.

Wellington B - I have told him that Wellington is a very unusual name for a non African man. He says he is NOT African. He is.....

Eghivwekesh - Declared instant love within 3 minutes of chat. Ridiculous.

Pamssteve - Says his name is Steve Pam. Ignored me when I asked about the extra S in his name. Restarted the game 12 times after our game ended & I kept declining them. Very upset with me.

Jacksonsmith102 - Says he is from Iceland, so speaking to him in Norweigian. Responded to the Norwegian in perfect Norwegian but says he was speaking in 'icelandish!'

Williamphilip08081 - A cheat, who happily admits to cheating. Very basic English, but plays long, complicated words.

Am in love with jehovah - Couldn't resist with a name like that. He found me on Lightning rounds & opened by saying how much the words I played impressed him. But he was on the other team.

Brownscott354 - Another Lightning Round guy. He scored under 20 in that game but charged in with 3 Bingos straight off in our game. Called him out for cheating which he denied - asked me to get Hangouts so he could prove he wasn't a WWF cheat. Nope.
Jul 09, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Whoosh
by: Maptokyo

Karl is gone! I didn’t even send my proof, he must have been prolific. Playing Stefanholland70 his profile said Wisconsin. I said hello cheesehead. He replied he was really from Minnesota but didn’t want anyone knowing his business.

I fished that I totally agree. It is very strange how people on here want to know your whole life story in the first 10 minutes and what a pleasure it was playing someone who didn’t want to know anything about me, just enjoy the game. He is now flustered. Cannot ask me anything.....
Jul 09, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Yandex images
by: Anonymous

Go to Yandex images and look for the camera upper right hand corner inside the yellow search box. Click on that and then hit images. Screen shot the guy from WWF. Upload his picture here- and wala- you will generally see many "looks like" fraud photos.

So for instance - Luis (ls7448778) has a picture of a guy pointing to a book. Dummy Luis doesn’t realize that this is a picture of David Arvin the author of the book in the picture . It’s hilarious- he told me he had to use a different user name to disguise himself 😂😂 let me know if this works for you.

I hope you weren’t scammed bad.
Jul 09, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Reply to cos
by: Maptokyo

Google Yandex and when their page loads there is an empty bar field with a camera icon in the right corner. Click on it. It will ask you to upload a photo. Have it already in your library. It may ask you to crop. Hit submit and it will search.

I came back here just now to report I had to Yandex myself. A non scammer friend player asked if I had a second account. He saw an account with my picture on it. I found it, zyngawf_11032455 if you are curious. It is my Facebook profile pic and the pic that is on my google account.

I very briefly went onto hangouts to see what the fuss was about and one of our friends copied my picture. I challenged myself, however I haven’t played in a while. I sent copies to support so hopefully I will not be on there long. Another good reason to never go to hangouts. I came back negative on Yandex btw.
Jul 09, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Same old
by: Maptokyo