It is not me, someone has stolen my pictures

I have been in " a relationship" with a woman living in Ghana. I have sent her money and I have called her a scammer. I have broken the "relationship" several times, but she always comes back and says that she loves me. I have found several reports about her on different sites saysing she is a scammer. A lot of what is written in these reports is the same as what has happened to me. But the woman still says that the reports are about somebopdy else because her pictures has been stolen. She is a former model.

During our relationship I have got strong feelings for her and I have tried to help her with a lot of money. If I am wrong, I would feel guilty.

I hope that some readers of this forum can give me some kind of advice what to do.

I hate to be blunt about this, but you are describing a bog-standard scammer. There aren't any former models sitting in Ghana waiting for an online romance to come save them.

The photos are undoubtedly of a model or a porn actress like Raven Riley--but the scammer has stolen those photos. The scammer denies it and claims to love you for one reason only--he (and the truth is, the person writing the emails is more likely a male, even if he has a female handling phone calls) wants to keep you on the hook so that you send more money.

This is a business to scammers. Their victims are not people to them--they are simply sources of money to be manipulated in whatever way is necessary to get that money. They don't care who they hurt, or how much harm they do. All they care about is getting money, and they will say whatever it takes to get that money. They will claim innocence for so long that you may be tempted to believe them (which is why they do it). When you get really angry, they may stop asking for money, and continuously tell you how much they love you. Sometimes they even admit they aren't the person in the picture, and send you different pictures (which are also stolen) of their "real" selves. All of these tactics are common, and they are nothing more than manipulation, aimed at putting you into a position in which they can get you to send money again.

Drop this scammer now. Post "her" email address and letters here, and we can undoubtedly point out the African English, the standard scripts, etc.

I apologize for being harsh, but I am going to be very blunt here, as I believe it is necessary after looking at your past posts. I am assuming this is the same scammer you posted in the past. It appears you have ignored past advice and have remained in contact with this scammer, holding on to artificial hope that "she" is real. I assume this is the same scammer using photos of Josie Ann Miller (who, incidentally, is Canadian and just turned 28 years old - she is not 30) who you reported before.

Just to be extremely clear: you are not now, and have never been, in contact with the real Josie Ann Miller. The real Josie Ann Miller has nothing whatsoever to do with the African scammer contacting you.

Webcam can be faked. Scammers use porn models/actresses because they can take video of those models and they can edit it to create their fake webcam. They can even make it look like they are actually doing certain things when you ask them to. With the right software, it is really easy to do.

In reality:
-An African scammer signed up for a bunch of porn sites (most likely using a stolen credit card) and downloaded a ton of photos and videos of Josie Ann Miller.
-The scammer then took those videos, and using software designed for the purpose, created some bogus webcam, ready to use whenever needed.
-He lined up a female accomplice to handle phone calls, or got himself a soundboard or voice changer.
-He set up multiple profiles on dating sites, using different names and Josie's photos.
-He then started a typical African scam, with the same romantic emails, lies, stories, and reasons for needing money we have seen from hundreds of other African scammers.
-When his victim is in doubt, he plays the fake webcam card, throws in some more photos (again he already has a large collection, and once again declares his undying love for the victim.

You can see the same tactics, including webcam, with another name
http://www.internet-love-scams.org/forums/showthread.php?p=124803

There is no relationship. Nobody is ever coming to see you. The real Josie doesn't even know you exist. By remaining in contact with this scammer, you are allowing him to manipulate and control you. You are also keeping yourself from moving on with your life and possibly finding a real relationship that could make you happy.

You need to drop all contact with this scammer NOW. No more "what if's", no more doubts, no more maybes. If it makes you feel better, forward "her" emails to me (email address below) and I will point out some of the hundreds of things in the writing that will tell us that the author is an African, not a Canadian woman who is temporarily in Africa. Also make sure you read the information for victims in my signature line.

Any money you sent is lost. Get out of this before the scammer gets more from you. Only after you make a clean break will you be able to heal and move on.

Hi Viking,

As Dotti said everything you posted is the typical signs of a romance scammer. I can tell from your post you are clinging on to the hope this is not the case. Yet I think you know it is the truth. You are hoping someone will tell you this person is real. I'm sorry to say that will not happen. This scammer has manipulated you with lies every step of the way and will continue to do so to steal as much money as the scammer can from you.


You need to stop communicating with the scammer now. There is no sense in confronting the scammer as you have seen he (sorry but that is the case 99% of the time) will only tell more lies. It's going to take time to get over the emotional damage this criminal has caused you. The sooner you accept it the sooner you can move on and begin the healing process.

If you need any help we are here but we really hope you will take our advice this time. Continuing a relationship with the scammer only prolongs your agony and puts your money in the hands of a lying criminal.


Justin

This is an email I got from this woman. She claims her real name is Blssing Okoh and she lives in Accra, Ghana. I have sent a lot of money to her in the name of Blessing Okoh.

She is on the websites called Cupid and Girls date for free under the name of FAITH71638 avd VIVIANA444444.

after chatting with you tonight i decide to email you before i sleep Erik my darling to be quite honest with you i have loved you so much in way way that i think about you all day....... i am now facing shame every where because i have told many people that i will soon be living to uk. and i have been honest to you since we meet but i do not want to explain much but all i want you to do for me now to to help me and get this money for me to live this country. i do not have any other plan than to be with you and to be happy with you. till now the bank manager refuse to pick my call i am really confused please my darling oi want you to email the manager and explain thing to him as a man to receive the transfer even without me going to the bank before they transfer the money.... please my love i am facing a lot here and you are the only one i have to help me in this case i believe that the money will be transferred to you this week if we pay the charges. i have told you that I HAVE NO OTHER PLAN THAN TO LIVE WITH YOU.. please darling if you really love me help me and get this money out for me and let me live this country completely and never to come back, if not so i will drop a written not with your number to my friend and they will tell you.


blessing

100% a west African scammer! There are so many things to point out. I will not go into every detail but trust me when I say I deal with scammers everyday and can tell just by the way someone writes if they are a scammer. I would bet the farm on the fact you are communicating with a scammer.

Please do take our advice and stop all comminications. Maintaining communication will only make you poorer him richer and continue to cause you emotional damage. I know it's hard to believe that someone your thought you were in love with is nothing more than a low life scammer trying to rob you blind but that is the truth. Accepting this and moving on as painful as that may seem now is the only answer.

You will do the rest of the world a great service by posting all of the scammers details here. It will help someone else avoid going through all that you have.

We still don't have the email addresses you were given by this man. Once I have them I can tell you a lot more about this person and even possibly the emails you had without you publishing them here.
I note you already have 5 names found for this criminal, aside from Blessing,1zzyn and the other two you found, Faith and Viviana. I will be hunting around for your scammer elsewhere and I know I am going to put together a pretty damning portfolio..
http://www.cupid.com/review/profile/1154942482.html

lovel78194 is deciding on her short introduction
I am in the mood for anything that you may suggest
I am a 31 year old female seeking a male.
I am from United States, Texas, Italy.

The above is Josie Ann Miller, Age 19, and her website states clearly that she is not on any dating sites.

Here is another liar to look at. Uses the same stolen pics. OP I expect you have seen these before?
http://www.facebook.com/jenny.luwis

I thank you for all the support you have given me. Here is the email and telephone number she has given me:

Mobile: +233 540 884 335
E-mail: [email protected]

She has also asked me to send her a lot of money for "reactivation" of her late fathers bank account. I have received an email from "the bank manager", but this seems very strange to me. The bank is ECObank, this bank has its own website and I believe it is a real bank. The have got several emailsadresses all ending with @ecobank.com

The emailadress I got from "the bank manager" is "ecogroup ecobank" <[email protected]> This seems strange to me.

I would also like to inform you that I have sent a letter, not email, to the adress that is on Josies website asking her to confirm that she is still living in Canada. I wrote about the scammer.

The person in Ghana is still texting me and wants to chat. She says she in very much in love with me and she hopes that I will give her a chance to prove that she is real, not a scammer. After all I have read about this person, I see that there is just ONE percent chance that she is telling the truth.

The bank details are just more lies! The email address ends in superposta.com please google that and see all the scam results. That is a Turkish email provider not a bank.


The bank is real but the email address should end in @ecobank.com not superposta.com. The "banker" is just the scammer playing another character. He is just pretending to be from the real bank. Please post the other "bank" email addresses.

After all I have read about this person, I see that there is just ONE percent chance that she is telling the truth.

No, there is ZERO percent.

People from different areas of the world write English differently. Even when English is a second language, the types of mistakes are different for different areas. The writing of the letter you posted is 100% African English. It was not written by a Canadian, or anybody from Europe. It was written by an African. Certain phrases, the types of verb tense mistakes, the capitalization issues all tell me that the author is African.

The actual content, and the guilt/love approach are also bog-standard African scammer.

I'm assuming this is the link you mentioned earlier where you saw "her" details posted
http://www.stopscammers.com/scammer.asp?id=6916

"Her" email address you posted is amongst the ones this scammer has used. Googling the email address takes you directly there.

I have finally found the TRUTH. The scammer says she is still in love with me, but the night before she told me to f... off! I have received a lot of emails from "the bank" The email adress ended with @superposta.com.

This morning I called the bank in Ghana, and they told me that the emails I have received were all fake.

THis is the final prove I needed. She is a scammer, but she still tells me she loves me. hahaha

I would like to say a BIG thank you to all the people at scamwarners for helping me.

We already told you all this and it didn't cost money on phone calls. I hope you block this criminal and abstain from further contact and move on. Please learn how to check email headers and where mail comes from. Carry out Image searches in Google and here for email addresses http://www.romancescam.com/results.php and Google.
If you see Western Union mentioned, or Moneygram and other money transactions, then leg it as fast as you can.
You see, a scam is to get money, and if you don't send it then you are safe and unscammed. This site runs on the fact that people are asked for money by these methods, or are about to send it, or have sent it and we would all be bored to tears and take up paint drying instead if they didn't.
With some luck, now we will never have to hear from you again!

Hi Viking!
I'm happy to see that you now know that Blessing Okoh is a lying scammer. A criminal, whose only purpose was to steal money from you.I'm sorry that you lost money and that "she" hurt your heart. Thank you for sharing your story here, and for these important details that you've posted, for other potential victims to find.
Mobile: +233 540 884 335
E-mail: [email protected]

I wish you the best of luck in meeting a special, real person.