Who wouldn’t trust someone in the military! Unfortunately, victims who received this photo were speaking with a scammer! Military Man with Child!Īs if it wasn’t bad enough to trick an innocent person into falling in love with you, many Nigerian scammers send photographs that include children. In reality, they are talking to a Nigerian scammer and the person photographed had no idea his photos were stolen! Military Man This photo has been stolen and used by scammers, to trick women into thinking they are talking to the man in the photograph. If you were ever warned not to trust strangers with candy, the same applies to this good-looking gentleman. Pinterest users have also begun posting images of the top scammers they’ve encountered. If you’ve been scammed, let us know in the comments below. Social Catfish users frequently share scammer photos in our blogs, social media accounts, and more. Victims of Nigerian scammers are beginning to band together and share the fake images they were tricked by. The loving emails they send are copied, pasted, and sent to numerous people. While you may feel close to the scammer and want to believe what they tell you, Nigerian scammers trick multiple people at once, and you mean nothing to them. If this happens to you, a Nigerian scammer may ask for a loan (that they never intend on paying back), a gift card, use of your bank account, or another type of financial help.
Victims feel compelled to assist since the person they have been messaging sounds honest and claims that they want to be with them “forever”. They will fabricate a financial disaster that tugs at your heartstrings. The critical component is that they will suddenly need the financial help of some kind. They could claim they are deployed in the army, working on an oil rig, a student, traveling abroad, or an international businessperson. They will pretend they are falling in love with you and invent a (fake!) backstory.Īfter courting you online with frequent messages and other types of communication, they will ask you for a favor. Nigerian scams occur when someone living in Nigeria or another foreign country, pretends to be an American citizen looking for love and connection online. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center ( IC3), romance scammers participate in confidence fraud and create more financial loss than other online crimes. Nigerian romance scams are no laughing matter.