A woman has shared her encounter with a love scammer on social media. She also hopes that by sharing her experience, it will serve as a warning to other ladies out there to prevent being scammed.
According to her post, the scammer portraits himself as “Fang William” aged 37 years old and 170 cm tall. Both met on a dating app called “Paktor” in Sep 2020. The man claimed that he is born a mixed (Korean mix Taiwanese Parentage). He does not have any sibling and had a 4-year-old son. His wife has passed on during the birth of his son.
It is said that the man started addressing her as “Sugar”, “Honey”, “Baby”, “Dear” since they started chatting. However, he is always not willing to engage in a video call with her when requested.
The woman later found that the man profile was fake and photos that he used were mainly extracted for Instagram. The scammer later asked the woman for her help to transfer him EUR$1,500 as his card was blocked by the bank and he was urgently in need to purchase materials for his project in Germany.
Full story here:
“Matched with Fang William, 37 years old 170cm thru Paktor app in Sep 2020. His LINE ID as fang_william. Claimed to be staying in Dallas Texas USA, born of Korean and Taiwanese mixed parentage. Parents had passed on and with NO siblings. Had a 4-year-old son named Billy. Wife passed on during childbirth.
Switched to chat on LINE app on the same day we chatted on Paktor. Voice call on that same day via LINE to chat. Speaks English and no trace of Chinese nor Korean accent at all in his speech, more like a Caucasian accent. His occupation is a Construction Engineer in the Telecommunications industry.
Started addressing me “Sugar”, “Honey”, “Baby”, “Dear” Very reluctant to do video call (red flag).
Texted every day without fail almost at the same timing, every morning and night. One month into the chat, said we were together for a month now. Days later, said he was bidding for a contract and will need to fly out to Germany for 3 weeks to complete the project. Got the project in just 2 days, competing with 3 other individuals and got it due to his past good works with the client. At this juncture, I had discovered that he’s using fake profile pics and the pics he sent were all extracted from IG. The real person behind those pics is a successful good looking Korean man residing in Korea.
Flew to Germany on 04 Nov 2020. Followed the timing in Germany to send his texts promptly. Stayed in a hotel in Germany and no lockdown in Germany. There’s no truth in his words.
1 week in Germany as I was asked to transfer monies of EURO 1500 to him as his card was blocked and insufficient cash on hand to buy material in Germany. No monies were lost at my end.
Ladies, be extra cautious when you come across scammers through dating apps. Do a Google image reverse search and pay attention to the details on their given pics to pick up clues to search for more information on the web regarding that person.
Bank Details to transfer the monies:
Name: theophilus Marfo
Bank name: Sparkasse bank
Destination of bank transfer: Germany”