I was contacted two days ago on Plenty of Fish by a guy that said his name is Benjamin Whitehead - the civil engineering story came up - dead wife, teenage daughter, contractor ---
Just wanted to warn people that he is still out there using this name & the same story. I figured it out as soon as he sent me an unbelievably long e mail with his life story, DOB, parents info (both dead, of course) & the spelling & grammar bad.
Watch out! What appears too good to be true, is always too good to be true.

PLEASE beware of a guy calling himself "JOHN LANDIS" as Cynthia mentioned, a guy going by "BENJAMIN WHITEHEAD", and man going by "TIMOTHY WOODS".  All three of these men claim to be civil engineers, claim to have lost their wives in car accidents, and claim to have relocated to start new lives.  They are not who they claim to be and are obviously trying to run some sort of scam.  The have or have had profiles on Match.com.  JOHN and TIMOTHY deleted their profiles immediately.  Their stories don't add up and their grammar is attrocious which is a huge flag considering they are supposedly educated men.

Eat it.

Wht about a David Walton. I don't even know how he got my #. All of the sudden I'm getting txts from kia_found@yahoo.com saying i will be sent 963.50 and then need to take 10% and send the rest to a Kathy Eskew in TX. Is this a scam or is this for real. If the $ is for kids in other countries why am i sending it to someone else here in the states. Also, what should I do with this money order for nearly 1,000 bucks!?

Yeah, this Lady named Jackie Wrafter tried the same with me

In my case he called himself Harry Westwood and wanted to "buy" a piece of my artwork.  As soon as I got the second email, I knew he was a fraud as the spelling was atrocious. I have been playing along and sure enough, he sent me a check for $3,300 from a OB/GYN clinic in Georgia (the piece is $300).  I called the bank and though guarded told me NOT to try to cash the check.  Nevertheless, I emailed him and said I had deposited it (actually I shredded it) and asked for more instructions.  Unfortunately for me, the fool called me at 5:30 this morning, so I just hung up.  I think I'll play him a bit further and then turn it all over to the FBI for interstate fraud.

this man sent me a check for $4,850.00, and i called the bank and they said it was bogus now this man keeps calling me asking y i havent cashed the check but he is a very impressive scam artist and somone should try to catch him this is sad and pathetic he is using the name rose brown on yahoo.com beaware

the first email address that you gave me is jamesford11140@yahoo.com, then told me that he stole his identity, which bloquiara, then gave me this, jamesford222@yahoo.com, and also that I said that if bloquiara alguin tells me there was not much to respond to someone who used their stolen your ID and now as my enamodo supuestaente this, create a especialpara the two, which is buffered lauramiamor@yohoo.com accept it.

this guy called James Ford design, with two children and a widower, came up to me as a friend request on univision.com, accepting a rare thing in me, I have creadaesa page to speak with a premium there, speaking profile a desent man, but not, I have a few weeks talking with him, according to the importer of cars, and you stay to your credit card at home and NEED TO money to return home and pay the tax due to that country (Africa), wanted me to sell my car paar qu help him, because he can not leave the country.

and there are several complaints about it, very few variants.
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The other number I have of your home and have reported this is the number you can call this scammer 415-987-4068.

I received a phone call from this number ...he would not say his name only that he was a friend of John Landis that I met on Match.com and he was trying to get John home to Pittsburgh. Prior to this phone call from this number I was scammed out of 3100.00 by a person saying his name was John Landis that I met on Match.com.   I chatted with him for a couple of weeks and he claimed he was a civil engineer living in Pittsburgh and working in London, UK..and made me feel that he was in love with me and he would be home after 4 weeks of working in London....After I fell for him he told me he needed to get money to get home to Pittsburgh because he was mugged and they took his money....I was stupid enought to fall for it and lost 3,100.00. He was very good about saying all the right things to get me hooked This is pure evil and I told them they are going to get tortured in helll for what they are doing to people!  These people are professionals scammers. Don't be fooled like I was.

He found me in Match.com and email me his number, then we started texting. He say his name is Steve, screen name searchingmood122. Like you said to good to be true, he hasn't said anything wrong but I been in the site long enough to pick up the scammers, usually contractors, doing work overseas, divorce 2 kids. Like I said to good to be true. I enter his number in google and here I am. there are pictures in his profile but more than likely is not him. I will report him right away.

Thank you and be safe

I chatted to him on adam 4 adam...his profile said tampa palms...he told me he was in miami...phone is from sf....i figured it ouy when things dident add up ....to good to be true....b ware...said his name was sean      @  sseangates@yahoo.com..............then it was woodgates..........a pic he sent said nick....

TAMPA BAY ,  FLORIDA...........LOOK OUT......

Got a call from a guy called Sean woodgates

YES HE IS A CON MAN HE GOT ME TOO! I WENT TO MY BANK FOUN OUT THE CHECK WAS NO GOOD NO IM OUT 200 DOLLARS HAVE CLOSE MY ACCOUNT AND OPEN A NEW ONE PEOPLE ARE SO EVIL THESE DAYS. BUT MOST OF ALL IM MAD ATMYSELF FOR FALLING FOR IT!

This fool is I believe to be a con man claiming to be from the Kianh foundation using the name John Williams and the email account john.williams11@yahoo.com he got me for $200 people so dont think it cant happen to you.