And again there are warnings on Facebook and WhatsApp about Johnny Williams, who contacts women in order to end up cheating on them. We explain what this is all about.
The warning about Johnny Williams may not be completely unfounded, but it is questionable whether the profile in question still operates under the name Johnny Williams. This is a warning that is distributed on Facebook in the form of status messages. This is the following message:
Good morning. Can you warn the girls on your site not to accept a friend request from Johnny Williams. He is a scammer and tries to contact women through your profile.
or
Please do not accept a friend request from Johnny Williams. He is a scammer and is trying to contact women through your profile.
The content originally came from English-speaking countries and read:
Good morning Can you even warn the girls on your site not to accept a friend request from a Johnny Williams. He's a scammer and tries to contact women through your profile.
Should this warning be taken seriously?
There are always dubious “hacker warnings” on Facebook, such as “ Ute Lehr ” and “ Paolo Tizzanini ”. You should also not accept friend requests here. However, these status posts contained false content and chain letters . However, the situation looks a little different when it comes to the warning about Johnny Williams, because it is very likely that it was a “romance scammer” and therefore not a fake!
What does romance scam (love scam) actually mean?
Great love is promised here. This form is associated with particularly high emotional stress and has only one goal: to take the money out of your “loved one’s” pocket.
Fraudsters use fake profiles and stolen photos to establish contact with victims on online dating sites or social networks such as Facebook. At first they are wrapped around their little fingers with attention, kindness and other charming tricks. Once they have established a friendship or a potential romantic relationship, they take it a step further.
They pretend to need money for a specific thing (usually emotional content, such as money for an important operation, stolen suitcases and passports, unpaid wages, etc.) and have a good chance of getting the money they ask for from the virtual “partner”. , as they are already emotionally attached at this point.
The false identity scam is also popular.
The scammer poses as an American soldier deployed abroad and pretends that this will not allow him to get his private money. The victim is supposed to kindly transfer money via Western Union or MoneyGram with the promise that they will get it back as quickly as possible.
What's particularly perfidious is that they sometimes make phone calls to the victim in order to make the personal bond even closer. Skype or prepaid cell phones are used here, where it is no longer possible to trace who the owner is.
Clues can be:
- attract with a personal meeting
- got into an emergency through no fault of his own
- When payment has been made, he asks for money again and postpones the meeting
Result:
Never transfer money to someone you have never met or seen in person! Internet acquaintances who over time ask for money or make other demands are always suspicious. Your gut feeling usually tells you right from the start if something has a dubious aftertaste.
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