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  • Posted By: Anonymous
  • Submitted: 04/17/2011
  • Severity: 10
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Gary A. Johnson

Watch out for Axelle

Branford, Connecticut, 06405

These photos i believe do not belong to the scammer. . I do not know who they belong to. I met the scammer on match.com in March of 2011. He told me he was a jeweler and could not meet me for three weeks because he was working on a set of jewels for a client that was getting married. This was ok because I had some personal business to take care of that was pressing. He claimed to be a widower that lost his wife and child in a car accident in Atlanta while he was in Paris seeing his mother. He claimed to be half American and half French. He sounded like a black man and when I questioned him he said that he grew up in Paris and his best friend was African. He told me from the beginning that he had applied to export gold from several countries and was awaiting response from some mines. He told me that he got an invitation to go to Ghana and headed off supposedly March 20th and emailed me his phone number and contact information on March 21st. This guy is very good scammer and I caution you ladies to watch out for this I am a jeweler and I am buying gold bars and diamonds to sell either in the states or Europe. The final straw for me was that he was supposed to be back in the states last weekend and I got a call from a fake doctor that Gary was in a car accident and unconscious. When I called the US Embassy and they told me of the dating scams I told the doctor that I was going to Ghana and that the embassy folks were coming to check on Gary. Well suddenly Gary was not unconscious and he called me and told me to calm down and he was going to be on a plane back to the states the next day. and that he owed the hospital bill and had no money to pay it. I told him to rot in Ghana. We went back and forth and I told him that he was an internet scammer and he did nothing but lie to me. Found out he was kicked off of match.com after we were in contact and that he paid for the roses he sent me with a stolen credit card. Ladies we may be vulnerable but NEVER SEND A STRANGER MONEY, NO MATTER HOW CONVINCING THEY MAY SOUND. If you have any information on this scammer, please respond.

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Who Scammed You Commenter
  • 12345
  • Submitted: 04/29/2011
Thanks for your post. You saved one of my friends from wasting time on this creep.
Tell me when he tried this and was it the same scheme?
What dating site was it?
Who Scammed You Commenter
  • 12345
  • Submitted: 04/30/2011
It was match.com. Exactly the same scam, didn't get very far. In part beside of your post. She confronted him and he's gone now. Looking for a new fake identity I imagine. Thanks again
What was his name on match? Same photos?
Who Scammed You Commenter
  • 12345
  • Submitted: 04/30/2011
Same scam this week on match.com. He was confronted I imagine he's has a new Id by now.
Who Scammed You Commenter
  • 12345
  • Submitted: 04/30/2011
Name and photo were the same. Story the same also
My question really is what handle did he use? He did not use Gary A. Johnson. What did he call himself. Asking for a really good reason

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