{"id":14422,"date":"2021-11-23T17:16:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T01:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/blog\/?p=14422"},"modified":"2022-01-24T15:04:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T23:04:34","slug":"catfish-files-terrys-scammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/catfish-files-terrys-scammer\/","title":{"rendered":"Catfish Files: Terry’s Scammer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Terry is a woman who lost $20,000 in a romance scam. She fell in love with someone named James who claimed to be an oil rig worker off the coast of Califonia.<\/span><\/p>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/unnamed-1.jpeg” panorama=”off” align=”center” lightbox=”on” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

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The breakdown<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

The very first red flag, in this case, is James\u2019s occupation. Scammers often claim to be oil rig workers because it provides a perfect excuse for why they can\u2019t engage in certain activities. For instance, Terry aid that James told her that he can\u2019t call her because \u201cthe static would make the oil rig blow up\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Insights from the victim<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

Terry told us that she is highly suspicious of James, and she has been for some time, but she was unable to let go because James was so romantic and she made her feel like no man ever has. Terry was looking for confirmation. She needed just enough information to be able to walk away if she had the strength to.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

There were a couple of signs in our interview with Terry that we know we could explore to be able to get her the answers she was looking for.<\/span><\/p>\n\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Fake-pass-port.jpg” panorama=”off” align=”center” lightbox=”on” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

First, James claimed that his passport was expired and he was stuck on the oil rig. Because of this, Terry would have to take care of him financially. First, he wouldn\u2019t have been able to travel to a foreign country without his passport. <\/span>He said because he lost his passport, he would have to hire a police escort to take him around the country. The problem with this is, he would have never been able to leave the country without a valid passport.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

What James Claimed Was His Immigration Document<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/unnamed-3.png” panorama=”off” align=”center” lightbox=”on” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

There are a few red flags here. First, the signature doesn\u2019t match his name. Second, there is no such thing as an agency called the \u201cDiplomatic Service Authority\u201d that appears as the issuer of this \u201cofficial document\u201d. The closest agency that resembles this one is \u201cThe Diplomatic Service Office\u201d. It seems as though someone tried to forage this document and got confused.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Lastly, the document makes reference to the \u201cFRO\u201d which stands for Foreign Registration Office, which is an organization that appears to only exist in India.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Who Is The man in the Photos?<\/b><\/h2>\n

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We had difficulty determining who exactly is the man in the photos. Among other things, this is because the scammer seemed to have altered the images.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-23-at-4.55.28-PM.jpg” panorama=”off” align=”center” lightbox=”on” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

This Lysol can in this photo seems to have been inserted via photoshop. This makes it difficult for reverse image search technology to be able to identify the original image. Although we were not able to find the original man in the photos, we can confidently conclude that James is not a real person and that Terry is the victim of a scam.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Don’t be a Victim<\/h2>\n

At Social Catfish, we give you the tools to be able to search anyone online. do a search on any image, username, phone number, or email address to find the truth about the person you’re talking to.<\/p>\n

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