⚠️ THE SAME PHOTOS DO NOT MEAN THE SAME SCAMMER

We often see comments such as:

“He is at it again.”

“He has another profile.”

“He is using a different name now.”

But there is something very important everyone needs to understand about romance scams.

One set of stolen photos can be used by MANY scammers at the same time.

When scammers steal someone’s photographs, those pictures can be copied, shared, sold, exchanged and reused over and over again.

That means the same face may appear on dozens—or potentially hundreds—of fake profiles, operated by completely different scammers in different places.

The person in the photographs is NOT the scammer simply because their face keeps appearing.

Think of it as four separate things:

THE REAL PERSON — the innocent person whose photographs were stolen.

THE FAKE IDENTITY — the invented name, occupation, location and life story attached to those photographs.

THE FAKE ACCOUNT — the Facebook, Instagram, dating-site or other account being used.

THE SCAMMER — the person, or sometimes group of people, actually operating the account.

These are NOT the same thing.

One scammer might use those photos and call himself “David.”

Another completely unrelated scammer could use exactly the same photos and call himself “Michael.”

A third might use them as “James,” with an entirely different story.

They can even use similar scripts and excuses because scam material is copied and reused too.

So when you find another fake profile using the same man’s photographs, it does not automatically mean:

❌ “He is back.”

❌ “He changed his name.”

❌ “He has another account.”

❌ “He is scamming again.”

Unless there is evidence connecting the operators, we simply don’t know whether it is the same scammer.

A much more accurate statement is:

✅ “These stolen photos are being used in scams again.”

Words matter.

Saying “he is at it again” can also unintentionally accuse the innocent person pictured—the very person whose identity and photographs are being abused.

A FACE IS NOT A SCAMMER.

Photos identify the person photographed.

They do not identify the person sitting behind the fake account.

ScamHaters United — educating, exposing and helping people understand how scams really work.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

 🚨 SCAM ALERT: RECOVERY SCAMS AFTER ROMANCE SCAMS 🚨

Losing money to a romance scam can be devastating. Unfortunately, the scam may not end when the fake romance ends.

Victims are often targeted again.

These are called recovery scams.

After someone has lost money, they may be contacted by people claiming to be:

• Fund recovery agents

• Investigators or private detectives

• Hackers or cryptocurrency experts

• Lawyers or law enforcement representatives

• Banks or financial investigators

• Government agencies

• Organizations that help scam victims

They may say:

“We found your stolen money.”

“We traced your cryptocurrency.”

“We can recover everything you lost.”

“We arrested the scammer.”

“Your money is waiting to be released.”

Then comes the catch.

They need a fee.

A processing fee.

A tax.

A cryptocurrency payment.

A legal fee.

A wallet activation fee.

A “refundable” deposit.

Whatever they call it, the purpose is the same:

TO GET MORE MONEY FROM THE VICTIM.

⚠️ SCAMMERS ALSO IMPERSONATE SCAMHATERS UNITED

There are fake websites, social media accounts, pages and profiles using the ScamHaters United name, photographs, logos or reputation to make themselves appear legitimate.

A familiar or trusted name does not prove that the person contacting you is really associated with that organization.

Do not trust an account simply because it says “ScamHaters United.”

Do not trust screenshots, testimonials, recovery certificates or photographs of supposed recovered funds.

Do not send money or cryptocurrency to someone claiming they can recover your losses.

And be especially suspicious of anyone who contacts you unexpectedly and says they already know about your scam or have located your money.

🚩 REMEMBER:

If you have already been scammed, your information may be circulated among criminals. They know you have lost money. They know you desperately want it back.

That makes recovery scams particularly cruel — and sometimes very convincing.

Do not let the promise of getting your money back become the beginning of another scam.

Before responding to anyone claiming to represent ScamHaters United, verify that you are communicating with the genuine organization through its established official social media presence.

Please share this warning.

Someone who has just escaped a romance scam may be searching for help right now — and the next scammer may already be waiting for them.

SCAMHATERS UNITED

Education. Awareness. Prevention.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

 Another warning from John J Irwin/JohnnyBleu072

He warns about fake accounts almost monthly, but no one will listen.

He does not randomly contact strangers on social media. He is happily married. He is not on any chat apps. He will not ask for any type of money.

Please stop talking to strangers who randomly contact you. Please stop trying to get the attention of someone you do not personally know, this is what scammers like and will take advantage of the situation.

Please listen to loved ones who try to tell you that you are in a scam.

Only YOU can protect YOURSELF from romance scams.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us.

 Live Chat with Dustin and Sandy

Mostly talking about contacting the real person in the photos and when it crosses over to harassment.

If you need assistance or have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

 Please listen to Ceaser Smith:

PLEASE BE AWARE

I am currently working with police and other relevant authorities regarding fake accounts and scammers impersonating me.

I DO NOT HAVE TELEGRAM.

I DO NOT USE WHATSAPP TO SPEAK TO FANS OR FOLLOWERS.

If someone is claiming to be me on Telegram or WhatsApp, IT IS NOT ME.

These scammers WILL tell you not to believe this message. They’ll make excuses, create stories and give you reasons to keep talking to them.

DON’T.

If I am not speaking to you directly through this verified Instagram account, you are NOT speaking to me.

I will NEVER ask you for money, gift cards, transfers or financial help.

And please, if you know a friend, family member or someone online who believes they are speaking to me, SHOW THEM THIS MESSAGE.

Let them know. Send this to them. They may genuinely believe the person they’re talking to is me, and this warning could stop them from losing money or being hurt.

Please look out for each other. If it’s not this account, it’s not me.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact ScamHaters United.

 Romance scammers often use coercive control, not just deception, to make victims easier to manipulate. The relationship may be fake, but the psychological pressure and resulting harm can be very real.

For ScamHaters United, some of the clearest tactics to educate people about are:

* Isolation: They gradually discourage contact with friends and family, especially anyone questioning the relationship. “They’re jealous of us” or “Don’t tell anyone—they won’t understand.”

* Constant contact and monitoring: Morning-to-night messages can initially feel romantic. Later, the scammer may demand to know where the victim is, why they didn’t answer, or who they were with.

* Creating emotional dependency: Love bombing, pet names, promises of marriage and talk of a shared future can make the scammer seem like the victim’s primary source of affection and reassurance.

* Testing compliance: Requests may begin small—keep something secret, download an app, receive a package, open an account—and escalate once the victim becomes accustomed to complying.

* Punishment and withdrawal: When the victim refuses money or questions inconsistencies, affection can suddenly disappear. The scammer may become angry, cold, accusatory or threaten to end the relationship.

* Guilt and obligation: “If you really loved me, you’d help.” “After everything we’ve been through, how can you abandon me?” Money is reframed as proof of love.

* Manufactured emergencies: Illness, arrests, customs problems, frozen accounts, business crises and travel problems create urgency. The victim is pressured to act emotionally rather than stop and verify.

* Gaslighting: When confronted with contradictions, scammers may deny what happened, change the story or accuse the victim of being distrustful. Over time, this can undermine confidence in the victim’s own judgment.

* Fear and intimidation: Once scammers possess intimate photos, financial information or personal secrets, some move from romance fraud into threats or blackmail.

* Intermittent reinforcement: Affection, conflict, crisis and reconciliation can form a powerful cycle. After frightening or upsetting the victim, the scammer becomes loving again—strengthening the victim’s hope that the earlier relationship has returned.

A particularly important educational point is that the financial request isn’t necessarily the beginning of the scam. By the time substantial money is requested, weeks or months may have been spent establishing attachment, secrecy, obligation and compliance.

That also explains why telling someone, “Obviously it’s a scam—just block them,” may not work. You’re asking them not only to recognize fraud but to break away from a relationship in which someone has deliberately manipulated their emotions, trust and decision-making.

For public awareness messaging, a useful distinction is:

Love bombing creates attachment.

Isolation removes competing voices.

Crisis creates urgency.

Guilt creates obligation.

Control makes saying “no” harder.

Then the scammer asks for money.

And an important message for families is: don’t ridicule the person being targeted. Shame can drive someone further toward the scammer and make the scammer’s claim that “everyone is against us” more convincing. Calmly preserving contact and helping verify claims independently is generally much more constructive.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us. 

ChatGBT/SHU

 #ScamHatersUnited #ScamAwareness #scameducation

 Another warning from John Noble, AKA JDaddy74

He is on social media to have fun. John is not on any chat apps, nor does he give out his phone number. He is not looking for a relationship, he is taken. 

John has warned about fake accounts many times. When will people listen?

Social media is not a dating site. Only YOU can protect YOURSELF against fraud. Learn how to be safe. 

We thank those that to warn the public about fake accounts. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. 

 Please listen to Alejandro Sepulveda. It is in Spanish.

Hi everyone. You keep sending me messages saying you’re seeing fake accounts sending friend requests—both here on Instagram and across the whole Meta/Facebook group, as well as on other sites I don't even know and where I don't have accounts. Yet, so many of you keep writing to ask if I’m the one creating those profiles and sending those requests. I think I’ve said this many times: it isn't me—they are fake accounts. They’re mostly people from Nigeria running scams; they steal my photos and use them to defraud people. So, please be extremely careful! I’ve said it often: I only have this IG account (plus a backup account listed on my profile), a Facebook account, and a Threads account—and everything I post on IG automatically posts to all of them. I don't actually log into those other platforms; I only use IG, which is why I often don't see messages sent to me there. BUT IN ANY CASE, IT ISN'T ME—PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL! There are so many fake profiles out there; I often report fake profiles on IG, but they don't always get taken down. I’m going to post some examples right now so you can see them. Also, keep in mind that with Artificial Intelligence (AI), people are doing some outrageous things.

Just today, I was sent two AI-generated photos of myself in places I’ve never been in my life—one of them was in the Philippines—so please, be very careful! It’s getting harder every day to tell if what you see on social media is real or not—whether you’re talking to a real person, an AI, a bot, or some guy in Nigeria who has no qualms about sending you photos pretending to be me (this is known as impersonation or identity theft). So please, be extremely careful—seriously. Never, ever send photos, and trust what you see on social media less and less.

Thanks!!! You see? It’s actually scary. Honestly, AI scares me because, regarding the photos I showed you, even I couldn't tell if they were genuine or not—if they were real. I assure you they aren't; I’ve honestly never even been to the Philippines or anywhere near there, but that’s the reality of the situation. When you combine the use of AI with the fact that social media company owners—since these are private businesses—prioritize profit and making money over user safety, you get an explosive cocktail. Since there’s no requirement to verify the identity of people signing up and creating profiles, all kinds of abuse occur—as you can see. We are all victims here: those of us whose photos are stolen, as well as those deceived and scammed by fake profiles. So, the direction this is all taking scares me. It genuinely worries me because we first created a digital world centered on social media as a way for us all to connect, and then we introduced commercial interests, a lack of oversight, and—of course—Artificial Intelligence. This makes it practically impossible to distinguish reality from falsehood, which is deeply concerning to me because it leads to so many consequences of all kinds. Please—I say this often—BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL!!! Bye.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

 Slide 1 — Could Your Loved One Be in a Romance Scam?

HOW TO TALK TO THEM

❤️ Lead with care.

🚫 Don’t accuse or shame.

👂 Listen first.

💬 Keep them talking.

Your goal isn’t to win an argument.
It’s to keep them safe.

Slide 2 — Ask Questions, Don’t Accuse

Instead of “You’re being scammed!” ask:

❓ Have you met in person?

📹 Do you have spontaneous video calls?

✈️ Why do plans to meet keep failing?

💰 Have they asked for money or crypto?

🤫 Have they asked you to keep secrets?

Let the inconsistencies speak for themselves.

Slide 3 — Watch for Red Flags

🚩 Repeated emergencies

🚩 Always an excuse not to meet

🚩 Requests for money, gift cards or crypto

🚩 Wants banking/personal information

🚩 Asks you to receive or move money

🚩 Tries to isolate you from family

🚩 Says, “Nobody understands our relationship.”

One red flag may have an explanation.
Several deserve investigation.

Slide 4 — Try the 72-Hour Pause

Ask your loved one:

“Please send NOTHING for 72 hours while we check this together.”

No money.

No crypto.

No gift cards.

No banking information.

No ID documents.

No packages.

❤️ A genuine relationship can survive verification.

Slide 5 — If Money Was Already Sent

ACT QUICKLY.

🏦 Contact the bank/payment provider.

🛑 Stop additional payments.

🔐 Secure compromised accounts.

📝 Report the scam.

⚠️ Beware of “recovery agents” asking for more money.

Most importantly:

DON’T SAY “I TOLD YOU SO.”

They need support—not shame.

Slide 6 — Remember This

DON’T ATTACK THE RELATIONSHIP.
INVESTIGATE THE EVIDENCE.

Don’t shame them.

Don’t ridicule them.

Don’t abandon them.

Stop the money.
Keep the conversation.
Save the connection. ❤️

SCAMHATERS UNITED

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

 This guy goes by WranglerBum on TikTok.

There are many fake accounts on social media. Please help report the fakes.

He is not on any chat apps. If you are talking to someone using his photos, you will not be be talking to him. You will be talking to scammers.

Do your research before the scam, not after. We, at ScamHaters United, can help you with that.

Be safe. Be aware. Do not talk to strangers. Only YOU can protect YOURSELF on social media.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

 Rob G Hammond bluntly talks about common sense and scams.

It does not matter how nice they are, YOU have to make the CHOICE to stop talking to them. You are a client. You are paying them, in some form or another, to be nice to you.

The easiest way to spot a scammer is look at the bio. Look at the way it is worded. If it is posting a Telegram, Zangi, or WhatsApp contact information, it is always fake.

The military is not looking for love online. The military do not have to pay for medical bills. They have Tricare.

Apple cards to not pay for food, medical bills or anything else. They do not need Apple cards.

Please STOP talking to strangers. Romance scams are on the rise. Only YOU can protect YOURSELF against romance scams. Be safe! Be aware!

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us.

 People often victim-shame those who are in—or have escaped—a romance scam because, from the outside, the deception can look much more obvious than it did from inside the relationship.

A few psychological factors contribute to that:

* Hindsight bias. Once everyone knows it was a scam, the warning signs seem obvious. People forget that the victim encountered those signs gradually, mixed with affection, explanations, promises, and apparently convincing evidence.

* The “just world” belief. It can feel safer to think, “That would never happen to me because I wouldn’t be so gullible.” Blaming the victim gives someone an illusion of control: smart people like me are safe.

* Misunderstanding how romance scams work. Effective scammers don’t usually begin by asking a stranger for thousands of dollars. They may spend weeks or months building intimacy, learning someone’s vulnerabilities, establishing routines, making plans for a future together, and creating increasingly plausible emergencies.

* Confusing trust with stupidity. Trusting someone you believe you’re in a genuine relationship with is normal human behavior. The scammer deliberately exploits that capacity for attachment.

* Focusing only on the money. Outsiders may see, “They sent $20,000 to someone they’d never met.” The victim experienced something more like, “Someone I loved, who had been part of my life every day for months, desperately needed my help.”

* Underestimating manipulation. Romance scammers can use love-bombing, urgency, guilt, isolation, repeated crises, fabricated documents or identities, and promises of repayment or finally meeting. Each decision can make the next decision easier to rationalize.

* Protecting themselves emotionally. Accepting that an intelligent, competent person can be manipulated is uncomfortable. Calling victims “stupid” creates psychological distance from that frightening possibility.

There’s another particularly painful element: the victim often has to grieve a relationship while simultaneously discovering that much of it was fabricated. They can lose money, trust, future plans, and the person they thought they knew at essentially the same moment. Shame can then make them hide what happened, which may actually give scammers more time and opportunity to continue manipulating them.

Someone can make decisions that look extraordinarily irrational in retrospect without being an irrational or unintelligent person. Romance scams succeed precisely because the scammer isn’t merely defeating someone’s reasoning—they’re manipulating attachment, hope, trust, fear, and commitment over time.

That’s why “How could you fall for that?” is usually the wrong question. A much more useful one is “What did the scammer do that made this believable at the time?”

If you have any questions, please contact us via Messenger.

ChatGBT/SHU

 Dustin and Sandy talk about being nosy, checking facts and setting boundaries.

Please be careful when talking to strangers on social media. Don't trust and verify.

There are many sources you can look into when you are talking to a stranger on social media.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us.

 Kevin R Davis is warning.....Again

"For those of you who think you are talking to me:

If you see me posting about my life, you didn't catch me in a lie.

It's not a "gotcha" moment. You are talking to a scammer, and their lies don't match reality.

The person in the photos is not the person who you are talking to.

That goes for any scammers, using whoever's photos.

Until you figure that part out, you will continue to get scammed, over and over."

Kevin's Facebook and Instagram are verified. He is NOT on TikTok.

Be safe! Be aware! Only YOU can protect YOURSELF from romance scams.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us.

 Why Are Romance Scammers So Successful?

Romance scammers don’t just ask for money. They first build trust and emotional attachment.

1. They take their time — Some spend weeks or months building a relationship before asking for anything.

2. They make it personal — They use social media and conversations to learn about you and create a believable story.

3. They create fake proof — Fake documents, investment accounts, websites and screenshots can make their stories look legitimate.

4. AI makes scams more convincing — AI can create realistic photos, messages, voices and videos.

5. They use emotions — Once you care about someone, warning signs can become easier to overlook.

6. They start small — A small favor, emergency or investment can lead to increasingly larger requests.

7. Romance + investment scams are growing — Instead of asking for money, scammers may offer to “help” you make money.

8. They contact many people — Scammers only need a small percentage of their targets to believe them.

Protect Yourself

Never become financially involved with someone you have not independently verified and met in real life.

Awareness helps protect you. Talk about romance scams and share the warning signs.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

ScamHaters United — Awareness • Support • Strength

 Please listen to Caesar as he explains how to get proof in a video.

We all know scammers will not do video calls, they send videos that are either voice overs or created by A.I. Do not accept these videos as proof.

Ask their favorite song, have them sing it to you in the video while spinning, just like Caesar does in this video.

Romance fraud is at an all time high. They are not going to stop as long as they still get people to respond to them. "Get the PROOF. Know the TRUTH. Scams are worldwide and it happens to people of all ages. So be safe, be aware.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

 AI-Generated “Crying” Photos in Romance Scams

Romance scammers increasingly have access to AI tools that can transform stolen photographs into seemingly new images. For example, a scammer may take an ordinary photograph stolen from a real person’s social-media account and generate a version in which the person appears to be crying, frightened, sick, injured, exhausted, or emotionally distressed.

The purpose isn’t simply to make a convincing photograph. The altered image can become part of the scammer’s emotional manipulation strategy.

Why scammers may use crying AI images: A distressed-looking photograph can generate sympathy, strengthen an artificial emotional bond, create urgency, or make someone feel guilty for questioning the relationship. A scammer might send such an image after being confronted about inconsistencies or after the victim refuses to send money. The implied message may be: “I’m genuinely suffering, and you don’t believe me.”

AI also helps solve a problem scammers traditionally faced. When someone impersonates a real person using stolen photographs, they only possess a limited number of pictures. Generative AI can potentially turn those photographs into many seemingly different images—different facial expressions, clothing, backgrounds, situations, and emotional states—without the person whose identity was stolen ever participating.

Important warning signs

Be cautious when someone you’ve met online repeatedly sends highly emotional photographs while avoiding spontaneous live interaction. Other warning signs include refusing ordinary video calls, providing excuses whenever real-time verification is requested, photographs that look slightly different from one another, unusual facial or background details, sudden emergencies followed by requests for money, and attempts to make you feel guilty for questioning their identity.

However, a strange-looking photograph alone doesn’t prove someone is a scammer. AI-generated images are becoming increasingly realistic, and genuine photographs can also contain artifacts from filters, compression, editing, or camera processing.

The more reliable approach is to consider the entire pattern of behavior rather than relying on one image.

Key message

An emotional photograph is not identity verification.

Someone appearing to cry, suffer, or hold a personalized object in a photograph does not establish that the person you’re communicating with actually created or sent that photograph. With modern AI, convincing emotional images can potentially be manufactured from stolen photographs.

“Does this photo look real?” It’s “Has this person’s identity been independently verified, and does their behavior make sense?”

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us.