I first “met” David Bernando on FB a year ago.
He asked me to accept a friend request. I didn’t know much about scammers and asked to see him via Skype.
He complied so I thought he was “real.”
David told me he had to go to Istanbul Turkey about 2 weeks after we met.
He called me to say he needed $4000 to pay for merchandise he was shipping to Houston TX.
Said his bank card wasn’t working. I didn’t have that kind of money so he asked for money for a hotel while he waited for a courier service to receive a new card from his bank.
That’s when EVERYTHING changed. When the courier wouldn’t release his card he went into a “rage” and ended up in jail for beating up this courier.
That’s when everything started.
Money for a lawyer.
Money for his fine which seemed to grow more and more. Long story short, almost a year later and $150,000 spent I found out he was scamming other women.
I stopped texting on WhatsApp and wouldn’t take his calls.
Broken doesn’t even begin to describe how I feel.
He’s got several accounts on FB but most have his name in part of it.
Says he lives in Houston- not true. Nothing he told me is true. I’m enclosing pictures of him along with others who have different faces but the same MO. Please don’t fall for this “Portuguese “ man with all of his charm.
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THE SCAMMERS WILL ATTEMPT A GOOD VIDEO CALL... it is NOT the man in the pictures and be aware that seeing someone on video is NOT having a video chat with them!
BE AWARE THIS MAN IS BEING USED BY SCAMMERS.. THIS MAN IN THE PICTURES IS NOT THE MAN YOU ARE TALKING TO .. THE MAN IN THE PICTURES IS, WE BELIEVE, ACTOR JAY LANE.
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legalpractionert.k@gmail.com
David11212333@gmail.com
davidbernando1212@gmail.com
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NEVER ACCEPT A FRIEND OR FOLLOW REQUEST FROM A STRANGERNEVER EVER GO TO A CHAT APP..AVOID HANGOUTS, TELEGRAM and WHATSAPP
NEVER SEND ANYTHING TO ANYONE YOU HAVE NEVER MET IN PERSON. NEVER SEND ANYTHING TO ANYONE WHO CLAIMS MILITARY, OIL RIG OR CONTRACTOR OVERSEAS. IT WILL ALWAYS BE A SCAM
You are not talking to the person here.. you are talking to a criminal on a laptop
ALWAYS DO A REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH. THERE IS GOOGLE, TINEYE AND ON A COMPUTER, YANDEX . .There are free APPS for phone. Paid App Pimeyes is the best and you can still see they are using it for free!https://www.facebook.com/SHUisteamwork/posts/1393994497638150
This is actor Jay Laisne.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for telling me !
DeleteThank you - he is now trying the same scam on Instagram
ReplyDeleteif you have the fake account I can get it closed but this man is used by hundreds of Scammer teams....it will be another team using his stolen pictures
DeleteIm getting pictures and have been talking to a gentleman that goes by the name Arthur Howard and he contacted me initially on LinkedIn. Gmail address is howardarthur686@gmail.com. Says he's a marine engineer, wife died in car accident several years ago, raising 2 children. Now he's asking for money, but not directly.
ReplyDeleteYou see, his machine overheated, he's in the middle east on a contract, his wallet got lost/stolen at the airport, so he hasn't fixed anything with his bank and can't until he returns to the U.S. and he needs to buy a new one before he can leave. He needs assistance getting money out from the place he's invested. https://gpfinancing.com/
The website looks legit right? Well, none of the numbers are valid and the "agent" that is assisting with the transaction goes by the email agentcathiejames@gmail.com. The only payments they will accept since I refused to put my bank info into the form is Bitcoin or razer gold gift cards. There is no option to pay with a verify card and no online portal to make the transaction... Seems off to me.
no the website is fake... and a common scammer tool. NOBODY can not sort a real bank out but ask a woman he has never met for money. This is a big scam but a very common and standard scammer story. These websites are clever and designed to make you think he is very rich and just needs a 'loan' from you.. Please get out of the scam and beware accepting strangers who come to you. Thanks very much for sending all the information
DeleteHe is on Tender at present and I just reported him. I use Facecheck.id to check guys out before I say more than hello! So sick of scammers!!
ReplyDeleteAgreed.... thanks for reporting to Tinder.... scammers can use any picture and target any woman.., it is a pandemic
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