Today the delightful scammer is this one
This scammer is one of a multitude of incarnations of a genuine guy from Instagram. The images from the genuine page of Dr Fernando Gomes Pinto appear many many times - so much so that they will probably get their own blog post in the future. Well this guy is one of the many.
Here is his backstory:
- His name is John Mark and he is 52
- He is from Italy but lives in Atlanta, Georgia
- He is a Dr in Syria working with the UN on behalf of the US government
This one rang immediate alarm bells with me because I have already had experience of 2 other scammers using the exact same photos of the real Dr Pinto Gomes. He wanted to change over to hangouts immediately and straightaway called. He then did a video call. I declined it but luckily it wasn't connecting anyway. The thing is the connection via these apps for voice and video calls is often very poor, particularly from Africa. When I did speak to him, well, let's say that his voice didn't sound like a potential Italian from the deep south in America. The other thing that put me onto him was all the massive posts that appeared by the magic of cut and paste. Just another one spouting all the same old stuff. Blocked everywhere.
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