Beware of Kelvin Stone. Yes there is also a scammer pretending to be a UN worker in Afghanistan. I learned my lesson about scammer players. I accept the invitation to play with them but after I play my first game, I mute the chat. Next thing I know, they disappeared from the game. I am playing with somebody right now who says he is from Germany but lived in NY and Florida for a bit.
He says he is a widower because his wife died at childbirth with their son who is He wanted my email address but I told him no.
What actually made me suspicious is the English as if he is using a translator device. I forgot to mention that is happening on WWF as well. I am a an older woman and I am not going fall from it. Too smart for that. Just going to see how this going to play out. I have a bunch from Germany living in us.
Same line! Are these bots? The photos are lamely model worthy too. Fortunately did not give them any personal info. I have one at the moment from Spain and living in US.
His wife has died and he is raising his three kids alone. He asked if I am happily married with kids and still wants to chat after I said yes.
I get lots of these and usually ignore them and they stop playing but I am getting sick of it so want to pick on him a bit to keep me amused. Has this person contacted anyone else?? They all seen to be American working in the Army in Afghanistan latest one William Milton a General no less , sometimes brought up in an orphanage for the awwww factor , all seem to have lost their wives to cancer again awww and all want to go on whatsapp, hangout or facebook so they can look at your beautiful photos.
I reverse image search out of interest to see how many times the photo has been used in the scam Milton was I like to string em along for a while with vague answers, then tell them their mothers would not be proud of them or some such thing. Sadly there will always be someone out there who is taken in.
One guy was listed as if in college but he looked 60 something in his picture. It is just crazy. I have a picture of a mouse as mine and one guy actually said how beautiful I was really??? Gary Scott sound familiar James curtis.
Donald gerrick. I had a guy named Tony that was probably a scammer. One of his first questions he asked was if I was married and had kids? He mentioned that he is married by know more his words not mine. He meant he was married but his wife died during childbirth. He was was looking for someone to love. He me several times for my email address and I kept saying no.
He then proceeded to give me his email address. What made me suspicious was that he sounded like a foreigner he said that he was from Germany and he lived in NY and Florida in the past and might have been using a translator device or something. But his profile says that he is from the US.
This is a heads up. A similar situation is happening to me now. He said that he has two kids and his has full custody of his sons because he caught his wife cheating in his bed. However, what really put me on high alert was when he said that his wife died while giving birth to the man she cheat with baby, smh.
He also shared that he is a construction engineer born in Germany, resides in Texas and is now on an offshore oil rig in Turkey. SMH beware of these creeps ladies!!! Yes, happened to me. When I see a message icon pop up, I ignore it. They profile you and compose an idea on you. Asking questions like married single kids even where you grew up and favorite colour as in banking apps and the like you have security questions that you have to answer.
I talk to scammers in words with friends and genuine ppl though not always and on Instagram scammers are everywhere you turn. Waste their time. There are sites you can image search.
Thanks for your advice. When men ask for my phone number I give them the number to Dial A Prayer They are less than useless.
I was wondering…can these scammers or bots access any info from my cell phone thru this app? I am presently worried about that also. Also my perps name is Raymond Buffman, I took his photo to a catfish photo site and found his pic on 20 different dating sites, slightly different pics.
So I think this mans photos were stolen and being used for money scams. I was scammed on Boggle with Friends by Jeffs He acts innocent, chats but is terrible at the game, so I gave him tips but he was more interested in me.
I was flattered and gave him one of my email addresses that I use. We started chatting on email, but then he wanted my phone number. I refused repeatedly but he got to me, so I finally shared it. Now I have read that is a big red flag.
But again, I was flattered he said all the right things and seemed too good to be true. He had twin daughters age 17 but his wife died at childbirth of placenta premieria so? He continued to send me a lot of pictures, some of him when he was younger with his two girls. A 7-figure contract he made sure to tell me and pictures of him in his Porsche. He was good, really good at fooling me. Each time he would try to guilt me into sending it.
I said well if you want me to send you money, you have to send me that first. Nope, no way. Give me a break. He continued to harass me via text message so I blocked him. Now I see him back on Boggle trying to scam other lonely vulnerable women. I get these on a daily basis. I figured there must have been some sort of a scam when I had 2 of these requests Within 10 minutes.
I kept resigning on 1 player, I finally blocked him. Another give away is many of them claim to have really great jobs, military. Oil refineries ect. I have to laugh at their use of English.. I did call one guy out on his English and he a totally gave up. I get these guy pretty regularly.
If I ignore their texts they stop playing. If I answer, they quickly start calling me dear, or my love, an I tell them to stop with the terms of endearment, we are not really friends, I fact we dont know each other, really.
But this last week, when 3 guys started chatting, I told them I loved the game, but not chatting, then gave them a list on guys who loved to chat as I keep screen shots of these scammers.
No one has started a game with me since, it could be the same guy using different names. The man in pictures is actually married businessman in Middle East. The scammer stole his photos from Instragram. So today I was playing Words with Friends and a nice looking man popped up wanting to play so I accepted. Not sure why since I have always only played with people I know.
First his name is Thomas Shawn. He claims to be a Marine Engineer for Maersk Shipping line. Lives in Galveston, Texas. Claims his wife died during childbirth of his now 13 year old daughter. Has anyone heard of this man yet? Sounds like someone who played wwf. Said wife died anf faugher Said was in Dubia but was sent to Nigeria where he was robbed anf beaten. Been in hospital for a yest anf a half. Getting ready to contact Federal Trade commission.
English is great and spelling too. Hi Nella! I believe my mom is being scammed by a Fred Anderson. Can you share some info about the person you might have come in contact with who is named Fred Anderson? My mom has been talking to this guy for 3 years…he claims he is originally from Turkey, move to Kentucky, has a daughter, he is widowed from an addict which so is my mom , working on an oil rig in the UK…any help would be much appreciated!
Anyone heard if James Stuart. Supposedly working in Syria for the UN. Wife died of breast cancer. Suppose to be from Denver Co. Got one called donald scott. Claiming wife died i. Car accident and is raising 14 year old daughter whos in boarding school in California. Wants gift cards and money all the time. Beware probably same guy they change names a whole group of them doing this crap.
There really is a Captian Thomas Madsen with Maersk. Check out his facebook page and ALL his photos and you will soon realize there are quite a few scammers using the handsome Capt.
I have also been scammed by someone playing Words with Friends. In reading the above stories, mine sounds very familiar. The person I was playing with the last few weeks goes by the name Thomas Ethan. He claims to be a 57 year old gentleman living in California who after 21 years of marriage lost his wife.
Until today, I thought for the most part things were innocent although he was constantly asking questions about me and telling me how much he liked me.
I may be gullible…. They all have pretty much same stories. They also always want to exchange email and go to Google Hangout too. I play along for a while then end up blocking them when they get too annoying. Wish all these scammers would take a long walk off a short pier and sink to the bottom of the water…for good.
I have 13 guys that have hit me up to play WWF just this week. All stories are the same…. Made the mistake of giving one my email. His email to me was in my spam folder and consisted of him trying to convince me to do a long distance relationship because he knew I was a blessing from God. Most want me to download hangouts. Both said they needed money for their school exams. Of course others I call out on their scamming threaten to kill me and go berserk.
I just block away! Yeah, ok. I KNOW! Man, more and more of them. I am not going to use WhatsApp or Hangouts. If your intentions are other than that. The same scenario with me and 3 different men chatting on WWF. They all try to get personal information and their grammer is quite suspicious. They come up with some really good words in the game, but have trouble chatting with proper english, though they claim they are from the U.
My big question is, why do they all want to use Hangouts? They keep pushing for me to join them there and chat there. Does anybody know what this is about? Same story for all 3! I called 1 guy out and he started asking what the other 2 were saying to me. Trying to pick up pointers on new ways to scam? I refused to answer and he deleted our game.
Not just resigned. The games gone. They will ask for a cell , email, hangout or whatsapp. When I say no, they keep pushing. I never give in. It sickens me! The only game I play with friends n family all over the world!! Each time you give information they collate it and keep it. Please beware!!! Every woman beware of a John Alexander or John Larry. Really goodlooking fella, us navy officer. Kept asking for a steam card, then tried iTunes card. Got really shitty when I refused, persistent.
And they all have the same things in common as you stated. Anyway, beware. Same here! So many scammers out right now. All of them have lost their wives mostly during child birth and have a kid. They are all engineers too!
How do you change your name on WWF? Was wondering about setting up a fb page where everyone could share the names photos etc. Go for it! I have a file of over guys that I believe are scammers. Likes to address you as: dear, babe, sweetheart, angel, etc. Yes, start a facebook page, I will definitely contribute…..
Sounds like the same one I got. Called me dear, baby, angel, contract with UN in Middle East. He lives in Denver Co. He had a good vocabulary, almost too good!
He goes by name of Steven Looney so beware. He claims hes Norwegian and moved to the U. I googled predators on WWF and found this article. You can imagine my surprise although I was laughing like crazy. It was inappropriate under the circumstances. I play WWF. He has a lot of photos and a son that is 14 in boarding school. He goes by Thomson Smith. Anyone else had an experience? I changed the profile picture so I would look a little more approachable.
The very next day I received 7 game requests- all from men. What a nice dream they spin for those wish to believe! Do not fall for it. I love playing Words but these predators are just everywhere. I have a hunch Why they demand quite aggressive to go to Hangouts or other sites.
If they wanna get to know me.. Must be beneficial y they Demand women go there? Ty be safe smart. U only owe ur bills. Sad lies of stories Not a reason to o give them a thing. Even as info.. But when Hangouts? So insecure they can get into our stuff?
I started getting hit with scammers too. Changed my photo to be one of my dogs and scammers have stopped. There are a lot of dogs playing words with friends these days. It is a popular profile picture. The photos always look retouched and the grammar fails. Had several of these…they are always handsom.. Massive scorer with words I had never heard of and grammar good at first…then the personal questions …then bad grammar these scammers have an itellegent first writer then pass to another once they engage you in conversation.
Claimed to be a soldier on a,peace keeping mission in Afghanistan blah blah blah…. I worry for vulnerable people on the site so am warning thatnifmtheymlook to,good to be true they usuallly are!! Same old, same old! He got mad and disappeared when I told him it was none of his business.
This is probably the third or fourth time one of these scam artists has propositioned me. Two scammers in a row, similar stories. I laughed so much at your reply I am crying. I love it. Same story for my mother of Guys name is Robert Brown. Says he has a place in Chicago but owns a business in Brussels. He plays on Wordchums. Anyone come across this guy?
The legitimacy of qi , a high-scoring word that no one uses in real life, has perhaps helped lead players down a path where they repeatedly attempt to play combinations like ri , yu, ec, ix and zat. Presumably someone thinks they have nothing to lose when they have a go at some random letter combination like ke.
But there are some words that players get downright angry about being rejected, taking to social media to express their complaints. Often, it appears, the root problem is a poor understanding of what qualifies as a proper noun, which are traditionally banned in such games. Contact us at letters time.
Courtesy of Zynga. By Katy Steinmetz. Related Stories. In the traditional Scrabble board game, just like the physical Words With Friends board game , you really need to think about your move before you lay down your tiles. You need to be sure that the word you want to play is valid and legal. The digital version of Words With Friends, on the other hand, tends to reward random guessing.
You can move your letter tiles around on the board until the indicator changes from red to green, indicating a valid move. With Words With Friends, invalid moves cannot be played in the first place. So, they cannot be challenged either. On that website, you configure how challenges work, including penalties for invalid words.
The Words With Friends dictionary can be inconsistent. Similarly, some words that you think should be disallowed can be played. But, there are many exceptions. The best way to confirm valid and invalid words is to use our handy Words With Friends cheat tool.
Words With Friends has a sexual harassment problem. Unsolicited messages in dating apps and on social media platforms can be very troubling already. I cannot prove whether or not a WWF player is using outside help. Better, I think, to leave unstated any suspicion in the absence of incontrovertible evidence of cheating.
Started playing WWF in scoring low until last year that I had improved significantly. I have read WWFs blogs and I have learned a lot playing with really good opponents. However I was questioned by one with whom I have played many games. Others have asked me the meaning of words that I use. Why should I?
Can Improve they cheat? Have been playing scrabble for over 50 years. Now addicted to WWF. Here is how I play. Never use a cheat website, do guess at words and am often surprised by a new vocabulary word. Then I look it up to increase my brain power. I do steal creative words from an opponent, but usually use words from my working vocabulary.
I never worry about ranking, but love to be challenged by smart people. If you play this way, invite me : jmae The laws of statitistics say that cant happen. This can only be explained by an algorythm in my opinion.
Peter, there are no laws of statistics. Only concepts and principles. The most important one is that the improbable can and will happen. You would expect a bingo in one in seven openers, but someone, somewhere could get one every hand.
Play hundreds of hands and the probability of the improbable goes down and you might then suspect hanky panky. Actually I think I have proved it for myself. Playing with one particular person who is admittedly a little bit better than I am and we are both very very good.
I find that as the game progresses she gets increasingly better opportunities. So I can be or more points ahead of her about halfway through the game and she can still beat me. This happened so many times that it does not seem likely that it is caused by chance. At one point I changed my account name and for many many games the outcomes were equal about or her win. But now the suspected algorithm seems to have caught up with that too and she has won five games in a row catching up with me from way behind!
Also the game accepts her illegal words like proper nouns or abbreviations but not mine. Whether or not —This is a really crappy game. The words seem to have been approved by individuals for whom English is the third and very inadequate language. Many of my really excellent words which are in the dictionary are not allowed.
There is no customer responsiveness at all. If you found a way to Change or Alter your rack of letters to serve your nefarious purposes, that would be a different thing altogether. I have been accused of cheating and nothing pisses me off more I am honest to a fault and often wont get players challenging me because I have a word average of almost I agree.
Happen to move on a game or two and see the chance to play EE myself. Lo and behold. Not acceptable. I have screen shots of both games. Feel very cheated. Click on your opponent to see which language they play with to see which dictionary is being used for your game. I hope this helps. Anybody out there want to talk about how insane the allowed and disallowed words are in this game?
They defy their own rules with their dictionary, which I assume must be being written by a room full of monkeys. Why are misspellings of words allowed? This is infuriating as well as confusing. Why are words allowed that are not in any dictionary — and are admittedly undefined by WWF? I do not mind enlarging my vocabulary but I need a definition in order to do so.
Then I played Waugh and their own definition is this: 1. English novelist 2. English literary critic 3. English novelist son of Artuhur 4. US painter and illustrator. Am more put off by the ridiculous cheats that go on. The minute someone starts using their bizarre cheating words I just resign.
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