military scammer
Complaint 149315 Details
- Date Occurred: 08/21/2014
- Reported Damages: $16,000.00
- Username: Ray Davidson
- Email: [email protected]
- Location: Miami,FL / Kubal , Afghanistan
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The complaint is against an online dating profile
The complaint is a listing fraud posted on public forums or sites against an anonymous entity
The complaint is mobile text spam or smishing related against an anonymous entity
The company or person contact no longer exists
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I met Lt. Col. Ray Davidson acting as E-6 sarg, on cupid.com about 7months ago. Of coarse he knew all the right things to say! And we went on to yahoo for more private conversations. Right away he asked me to send him money for a battery for his lap top. Like a fool I did! Then came the part of the package, which I feel for too! He said he hired a diplomate who's name was Kelly Gohza and sent many documents have prove of Mr. Kelly and pictures of him going thur customes, pictures of the cash in the case he was sending me! He had many pictures of himself at his home and of him over in Kubal! Then he fired Mr. kelly cuz he was not fast enough getting the package here. I did recieve many phone calls from the Ghana police and Mr. Kelly telling me it was a scam. Of coarse at the time why would i believe them over Ray? I loved him! and hired a lawyer named Steve Paul who was to deliever the package to my doorstep! Who then flew to baltimore where the package was also in customes, and was fined for being to heavy. Ray was also paying them $15000.00 to deliever the package but I was to give it to them when they delieved the package which was inside the package in a white envelope! He hired the diplomates cuz he didn't want the package scanned cuz it contained $3.8 million dollars! Then he was re deployed for 60 more days which i got a letter for that! It was also fake! Then he was going to take a two week leave to come home and see me but I had to pay for half of his ticket! So I did. He supposely went to the airport but missed his flight! But he did call me several times from the "airport" to tell me what happened! I reserched the number and it came back from Ghana! I was almost physically sick! So I asked him about it and he said he had borrowed someones phone in the airport! My uncle now found out that I was talking to a soldier and he was in the army so he told me to be careful of the military scammers! I said what I had no idea what he was talking about! So I did some research and sure enough! His profile on facebook came back word for word as another scammer! Then I started looking on face book and saw that he had two profiles, both under Ray Davidson, but one live in Miami,FL and was american/italian and one lived in Virgina beach and was born in germany! They were both him but not many would know but I have many, any pictures of him from both the facebook profile! He is still talking to me and promises he is the real Ray and will pay back my money when he returns home from the Army!!There are other details and I have many documents, numbers, emails for this person who says he is real! TJThomas
- Tessa SBID #ce4e6420e3
- Posted 08/21/2014
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- Tessa SBID #ce4e6420e3
- Posted 09/02/2014
- If anyone knows this man in these picture please let me know he also has two accounts on facebook that are also fake.
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- Sampson12 SBID #20fcd5a247
- Posted 10/16/2014
- I know the picture there,a very Good friend of mine,i talked to him and he is asking for the removal of the pictures cos its tarnishing his image,however.i lived in GA and his name is not Ray Davidson.
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- Tessa SBID #59ac4c65c4
- Posted 10/16/2014
- You have talked to him, have you ever met him face to face??
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- Tessa SBID #59ac4c65c4
- Posted 10/16/2014
- Sorry for the damage he has done I will not remove the pictures! Sorry Sampson12 I don't believe you are who you are!!
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- lisab0311 SBID #a452429dc5
- Posted 10/22/2014
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would you please post the photos of the house. I am talking with someone who claims to be this person.
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- Tessa SBID #ff2cf0ea6c
- Posted 10/22/2014
- Lisa , The house was yellow, and in FL supposivley!!! Sorry I no longer have the pictures. but I also had one with him in the house! Stop talking to him he is a military scammer from Ghana!!!! No matter what he says it is a lie!! Did he say he has three cars? And he wanted you to buy the car of you choice? I know it is hard, but please STOP talking to him. If you look he also has two accounts on facebook but they are for two different places!Don't send him money, no matter what he says! I have learned so much if you have more questions just ask!!!
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- lisab0311 SBID #a452429dc5
- Posted 10/22/2014
- I have the picture of the house and pool. I could post them but I do not know how. I do not believe anything he is saying. No cars but claims he is a Lt. Colonel which is which is the ensigna on his cap. I have found one of his FB profiles and it says SSGT on there, and it's him. I am not a dumb woman and will not send him anything. It's a shame some pretend to be US service men.
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- lisab0311 SBID #a452429dc5
- Posted 10/22/2014
- This comment has been deleted by the Moderator for Terms and Conditions.
- lisab0311 SBID #a452429dc5
- Posted 10/22/2014
- Tessa, by any chance did you have contact with anyone else before him??
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- ginger4812 SBID #7875c99034
- Posted 01/23/2013
- this is the same man that try to scam me ....but when he could not give me a apo or fpo address in the army I knew something was not right ...so I went to the post office and they told me the truth he is now on tagged under [email protected]. and he has one pic of him . He sent me the same pic of him that Tessa that you have .....I was going to send him a care package 200.dollars of cloths but when I could not get a apo or fpo address it was going to cost me 60 dollars to sent it no way ....when he is in the army and going to charge me that no ....that is when I look in to it ....sorry you got more money with this person ....the pictures are of a Davidson person but don't know who ....cause I can see on one of his photos his name some of the photos were made in 2006 old ones sorry it happen to you and not me ....just be careful next time ....
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- ginger4812 SBID #4e84102d42
- Posted 01/25/2013
- Hey you were talking to a black man form Ghana I ...found out is was not the man in those pictures of yours he is black and he told me he was a scammer ...his name was Miller but it is not this Ray Davidson so sorry for some one to use out military person I wish I know how to find this Military person but don't know where to start....I need help....
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- DeeJay63 SBID #accef08e0b
- Posted 01/28/2013
- I have been talking to the same guy for the past 2 weeks!! Same story as all of you. Same poems, same pier story, wanting to send me boxed of cash and gold. I started asking questions and refused to give him my address and personal info. Was told how to Google the pics sent. I know him as Daniel Davidson, Special Forces Medic, E9. This man needs to be stopped!!
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- DeeJay63 SBID #accef08e0b
- Posted 01/28/2013
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Daniel Davidson Johnson Jr. The address I was emailed is in Decatur, GA and is a model home under contract and not owned by this man. Daughter Ashley who is 13 and lives with Grandmom in Tallahassee, FL. He found me through a Christian Dating site (my account has now been closed). I have photos, video and emails. How many of you heard the story of his dream of you on the pier? Yeah, he was supposed to be back home on the 9th of February to finally meet me. No wonder he couldn't meet me before he was deployed to Afghanistan for 3 weeks. I don't know who the man in the photos is, but, I wish we could let him know his identity is being used. This makes me absolutely sick!
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- DeeJay63 SBID #accef08e0b
- Posted 01/29/2013
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This guy also has 2 fake Facebook pages:
https://www.facebook.com/ray.davidson.3382?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/ray.davidson.376?fref=ts
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- ginger4812 SBID #45f3da0fc6
- Posted 02/05/2013
- Now there three ray davidson on facebook Miami virginia and ohio and this is his email [email protected]
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- DeeJay63 SBID #069ebe0c2a
- Posted 02/06/2013
- How come Facebook won't shut down his pages? I have sent several requests. I have had several new profiles on Christian dating sites shut down in the past couple of weeks!
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- ginger4812 SBID #4fff77ae6d
- Posted 02/06/2013
- Hey the one from ohio ...said he don't know why other people is useing his pic ....but he was the real ray davidson ....dee do you know witch one is the 2 fake ones what state Miami, Virginia or Ohio that you know for sure is fake????
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- DeeJay63 SBID #069ebe0c2a
- Posted 02/06/2013
- Ginger - I know that all of the pics on all 3 profiles are fake. I feel pretty confident that all 3 are fake. Based on the pics, info that doesn't add up (graduation dates, locations, etc) and the fact that 99% of friends are females. If this is the "real" Ray Davidson, I'd ask for proof (Military ID, Drivers License, etc). If you keep asking questions, you will find he will evade the answers.
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- DeeJay63 SBID #069ebe0c2a
- Posted 02/06/2013
- Ginger - I just looked at all 3 profiles on FB again. The one from Miami is definitely a scammer. The one from Virginia is definitely a scammer. Both of these I know for sure because the wording used in their "about" sections is exact wording used in emails to me. I feel that the one from Ohio is as well for 2 reasons; discrepancies in locations and the grammar used. Incorrect grammer is 1 huge thing to look for with these guys.
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- ginger4812 SBID #4fff77ae6d
- Posted 02/07/2013
- You are so right they do not talk like us chat he spelled it chart I notice that when I was talking with him...Im going to keep on till I get something done ....I can't just stop now I have to get to the bottom of this man....
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- ginger4812 SBID #4fff77ae6d
- Posted 02/07/2013
- why don't the army stop this for this man in the photos not fair to him
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- DeeJay63 SBID #069ebe0c2a
- Posted 02/07/2013
- Ginger - I don't think there is much the military can do to stop these people. It is a group of scammers (as far as we know). They are mostly outside of the country which makes it very difficult to catch them. I have had the dating site shut down several new profiles he set up. I am doing what I can to stop them, but, sometimes I feel like I'm an Army of 1! Keep it up and remember the key things to look for when your are chatting with anyone. Hope this helps!
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- ginger4812 SBID #42b8fde256
- Posted 02/09/2013
- Hey I still talking to this Ray Davidson from ohio....if I can keep him long enought I will find him out ....
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- DeeJay63 SBID #accef08e0b
- Posted 02/10/2013
- Ginger - please be careful. There is really nothing you can do other than report him to the authorities. It's not a good idea to try and handle these guys on your own. Be safe..........
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- ginger4812 SBID #99c83612ee
- Posted 02/10/2013
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Hey DeeJay he was a scammer we have no military men in Ghana
my military friend he was online this even he told me all I needed to know if you ever talk to a military man he will use his military address and most of the time it will be first name last @us.army.mil and if he is in the marines it will be first last @usmc.mil good pointers to know ...they are given a email as soon as they join and they talk to you they use dear alot he told me this one did....thank just don't talk to any one from ghana lot of scammers -
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- Vali SBID #d4879313c2
- Posted 07/28/2013
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I also became a victim of this fraud. He lured me a total of $ 3500 and now reportedly in Miami and he be in the hospital and have heart problems.
He sent me a photo of the house, and after several months of communication he gave me an address in Miami and I found that this address is different d?m.On has several profiles on Skype.M?že anyone advise me what to do. He was also in Ghana - Accra, but he told me that businessman.
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- Reported Damages: $16,000.00
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