SCAM ALERT
ONLINE DATING LOVE SCAM
Lim Richard Wong (Richie) a.k.a Wong Richard (Richie) a.k.a Richardlone a.k.a Lim Richard.W a.k.a Lim Richard (Richie) a.k.a. Richard Wong (Richie) a.k.a Richard Lim Wong is a professional online dating love scammer working in group.
Beware of this online social site and dating site love scammer! He created many different online dating profile to set trap on his target on Facebook, Okcupid and Tinder. His scam is very consistent, very convincing and well planned with a group of scammers working together.
This scammer chats with all different Asian girls in different countries (Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan etc...) simultaneously all at the same time. He will tried on every women on the dating site, or send out a lot of random Facebook invite, and see who will respond to him.
He claim he was born in Norway, working as a Marine Geologist at a Oil Rig or Engineer in Australia, but travel oversea often. The reason he claims he is stationed in Australia is because he does not need to meet you face to face. Scamming people off shore will be harder for the police to catch him or investigate him.
Sometime he will pretend he have a Singapore wife who already passed away few years ago, and a daughter who stay with his mum in Norway.
Sometime he will pretend to have bad experience before on dating site like being harass by some other desperate women online and claims that the women send him slutty photo to try to seduce him, or he is being scammed before by other women online. All these is to pre-protect him for any future scam issue or women issue that you will find out later. And also to make you feel like you are better than all these women.
After he approached you on social site / dating site, he will then ask for your phone number to move the chat out of the chat room so he can get your full attention in private chat, he will call you using Whatsapp very frequently or everyday, he will even report what he is doing, and send you photos of his activities, he will squeeze into your life and make it seen like he is part of your daily life, so you will drop guard against him and feels that he is kind of "close to you". He will express strong love emotions for you in relatively short period of time (1-2 weeks).
He will text you sweet love words coated with honey, and send you sweet lovely poem and long love message that sound so sincere and caring to melt your heart. He will take great lengths to gain your interest and trust, and even send you photos of what he is doing, using the same batch of photos he send to every women he scam, fake personal info to make you feels like this is the romance of a lifetime.
[All the regular scamming practice make him a master in using the right sugar coated words on the right women in different situation.]
Then he will tell you he plan to visit you, he will pretend to sell his house and bring his money over to your city to invest and buy a house together with you to prepare to get married or to make future plan together. He will even email / send you a fake cheque with his name on it to show you that he sold his house.
[In western culture, money and salary are all very sensitive topic, most do not talk or show you so much private information about this financial because this is their culture.]
Then he will email you his air ticket (business class) and also hotel booking with booking confirmation number in 5-6 stars luxury hotel to deceive you thinking he is flying over.
[Air ticket are all photo shop using air line logo and flight schedule easily that can download online. Because he know airline will not reveal passenger's name to caller. Hotel booking using fake visa card, if you call the hotel before the arrival date, they will confirm there is a confirm booking, but the hotel will only find out that is a fake visa card when he fail to appear during the check in, the hotel is being scam too.]
After you are convinced that he will soon fly over to see you, he will start to come up with request that need money help from you.
Some of his excuses are (a) Business issue, (b) Business shipment being held up in custom and need urgent money transfer to help clear the cargo, (c) Mum / daughter / family member need money for urgent health operation and he is away in the sea / oil rig, and not possible to access ATM / bank, (d) He is being detain by the airport custom because he carried too much cash with him, he fail to declare and need money to pay for the fine.
[But he will refuse support from embassy / lawyer even if you arrange them to call him. He will have his own gang to act as embassy people to call you and request you to pay for the fine and handling fee since you are his girlfriend.]
After sending him the money, he will keep creating new problems trying to ask for more money. There is no peace, one problem after another that required more and more money.
When you do not have anymore money to send him, or when you refuse to send him any money to help him, he will stop texting you, stop calling you, he will disappear because he do not want to waste time on you anymore. He need to look for new target.
He will changes his mobile phone number, blocks you on whatsapp, ignores all your messages, change his dating site user ID and ignore all your message. He will disappear like a ghost. You will not be able to find him because everything you know about him is fake.
He also work with Malaysia scammer group to luke single women to oversea. We do not know whether he is planning to scam more money, or kidnapped the women, or human trafficking. So please do not agreed to go on any trip.
These are some of the mobile number he used in the past (he already change the number):
He normally needs to change to a new mobile number after 1-2 months, that is the moment he move to the next batch of victims because he need to block / get rid of those he already finished scamming. They purchase a lot of SIM card from Australia and keep using new mobile to scam.
(AUS) +61 456584644 and +61 467703401
(UK) +44 7873806861
(USA-1) +1 207 8080208
(USA-1) +1 575 6802969
This scammer chats with all different Asian girls in different countries (Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan etc...) simultaneously all at the same time. He will tried on every women on the dating site, or send out a lot of random Facebook invite, and see who will respond to him.
He claim he was born in Norway, working as a Marine Geologist at a Oil Rig or Engineer in Australia, but travel oversea often. The reason he claims he is stationed in Australia is because he does not need to meet you face to face. Scamming people off shore will be harder for the police to catch him or investigate him.
Sometime he will pretend he have a Singapore wife who already passed away few years ago, and a daughter who stay with his mum in Norway.
Sometime he will pretend to have bad experience before on dating site like being harass by some other desperate women online and claims that the women send him slutty photo to try to seduce him, or he is being scammed before by other women online. All these is to pre-protect him for any future scam issue or women issue that you will find out later. And also to make you feel like you are better than all these women.
After he approached you on social site / dating site, he will then ask for your phone number to move the chat out of the chat room so he can get your full attention in private chat, he will call you using Whatsapp very frequently or everyday, he will even report what he is doing, and send you photos of his activities, he will squeeze into your life and make it seen like he is part of your daily life, so you will drop guard against him and feels that he is kind of "close to you". He will express strong love emotions for you in relatively short period of time (1-2 weeks).
He will text you sweet love words coated with honey, and send you sweet lovely poem and long love message that sound so sincere and caring to melt your heart. He will take great lengths to gain your interest and trust, and even send you photos of what he is doing, using the same batch of photos he send to every women he scam, fake personal info to make you feels like this is the romance of a lifetime.
[All the regular scamming practice make him a master in using the right sugar coated words on the right women in different situation.]
Then he will tell you he plan to visit you, he will pretend to sell his house and bring his money over to your city to invest and buy a house together with you to prepare to get married or to make future plan together. He will even email / send you a fake cheque with his name on it to show you that he sold his house.
[In western culture, money and salary are all very sensitive topic, most do not talk or show you so much private information about this financial because this is their culture.]
Then he will email you his air ticket (business class) and also hotel booking with booking confirmation number in 5-6 stars luxury hotel to deceive you thinking he is flying over.
[Air ticket are all photo shop using air line logo and flight schedule easily that can download online. Because he know airline will not reveal passenger's name to caller. Hotel booking using fake visa card, if you call the hotel before the arrival date, they will confirm there is a confirm booking, but the hotel will only find out that is a fake visa card when he fail to appear during the check in, the hotel is being scam too.]
After you are convinced that he will soon fly over to see you, he will start to come up with request that need money help from you.
Some of his excuses are (a) Business issue, (b) Business shipment being held up in custom and need urgent money transfer to help clear the cargo, (c) Mum / daughter / family member need money for urgent health operation and he is away in the sea / oil rig, and not possible to access ATM / bank, (d) He is being detain by the airport custom because he carried too much cash with him, he fail to declare and need money to pay for the fine.
[But he will refuse support from embassy / lawyer even if you arrange them to call him. He will have his own gang to act as embassy people to call you and request you to pay for the fine and handling fee since you are his girlfriend.]
After sending him the money, he will keep creating new problems trying to ask for more money. There is no peace, one problem after another that required more and more money.
When you do not have anymore money to send him, or when you refuse to send him any money to help him, he will stop texting you, stop calling you, he will disappear because he do not want to waste time on you anymore. He need to look for new target.
He will changes his mobile phone number, blocks you on whatsapp, ignores all your messages, change his dating site user ID and ignore all your message. He will disappear like a ghost. You will not be able to find him because everything you know about him is fake.
He also work with Malaysia scammer group to luke single women to oversea. We do not know whether he is planning to scam more money, or kidnapped the women, or human trafficking. So please do not agreed to go on any trip.
These are some of the mobile number he used in the past (he already change the number):
He normally needs to change to a new mobile number after 1-2 months, that is the moment he move to the next batch of victims because he need to block / get rid of those he already finished scamming. They purchase a lot of SIM card from Australia and keep using new mobile to scam.
(AUS) +61 456584644 and +61 467703401
(UK) +44 7873806861
(USA-1) +1 207 8080208
(USA-1) +1 575 6802969
(Email) limrichardwong@yahoo.com
(Email) he also have a gmail address
His scammer gang include people like Lian (caucasian woman station in Singapore who could be his gf), Daniel (could be the leader), Leong See Mei, Maria Freeman (London), Nadia, Caroline Olsen, June Wong, Clara, Dr Brendan Hastings, Steven
Fraud company that he use to scam money:
Maxim Securities And Diplomatic Service.
Fraud Phone: +60 16 9424318
http://www.fraud-news.com/showthread.php/112079-Maxim-Security-amp-Diplomatic-Service
SCAMMER BANK ACCOUNT
(Email) he also have a gmail address
His scammer gang include people like Lian (caucasian woman station in Singapore who could be his gf), Daniel (could be the leader), Leong See Mei, Maria Freeman (London), Nadia, Caroline Olsen, June Wong, Clara, Dr Brendan Hastings, Steven
Fraud company that he use to scam money:
Maxim Securities And Diplomatic Service.
Fraud Phone: +60 16 9424318
http://www.fraud-news.com/showthread.php/112079-Maxim-Security-amp-Diplomatic-Service
SCAMMER BANK ACCOUNT
Scammer Account Name: Pusparani D/O V. Kalimuthu
Scammer Account No.: 6222121177
Bank (OCBC)
Scammer Account Name: Leong See Mei
Scammer Account No.: 1323720229
Bank (UOB)
[His actual girlfriend might also be part of the team we do not know because there are so many girls working in this scam group, including sending the kid to call you]
He is already under police report case. If you wish to report him, please call:
Singapore Police force Ang Mo Kio North N.P.C.
Phone number +65-62181343 / +65-62181348
(refer to online love scam department)
The same scammer is also on another scammer report case here:
https://www.scamalert.sg/types-of-scams/internet-love-scam/post/post/46-charming-man-tried-to-con-me-into-paying-$2,000-to-help-him-move
(his Facebook is already under investigation so he is definitely coming back with a new Facebook account or a new name, please send us his new account with new name / new photos so we can warn the other girls)
SOMETHING WE FIND OUT ABOUT THIS SCAMMER:
This scammer might be stationed in Singapore, but he pretend he is living in Australia Perth. His IP address shows that he is based in Singapore. So he might be a local scammer.
All the bank accounts provided for bank transfer are mostly banks that commonly used in Singapore. All these bank are not commonly use in Australia and Malaysia.
This scammer might also be working as a cruise staff in Sydney.
[His actual girlfriend might also be part of the team we do not know because there are so many girls working in this scam group, including sending the kid to call you]
He is already under police report case. If you wish to report him, please call:
Singapore Police force Ang Mo Kio North N.P.C.
Phone number +65-62181343 / +65-62181348
(refer to online love scam department)
The same scammer is also on another scammer report case here:
https://www.scamalert.sg/types-of-scams/internet-love-scam/post/post/46-charming-man-tried-to-con-me-into-paying-$2,000-to-help-him-move
(his Facebook is already under investigation so he is definitely coming back with a new Facebook account or a new name, please send us his new account with new name / new photos so we can warn the other girls)
SOMETHING WE FIND OUT ABOUT THIS SCAMMER:
This scammer might be stationed in Singapore, but he pretend he is living in Australia Perth. His IP address shows that he is based in Singapore. So he might be a local scammer.
All the bank accounts provided for bank transfer are mostly banks that commonly used in Singapore. All these bank are not commonly use in Australia and Malaysia.
This scammer might also be working as a cruise staff in Sydney.
We do not know whether this scammer is using his actual photos or he stole the photos and his identity from someone else. If you are the actual owner of all these photos, please contact us.
Ladies, if you know he created a new account online / new name / new mobile / new info, please send us the link or add into the comment here, so we can constantly update here to help to warn the other women out there.
Email us: lovescam.limrichardwong@gmail.com
If you are already one of the victim, please understand that this is not your fault, and knows that they are very professional and cunning, they have been scamming a lot of women, so they know how to work on women's weakness and emotional. When meet anyone online, do not send them any money, the moment they ask for money, you should know them are scammer, block them and delete them away from your account before they approach your other friends.
BLOCK HIM.
STOP ALL CONTACT WITH THIS SCAMMER TO AVOID ANY LOST OF MONEY, BETRAYAL, OR ENDANGERING YOURSELF & YOUR FAMILY.THIS SCAMMER WORKS IN A GROUP AND HE HAS AT LEAST 10 OTHER SCAMMERS WORKING WITH HIM.
HE HAVE NO LOVE FOR ANYONE.
DO NOT THINK THAT YOU KNOW HIM WELL JUST BECAUSE HE HAVE BEEN CALLING YOU EVERY DAY, OR YOU ARE THAT SPECIAL ONE COMPARE TO THE OTHER GIRLS, YOU ARE JUST ONE OF THIS HUNDRED OF TARGET.
THIS IS A LOVE SCAM JUST TO GET YOUR MONEY.
DO NOT THINK THAT YOU KNOW HIM WELL JUST BECAUSE HE HAVE BEEN CALLING YOU EVERY DAY, OR YOU ARE THAT SPECIAL ONE COMPARE TO THE OTHER GIRLS, YOU ARE JUST ONE OF THIS HUNDRED OF TARGET.
THIS IS A LOVE SCAM JUST TO GET YOUR MONEY.
PROTECT YOURSELF.
UNDERSTAND HOW THE SCAMMER WORKS ON THEIR TARGET.
-NORMAL GUY DO NOT NEED TO BE SO ROMANTIC BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE MONEY FROM YOU, WHEN SOMEONE IS OVERLY NICE AND PERFECT, THERE IS ALWAYS A CATCH - YOUR MONEY.
-LISTEN TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHEN THEY WARN YOU TO BE CAREFUL. THEY MIGHT HAVE READ / UNDERSTAND HOW THIS SCAMMER WORKS, THEY ARE NOT BEING NOSY OR JEALOUS, THEY HAVE YOUR INTEREST IN HEART, WHEN PEOPLE WARN YOU, START TO DO YOUR RESEARCH, IF YOU CANNOT FIND ANYTHING, STILL BE ALERT AND ANALYST MORE CAREFULLY.
-ONE THING MOST OF THE VICTIM FALLS IN DEEPLY - THEY THINK OTHERS DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE LOVE BETWEEN YOU AND THE SCAMMER IS SO UNIQUE AND SPECIAL, AND YOU FEELS THAT THE LOVE IS NOT BEING ACCEPTED BY OTHERS (SO ROMANTIC). SO THIS HELP TO PUT BOTH OF YOU CLOSER, TO WANT TO PROVE TO EVERYONE THAT THEY ARE WRONG.
-TRUST YOUR GUT FEELING.
-REMEMBER -- HE IS GOING TO COME BACK WITH A NEW NAME / ID, DIFFERENT PHOTOS, DIFFERENT MOBILE NO. SO PLEASE SHARE WITH THE OTHER GIRLS HOW THEY CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES.
-ONE THING MOST OF THE VICTIM FALLS IN DEEPLY - THEY THINK OTHERS DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE LOVE BETWEEN YOU AND THE SCAMMER IS SO UNIQUE AND SPECIAL, AND YOU FEELS THAT THE LOVE IS NOT BEING ACCEPTED BY OTHERS (SO ROMANTIC). SO THIS HELP TO PUT BOTH OF YOU CLOSER, TO WANT TO PROVE TO EVERYONE THAT THEY ARE WRONG.
-TRUST YOUR GUT FEELING.
-REMEMBER -- HE IS GOING TO COME BACK WITH A NEW NAME / ID, DIFFERENT PHOTOS, DIFFERENT MOBILE NO. SO PLEASE SHARE WITH THE OTHER GIRLS HOW THEY CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES.
If you know better ways to spot such scammer do share. Feel free to leave your comment or email us. We hope to protect more women out there.
These are some of the information and data we collected from different victims who he scammed, and hope to teach the other women how they can spot all these scammer faster / in early stage.
Here's something you can read to understand more about how scammer works:
https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/media/people/monica-whitty/Whitty_romance_scam_report.pdf
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