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04/23/2026
05/23/2026

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Romance

A young lady on Naomidate.com named Li ID #1037059139 said see wanted to swap contact information . The cost of this is 5000 credits equivalent to a purchase of $1500, I said I was not willing to spend that kind of money. She then told me not to worry, she was going to cover the cost because she really wanted to be able to contact me. I told her no, I didn't want her to spend her money,but, she insisted we do it. So ,she then led me into a question and answer session for about 2 hrs. When it was over I realized I had been charged $3000 for that session. I question her about it ,she said she didn't realize U would be charged. I then reported this to [email protected]. They said they would get back to me but, that I had to furnish documentation of the encounter, that they would perform an investigation then get back to me.I full well knew that they had access to all this information by the young lady's ID number,but ,I did what they asked. I then reported this to my credit card company(Citi) and they told me that I would actually have to wait until the charges posted. Sandy, from support@naomidate contacted me after explaining my situation and they did their so called investigation she told me that they could not issue a refund , they would offer me 2000 credits for the site, I would guess to keep me on the site. I refused this offer because I wanted a refund. The next day Sandy came back with another offer of 3000 credits, I refused that offer Sandy has not gotten back to me. Know the situation I'm in, If I wanted to purchase the credits to get Li's contact info I would have had to pay around $1500/5000 credits + 500 credits to request the information, with no guarantees to get the contact. In total for that session I was charged $3000/11,000 credits. Twice as much that is supposedly required. I then asked Sandy to refund the total sum for the equivalent of 6000credits /$1500. No refunds! To top it of the young lady,Li, emails me out the blue, so I'm wondering how she got my contact. She wouldn't tell me. She apologized and offered to give me my money back if we met and I dropped the complaint. I refused. I the told her to wir the money to me by Walmart money services and got no response. I was a mark ! I want this kind of thing stopped

Dollars Lost: $4125

Victim Location: Fordoche, LA, USA - 70732

Date Reported: May 22, 2026

Business Name Used: Naomidate


Romance - Gezhu Pan

My friend *** *** first encountered the suspect Pan Gezhu on Tantan, a dating application, in approximately earlier 2026. The suspect presented himself as a legitimate businessman with interests in international e-commerce. His profile projected financial stability and personal warmth. Over a period of several weeks, he cultivated a consistent and attentive online relationship with the victim through the platform before migrating all communication to WhatsApp. My friend spoke of Pan Gezhu with increasing trust and affection. "She said he was different," the witness stated. "Attentive. Patient. He asked about her life, her stress about money, her family. He remembered things she'd mentioned weeks earlier. By the time he brought up the business idea, she already considered him a genuine romantic interest." Approximately 4 weeks after initial contact, Pan Gezhu introduced the victim to an e-commerce platform called luxurycounsel.com, presenting it as a dropshipping business opportunity through which she could generate supplementary income. He framed the introduction as an act of personal care, stating that he wanted to help her reduce the financial pressure she had shared with him in private conversation. Pan Gezhu claimed to operate a successful shop on the platform himself. My friend checked, online and it seems that the shop looked professional and legitimate, giving her no reason to doubt it. But she said to wait until meeting the guy offline. But without her request, he said a week later that he sponsored her with $50000, to open a shop for her. Then she set up this shop by curiosity, and as soon as it was set, fake orders Flood in within days, orders began arriving in her shop, making the business appear active and profitable. All of these orders were fabricated by the fraud operation — no real customers existed (after the scam was discovered). Each fake order required Mei to pay the manufacturer within 72 hours using cryptocurrency, or her reputation score and score of Pan Gezhu would drop. The constant countdown pressure stopped her from pausing to question what was happening. When Mei tried to contact buyers to confirm orders were real, the platform blocked all communication. She had no way to verify that any buyer, any product, or any transaction was genuine. Deposits keep growing each new batch of orders required larger crypto deposits to fulfil. The more she paid, the harder it felt to walk away from the business she believed she was building. When Mei tried to close her shop, the platform blocked every attempt with new procedural requirements. Shortly after, her account was frozen, all funds disappeared, and Pan Gezhu stopped responding entirely. Afterward, we found out that the same scam website exists under different names: Aelvy, Lavishlocs, Goyra, meetluxury, shoplocalis.

Dollars Lost: $120000

Victim Location: LONDON, ON, CAN - N6A 3S4

Date Reported: May 22, 2026

Business Name Used: Gezhu Pan


Romance - TikTok Catfishing Scam

I saw this video of him that I liked on TikTok. And commented on it. The next day there was a message in my message box in TikTok. We sort of started talking through that he asked for my WhatsApp and gave it to him. He then introduced himself as Gianluca Ginoble. From IL Vilo. We were getting along ok and seemingly. He saw a few photos of me. He would only send photos off social media that weren’t his.. we talked about the nda. Said it was $1,000 so I sent it to a PayPal account that now I realize it wasn’t his. Then he started asking for more. He has been trying to scam me for $5,000 and also $40,000 for other thing like funding his wallet. Wanting crypto, cash, gift cards , everything now he has my credit card info and now I have to get a new one. I looked up if a celebrity can make you pay for an nda. They cannot. They also cannot legally ask you for money. He gets angry, very secretive, won’t reveal himself as a person to me, no video chat anything. I just wish they find this person and nail him

Dollars Lost: $1000

Victim Location: Naples, FL, USA - 34109

Date Reported: May 21, 2026

Business Name Used: Gianluca Ginoble from IL Volo


Romance - Fake Online Dating App w/ AI Profiles

The website advertises on Facebook to meet women… I figured out the women are A-I generated and only want to chat, it was $40 to chat for about 5 minutes. Targeting elderly men who are lonely.

Dollars Lost: $40

Victim Location: Wheatland, WY, USA - 82201

Date Reported: May 19, 2026

Business Name Used: Flirtfordate


Romance - Online Dating - Fake Check Scam

I was contacted through a dating/social app by someone claiming to be an older “sugar daddy” who wanted companionship and occasional sexual/romantic attention in exchange for financial help. He offered to help pay off credit card debt and sent me two checks for $900 each to deposit into my bank account. He also made a payment of about $958 toward my credit card. After the deposits/payment, I realized this was likely a scam. I began receiving repeated spam calls and threatening messages from unknown people, including threats of physical harm, apparently meant to scare me into cooperating or sending money. I contacted local police, my bank, and my credit card company, and I changed my phone number because of the threatening calls/messages.

Dollars Lost: $500

Victim Location: Marietta, PA, USA - 17547

Date Reported: May 18, 2026

Business Name Used: Michael Jones


Romance - Romance Scam through Gaming App/WhatsApp

I had this scammer start herassi g me on fb messenger asking me to send money on chime to play slots and I told him no I don't have money then he said he would send money to my chime to send him my what's app and so I did and he started calling me over and over I asked him to stop he still tried asking me for money the. He was telling me he was in love with me then he sent me nude disgusting pics talking about disgusting things and sending me nasty videos and then was still herrassig me and he wouldn't stop idk what kind of people these gaming sites on fb messenger have but they are gross and disgusting

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Greeley, CO, USA - 80631

Date Reported: May 18, 2026

Business Name Used: N/A


Romance - Online Relationship Scam

Me and the scammer first met on OkCupid, a dating site. They quickly ask to mover over to Whatsapp. There, they quickly ask me to send them money through Remitly, a financial service company, so that they can pay for their data plan, as seen in the file I attached below

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Bowie, MD, USA - 20721

Date Reported: May 16, 2026

Business Name Used: N/A


Romance - Charles Michael Thompson

Charles convinced me in January 2025, specifically January 5th, 2025 for $6350.00 and then again on January 24th, 2025 for $5000.00 telling me he was unable to pay for half the cost of the Meet & Greet event which never occurred. Then telling me since then - that he would pay me back which again never happened. He is posing as the lead singer of The Pixies rock and roll group and Black Francis. Please stop him before he affects someone else by taking all of their precious savings like he has done to me.

Dollars Lost: $11350

Victim Location: Monmouth, OR, USA - 97361

Date Reported: May 16, 2026

Business Name Used: Charles Michael Thompson


Romance

I was talking to someone that was meta verified on insta and Facebook and he told me to go to this website to be able to see him he is a tiktoker

Dollars Lost: $200

Victim Location: Mechanicsville, VA, USA - 23111

Date Reported: May 16, 2026

Business Name Used: Prominentbookingandinquiries.com


Romance

39 year old Amanda Took control of my google account with a takblet and mac Then started too provide with scamming people online for gambling use

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Victim Location: Farmersville, TX, USA - 75442

Date Reported: May 16, 2026

Business Name Used: Amanda Knowles


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