Please report romance scams and dating scams here. We accept reports on Russian scammers and Nigerian scammers.
Disclaimer regarding pictures posted on the board: please understand that you are NOT looking at the pictures of people who are actually scamming you. The people portrayed on these photos are innocent men and women, NOT involved in scamming in any way and have nothing to do with scammers. The scammers are using their images without their knowledge or permission to deceive their victims and steal their money.
The links above are broken, probably due to Dr. Phil show copyrights.
I did work a long time, providing information and putting the show's producers together with victims, baiters and RPOs but I know there are a lot of factors involved behind the scenes and I never expected any recognition for my efforts. Plus his produces obtained information from other sources too. For me, the primary goal is to increase public awareness and education to prevent future victims. Dr. Phil did this and did it well. But . . .
Like all entertainers, Dr. Phil is primarily concerned with HIS image first. Even his producers get little credit outside of their paychecks, for putting all this information behind his smiling face that appears on the TV screen. He comes off as the hero who investigated, gathered and presented the proof and saved the victims. Well if it works, who cares, right? The end justifies the means. So then why is Dr. Phil hoarding all this information on his own private website, now? Does he provide places for victims to find more information? No, he wants to sell his books. See how concerned Dr. Phil really is for the victims of these scams and educating the public. Do you get it?
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yes it was defianately sad that despite all evidence presented by Dr Phil to this lady, she still believed that he is real and the 6 million (or whatever it was) will be successfully transferred to her bank account. Unfortunately, we all know that there is no money and she certainly will be asked to pay more nonsense fees like anti terrorist and anti drug certificates and stupid things like that. Hopefully she has had a change or heart since then. I have since a couple others in the meanwhile but at least Dr Phil managed to convince them that the man was not real.