Jason Williams

Jason Williams, an oil rig engineer supposedly on an oil rig off the coast of Tampa with the company PEMEX. He's originally from Paris France. Started chatting 6 weeks ago, said all the right sweet things, claimed to love me after 2 weeks of chatting.

Has a 12 year old son in Texas who lives with his grandmother. He divorced his wife 5 years ago and she died 2 years ago from cancer.

I could not help but "fall" for all the attention he paid to me. Called me often, chatted sweet loving things.

Then he said some of his equipment fell in the ocean and he needed money to pay for divers to come and retrieve it from the ocean. At first he wanted $5500, when I said I couldn't he then said $1000 would be enough.

I haven't sent it yet.

He said the oil company won't pay for the divers because it's his contract. When I questioned why weren't there divers above an oil rig, he got a bit agitated.

He doesn't want me to tell anyone about us, he wants us to surprise everyone when he shows up this weekend, providing I can MoneyGram him the money for the divers by Friday.

My head knows this is a scam but will someone respond to help convince me this issue not real?
I'm not going to send the money, but I need some support to realize he is not who I think he is.

I can't tell anyone in my life because I feel like a fool for actually letting my heart get involved.

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Jan 28, 2022
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Using this name
by: Anonymous

I have a Peter Frederick on Instagram using this guy's image. Just started following me and messaged me this am. The first thing I do when someone initiates a conversation with me is screenshot their images and Google lens them to do an image search.

99% of the time everyone who initiates a conversation is a scammer and I can tell immediately. I seriously do not understand how anyone can fall for this.

Oct 01, 2021
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In Germany too, the same guy
by: Anonymous

In Germany he is known as Hugo Leevi

May 07, 2021
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Same face
by: Sandy Calton

He asked for me to send game cards to his daughter for her birthday. Said he has a contract coming. And wants to send me money. For me to distribute to where he wants it to go

May 07, 2021
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Same guy
by: Sandy

Met on a dating site. As we speak, we are still talking. Going under the name Jeffrey Benson. So he wants me to send his daughter a game card.

We have been talking a month now. He calls me and even FaceTimed me. Says he's from San Diego California. Working on a rig in Alaska.

Says he's having a contract coming up. If he gets it he wants to send the money to me. And for me to distribute it as he would like. So tell me. Does a scammer FaceTime. If so. Isn't he stupid

Mar 14, 2021
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Goes by the name of Richard Franco
by: Anonymous

I met him on a dating site and supposedly has a 16 y.o. daughter. His name is Richard Franco or so he said. Kept calling me and emailing me asking for money because of family business in NYC where he was doing the paperwork, then he needed money for a hospital bill and hotel bills and when I told him I thought he was scamming me he called me and said how dare I say that to him!

Also he said he lived in Houston, Tx and owned a construction company, used to live in California but moved to Tx and his ex wife died from cancer. I believed him. I called him out and told him I couldn't send any money to him as I just didn't have it!

When he wouldn't leave me alone calling me I blocked his calls and he got mad and started texting me. I blocked his messages too.

Nov 14, 2020
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Now known as Mats Kalsson
by: Anonymous

https://www.facebook.com/matskalsson2021

May 06, 2020
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Derick Martins
by: Anonymous

There is a man sending different pics of this same man. He claims he is Derick Martins. He said he is on his last oil rig contract in the Gulf of Mexico for British Petroleum. Says he is a widow. His wife died from cancer 4 years ago. Has 2 kids and 6 grand children. Claims he needed 5200.00 for a helicopter to get back to land. Says that when he gets to land I will never have to work again.

Sent me emails daily that were incredible. Stated that the best was yet to come. I would be loved like I have never been loved before. Sent pictures of his whole family. Still the same man as this Jason Williams. Told me he loved me and wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. When asked if he could send a selfie he became outraged. Asked if he could call.

He said he was not going to put his life at risk until I deposited the money for him to get his helicopter trip paid for. There were two bank accounts both in California. There is a lot more but this guy is a scammer.

DO NOT SEND HIM MONEY!!!

May 06, 2020
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He is using the name Darick Martins
by: Anonymous

This guy is claiming to be Derick Martins. Claims his wife died of cancer 4 years ago. Says he needs 5200.00 for a helicopter to get off the rig. Same scenario beautiful letters. Claimed he would take care of me when he got back on land. Said he loved me.

Do not send this scam artist any money!!! He was on Match.com as Brian but quickly removed the profile after we met. He is dangerous. He sent me several pictures. It is the same guy Jason. I asked for a selfie and he flew into a rage. When asked for a phone call same thing.

Do not fall for this guy!! Says he lives in Houston and works with his son. RUN!!! He is a scammer!!

Please ladies if anyone asks for money run!!!

Apr 23, 2020
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OIL RIG STORY Major Scammer
by: Anonymous

It seems pretty clear I was just recently approached on POF by the same Scammer. He apparently only had his profile up for a short time as he told me he took it down soon after contacting me. Please contact me if you have had a similar situation with this guy.

He went by Christopher, had an adult married son with 2 grandaughters. From Norway, lived in Manhatan, an Environmental Engineer on his last job that before moving to Bellevue Wa where he recently rented a house. 69 yrs old.

Sent me many poems, called almost daily, from 2 different #'s. 424 261 6995 was the last one. Registered as being from Inglewood Ca. The best to you if you encounter him He is very charming but manipulative.

DON'T SEND ANY MONEY TO HIM!

Oct 03, 2019
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Gregor Thomson aka Jason Williams
by: Anonymous

Challenged me on WWF. Said his wife cheated on him so he divorced her. Never said a word about an oil rig. Same guy with his picture is of him inside a black car. You can find him on WWF, 10-2019.

I blocked him when I did a reverse image search, and saw all his names.

Feb 08, 2019
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Christopher Ragnaar or Jason Williams
by: Deborah

How I am dealing with my crime victim status.

My scammer got me on Match.com and went by the name of Christopher Ragnaar, or Christopher Ragnar. His photos are the same as the ones Jason Williams has used. He was very smooth, charming and almost hypnotic. His story was: Originally from Norway; met his American wife while at college in London; moved to New York and eventually moved to Seattle, WA; his wife died of pancreatic cancer 8 years ago; he has one adult son who lives in Belgium with my wife and 2 daughters; his son met his wife on Match and encouraged his dad to do the same; he poured himself into work, built up his portfolio and decided to liquidate all his assets and used the funds to bid on, and win, his final Gulf of Mexico oil rig project. He planned on retiring once the project was completed, I would be his princess, we would live happily ever after and I would be repaid all the money I sent him needed to finalize his 'project'.

Between September 3 - December 12, 2018 I processed 7 wire transfers to Bitcoin of America's, aka, Sandp Solutions, Inc. bank account in Chicago. I lost a lot of money and despite little red flags here and there, I was hopelessly in love with this guy and continued to find funds, liquidate accounts and take out loans to provide the needed funds for him to come 'home' to me on Christmas Day.

I think I mourned the end of my love 'affair' within a couple days and had to put on a happy face since I was surrounded by family members. I went through the depression and angry stages and only functioned by compartmentalizing my emotions.

I hit the payment running on December 26, 2018 - filed FBI IC3 reports, contacted Match.com, posted my original comments on this site and eventually broke the news to friends and family. The secret was too great a burden to carry. Once I opened up, I gained a support group who helped do research, contact attorneys, got me in direct contact with FBI agents and shared stories. Opening up and disclosing my status as a victim of a major crime was a major accomplishment and one of the hardest things I have ever done in my life.

Since I am over the age of 65 years, I learned I fell into the 'protective' realm of 'Elder Financial Abuse Statute'. There are federal and state regulatory agencies that spell out the extra protection offered to 'elders' and specialized units set up within Attorney General offices and other law enforcement agencies. Do your research if you fall into this category and/or plan on pursuing any legal path.

I am well aware that I will not recover the funds I lost, however, my bank was fully aware that I was being scammed, personnel talked about my activity and even the branch manager admitted to knowing about my situation.

For those victims over the age of 65, who have been victimized, please know the Elder Financial Abuse adds a different aspect to your situation.

I will survive but my life style has been impacted. Everything from my tax exposure, changing bank accounts and answering the biggest repeat question of how I could send money to someone I had never met. I reply with, 'if I had not experienced being a victim myself, I would not believe anyone could be so vulnerable to fall for such an evil act.'.

Listen to your gut feelings - any discussion of money means end any and all communications and block the person. These guys do this for a living and are very good at what they do.

Stay safe out there and protect yourself. There are a lot of creepy, evil, heartless criminals continuously cruising the internet looking for their next source of income. Be smarter than I was.

If anyone has any information regarding a Christopher Ragnaar or Ragnar or Jason Williams, please post it here. The FBI told me my case would gain importance if I could linked this guy to other scam activities. I could use any additional information to boost my case.

Thank you,
Deborah

Apr 12, 2018
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Jason Williams
by: Anonymous

Using a different picture. I, like you, was searching on the internet thinking this guy had to be some kind of scammer and low and behold I found this site.

Here is my story and WARNING. I have been texting via Instagram a Jason Williams, jw25097 for approximately 2 weeks now. Recently widowed, wife died of cancer, son in boarding school, daughter Jean 15 in Manhattan with a Nanny. Sent pictures of the oil rig he is working on. He is from Manhattan but working on an oil rig in Texas. Called him out for being a scammer, and he sent me a jpeg image of his ID with company name (Seadrill Oil Industry Company) and it had his picture on it, which I believe he stole from the internet.

Guess he uses the same type of scamm with all but just changes it up a little.

Anyway, what a heartless loser.

BEWARE!!!!!!!!

Mar 25, 2018
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Same photo - different guy
by: Anonymous

I received a request via Facebook messenger from a Larry Benson using this same photograph. According to the Facebook profile he is from Texas, living in Cape Town South Africa and divorced.

I deleted his message. I don't have time for this.

Oct 08, 2017
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He is Eugene to me
by: Anonymous

I told him I was on a fixed income straight up but he still tried to get my piggy bank ugghh.

Aug 20, 2017
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Coffee Meets Bagel
by: Anonymous

Scammer goes by the name of only John on Coffee Meets Bagel website. As typical with most scammers on dating websites, John claims to be a mechanical engineer and other professions. He said that he was located in Germany.

Jul 10, 2017
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Christopher Ragnar - Scam
by: Anonymous

Yep... Christopher Ragnar. Scammer extraordinaire. Said he is Norwegian but living in Baltimore at the Ritz Carlton Estates. He is on an oil rig doing experiments? Asked for money three weeks in.

I revealed that I saw his pics on a scam site and he never contacted me again.

Jun 27, 2017
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Male scammer
by: Anonymous

Anyone heard of Christopher Ragnar?

Apr 21, 2017
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Raymond is all I got for a name
by: Jackie

'Raymond' hit me up under the name bobbo331 on the ourtime site in mid April/2017. He supposely lives in Flagstaff, AZ and like all the rest of you he tells me he is a oil pipeline consultant and wouldn't you know it as soon as we meet online he all of a sudden has a 4 week trip to Mexico he needs to take.

His VoIP phone number is: 917-397-7318 and that is through a company called 'bandwidth.com' so even before I hit this site I was suspicious enough to do a reverse lookup on the phone number he was texting me on.

He provided an excellent story; here it is:

How are you doing this beautiful morning, thank you for sharing a little about yourself, I am so glad you like motorcycles ... I'm an avid sports fan, i like going to sports events and watching sports programs on TV. I have one daughter and two grand kids and i am an engineering contractor involved with fixing petroleum pipelines. I have recently joined this dating site as my friend who invited me met his wife here. Like you, i would love to find someone to do things with.. I'm a very good dancer, i like going to the movies, wine tasting, camping and going to the beach, Though i have a Italian background and was born in Europe, i have lived in the states for 28 years. I have have just moved to here from New York to take care of my father who eventually passed away a few months ago..I like motorcycles, long distance drive, shopping, reading, anything water and mountains.

I am suspicious of any man that sends me weird 'morning' pictures everyday...come on, no one is that attentive after only talking for 10 days.

Thank you for posting your experiences ladies...rock on!

Mar 14, 2017
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Jason Williams aka John Romano
by: Anonymous

He's now going by the name of John Romano, but using the same MO for the most part. Funny part was, when I refused to fall for his scam, he was no longer comfortable with our conversations.

First red flag was when he asked how much money I made! Should have ditched him right there and then! He found me on Hinge, haven't seen him on the other sites yet.

Some of his correspondence started not making sense and now I realize it was probably a translator app not translating properly.

Feb 28, 2017
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Now In California
by: Anonymous

He showed up under the name Rick Hawkins this evening on BBWAdmire. Before I send a wink or a message or whatever, I ALWAYS do a reverse pic search. There are so many scammers out there I've lost count.

I report and block each one I come across. Whatever you do, DO NOT send this fool any money.

If I am talking to someone and they actually do ask for money, I drop them so fast. Without warning, and having NOTHING and NO communication with them ever again.

I don't care if it's 100 bucks or a thousand. I get rid of them. Thanks to the original post here. I hope you've found someone worthwhile and worth your love and attention!

You are worth so much more than this jerk!!!

Feb 25, 2017
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He is now in Alberta
by: Anonymous

Thanks for forwarding your information regarding this individual. His picture showed up on plenty of fish. Indicates he is a widow. Glad I did a picture search.

Nov 21, 2016
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As of November 21, 2016
by: Anonymous

Thank you for posting his picture ... he is back on okCupid, living in Montreal, under the handle J1234567890JJ...

Says he's 55. And this is his blurb:

I am Swedish and I'm a one woman kind of person and don't typically care to date more then one woman at a time and When I find that right woman to be with I give it everything I got. I give 100 % to everything I do on a daily basis. I am honest and say exactly what is on my mind. I am passionate, caring, out going. loving, loyal, romantic, and a funny man and I like that about myself because without humor life would be plane and boring and who wants that lol, I'm also very easy going, laid back, drama free, and love to cut loose and have fun I love to cook and entertain in my home. I also love down time on the couch, being held and cuddle watching a movie and snuggling. I guess what I'm missing is my princess and life time love to share all this with. summer, long days and dinners on the deck, mountains, sleeping near them or on them or around them or just hiking up them. I love to water ski, golf, hike, quading , movies, sports, music , bowling, camping, travel, sight seeing, jet skiing and pool and working in my yard.love football bike, horse riding, beaches, and other interesting things. go ducks,There is not much I don't like to do . I also enjoy a quiet night where I can relax and cuddle with that special woman play and laugh together and fall asleep in each others arms.

Nov 15, 2016
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okcupid J0987654321J profile scam
by: Anonymous

John Carlberg is the latest from okcupid.com dating site. His phone number is 650-273-7711

Claims to be Swedish and has another picture and a facebook profile here:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008666054196

Thank God a friend told me how to search google for a photo match.

Oct 17, 2016
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Jason Williams
by: Anonymous

Were they the same pictures I posted? I'm not sending the money but I am literally heartbroken over someone who doesn't even exist. It feels like I'm mourning a death.

He's so charming and you can't resist falling in love him.

Oct 15, 2016
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Re: Jason Williams
by: Anonymous

Please do not send any money. Not only did my scammer break my heart, he also left me penniless. He cleared me out of everything I had worked for all my life and still kept asking for more.

I really had no idea that I was being scammed until it was too late, I thought I was entering into a genuine relationship and he gave me no reason to think otherwise . . . . . at first! Even when he did start to ask for money I was still clueless.

These scammers are experts at what they do.

I eventually corresponded with two other victims and had to finally accept that I was not, and never had been, the love of his life. I, too, have kept this from my family as I feel totally ashamed and humiliated. It does get easier to bear with time but I can never replace the money.

Jason Williams was not my scammer but the stories are always the same.

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