In these uncertain times, when so much of our country is locked down due to the pandemic, there is one thing that remains a constant, one thing that you can rely on. And that is people are still going to try to scam you.
Internet-related Phone Scams
My wife received a call only yesterday, oddly enough from a person with a very strong overseas accent, telling her they were from the NBN and that she needed to download software to optimize our internet speed. When queried several times why this call was not coming from our actual internet service provider (we live in the bush – no sign of the NBN anywhere near us yet) they just kept saying ‘Because of lockdown’.
I often get calls on both our home phone and my mobile and its always the same. Someone with an accent that sounds like it’s been gargling curry, telling me that they are from Telstra and that our computer is infected. It is imperative that I download software to kill the virus immediately! What seems to stump them every time is when I ask them what my name is. I mean, they rang me, surely they should know shouldn’t they? When on the home phone they always give the name of the relatives we inherited the number from 5 years ago. On the mobile they simply hang up. Poor, poor research skills from the scammers.
E-Mail Scams
There are too many and they are too prolific to list! Everything from that my Foxtel details need to be updated (we don’t have Foxtel) to a Nigerian Prince wants to send me a few hundred million dollars, if only I will send him $6000 for the transfer fee’s first. Seriously – how many decades have some of these scam’s been running for?!
The Latest Scam – Words with Friends
That’s right ladies and gentleman, scammers have now discovered that innocent little Scrabble App that lets you match wits with your buddies using your spelling skills. Nowhere is safe!
I get these about once a week. And they all follow the same playbook:
Step 1: First off you will get a challenge from someone, always a young attractive woman with either an impressive chest, legs or both. This person will also always be a Lvl 1 player meaning they have never even won a single match. Personally I’m at Lvl 14 so it doesn’t make much sense for someone at Lvl 1to challenge me, but then they aren’t really after a game are they.
Step 2: they will play a few words. Always 3 letter words or less. I have yet to receive a 4 letter word from any of them.
Step 3: Then comes the personal messages. Always a greeting, followed up with some generic pleasantries and really wanting you to chat.
If you ignore all the messages then they quickly quit the game. After all they are not really interested in playing Words With Friends, they want your details and to scam you. And they use the old bait of young attractive women who really want to talk to you.
Once the scam had proven ineffective and that particular profile has disappeared, the next day the pattern will repeat:
Once out of curiosity I actually answered their messages to see what Step 4 would be. And that turns out to be trying to get some of your personal information:
I’m sure if I could have been bothered to keep up the ruse of falling for their scam there would have been far more personal questions on the way. But my interest had waned at this point. I also tried looking up some of the profiles on different social media and couldn’t find any of them. You would think young hotties like this, if they are interested in chatting so much they will even do it in Words with Friends, would be all over things like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook but no. Why, its almost like these people don’t really exist outside the game!
So ladies and gentleman, beware the scammers. They are more active than ever right now with people being isolated at home, hoping that you are stir crazy or bored enough to fall for what they are selling. Don’t give you details to a stranger on the phone, don’t accept the email with the dodgy spelling, and certainly do not think that hot young women are trying to get to ‘know you better’ via a scrabble app.
Like Scalpers, Scammers are a bane on humanity – we can only hope they are all anti-vaxxers as well and that Covid will take care of the problem for us.
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So true!! Watch out for LC
He is a married man who claims his wife is awful but he has to stay married for his job and his kids. He’s lured so many women to have sex with him. He’s good.
I heard LC stopped playing WWF. Maybe he dried up his options and went to another site. Maybe his wife finally figured him out and left him.
I think he was lonely and in a bad marriage. Hopefully he got out and leaves these women alone online. Maybe he finally met someone he cares about.
Watch out for LC
He’s a married predator looking for sex with vulnerable women. Way too many women were victimized by his lies.
Check him out on Facebook if you care to Google search LC… he’s posting family pics and loving photos with his wife all of a sudden. Either his wife doesn’t know or doesn’t care… bizarre though. Sort of sad too if it’s just for show and religious protection.
Well that was disturbing to see just how deceptive he is to the public versus his secret sex. Just because his wife homeschools their kids she could still leave him and be financially fine with her child support and alimony. So many people living double lives… it’s sad
Yup. He got me too. LC is a creep.
That bald Latin man went after so many women…. I wonder how many he actually hooked
Up with from the game or from Skout?
LC
L tried with me but I wasn’t interested.
I can’t believe how long and how many women he convinced into sex or some type of relationship and his wife is still with him. There’s no way she knows the truth. K would fire him if they knew. Maybe she want his paycheck so she stays and let’s him fool around.
Haha I remember LC from another site. Ohhh LC… you were smooth lol. He didn’t get with me though. At least he wasn’t asking for money that knew of!
I don’t think he was after money. Just company and maybe sex. Lonely guy.
I thought he was a nice guy just in a lonely marriage and wanted to have people to talk with. I don’t think he ever tried to meet up in person with me. Maybe I wasn’t his type.
If someone cheats with consenting adults that’s their business but he cant pretend to be a community and healthcare faith based leader publicly while representing his church. Get another profession and just be true to who you are and then you don’t have to scam women on game apps to sneak around
There are so many people on this game that are not there to play the game! It’s crazy. Google Words With Friends scams and there are so many complaints. Some people are actual scammers trying to get money but even more married men looking for relationships. Guys, use a dating app for that so the people who like to play can play without getting hit on by married men.
LC slept with my wife (ex now) when he lived in Florida. I think he still worked for an Adventist hospital system here. Apparently it was just casual sex but he lied to her to get her to sleep with him and I think lured her on this game.
His wife is either completely brain washed by him or helping him cover his sex scams to keep his job and godly reputation. Be careful ladies…
Ugh Scott I’m so sorry. You’re not alone. LC and others are out there looking for all sorts of things from women. I’m sorry he helped to ruin your marriage. Hoping you found someone special.
Men who claim religious piety seem to be all over this game. Much like it sounds like LC, they probably feel safe to experiment with sexual desires and maintain the persona of religious people. It’s sad really. I’m sorry your wife got involved with him.
Be careful everyone. I wouldn’t trust anyone on here. People sort of expect it on a dating app and try to be more cautious, but it’s more unsuspecting on a game chat.
LC got me to have sex with him. But I can’t believe who he really is when googling him and from reading all these comments. Why does K allow him to keep on as an executive with them?? I won’t play WWF anymore because it’s just too much to navigate with people like L lurking in every game.
I heard about him and his weird cult like life that he has to escape with extramarital affairs. I think he ended up with someone for a few years and he stopped playing this game. I think it was too risky he would be caught and lose his job and family. He’s probably not a threat on here any more.
Maybe that’s true, but I think whoever he met should know he’s a creep. L’s wife should run and not look back too.
Why do so many men do this on these apps? Sex or scams seems to be the main problems. It’s too bad because it’s such a fun game
I remember that guy LC from a few years ago… he was sneaky with the flirting. Hopefully his wife knows and is strong enough to leave and realize he won’t change. I’m sure with their faith that will be difficult. Ugh so many losers out there
I think his wife knows something but LC is still cheating on her and will likely never stop. I don’t think she is allowed to search the internet so will never really know what a disaster she is choosing to stay married to.
Will you play words with friends with me Trevor? I’m not wearing any pants 😉
George Rodriguez claims to work for Pemex as an offshore oil rig engineer. He’s creepy and asks rapid questions while telling you you’re beautiful. George then asks for your email and requests pictures. He eventually gets agitated if you don’t respond or comply. It’s all red flags.
Some red flags I’ve come across….
1. Rapid fire questions. How old are you? Are you married? What is your occupation?
With minimal or no talk around your responses. Feels like you’re being questioned.
2. Strange deep questions. What is one regret in life you have? Tell me your goals and dreams. What is one thing you’ve never told anyone before?
3. Any type of irritation when you don’t answer their question. If you dodge a question they repeat it again and again.
I’m not sure if this Luis Chanaga or others mentioned here and other sites did these three things but usually these are from scammers or violent people not like married men like him looking for chats and sex.
Embarrassed to admit this… I met Luis Chanaga and had dinner. He tried to kiss me and I rejected him. He accepted no okay. I just didn’t find him attractive at all and he have me a pervy feeling.
One thing that I recall being a red flag and I should have noticed was he kept telling me he needed privacy with me to feel comfortable and open up. Private setting and alone with me. Anyway that is another thing to send up a warning flag.
Don’t be embarrassed. You’re not alone. Luis Chanaga scammed me too. His poor wife accepts his lies and he continues to sleep around. I’m sure he somehow made her believe his infidelities were her fault.
I knew two women that Luis Chanaga met on the app. One is my friend, and she did have a sexual meeting, but they were both aware of what they were doing. He didn’t try to scam her in anyway other than being a creep. Not to say he wasn’t a massive loser hiding this lifestyle from his real life of hospital executive and religious man, but not a scammer according to my friend. This was several years ago, but I have seen another Luis Chanaga playing in the last year and he is apparently a legit single guy who looks a lot like the other guy and openly uses the app for meeting other single people. Maybe the two are getting mixed up, but I don’t believe they are scammers.
George Mason an off shore widow is also a scammer looking for sex and money… watch out ladies. Sad for real widowed people looking for companionship.
It’s helpful to see names and user tags to avoid along with the red flag warnings. I’m sure most of these users frequently change their name and have multiple accounts. Still helpful though.
Thanks!!
I’m ashamed of my interactions with Luis Chanaga. I’d like to think he was just really good at using a woman’s vulnerability to get what he needed from them, but I think I should have known better too. I can imagine his poor wife is so manipulated by him that she probably thinks she is the problem. Why do men use emotional weaknesses for their own gain? I’m so grateful for sites like this to bring awareness to the red flags and possible negative situations. Thank you!
I know how you feel but you shouldn’t feel any shame at all. He was a good talker. His wife will probably stay because he can convince her of anything and they’re in that controlling religious environment. I recently saw Luis Chanaga was fired from Kettering for adultery so it’s possible his actions have come to light at least for his fake professional life.
Luis Chanaga is a loser and hopefully enough women (including his wife) are wise to him and run. Don’t bother with his lies and grossness and smooth talk. He’s all fraud
Don’t trust anyone on this game app. It’s just not worth it. Too many people with things to hide and deceive others.
Luis Chanaga was fired from his job as President at Kettering Health… allegedly because of his many sexual misconducts. He’s trying to start a new online presence as an inspirational business leader. Such a fraud.
He bought up luischanaga.net and started a Reddit page and his own blogger site writing letters from himself to himself. I guess he’s trying to change his online google search to cover up his many sexual indiscretions.
His sites are so odd the way he talks about himself but acts like someone else is writing it. Maybe he’s trying to start a business or it’s all fake to flood google with something other than negativity.
Still scamming
Luis Chanaga is NOT an ethical man. Sad he is coating the internet with lies trying make his reputation better. His wife should be concerned living with this liar. Hopefully he doesn’t have kiddos
I guess women and sex wasn’t Luis Chanaga’s only scam!! Whoa
Yikes
Hopefully no one here was a victim of this report if true.
Luis Chanaga is a creep. Avoid him. Report him. He’s still lying to his wife. He’s a full on sociopath.
To any woman out there chatting online with Luis Chanaga… get out now. He might go by other names but he’s a bald Latin man about 5’8” 170lbs in his late 40’s
Thanks I learned about him the hard way 15 years ago. Luis Chanaga is a full on perve dressed in a suit.
I tried to tell women I saw Luis Chanaga was playing. I would message them to ask if he was chatting and saying x y z. Almost every single woman I contacted said he was. He was saying all the same stuff to every woman. I hope he’s off this game for good. I found at least 2 women he met besides me and now I just feel so gross and used. I heard he was exposed but still not being faithful.
Is he still on the internet playing?