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Stolen Identity: Do You Know Him?
Dr. Fernando Gomes Pinto
Frequently used by scammers to fool women!
You Have Probably Seen His Photos Before!
The real Dr. Fernando Gomes Pinto is a Brazilian Surgeon
Dr. Fernando Gomes Pinto Is Another Scammers Choice Award Winner
Of course, you don’t really know Dr. Fernando Gomes Pinto, since these are stolen photos used by African Romance Scammers, but he is popular!
If you see his photos on social media or on a dating site – guess what? He is being used by Online Fraudsters & Cybercriminals!
Remember Dr. Fernando Gomes Pinto’s face for the next time you see him!
Here is a gallery of Dr. Fernando Gomes Pinto’s photos we have found used by Romance Scammers:
Do you have or have seen other photos of Dr. Fernando Gomes Pinto? Send them to us on our Report Scammer form »
WARNING:
Do Not Contact Him – You Do Not Have A Relationship With Him!
He Does Not Want To Hear From Women Who Have Fallen In Love With His Face!
He Is A Victim Also And Deserving Of His Privacy And Respect
He Knows His Identity Has Been Stolen And Used By Scammers
RSN™ Team
A SCARS Division
Miami Florida U.S.A.
TAGS: Stolen Identity, Stolen Photos, Impersonation, Romance Scam, Fake Female, Imposter Scam, Love Scammer, Romance Scammer, Ghana Scammer, Nigerian Scammer, Fake Profile, Fake Identity, Fernando Gomes Pinto, Doctor Gomes Pinto, Brazil, Brazilian, Surgeon, Medical Doctor,
NOTICE: The above images are presented in the public interest to help prevent further unlawful use and impersonation of the real person pictured. No accusation is being made against the real person and in fact, we believe them to be completely innocent of any wrongdoing. These images have been stolen and used by criminals to defraud others.
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I have been scammed by a man who uses the photos but says his name is Andrew Gomes. He messed up a week ago and answered a fake text on hangouts using my grandsons pictures. I asked him about the photos and the answer was always someone’s stealing my photos. He actually sent me a video and when I checked it he was talking to another woman. He wants money bad he is also on WhatsApp. I pushed video chat last Sunday and a Nigerian picked up. I asked what was going on and he said he was hacked. Stay away from him I have lost thousands of dollars to him I feel like a dumb fool
Have you reported the crime to your local police?
Auch ich bin auf dieses Fotos hereingefallen. Bei mir nennt er sich Michel Liegeois , wohnhaft in Abidjan / Elfenbeinküste .
Diese Männer sind sehr raffiniert .
Da ich Rentnerin bin verlangt er immer nur kleine Beträge .Aber auch Kleinvieh macht Mist . Und so sind in einem Jahr doch 4500 € zusammen gekommen .
Trotz dem ich Ihn öfters einen Romance Scammer genannt habe , hat er mich trotzdem immer wieder dazu gebracht Geld über MonyGaem zu schicken .
Ich habe diesem Michel gedroht Ihn und seine gesamte Fanilie )zu verfluchen , sollte er mich Belügen und Betrügen , doch er behauptet weiterhin dieser Mann auf den Fotos zu sein.
Eine Anzeige bei der Polizei bringt nichts und auch die Botschaft in Abidjan unternimmt nichts .
Ich werde Ihm nun kein Geld mehr schicken und warte ab , ob er mich auch ohne Geld noch liebt ( Lach, lach )
Ich werde mein Geld abschreiben , aber mache mir den Spass weiter mit Ihm in Kontakt zu bleiben, um zu erfahren , was für Märchen er mir noch erzählt
Offensichtlich verstehen Sie nicht, dass dies ein Betrug ist, ein Verbrechen, und dass diese Person ein Krimineller ist. Sein einziges Interesse besteht darin, Geld von Ihnen zu bekommen. Er liebt dich nicht, das ist nur Manipulation.
Melden Sie es der Polizei, selbst wenn sie nichts tun, haben sie die Informationen für andere Opfer und können möglicherweise in Zukunft etwas tun. Sie können den Betrüger auch dem PLCC in der Elfenbeinküste melden.
Da wir keine deutschsprachige Organisation sind, bitten wir Sie dringend, sich einen Traumatherapeuten an Ihrem Wohnort zu suchen. Sie brauchen Beratung, um dies zu verstehen und es als das zu akzeptieren, was es ist. Bitte holen Sie sich die Hilfe, die Sie brauchen.
Clearly you do not understand that this is a scam, a crime, and that this person is a criminal. His only interest is getting money from you. He does not love you, that is just manipulation.
Report it to the police, even if they do nothing, they will have the information for other victims and may be able to do something in the future. You can also report the scammer to the PLCC in Ivory Coast.
Since we are not a German language organization, we urge you to find a trauma therapist where you live. You need counseling to understand this and accept it for what it is. Please get the help that you need.
Sigue en facebook con el nombre de Jeffery Wilson dice q es cirujano q esta en serbia q se quiere jubilar en 2 semanas q su mujer habia fallecido hace 2 años y q tiene una hija de 12 q queria venirse a españa con su hija q se suponia q su hija estudiaba en una base militar en calorina de norte y que queria pasar mas tiempo con ella me pedia el wassap y no se lo di menos mal q di con esta pag al buscar por google las fotos de su perfil en facebook le bloqueado y denunciado en facebook os recomiendo q lo reporteis q denuncies en masa si os pasa
Sabes que esto es una estafa, ¿verdad? Que en realidad no es el Dr. Gómez Pinto – los delincuentes le robaron las fotos.
Visite nuestro sitio web en español http://www.ContraEstafas.org
Yo hace una semana exactamente acepte la invitación de un tal Peter Jhon médico cirujano que trabaja para Naciones Unidas de origen estadounidense – Texas, tiene 1 hijo que está en un internado y que su esposa falleció en un accidente de automóvil, todos los días me llama y a tratado de conquistarme. Pero ya lo descubrí gracias a esta pagina
Sí, suena como una estafa típica. Esperamos que no haya perdido mucho dinero.
¿Sabías que también tenemos un sitio web dedicado en español? http://www.ContraEstafas.org
Hello. Right now I have him added to Facebook as Alvin Hickman. I was already excited xD, but when he told me about sending me money by parcel and that I had to pay the customs expenses c”.), I realized the scam. Since I had already heard of this mode of operation. He send me to get money hahaha and supposedly I’m looking for the money right now ;) He also contacted me through this whatsapp number +95 9753037132
This is not a game. Blok them and move on.
This person was on facebook early January2022.I replied and after a few chats he suggested using Hangouts. I connected on Google Chats.The romance lines came thick and fast.After 4weeks he directly asked me for money,$2000. Broke contact for a few days but resumed only to be later asked for ITunes card for $300 to help with his 8yr old daughter who was boarded in Southern Carolina.He told me his wife had died. I Googled ITunes and had the revelation of the implication of what they can be used for.I told him it was not going to happen and got lots of sad emojis.Still kept talking as this was a game and some sport. He was a Doctor working in Somalia, had a 5yr contract which had finished and was needing someone to “help get him out”. I was to email the UN and apply for leave of absence. No money was asked for but I was expecting it. His hole had got pretty deep by now.I had another request for ITunes but said no. His 8yr old daughter had also emailed me as a friend of Dads. Good use of words and puctuation for an 8yr old ??.Suspected there may have been 2 people in volved at that point.He said he was from Germany, USA from age 23 and did Med training there.His email was axelgarthshane17@gmail.com That was the only name that I knew.Could be called Alex.This has been quite an experience which I finally decided had gone on long enough so have uninstalled Google Chats and Hangouts.It is easy to see how this gets started with such an atractive hook as Dr.Pinto.
My mom fell for this scam. The details used: James, widower with an 11-year-old son, wife died in a car crash, WHO doctor on contract in Bangkok, stuck there due to COVID. Asked for money – maybe to end his contract early? I didn’t really want to know how much she was suckered out of.
This is not the way to respond to a crime. Call you local police and report the full amount lost. Get a police report number. Then report to http://www.Anyscam.com and the FBI’s http://www.IC3.gov websites
Then make sure your mother understands that talking to strangers online is not safe and that she should check with you before doing anything that someone asks of her.
He just messaged me on Pinterest as Maro Tom
https://www.pinterest.com/tommaro888/
He ask my friend ship on Facebook sustaining he is a military dr -cardiology but he show me pictures with him dressed for surgery .He claim he is alone with a child si quite show me a picture with his 11 years old son,named Perry.He sad he work in New york but in Afganistan is for a short mission.
i was curious about the real user and because of insistense.He was incapable to sustain a converation plus he also insist to use hangouts but he repeat that stupid text probable copied.I use some traps and he wasn,t aware of medical term .
I remember the face from somewere so I surch him and discover the truth.But was much easy because he want a video call but I stop the camera and it was a stupid ,uneducated soldier speakinf English with a seriois nigerian accent.
He sustained his name is IRIS FATAYI ILDRIS -from the start I ask him about the origin but he postpone.
So block and report him
Unfortunately the same thing happened to me! The same person friended me on Facebook then asked to talk on Google Hangouts. His Facebook name was Robert Spencer who lives in Rochester, NY. He said he was an Orthopedic Surgeon whose wife was killed in a car accident 4 years ago and has a son named Kelly, age 14 who goes to school in England. He said he works in Afganistan, but was returning home in November. Claims he has no family and almost immediately professed his love, asked for pictures and sent several of “himself”. He just asked for money yesterday claiming that the UN had frozen his assets. He needed the money to upgrade his phone for books and video games. What a joke!!
Dobrý den chtěla jsem vám dát vědět že mám naky fotky jeho a teď se jmenuje John Michael a chtěl bych jsem mu koupila kartu steam a dal mi náki účet ale já jsem to neudela bylo to divné a teď přej den
Thank you for your comment. We are glad that you did not lose any money.
He also goes by the name of
Nick Daniel Adams ..and ..Kelvin Mike
Both Instagram. He also uses the Hangout app.
He asked me for a money card twice, asked to purchase phones thru my plan, and even offered to pay my bills and put me up. All the while stating to be my friend but that was in love with me. Then asked me for $300 and flipped out on me cuz I told him no so many times that I blocked him. He stole my pictures from my profile and mocked them up, he gathered info about all my friends and followers and threatened me. After I blocked him, he created another profile name and threatened me again thru messages. He also got ahold of my email. I don’t correspond and have since Reported and deleted my Instagram account and might delete Facebook cuz he’s threatening me over all social apps. His threat was to tell everyone that I murdered his whole family and help him get rid of me. He is sick
Not HIM, but the scammers who stole his photos
His picture is on tik tok,now..
I got an email from a man named Raymond. He sent me a video of Dr.Fernand Gomes Pinto.His Email address is Emiliopelham 54321.
I found a real Facebook site of Dr.Fernando Gomes Pinto by image search. He has talked that more than 400 of his photos was used for fraud on Brazilian TV.
Funny story Dr. Johnson Klopp lives in New Orleans with the whole practice being a orthopedic surgeon. Doing missionary work in Syria making millions of dollars. Wife passed away two years ago in a car accident and said he has two children who he shipped away to Africa to a boarding school. Who in their right mind would ever do that. This guy is an absolute womanizer and crock of shit. Please be where any woman that falls for his BS this is disgusting and how could a human being treat another human being in this manner. I could go on but I have no reason but to warn other women. His name and email address at the bottom. Dumb ass..
This man is currently using Instagram naming himself Frankray875. I was immediately suspicious of him, apparently lives in Uk but in Indianisia working as a civil engineer. Lost wife and child in labour and has a 4 yr old living in America!! Full of spelling mistakes & contradicts himself
“This man” is not the scammer. Those are stolen photos used by a multitude of scammers. There will be thousands of fake profiles using the real man’s photos. Dr. Gomez Pinto is not a scammer.
Dobrý den chtěla dostala jsem fotky dr fernando gomes pinto a na manesstr má napsáno John Michael a vím že ti fotky nejsou jeho a chtěl aby jsem mu koupila kartu steam a dal mi nakej účet ale já jsem nic z toho mu neposla
Soy Lola de Espana…yo mantenia con Fernando Gomes pinto una relacion a distancia…me dijo que estaba en Jerusalen…que me Amaba y que SE Venir conmigo a Espana..su Mercedes estaba bloqueada en Londres y me pidio que pagar a 2000 euros para poder sacarlo…crei en el….despues de pagar ese dinero ya nunca mas supe de el y me gustaria que el SE pusiera en contacto conmigo para que me de una explication.
Estás siendo estafado El REAL Dr. Pinto está felizmente casado. Él no está en una relación contigo. Eso es un estafador. Lo sentimos.
Le recomendamos que se una a uno de nuestros grupos de idioma español para obtener más información.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SCARS.RSN.Foro.de.Estafas.en.Espanol/
Well I think he has hit again as I have been talking with him on hangouts however he goes by Craig Ferguson however he has not asked for money or anything he lives in Alabama and works for CB&I we have face timed a few occasions and he said that his photos where stolen but a few he sent me did not show up on tin eye so not sure if they are photo shopped or not and he has two kids Karen and Craig junior I confronted him after 2 months and he trying to make me believe he is legit lol . He uses the word fruitful all the time in conversation .
You know you are not talking with Dr. Gomez, right? And never have been. You are talking with a West African who stole his photos.
I do realize that I have been talking to a fake yes. I do not talk with him anymore at all . I just don’t want others to b e fooled by him at all. They are getting better and better at pic’s not showing up on web. I am always here if anyone wants any information. I have a cell number which it is from Texas apparently when I do number reversal. Put all my stuff to private now.
:)
It is not a “him” Scammers work in large organizations – teams of just a few up to thousands. There are over one billion fake identities. Our advice is to focus on your own emotional recovery first.
He gave me an address in New York to send a present to how do I give you that address would be interesting to know if it is real or a present for one of his victims.
If you live in the U.S. you should communicate first with the FBI and let them know that the NY address is probably a Parcel Mule. Then you can also report it on our Full Report.
I was aproch by a man 3 weeks ago with Dr fernando Gomes photo and foolishly sent a £300 card. How can these dirty scammers go around useing a lovely mans profile.
He sent me a friend request on Facebook on March 17, 2019. I copied his picture to tineye.com and came up on your site. I am so thankful that we have the scamming sites. Even if attracted to the pictures, there are no friends or posts. Dead giveaway. He is using the name Ezeali Joseph.
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Unfortunately I have spoken with him but I thought something was off when he wanted to leave a wounded so called soldier to talk to me on facebook, I told him off and told him a few home truths and he blocked me.
No Doctor leaves anyone injured , massive problem is he..I’ll keep my eyes open and let friends know about this to obtain information and put the fake to you.Must say I was very happy for you to have him pinned the fake, sorry for the real one..
i had one around christmass using this mans pics saying he was in london;confronted him on hangout ask how long i knew the truth i said from the beginning;lol
This pictures are every day on Facebook new.
The problem is that Facebook do nothing for the victims of scams.
Facebook is a big Problem. I am a victim too on Facebook and lost all.
We understand Christina. We are here to help you, we suggest that you join one of our support groups, such as this one: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RSN.Support.Group.27/