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Do You Know This Guy?
General John W Nicholson
U.S. Army 4-Star General
You Have Probably Seen His Photos Before!
General John W Nicholson Is Another Scammers Choice Award Winner
Of course you don’t really know General John W Nicholson, since these are stolen photos used by African Scammers, but he is popular! If you see his photo on a dating site – guess what? He is being used by a Scammer!
Remember General John W Nicholson’s face for the next time you see him!
Here is a gallery of General John W Nicholson’s photos we have found used by Romance Scammers:
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Hello I have been talking to this scammer for year. and he also told me his wife ws killed in a car wreck and ask me for money to get him. Home for the holidays Said he lived in Ohio, I played his game and lost money, I did fall in love with him. Until I caught him in many lies, said he had a grandson Kelvin that is Acustica. I stopped talking with him. Cause it was all about sending money. Beware ladies.
The scammer tried to contact a female friend of mine via Facebook, he was asking to be her friend.
I reported his account to Facebook and they refuse to remove it.
You can report it multiple times. They almost always ignore the first couple of reports, but eventually will remove them.
The scammer tried to contact a female friend of mine via Vacebook.
I reported his account to Facebook and they refuse to remove it.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080777142577&comment_id=Y29tbWVudDoxMDE1OTg1MTgwNTI0NjkwNF83MjAwMjA2MTkyNzI3MDY%3D
general john william nicholson jnr is in sydney austraila now staying at thesydneyboutigueh@gmail.com. as he is scamming me of off my pension of $300.00 new zealand dollars for his flight out of sydney austraila on tuesday the 5th july to come here to nelson to plan the wedding please catch him now.
The General is not scamming you and he is not there. The criminals that stole his photos are scamming you. Be sure to report this to your local police.
The real victims is the General .His profile has stolen. I feel sory for him and his family. Someone with his profile made me chat on hangout. I tried make him fill stupid and i blogged him.But there are women’s in bad mood who ll believe and sent him money. The reason which they asked money from me s was to buy carts for WiFi 500 dollars
My mother in law just got scammed by this so called general! She actually was fooled into givig him an itunes card for $100. I went over and helped her block him but he just makes new accounts and won’t give up. Now he has her phone number that he got off of facebook and is trying to call her. How dose stop this. Why can’t Facebook stop him from opening new accounts
I just got a friend request from “him” this morning.
I did too- I checked it out and realized he was phoney just from the questions I drilled him with.. I told him I knew he was phoney and to get lost..
then I reported him to FB- they need to shut him down…
Please report him properly – look in our menu or go to http://www.Anyscam.com. There are more than ONE BILLION fake identities on Facebook. Arresting scammers is the key. 21,000 scammers arrested in 2018 alone!
Same picture of that Guy talking to my grandma now. He ask money to my grandma and he Said he Will just pay my grandma with his insurance because he said he have big insurance. And he told my grandma that they will get married. My grandma send much money already to him. Please help us to find out who’s using his account and so it will stop scamming people.
Ok, there are a few things you will need to know. Scamming is one of the most massive businesses in the world. It makes more money than many countries. Who the person is behind the fake identity is a group of scammers. They may work in a gang or for one of the larger cartels. Look at our guides on our home page for what happens after you have been scammed. You and your grandmother need to focus on what matters now – that she get over this – that she recovers emotionally. BUT you also need to report it starting with your local police and on http://www.Anyscam.com or here on this website. The odds are the scammer will not be arrested and the money will never come back, but it is important to report, and then turn away from the scam and focus on life.
Got the same preprinted introduction. I was in a bad mood, told him’ ” lets cut through the chase, what do you want from me, how much and what for.?” Never heard from him again. Blogged.
HE IS STILL SCAMMING!!
I HAVE TALKED TO HIM AND I KNEW HE WAS A PHONY
He? You mean the General? Actually, you have never spoken to him. There are dozens (if not hundreds) of scammers that use his stolen photos.
I KNOW IT WAS A SCAMMER NOT THE REAL GENERAL!!!
Ok, that is good. Your original comment seemed to indicate something different
Has anyone investigated the possibility that the general is doing the scamming? I’ve been chatting with someone claiming to be General Nicholson for 5 years vacillating between he’s a scammer and he’s the real general and recently became convinced that I was talking with real general. but then he demanded that I send him $600. Then it hit me: what if the general himself is the scammer!!!
That is ridiculous. Take the time and learn how these crimes are really done. You were not talking with the real man, you were talking with a group of Afrrican criminals regardless of what you believe.We encourage you to talk with a trauma counselor to help you work through this. Visit http://counseling.AgainstScams.org to help you find one.
It is estimated that 85% of the crimes is not reported. People are ashamed and feel powerless. Don’t be. You are a victim of a criminal.
Be beware of your followers, or the ones you follow ore give your 1= to. The not always your friends. Some have beautiful communities, many followers, they just choose and pick who their next victim is. A German guy cussed me out in open net, under a friends post, than apologized send me flowers and wanted to love me outside google. I told him to by a one way ticked to the moon, and I catch up with him.-
I am currently playing him in Words with Friends. He has told me his wife died, he has a son in military school, is in Afghanistan on a peace-keeping mission, and longs for a wife who will love his son as her own. I’m still talking to him and playing dumb just to see what else he tries to say. Definitely not giving him any information or money, though!
I too had this scam!! I allowed a two week period of time for this to develop- eventually he did ask for Google Cards in various amounts. This is a particularly horrific crime, impersonating an officer of the statute of the real Gen. Nicholson. I hope he is caught!! This has to be stopped. I emailed the Dept of Defence and told this story- they did get back to me and assured me steps would be taken.
I just got a friend request from him on FB a couple of days ago. I thought it was suspicious because I don’t have any ties to the military & didn’t know why he would friend me.
I checked out his FB page and it said he was a widower & serving in Afghanistan. His page looked like it had been recently created. I ignored his friend request. I feel bad for the real
Someone is now using his image on Instagram. I have 4 requests to follow him, all with different account names, all with same photos.It’s getting creepy.
Just found out that someone in Nigeria is using John Nicholson’s pictures as a catfish lead. DO NOT RESPOND to anything from this man. The poor General needs to call Facebook. Delete all communication with him!
He is going by the name Johnson Graham Douglas now, LOL.
Yes I have seen and talked to this man. Under the name Josh Nicholson. We were fb friends. I only friend him because he was friends wirh one mutual friend. I am a married Christian. I was praying for him. Began to get curious if he was authentic. Did research and found he is a liar. I unfriend him and blocked him. He sure needs to be stopped. There are a lot of vulnerable women out there.
Right now scammer uses General pictures on Instagram . I dont think so that Real General has posted his fotos in Instagram
They are stolen photos used by scammers.
I recently connected with LT Gen John W Nicholson Jr on the 23 of Sept 2017. He said he was divorced and had a son named Mark, who needed money to go to school. The designed Twitter page of John Nicholson Jr. looked authentic to me. How he was in Afganistan was in his cabin, which was a little peculiar to me. I would love to catch this guy, using good American military men to manipulate women to get money from them, who so want to have a relationship with a real man. He sent me an account number and bank name, and I was to send the money to a Dafe S Ejoiro who was his son’s teacher in Africa. I wish I could help catch this guy. He still has the twitter page up. of course, I don’t speak with him often.
Yes there is a guy using his photos on a dating site called Shtyle…and I noticed that he is still there
My name is Elizabeth and I was contacted by a military man with that name and photo. I didn’t know the real John w Nicholson at that moment. He sent me even his code number, supposedly secret, since his commander from the Department of Defense, Ralph Wales, was, preparing his leave. It costed me almost 6,000usd. Up to the end of may he was claiming to be John Nicholson and that he was deceived by Mr. Ralp Wales he claims to also be a victim. Well, I was scammed and I’m paying that amount of money.
Elizabeth did he ever seen you any pictures of himself out of uniform and younger years and also pictures of his son tell you that he and his wife Noreen were divorced
He told me his wife died 3 years ago!! I just want to get the guy who is catfishing.
Hi
Im also texting with this man saying he is general Nicholson
And yes he asked me to send money so he can leave for vacation he also showed me pictures of is young son and told me he was a widow that is wife norine has passed away and sent me the same pictures i see on this site we met on Facebook he sent me a friend request i also sent money $2300 and he is asking for more.
I have talked to this man to. For 7 months. Yes he broke me to. Heart an savings acc. Hope they catch him. I’ve seen pictures of him in an out of uniform. Told me his wife was name linda. Had a son name Harry. Even sent pictures it’s really sad
When he contacted with me i made him so many questions that he became nervous so he disappeared
That was for the best! But it is better not to talk to strangers at all online!
Are there any pictures of John w Nicholson that are of him not in uniform or of his son. Does he have son named Josh and he is divorced from Norine?
WHY DO YOU CARE? HE IS A SCAMMER! JUST MOVE ON AND TRY TO GET OVER HIM.
Because he send pictures that I cant find any where on social media. Just wanted to know if anyone had seen them ir knew his sons name.
UNDERSTANDABLE. ONE OF THE HARD THINGS AFTER A SCAM IS TO LET GO OF THE CONNECTION TO THE FACE YOU HAVE FOCUSED ON. IN THIS CASE YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED. SO YOU NOW NEED TO TURN AWAY AND FOCUS ON YOURSELF.
I’m sure you are correct, but noone has seen all the pictures of him out of uniform or the ones of his son. Not to mention I can’t find anything on social media either. We’ve talk now for three to four months and my heartbreaks because doesnt want to talk to me because I called him a scammer and all sorts of things. He said I hurt him really bad. He has never once ask me for money. He has only shown love and respect for me.
SOME SCAMS ARE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP OVER MONTHS, SOME ARE KEPT IN RESERVE FOR WHEN THE SCAMMER IS READY. YOU CAN BELIEVE HE IS A SCAMMER OR NOT, ALL WE CAN DO IF PROVIDE ADVICE AND OUR KNOWLEDGE FROM THE 26 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WE HAVE.
I know that you’re probably more than absolutely correct. I just hurts to know you’ve been scammed and falling in love with somebody that would do such a thing. Any more advice on how to get over this.
YOU DID NOT FALL IN LOVE WITH THE PERSON YOU SEE. YOU WERE MANIPULATED BY A TEAM OF PROFESSIONAL SCAMMERS. ARE YOU ON FACEBOOK? IF SO WE CAN SEND YOU AN INVITATION TO ONE OF OUR SCAM VICTIMS’ SUPPORT GROUPS
I am on Facebook but I can’t go there because I’m married and my husband would find out and be very very angry period with every reason to be.
I have so much scams on Facebook. That they do! Asking you about your self. Then they are actact your money, with different things.
You should follow our main Facebook page as well: https://business.facebook.com/onlineromancefraud
Hi.
I am viviana from colombia, to us the same happened to us. It turns out that there is a man who on facebook has the name of Barack Paul, he told us that he was a general of the armed forces, he had a relationship with my cousin and for a while, he said that he would send us $ 205,000 dollars for Buying a house here in colombia, all that was managed through a bank called fifth third bank, we pay taxes on that money, he has not removed us from facebook but now he does not give us reason about that money. I do not know what to do, they could help me.
If anyone is contacted by a woman calling herself linda essel beware she is a scam artist using the pics of pornstar josie ann miller.
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