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Stolen Identity: Pierre Bonilla, Marine Veteran
Do You Know Pierre Bonilla
Frequently Used By Scammers To Fool Women Scam Victims!
You Have Probably Seen His Photos Before!
The real Pierre Bonilla is a Marine Corps Veteran
Remember, soldiers do not romance strangers on social media from a War Zone! Also if they share a photo of their military ID you know he is a fake since this is against their regulations!
Pierre Bonilla Is Another Scammers Choice Award Winner
Of course, you don’t really know Pierre Bonilla, 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 Pierre Bonilla’s face for the next time you see him!
Here is a gallery of Pierre Bonilla’s photos we have found used by Romance Scammers:
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Do you have or have seen other photos of Pierre Bonilla? 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
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This happened recently to me went by the name Michael Martinez, we talked back and forth and then things began to be weird. When he mentioned he was in Aleppo, Syria. I became suspicious because we have no troops there and he had asked me for my full name which I never provided. We chatted on Skype with email militarysrgnt5310@gmail.com and he began to say how we needed to keep it secret we were talking. Stated he had a daughter named Rose sent pictures, so red flags began to pop up, so I did a search of photos and sure enough I discovered everything. So sad this is happening, glad I went with my gut and blocked him off and reported the page on IG. Poor guy whose image is being used
Bonjour, j’ai été victime de deux hommes qui se sont fait passer pour Pierre Bonilla Leur noms sont Kelvin Juarez et Luis Diego Richard. Ils ne m’ont jamais demandé d’argent mais ils m’ont bien lavé le cerveau en certifiant qu’ils étaient amoureux de moi. Jai failli me faire avoir mais en faisant des recherches je suis tombé sur votre site.
Aurora – Nous sommes heureux que vous n’ayez pas perdu d’argent. Cependant, la manipulation et la perte de confiance peuvent avoir un impact durable. Nous vous recommandons de consulter un conseiller en traumatologie ou un thérapeute pour vous aider.
Nous vous suggérons de vous renseigner auprès de votre service national de santé. Ou vous pouvez lire ceci pour trouver plus de ressources pour trouver un conseiller : https://romancescamsnow.com/dating-scams/scam-victim-trauma-counseling-therapy-resources/
He is not going by the name of Steven Rodriguez on IG with user name emma_leo090 .. same story. Claiming to be on a secret mission over in Poland.. says his daughters name is Sophia this time. I knew he was a scammer immediately and did a reverse image search online and quickly found all of the stolen pictures. Unreal what people will do.
No, “HE” is not going by any name but his own. He is not the scammer, the criminals that stole and are using his photos are the scammers. He is a victim too! Please remember that distinction.
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Name Lorenzo Rodriguez was given to be on IG and his pictures are with a little girl name Rose. He said he was from Mexico and was in the Marines. We talked backed and forth on IG then i gave him my number and we proceeded in messaging from there for about 2 days then I said I wanted to do a video chat and he said ok and saw his face but the sound could not come through clear then i said call me and when he did his voice sounded like someone from France so i told him you sound be ashamed of yourself then I blocked his number.
Clues to make sure you don’t get scam
1st the area code always look up that in google to see where it is from
always do a video chat
pay attention to their voice…could be a recorded voice
listen to your gut
Good advice, thank you
Hi msg me on IG with thename Michaell Rodriguez,said he speck spanish and he was from Guadalajara , he even send me pic from him and his daugther in Mexico city,hesaid hismom pass 5 years ago from cancer and that the little gilr mom pass also ,but that she cheat on him before thath his dad or friend didnt know about it.after i got some red flags i told hi thta i was scare of being play he primice me that he will never cheat or play with me .we got into a fight ,thats when i notice something.he is like i have engh money for me for you and Ann little gil.i went to a private investigator ,he told me that i been 3 more girls going with him forn the same guy.lets stop this guy who ever he is ,need to stop.
Do you understand and accept that you were not talking to the man in the photos?
Horrible thank god I never gave out my personal info to him . Same story his daughter was lone , deployed in Syria , didn’t know when he was coming back that he was a widow etc . I was feeling fishy about when he started to ask me about a gift card . I was being suspicious I’m like he has other ways of communication supposedly he can talk to her . That he couldn’t talk to me on camera due to security purposes . Never doubt of your gut , I came to found out he was a scam because I started looking into Google and boom ! I found it . How sad how they start scamming and we have to be on the look out . And other victim I can say !
María, también tenemos un sitio web completo en español si está interesado, ¡así como también grupos de apoyo para víctimas de estafas en español! Visite http://www.ContraEstafas.org
Kyle Bryan on Facebook..
san_austi and roshni0221 on instagram, many more profiles using Bonilla’s face that I’ve come across too on Insta and there’s heaps more on tiktok
He goes by Francisco Martinez deployed in Aleppo , has a daughter name rose and is single father . His wife and parents died . He lives in Burbank California. This guy supposed is on a mission and is sending his retirement papers for you to sign but the box gets stuck in Ireland &they want money for it . & I was one of the victims that fell for this . He also uses photos of his daughter. I think I have learned to seek scammers now , what a shame the disgusting people out there . This are African men ‼️❌
Another name being used Miguel Romero. militaryserg112@gmail.com
mbs994191@gmail.com
Straight fraud I had already detected catfish vibes but to make it more believable he even FaceTime me on Instagram but once he started saying I love you too soon then started asking for money I decided to do a google reverse image look up and sure enough it was a scam…the FaceTime call was done on ig from a Nolan carlos….figured he did some sort of face swap filter and now that I think of it ain’t no full Mexican dude going to have a name like Nolan lmfao glad I was able to figure it out.
Another SCAMMER instagram account using Pierre Bonilla’s identity is SGT_BMELISEO – the account has been reported, please be careful out there. It’s disgusting how people can do such harmful things, by stealing someone else’s identity, targeting the vulnerable and being so deceitful. Raising awareness – spreading peace, love and kindness.
Again it is achieved on Instagram
@johnson_brayan00, it is already reported and blocked
His new fake name is Emilio Arturo on instagram@emilio_arturo22.My account is locked. You have to request to chat or follow me. In chat, I asked why he wanted to follow me. He said he saw me in the ‘suggestion list’. I asked where he was from, and he stated Mexico and now Nevada. I kept my info vague when he questioned my job. He said he was working as an analyst and interpreting data. So, I called him out on analyzing and interpreting data on me. He laughed. He reassured me that he does not do that. We talked about what we were looking for in a partner. He kept asking if I lived alone. I told him that I’m single. I then focused on what his Q & A’s were about “what are you looking for in a relationship etc. I allowed him to be a follower in my account and I noticed that he “liked’ 6 photos of me. This conversation was yesterday.
This morning he greeted me first and he said he is looking for work in Turkey as a short-term job. He avoided my question about him having a visa. I did not hear from him for about 1/2 a day….
So I googled and searched one of his pics. It’s the one with his face turned sideways. I immediately blocked his account from mine.
Dealt with this feb into April. He went by Diego Bonilla. It’s completely messed up for so many people. I knew something was off but as someone who always pushed people away I didn’t want to have to this time and my gut was telling me too. I’m sorry for all who had to deal with this.
Thank you
Omg I was just speaking with a Nolan Carlos with this picture. It seemed so real except the telling me I love you within the week of knowing me. This will show us to never talk to anyone without meeting them first!! I’m so relieved because I was about to send money too! Thank god I did not!!
I was also talking to him but I knew him as Alejandro Lopez.
Conheci o golpista pelo Istagram sob o nome de @135juan1 era Juan Carlos, conversamos durante um mês,dizia que amava ,que queria casar, mensagens românticas ,enfim. Era militar do exército, estava em missão na Síria,sua filha em um local próprio para filhos de militares, morava em San Diego.
esses dias foi para uma missão e foi recompensado com ouro e doláres.
Pediu para enviar documentos de aposentadoria e militar juntos com ouro e dólar por um pacote.
Recebi um emailrelatando sobre o pacote,o segundoja foi pedido um valor de 3.500 dólares para poder receber tal pacote.
disse logo que nao tinha dinheiro e desconfiei,comecei a pesquisar na web.
Pois militares dos EUA nao podem ser designados para missões se ja pais solteiros,pois a esposa havia falecido há 4 anos.Americano não usa whatsApp…foi ai que ontem através dessa pagina coloquei umas das varias fotos que ele me enviava e descobri. Fico feliz em não ter caído no golpe mas triste em ter levado isso adiante e não percebido.Descobri várias contas fakes no Instagram,até encontrar o verdadeiro Pierre Bonilla. O desmascareio e o bloquei no meu Instagram e WhatsApp.
I had Mr. Bonilla pic with the name Fredrick Shelton show up on my Instagram. He started messaging me and wanted to go to another messaging site. I don’t trust easily so I didn’t chat much but he started saying he loved me and he wanted to marry me. Lol Who does that. So he said he wanted to send me a box with Gold, money jewelry and his retirement papers. I was like ok this is crazy. They I got an email saying i had to pay 2,000 for it to get past customs in Germany. I don’t think so. He said I was being difficult. I said by and God bless.
Good for you. But just remember, you caught this one, there may be another that you will not catch so easily, so always be on guard and please to accept contact requests from strangers! They are almost always going to be scammers.
I too was befriended by this person who is using this gentleman’s picture. He is going by the name of Pablo Diaz stationed in Iraq so I was told. I am not so trusting so we moved to hangouts to chat there per his request. True enough everything was nice in conversation but I waited for the punch line. He purposed and I said sure why not lol. Sure enough, he claims went on a special mission and were rewarded money and gold that he needed to send out and wanted to mail to me for safekeeping. Had a daughter whose mother died during childbirth. Received a so-called email from customs to pay so much in bitcoin. Yeah right! I will not take food out of my children’s mouths to feed a grown man and more so in the military. The military takes good care of our soldiers the I know due to my active family members. Try again whoever you are. So sorry for this man whose picture is all over the net and he is innocent. I thank you Mr. Bonilla for your service to our country. It’s a shame we can’t catch scammers easily.
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Nueva cuenta creada por estafadores con fotos de Pierre Bonilla
Reporte los falsos a Instagram mismo
He also did the same to me. He went bÿ the name of Kevin Steven Carlos, 47 years old and was a marine. He said he lived at the base in Los Angeles, California with his daughter Joanne. His mother, father and his wife died in a car accident. I noticed he would not facetime me. When he called me he sounded British. I question it and he said it was a mixture of Mexican/American. No it wasn’t. I told myself if he ask me for money/card I would block him. He did and I blocked him. I have his pictures.
Scammer contacted me under IG using James Rodriguez. I had many red flags about him, then he popped up as a person in Africa in Whatsapp (names) Francisco Rodriguez and another name. I feel so bad for Mr. Bonilla. To avoid sharing his photos of him & his daughter he should put privacy n it.
Uma nova conta criada no Instagram usando nome @chris_gomez189 usando a foto de Pierre. usando email: chrisgomez186@gmail.com.
https://instagram.com/chris_gomez180?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=,
I am also a victim he goes by the name of Alexander Bonilla on hangouts it’s military Sargent973@gmail.com I would sent him gift card for him and his daughter He would say he loved me and that he wanted to Mary me I started noticing a lot of weird things that when I started Searching on Instagram and Facebook Thats when I found Pierre Instagram page I felt horrible he took all my savings please we need to stop them!!!
Be sure that you report the fake account to Instgram. Also, you might want to join one of our professional trauma-informed support groups on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SCARS.Avoidance.Information.Public.Group/
I am a victim of this one too. I met Frederick Gonzalez on dating.com. The images of this man and his little girl are on there. I have been talking to him for months now, allegedly planning to get married. My best wishes to Pierre Bonnilla and his daughter.
He/they are currently on Instagram under MarcosFidel98. They have created a profile with about 12 of Bonillas photos. Messaged me through Instagram then went on to say it would be best to chat through Hangouts under “militarybase777644@gmail.com “. They proceeded to share military rank info as well as photos of him and his daughter. Stating he was overseas and his daughter was being taken care of at the Montana military base because he was due to return this February. Many red flags from the beginning and flipped out when his request for a phone and game card for his “daughter” were refused. I actually received a call through Hangouts and the person on They other line stated with a very heavy accent “I don’t know who the person in the photos is. I am in Africa my name is Patrick Soviour and my friend helped me put this chat and photos together. This is my first time doing this. I’m sorry.” He also had his daughter emailing me under “patricklindabeauty@gmail.com”.
This is so sad, and the worst part is this family having to deal with these people using their identity. I hope they are stopped. Good luck.
Que triste todo esto, gracias a Dios pude detectar varias banderas rojas, y cuando me dijo que enviaría un paquete y luego me enviaron correos diciendo que debía pagar unos aranceles para liberar el paquete, el decía que lo pagara yo y al llegar a mi el paquete me daría una clave para abrir la caja de seguridad y tomar el dinero de vuelta y los intereses, que manera de jugar con los sentimientos ajenos, personas sin escrúpulos! Lamentablemente ya le había dado mi nombre, dirección y teléfono, Busque la fotografía que me envío en Google y aparecieron sitios donde estaba los artículos de con las fotos de Pierre, espero que todos aprendamos a estar alertas y confiar en nuestra intuición más que en nuestras emociones! Gracias por este excelente trabajo de ayudar a las personas a protegerse y apoyarlas emocionalmente! Bendiciones a todos!
Gracias Carmen, Sabia que tenemos us sitio en Espanol tambien? http://www.ContraEstafas.org
From the second he messaged me this morning as johngonzalez2274 on Instagram, I know it was a scam. So many red flags! It’s very unfortunate for Pierre Bonilla that he AND his young daughter are victims of this scam. His only fault is being handsome. The scammers know he’s desirable and now add in a daughter for trustworthiness and a sob story about being widowed 6 months ago.
I told him I caught him and that i won’t be scammed. He tried to play coy. I told hom he f#cked with the wrong chick if he thought he’d con me. I’m posting this a week after the last complaint below with a totally different name. When will it end?
The scammer is currently going by Deniel Michael Andres who is currently stationed in Syria. The scammer is also using photos of Pierre’s daughter. The scammer first added me on instagram ( @ss.dandres005 ).
Fortunately he did not get any of my personal information as I began noticing red flags after a few days of conversation. The scammer attempted to use the daughter as a way to obtain money. Since I was already suspicious & on guard, the sudden inquiry of purchasing a gift card for steam for his young daughter confirmed it was a scammer and I reverse searched the images he had sent to me.
Soy víctima de estás personas el me mandó mensaje y solitd en el facebook y luego en mi correo. Parecía tan real yo me la llegué agreer. El aparece con una niña. A la cual la niña también me mandas mensaje diciendo que no tiene dinero al cual yo ya no conte ya que me si cuenta de que era una estafa el me pedía nombres de mis hijos al cual nunca le di y si la verdad estoy muy asustada ya que tiene fotos de mis hijos y mías que enguenua fuy
Es falso, es un estafador. Pero tenemos mas informccion en nuestro sito del web http://www.ContraEstafas.org
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It’s not Pierre Bonilla’s fault. There are thousands of fake accounts using his name, and every time one is taken down two more appear. Remember that he is a victim two.
I knew him as Peterson Holmes , I believe him at first talk about family life.
He did tried to get my Bank account number from me my SSN. My credit did take a hit. He did get money from me. I let him have access to my savings account that he could deposit money and that’s when I found out he was from Nigeria , and still after that he still insisted that somebody else got into my account. And he opened up an Instagram account. And Mr. Bonilla posted that it was fake account, that’s when I really knew I was taken , I have block him from calling me ,I don’t answer any unknown numbers. I’m still scared. I know I will heal from this
I believe in God
I’ve been a victim for BONILLA scammer
The scammer acted to be Sgt. J.P. BONILLA and i gave him out my SSN
For the second he messaged me this morning as johngonzalez2274 on Instagram, I know it was a scam. So many red flags It’s very unfortunate for Pierre Bonilla that he AND his young daughter are victims of this scam. I’m posting this a week after the last complaint below with a totally different name.
Are you reporting them on http://www.Anyscam.com?
Está personas se a cerco a mi con el nombre de Miguel Pierre Hernández en el año 2021 militar ubicado en Siria próximo a retirarse , con una hija ,con un tío que murió en el año 2022, quería que le enviara dinero para costear una boleta de permiso de salida para regresar a Estados. Unidos a la para el sepelio de su tío. Yo no le envié nada , dije que no tenía dinero… Despareció como dos meses y luego volvió aparecer saludando y preguntando por mi trabajo, el cual le respondí que no estaba trabajando (lo cuál fue mentira), luego al siguiente día me volvió a escribir saludando y desapareció y elimino su cuenta de correo electrónico … Había muchas sospechas de lo que preguntaba., Por eso le respondí que no tenía trabajo y dinero, sin embargo duro un tiempo escribiendo para ver si yo cambiaba de opinión, lo cual no sucedió hasta que elimino su cuenta de Gmail.
Es mucho mejor no interactuar con ellos en absoluto. Nunca respondas, nunca respondas, nunca respondas. Simplemente bloquéalos.
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