In mid-February I received a FB friend request. Because I thought he was a friend of a friend in St Petersburg, FL I accepted. He said he was on a Shell oil rig offshore in Qatar widow with a 6 year-old son. We were just friend friends, but he later asked help getting a package to the US as his son was too young and he did not trust anyone else. Being so trusting, I believed him and helped out but the package was delayed and it cost more and more. I did try to check up but did not then know about these scam websites. I had suspicions because of the language and spelling at times and it seemed that there may have been more than one person. Finally I realized that the shipping company was fake and that another web page.engineer.com was not legit. I notified FB and he was removed. I contacted ic3 and local FBI.
I think the photo was not of the scammer and I wonder about photos I sent being misused. Any way to find out?! Also, is this a Nigerian scam or Russian? I ask because of names and places he said he visited. I Am old enough to have known better at 67.