A stranger reached out to me on FB Messenger asking if I personally knew someone named Matins Smith...
I responded that I had received a message that said "hello" from "Matins Smith" in June of 2019; and blocked messages from that person because I didn't know them and felt it was weird. The Facebook profile for "Matins Smith" follows my public posts, which means at some point they sent me a friend request and I denied it. I decided to continue conversation with the stranger and give them advice on how to find out if the person claiming to be Matins Smith was real. The stranger said Matins Smith claimed he could not video chat because he was in the military, but he sent the stranger many pictures to prove he was really the person in which the stranger was speaking to. I encouranged video call and informed stranger that persons in the military video chat all of the time. If he were in a place that was locked down or something to where he was not allowed or able to video chat, he would not be able to text or be on social media either. I encouraged google image search, but decided to do the image search for the stranger on the profile picture in order to help and in case the stranger did not know how to image search. The image search brought me to this thread and I decided to register and post because the name Matins Smith was not one listed in the thread.
Here is a link to the fake facebook named
Matins Smith using one or more of these photos
https://www.facebook.com/matins.smith.77
So sad for the stranger who reached out to me, and I hate that I had to be the one to give them such devastating news that a person they were emotionally invested in is a fraud... ugh
Sorry to anyone who has been hurt by the liars I wish you all the best