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DAVID HARTMAN, DAVID H HARTMAN Romance Scammer/Extortionist dallas, Texas
David Hartman pursued me a short time after I joined a dating site. He called me, sent cards, gifts of food, flowers, numerous baskets of different items and jewelry. He stated he was a mineral scientist from Germany and was living in North Carolina at the time. He suddenly had to travel to Italy on a "contract" bid and then had to travel on to Ghana. The morning he was leaving for Italy, he alleges he dropped his cellphone in water and had no time to replace it and would I purchase one and have it sent to him in Italy. Reluctantly I did this. Then on to Ghana where he needed a specific kind of laptop - as he would be back to his home within a few days and would pay me for my expenses, I sent the laptop to Ghana.
From then on he purchased a large amount of gold for his contract...even provided numerous receipts of such purchases. However, he continued to need money as he had to purchase different certificates to have the gold confirmed to be his and registered within Ghana and then for the taxes on the gold. I reluctantly sent the money until it became almost a daily situation. I can only say that somehow it felt like this man had kind of "put me in a trance" and was controlling my mind and I did all that he asked and even cried when I could not make his demands happen.
Eventually, I stopped sending money and other items. I started doing research on him and found out that he did not live where he had indicated and had never lived there. I also had businesses calling me because the gifts he had sent to me were through stolen credit cards. Also, when I found out he did not live where he had indicated, the rental management advised me that there had been calls from other women on the same man for the same reasons. I reported David Hartman onto a romance scam site and to Pigbusters.net. From those reports I heard from another woman that David Hartman was currently talking with. She gave me his current telephone number and email address. I contacted David Hartman and he was quite angry that I had contacted him, but again, he promised to pay me the money he had taken from me. This never happened.
I learned that he was living in the Dallas, Texas area and not in North Carolina as he had advised me. He was in Ghana at different times and was actually known at the KLM Airlines in Amsterdam. To date, he has not paid any reimbursement and he will not return any calls or emails sent to him. I have reported him to the local police and have tried to report him to the FBI as it involves across state lines and involves scamming from another country. The FBI personnel actually laughed at me when I tried to report it to him.
This man is alive and still scamming/extorting women across the country. He also has had individuals contacting Pigbusters.net and trying to having his profile deleted from that site. An employee of Western Union told me once that I may not want to send money to this man in Ghana and when I asked why, she said there is a lot of activity with him receiving money from a number of other people. That was all she would say to me. So, in seeing his picture on Match.com I know he is still active in this business on scamming/extorting women, especially the retired and widowed women.
Thank you for your consideration on this report. I have found this man listed already in a report of bogus checks being sent from Canada. He has been quite convincing to many women and they have been devastated by his scamming/extorting to them.
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Angela
Campbell,Ohio,
David Hartman Scammer & Rip Off Artist
#4General Comment
Wed, August 21, 2013
I just wanted to inform the parties that are looking for this person. He has a profile on tagged under the name of Ben this is his account number. Maybe your agent can talk to him and get his IP address, from there you might be able to track him down and bring him to justice. This is just a though that I had
http://www.tagged.com/profile.html?uid=7275105650 His profile link on tagged.
MochaG
Springfield,Virginia,
United States of America
You can do nothing but...
#4Consumer Comment
Wed, April 18, 2012
You cannot do anything if you cannot prove that he damaged you. It is very difficult to prove this type of scam because it is usually too late when the victim realizes that he/she is scammed.
However, if there are enough people reporting him to an authorized agent, his case would be investigated and could be stopped. For now, it might be impossible. You may have to move on but be ready if any of those who are scammed by him contact you to be a witness, you should involve.
OnTheSidelines
USAMoney Money Money
#4Consumer Comment
Tue, April 17, 2012
If this guy had all this money to buy you gifts, and go on trips, why would he ask you to pay for things for him?
Cuz he's a scammer. You got scammed.
Yes, he ripped you off. You were gullible as HELL!
Look for a man local, not off the internet, cuz this is what you're going to get.