Rodney Stemley, Rhonda Avery (Ofori), John Hommey
Complaint 229896 Details

This was a man claiming to be in the military in an elite unit who had to redeploy to Afghanistan. He gave me what I now know as the typical scam of not being allowed to get things there, wasn't allowed to have things sent directly to him, etc. He claimed to have a 12 yr old son that was in school in Togo for a couple of months for an academic cultural exchanged. He said he grew up in Estonia and moved to Indiana as a young teen, and that his mom was Australian. He used the name John Hommey. Prior to his scam, there was another man claiming to be the man in the photo used, he went by the name John Coppins. I figured out his scam within a couple of weeks, then this other man claiming to be the real man in the photo and with the name John Hommey. We spoke for three months, sent him money and a few gifts. I also opened up a bank acct for his use when he got out. Instead, after confronting him on the phone when I knew for sure he was a scammer, another man stepped in and called me and said he out money into my acct. They put a fraudulent check into the acct in the amount of $7500 then immediately called and called and emailed and finally threatened me because I wasn't answering. They wanted me to disperse the money to two different people here in the US. This check was put into my acct by someone who walked into a New Jersey Bank of America and put the check in. I of course have not touched the money, didn't disperse it, and was threatened by these people. I in turn threatened them back, have turned over all info to the FBI, and tracked down the company who had their check info stolen. The money is still in my account because of paperwork with the bank. This was a pretty darn elaborate scam. I asked questions about everything, looked up names and phone numbers and didn't take anything at face value. But I was still scammed. There are people here in the US who are involved. While I can't do anything about those in Ghana, I hopefully can about these people here. The names used here were: Rodney Stemley from Parker, CO, Rhonda Avery (Ofori), from Indiana and CO, Daniell Detada from Indiana, Mercy Peters from Stanton Island, NY, Charles Wiley from Virginia ( no address given). Other names used in the scam were: Gifty dela Detada, from Indiana ( claiming to be friend in the service with John), Daniell Hommey, Oliver Jackson from California, Nansei McCleod from Ghana, Nana Forson from Ghana, James Awuni from Ghana, Vince Engle from Ghana. Most of these people I actually spoke to on the phone. They contacted me again just last week, even after they know I know I have been scammed. I have all my paperwork, phone numbers, addresses and everything associated with what I sent over. My hope here is to get more information on the people here in the US. I know that there have been over 25 women scammed with this same group using the same pics. If anyone has come across these names, have been scammed by anyone using these names, please contact me here. I for one would love justice to be done, and these people held accountable for everything they have done.