Beware of Scammers With Stolen Photos Pretending to be Someone They are Not. Be careful people, there are many scam artist men from Ghana, Russia, India, Nigeria and elsewhere with stolen photos of women, who pretend to be a woman, to try and scam men for money, or to steal their identity. There are also scam artist men and women with stolen photos of men who pretend to be a man who they are not to try to scam women.