Look out ladies, Walter R. McDuffie is back on the internet looking for companionship! He's 45 years old now, lives in Macon, Georgia, claims to be a nuclear health physicist working for the federal government and an art director/graphic designer in his "free time." He's extremely well-spoken and had me convinced that he comes from a well-to-do background, is very secure in life and was there to sweep me off my feet! Believe me when I tell you that this man can tell some terrific stories! They will seem a little too good to be true, but he'll convince you that they are as true as the day is long. And he has his shtick down — it's dififcult to trip him up. From outward appearances, however, this man has little more than the clothes on his back. I ran a background check on him, too, and a lot of stuff didn't add up.
When the red flags made me start to pull back, he was suddenly diagnosed with Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer and was given a very short time to live. He outdid himself with that story — nothing about it made any sense at all. And in person, he showed no signs of illness whatsoever — despite telling me that he had only weeks to live. I bailed out before I could see how he was going to get out of that lie, but I'm sure he has since made a miraculous recovery. He has two blogs on the internet (that I know of), and those seem to be alive and well — so it appears he is, too!
Ladies, this guy is really smart and will tell you exactly what you want/need to hear. I found reports about him from other women on this website. It sounds like he used to pose as a naval officer to impress the ladies and ultimately tried to scam these women for money. Also found some news articles from 2006 that a Walter Richard McDuffie was arrested in 2006 in Hart County, Georgia for impersonating a naval officer and for the unauthorized practice of law. Walter didn't take me for money, but after "being diagnosed with cancer", he did suggest that he could move in with me — you know, so I could be there for him during his "illness".
It looks like Walter has used the middle names Richard and Ryan in the past, and told me that it's Robert. A backgound check indicates that it's likely Richard. He currently lives in a tiny, run down apartment in Macon and claims to be on medical leave from his job with the federal government. Prior to being "diagnosed with cancer, " he was telling me that he planned to move to Atlanta in early 2009 to take a new job — still as a nuclear physicist, though. (In addition to his supposed journalism degree from UGA, he supposedly has a masters in physics from MIT— even has UGA and MIT class rings — but we couldn't find him in the MIT alumni directory.) I certainly don't know exactly who this guy really is, but we've done quite a bit of investigative work and he spends an extraordinary amount of time on the internet — posing as different people. I met him on the internet as "Nucleardawg", but he could be out there as just about anyone. He also holds himself out to be an "award-winning" graphic designer and the owner of "Tomato Creative, " a supposed graphic design studio and advertising agency in Macon. Oh, and he recently turned down a faculty position at Mercer University — which is something that just fell into his lap. Mercer just called him out of the blue and offered him a faculty position! Well, it did have something to do with Walter's cousin, Robert McDuffie, after whom the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer is named. Don't worry — Robert McDuffie at Mercer exists — just don't know how — if at all — Walter is really related to him. The stories just go on and on... I've got a million of 'em.
If you stumble across this character, be careful. He'll take you for a ride if you let him! He didn't get to my pocketbook, but he certainly left a lasting impression on me in many other ways!
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