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ribshaw

07-11-2013, 09:58 AM

SCAMMER singwithme002@yahoo.com

This is a well used photo.

Well it was very nice to read your email and also knowing you want to know me , Well I am Rebecca by name 30 single never been married and I don't have any Kids , New to here Looking for a serious relationship that will lead to something very wonderful in future , Well I am 5"7ft tall and I weigh 180Ibls .. I have a blond hair and I am straight , average in size , I would like to meet a handsome , Loving , caring , honesy and Understanding man to spend the rest of my life with .. Its been hard to find a man with all those qualities tho but I believe I can find the right man here so I never give up in my search ... Well this is all I can tell for now , I hope you don't mind asking me what you want to know about me , I will try and get some Pics for you as soon as I get your reply .. Have a Nice day and its nice meeting you .. Hope to hear from you soon . I have gmail if you would like to chat add me singwithme002@gmail.com ..

Rebecca.

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SCAMMER stelladavid16@yahoo.com

Photo well used by scammers.
Hello my Love
Thank you so much for writing back and I will really like to have a good relationship with you, because I have a special reason why I decided to contact you, due to the urgency of my situation here and I am Miss.Stella david from Liberia in west Africa, the only daughter of late Dr.Tolbert Richard the personal adviser of ( Late President Samuel Kanyon Doe ) who was killed by Prince Johnson and his rebels groups attacked our house one early morning and killed my mother and my father because my late father was adviser of Late President Samuel Kanyon Doe and i managed to make out my way to a near by country Senegal also west Africa where am leaving now as Refuge enduring hungry and bad situations of this camp, No good food to eat,

I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment I' am receiving from my step mother.
She planned to take away all my late father's treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of my beloved Father.

Meanwhile I wanted to escape to the Europe but she hide away my international passport and other valuable traveling documents.
Luckily she did not discover where I kept my Father's File which contains important documents.
So I decided to run to the refugee camp here I am presently seeking asylum under the United Nations High Commission for the Refugee here in Dakar, Republic of Senegal. I wish to contact you personally for a long term and to get my life back normal,

My father of blessed memory deposited the sum of US$ 5.6 000.00 in a Bank with my name as the next of kin.
However, I shall forward you with the necessary information of the deposit on confirmation of your acceptance to assist me for the transfer and investment of the fund.
As you will help me in an investment, and I will like to complete my studies, as I was in my fist year in the university, when the crisis started.

It is my intention to compensate you with 20% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be my investment capital.
This is the reason why I decided to contact you.
Please all communications should be through this email address only for confidential purposes.
As soon as I receive your positive response showing your interest I will put things into action immediately. In the light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely.
I'm staying at the female hostel.

Awaiting your urgent and positive response.
Please do keep this only for your self please I beg you not to disclose it till I come over , once the fund has been transferred and here is my picture as i will like to see yours in your next mail, hoping to hear from you and i wait for your lovely reply,
Yours Truly Miss.Stella
God bless you

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SCAMMER malanpack@yahoo.com

What "she" meant to say is AM using picutures stolen from Raven Riley.

am malan pack thanks for getting back to me here but can i have your cell phone so we can text each other from there, am single with no kid looking for a man to love me till the end of my life, i will be expecting your reply

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PROBABLY A SCAMMER kristen.stewart28@yahoo.com

This picture that came with this one comes back to a Facebook profile from someone in Australia which does not jive with the story below. The name is spelled differently and a hit for Peekyou. So I can say that if this person suddenly asks you for money for a trip you have your answer.

Hi Dear, how are you doing?.......... Thanks for responding to my short message, I'm very glad.. Well I'm pretty new to this Internet dating scene....... I was glancing through profiles when your fascinating profile and tender look with a nice smile peeked my Interest. I must admit that you're ravishingly Handsome man even without setting my eye on you. And this is giving me doubts that you're still single.

I am not sure what happen in my past relationship and i do not like talking about it cause i get upset whenever i say a thing about it. I'm a touchy-feely type of woman. I like to kiss and cuddle, but I could smother you with Love. I'm an honest, thoughtful, caring, smart, independent, trustworthy, passionate and romantic kind of a Lady , Full of energy, I love dancing to the oldies or country music, also like walking on the beach..

I'm Single Never been married and i wish to settle down now to find a real love of my life, I believe in Fate, I am not sure if I would ever find my love on the internet. Though i have been hurt but I do believe in the word that says look ahead of the past and don't let the past to spoil your future.. Right now I'm completely unattached and would be glad if i encounter a man of high caliber, good attitude, self respect with goals and ambition. A man who knows what he wants and know how to get it. he has to be understanding, passionate, sincere and romantic....I believe with these qualities a relationship would be smoother..I live in Richmond, Indiana.

I'm 33years of age. I stand 5"8 and about 150lbs. blonde hair and blue eye. I was born and raised in Rome in Italy , I had My college degree in Business Admin, Dad died 9 years Ago , My Mom's Italian, I grew up in the Rome in Italy where i spent almost all my life there, I moved back to the state when i was 15 year after i lost my Mom accidentally in an auto accident. I'm the only child of my parents. I am looking for a matured man that's capable to love me for me and also be able to take care me I'm laid-back and down-to-earth... I'm also very old-fashioned as i said in my first email on the site , when it comes to respect and treatment for men. I'm a social wine drinker but a non-smoker, have a great sence of humor and like to spend time with loved ones..

I am a good and honest woman, and seek someone who is not afraid to show and express his feelings. Would love a great romance but believe starting with relationship is the best way.I would like someone that will love and respect me for who I am, that likes to hold my hand and surprise me with a little kiss when I least expect it,or give me a wink from across the room to let me know he's thinking about me or give me a call just to let me know he's thinking about me...

I would love someone who is fun to be around with, likes to laugh, joke around, enjoy being outdoors going for long romantic walks, enjoys looking at the stars at night, and watching the sun set that rises over the ocean. I am looking for someone that enjoys the simple things in life, just as I do. I would like to meet someone special that I can grow old with, and that we can always look into each others eyes and know that the love between us is just as wonderful and exciting as the day we met...

I want to love a man for who he is, to spoil him, and love him, and let him know just how much he means to me, by the little things I do or say to make him feel special. While at the same time he treats me in the same way.....dear, I will be have to stop here and wait got your response, once again, thanks for been my friend.

Kristen !

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ribshaw

07-11-2013, 10:23 AM

SCAMMER sharoncontival@yahoo.com

Photo well used by scammers.

Hello james how are you doing is nice hearing from you tell me about your self i have already told you about myself all i can do now is to wait to hear more from you, but am a very caring,loving gentile lady i am very honest, kind and hard working i love to play games like volleyball and to watch TV and video movies. i like to go out with friends and family but my work dont allow me to do all that then....because i am the senior marketer of my Dad & Co Company before dad died..i dont like to remember this because it give me affections because my dad was all i have ever since due to the early death mom had...i must quit talking about this and continue about myself i like to dinner sometimes....i am hear looking for a very honest ,kind, caring hard working who love to go out with friends and very romantic ,very intelligent i do handle man with much love and care....i like reading allot and to do home improvement.I am also looking for a man who is not here for games to spend time with....I have several hobbies and wish I could find more time to pursue those with that special someone such as swimming, playing golf,camping,slow dancing, and reading, and more, that i would like to share, as well as them sharing their interests with me...
I am generally an optimistic person with a sense of humor,fairly easy-going, and I don't think that I'm too critical about things,
but I also believe that it takes two people contributing to a relationship to make it work

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SCAMMER becky001rm@yahoo.com

Boston Mass by way of Nigeria.

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Good to hear from you!! Hope your doing fine.I'm Becky Moore by name 32 years of age with one daughter Rosie her name ,I'm 5ft8 in 120lbs.Live in Fair haven,Massachusetts presently. My purpose of been on the dating site is to invite someone honest and understanding minded man,i count Age/distance/color as no barrier in Relationship,As far as two heart is connected together..I guess their Love can change from Dust to Diamond.I just move from Sweden,Falun into USA, because i lost my husband two years ago in a car crashed..it a long story, but will tell it to you when will keep contacting each other.I will love to know more about you and this are little info:I feel they are informative you need to know about me i am presently in Fair haven,Massachusetts I just move here a months ago!

Because i want to start a new life and meet the right man,i would be much happy if we could start learning more about our self's hear and see if we match each other. I love sport and my favorite sport is golf and my best player is Tiger Wood. I love doing anything out door like camping, swimming,listening to music, Jogging/Running.I love TV show also take a work no the beach, shopping and many more. But I have to let you know that, Since i lost Rosie father loneliness as become mine so am hear seeking for an honest and understanding man who is ready to wipe away those tears from my eye's. Right now i am looking for a longtime relationship.

Am nice and caring woman , honest, easy going, kind, friendly,truthful, faithful, and trust worthy and i will want my man to be caring and honest with me so that will both can live happily, and am ready to treat my man With Love and Respect..for the right one i would do anything to keep him happy and will open doors and give flower's and give him the world on a silver platter. I will love and make love with him daily. I really need to stop here for now and am hopping on hearing from you real soon.

My favorite food(s): American, Fast Food/Pizza, Japanese/Sushi My favorite music: Blues, Country, Hard Rock & Metal, Jazz, Soul/R&B Favorite Color & Flower Blue Color... Rose Flower please write me back and tell me more about your self as i just did...Have a Good Day.

Kisses And Hugs.

Becky.

Using a child's picture in a scam = always scummy.

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SCAMMER abigial.bruce@yahoo.com

Well used photo by scammers.

I am comfortable in jeans or a nice English suit. A nonsmoker/drinker, not into drugs don't need them; I live in a natural high. I believe in enjoying the good life and am high on it. I have a healthy attitude about God and the Bible.I'm a very outgoing person, who loves to dine out travel and enjoy the simple life. I'm a hopeless romantic and very affectionate. I have a good sense of humor and I like to make you laugh.I like to chill out with a good book or watch and movie and its even more fun when you have a special someone to do this with. Im very easy to get a long with and a very good listener..I love To share My Time with People I Love and care eg,friends and Family.well about my family i come from a very small unit Of Family My Uncle, Auyi I am an honest heart that's looking for a stable relationship. I understand it is important to lay down lasting foundations for a lasting relationship.
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SCAMMER christineadam801@yahoo.com

Just for the record, never received the fake $200,000 from the Fake Barrister, I think the one with the funny wig. What did happen, based on my email is she spammed my fake dating profile with a new message. So I got a tongue lashing for blowing her off.

Christine Adam

8:18 AM (3 hours ago)

to me
How can you be so wicked, You have received the $200,000 dollars which was the compensation fund i sent to you through Barrister Daniel James uptill now you did not e-mail to said thanksto me

Well, since you have decided to be ungratefull

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ribshaw

07-11-2013, 10:37 AM

SCAMMER sheryfarhad@yahoo.com

Assalamu"alaikum,
I have the belief as i promise you right now saying Bismillah(In the Name of Allah) that this communication will later be a testimony in our life though we just known each other through internet which is now an unsecured means of communication since some people of wicked mind without conscience comes here to tell lies and put others into trouble but please read my message very well though it may be the least of what you expects from me since we are just new friend but like the meaning of my first name Shery in Farsi language, it is my wish and desire now to tell you all about me due to my happiness from knowing you. My names are Shery Alireza Mirreza, born and raised up into a Muslim family that cherish the principle of good moral child up bring in Islamic Republic of Iran. I decided to let you know everything about me because i have faith it was Masha Allah(Allah's will) that lead me to know you after fasting with offering prayers to him. My birthday is 18-11-1987 in ancient city of Zarand in Kerman province. My father, Farhad Alireza Mirreza of the blessed memory was a businessman but previously a diplomat that served at Iranian embassy in Senegal and Venezuela. Death never give me the opportunity of having to enjoy the comfort of my good home for long as i first lost my mother two days to my 16Th birthday anniversary on Tuesday 18-11-2003 in a rape incident but i always believe Allah knows the best. It was after the death of my mother that my father concluded that Iran is no more safe for girls and he took the decision that i will continue my education in Senegal which he said is safer Muslim country with his previous experience there since many people have been raped in Iran without justice being done to the rapists.
Tears always slip my face each time i remember the events that took my father's life when i least expected and expose me to struggle for survival in life but for what i am and not for my beauty or family background, i have learn to accept and face challenges. I am alive giving account of my life experiences saying Bismillahir Rahmani Raheem(In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful) who made it possible that i was in Senegal studying during the period of Earthquake that took place in Zarand, Kerman province of the early morning time on February 22, 2005( you can read about the earthquake here by yourself 2005 Zarand earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Zarand_earthquake)) that caused the instant death of my younger brother with other relatives though my father survived with serious multiple injuries. My father sent for me through our family lawyer of which i arrived Iran from Senegal and met him receiving treatment in a hospital bed in Tehran. My father gave me a file containing some documents and told me that our family lawyer is also with some money which he will be sending to me if i have need in my studies and other things until he recovers from his injuries without sensing that death is already at the corner. On 15Th of March which is exactly three weeks after the earthquake, my father gave up the ghost and after his burial according to Islamic rites, i took some money from the lawyer and traveled back to continue with my studies in Senegal. When it was time to pay school fees, i tried reaching our family lawyer whom i was told have left Iran, i had no other choice at that time than to disclose the situation to school authority which took me to the camp of United Nations High Commission for Refugees(UNHCR) in grand Yoff, Dakar-Senegal from where i am writing this message and i proclaim Alhamdulillah(All Praise Be To Allah) for keeping me alive till date. One of the documents in the file given to me by my late father was a bond certificate of Three million, two hundred thousand dollar in an account he opened with an Islamic bank of which i am the next of kin to the account. I waited to reach 25 years because in the bond certificates was written that should accident happen to the account owner, the next of kin would inherit the money after attaining 25 years. I have communicated the bank and was searching for a sincere person to help me retrieve the money from the bank since the bank said a person with refugee status can not transact with them being a clause from United Nations and i need that money to be able to regain my life back out of this camp. I am also ready to relocate and meet with you once you accept me with all your heart. The bank requested me to appoint a representative on my behalf as trustee giving them his first and last name with email address so that they will tell him how to take the money on my behalf. I have already developed confidence with you since i believe knowing you was through divine intervention but please promise and assure me that you will always stand by me even after receiving the money in your account if you are willing to help me. My Persian name Alireza means quiet and peaceful in Farsi language of Iran while Shery means fertile plain or sweet so i am with the wish and desire that my quiet and peaceful life will come through your help and in all i proclaim Subhana Allah(Glory Be To Allah) for guiding me to know someone like you as i expect to see your reply soonest.
Your new friend, Shery

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SCAMMER mrsgrace.annete@yahoo.co.uk

Hello, I am pleased to send you email regarding my business proposal.I am the assistant marketer of my company in London UK (Invedia Industrial Diamond Plc). It may interest you to know that my company has developed business industrial empire for supplying assorted gold & diamonds in the Europe. Presently, I am in Moscow Russia where i am currently representing my company in a business program but I decided to contact you because the business is urgent.

My company urgently need 1000 cartons of a product that is used for cleaning raw gold stones, The product is called SILICA OIL (One bottle is 5.8cm size and it contains 8 bottles in one carton). My boss usually buy a carton for 5000euro until the product became scarce in the Europe market. On my research, Someone gave me the contact of a store in Africa that has this product and they are selling one carton for only 2800euro but I don't want to tell my boss about it because I want you to supply the product to my company at higher price so we can make good profit.

Here is the details on how you will do the supply :-
You will be buying the product from the store for 2800euro per carton
My boss will be buying the product from you for 5000euro per carton
Our profit in the sales of the product will be 2200euro per carton
Our total profit in 1000 cartons will be €2.2 million (EURO) Which You and Me will share (50/50) equal.

This business is not difficult or complicated. Firstly, I will tell my boss that you are a trusted seller of the product and then my boss will contact you for the purchase of the product. Immediately my boss send full payment in advance to supply 1000 cartons in London, Then You will buy the product from the store in Africa and supply to my company in London. Meanwhile, You will keep our profit of €2.2 million in your bank account because i will visit your country after you have finished supplying the product to my company.

As soon as i confirm your interest in this business, I will quickly send you the information of the store to confirm if they still have Silica Oil in stock before we can proceed. Moreover, I want you to send me details about yourself for honest communication (real names, nationality, age, occupation, personal phone number and recent photos). I have attached my photo and my roaming phone number to call me here in Russia (+447024096063) Thanks.

Best regards

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SCAMMER stelladavid16@yahoo.com

Photo well used by scammers, sort of like the story.

Hello my Love.
Nice day my dear, How are you and all your family? Hoping you are doing well? Tears has cover my face as i saw your mail, Thank you accepting me to save me, I am lost but through your promise i got my life back.Please God will reward you in everything you are doing to me, i am in sorrows in refuge camp since i lost my parent, I have cry to God to direct me to a man that will help me in my life, I did not contact you by my own power but God direct me to you,I have cry to God bitterly to direct my ways, This place is like some one in prison, No freedom, No food to feed, No good water, life was hard to me here,

According to the financial governing laws of this country, people under refugees are not allow to participate into monetary transaction or operate personal bank account with large sums international or locally.

Moreover I went into serious discussion with the holding bank where this money is deposited into for them to advice me on what to do in order to have access to my late father's fund? the legal department of the bank told me that in a situations like mine, that the best solution is by soliciting for assistance of a reliable foreigner who can assist me claim the fund, receive the fund and invest it on my be-half as I wish. Then i start praying and fasting telling God to help me get helper,

My mind is that any body that will help me shall be my husband forever if the person wish to marry me but if not the person will took percentage from that fund after the transfer, I have open up my situation to you, If you can provide account in your country to made the transfer good, I love you and i need your help before i die in this situation,

I am now sick for malaria fever since yesterday but i has no money to buy tablet. i am in bad situation that can lead to death at any time if there is no body to help me out here fast, I am in fear because i don't know the mind of peoples that is why i keep everything secret by my self since long, I has never tell any body about this issue of the fund because my heart is full of fear, I have made fasting and prayer telling God to help me get a man that will took me as his wife not to betray me,

Please if you want to hear my voice then you can call this number..+221 776680204, It is the phone number of our reverend father that taking care of our health in refuge camp also in his office is the only place i can send you email as i can not move any where because is against the law of refuge security camp. His name is reverend father Emmanuel Uyee. is an old man, just call and tell him that you want to speak to miss Helen, He will sent for me in refuge hostel to answer your call,

Again i will like to have your information's so that i will use it introduce your name to the bank as my appointed trustee before you will contact them ,The information i need follows

your full name.................
your phone number...............
your home living address.................
your country.....................
City...............................
your age..............................

I must be happy if you can help me, When i got your information's then i will give you the bank contact so that you will contact them and ask the bank the possibility of the transfer to your country. God bless you for your understanding, i am crying to escape this situation ,
Hope to receive your information's urgent
yours lovely miss Stella
God bless you,

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ribshaw

07-11-2013, 11:22 AM

Was just about done for the day and someone asked me about a profile on Facebook the place for scammers!!!

Meet Sophia Malone, a real life wounded veteran. Still Serving Veterans teeing up for first Ladies Golf Tournament | al.com (http://blog.al.com/breaking/2012/04/still_serving_veterans_teeing.html)

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https://www.facebook.com/sophia.malone.984?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/sophia.malone.92?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/sgt.malone?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/sophia.malone.98?fref=ts

Took me 5 minutes to find the profiles, makes me wonder what the hell is going on at Facebook that they continue to allow images stolen from soldiers to be used for ANYTHING other than honoring our troops.

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ribshaw

07-11-2013, 11:48 AM

SCAMMER stelladavid16@yahoo.com

this is after my life that i send to you now if you heart is open i can know i have open my life to you now as i tell you in my list mail send me your information so that i can give you the bank contact

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littleroundman

07-11-2013, 12:02 PM

"Before he gave up the ghost" ????

hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe

That's your best one yet, Ribshaw

ribshaw

07-12-2013, 11:56 AM

5104 Don Juan Scammer, convinced women he needed money because his passport had been stolen.

Fugitive ‘Don Juan Con Man’ From San Mateo Arrested In Las Vegas « CBS San Francisco (http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/06/11/fugitive-don-juan-con-man-from-san-mateo-arrested-in-las-vegas/)

5105 Playboy Conman sold fictitious investments to women he met on line.

So-called 'Playboy' conman arrested on grand theft charges in Flagler County | News - Home (http://www.clickorlando.com/news/socalled-playboy-conman-arrested-on-grand-theft-charges-in-flagler-county/-/1637132/20451126/-/t65rl6z/-/index.html)

5107 Ribshaw, just wants to cuddle and never gets tired of watching "The Notebook".

ribshaw

07-12-2013, 12:01 PM

Spotting Scams there are some links to fake documents in the article, if broken there is another article a few pages back.

This was shared from my friend at https://www.facebook.com/romance419

Internet Fraud | Embassy of the United States (http://london.usembassy.gov/dao/internet_fraud.html)
Here are some common questions we get from victims of fraud.

How can fraudsters create fake IDs?

There is a vast amount of information that is within the public domain on the Internet. This includes photographs of U.S. service personnel that have been published by both official sources, such as the Department of Defense, and by the individual service members themselves.
Therefore, it is very easy for anyone to download images of U.S. personnel and then use them to create a profile on an internet dating/social networking website without the service member knowing. All the photographs that have been received by the DAO appear to be genuine; however, the perpetrators normally alter the name making positive identification near impossible.

How does a member of the U.S. Armed Forces request leave?

While specific procedures for requesting and granting leave differ among the branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, they do have one item in common.
The request and authorization to take leave is between the individual service member and his immediate command – family, friends, third parties are not involved.

I have been asked to help pay for leave. Is that normal?

The military normally only requires contact information for the service member at their leave destination. There is no requirement for family or friends to request leave on behalf of the service member or provide extensive personal information. There is no requirement for family or friends to pay for the service member’s leave and there are no processing/administrative fees involved with requesting leave.

But I've seen official documents!

“Official” documents are often sent with the above mentioned leave requests. While there is a paperwork requirement for the service member to complete, family members and/or friends are not asked to complete paperwork in order for the service member to take leave.

The following attached documents are examples of forgeries that have been submitted to DAO London. Again, these are forgeries and are not used by any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces.

ribshaw

07-12-2013, 12:29 PM

More scum on Facebook using profiles of deceased soldiers.

https://www.facebook.com/james.chapman.75685?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab

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ribshaw

07-12-2013, 01:14 PM

Another set of scumbag scammers using images stolen from a real soldiers. This from a new FB friend. She asked how do I know if someone is a scammer, just look at every soldier on her friends list apparently. Another scambuster helped identify a few of these.

https://www.facebook.com/william.rcole.52?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab

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https://www.facebook.com/collins.chamberlain.1?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab

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https://www.facebook.com/mark.shuck.792?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab

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https://www.facebook.com/sgtrobert.hyde?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab

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https://www.facebook.com/alex.bronx.528?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab

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ribshaw

07-12-2013, 01:39 PM

All of these profiles came from the same friend list. With the exception of the first one, I relied on another scambuster to identify them as fakes. Although in doing this a little common sense plays in, all had just a few friends, a few pictures, were newer profiles and some of the profiles were clearly fake. I find it very unlikely that four real soldiers would be friends with four fake soldiers. Nevertheless I marked up the photos as I could not find them on the usual scam sites.

https://www.facebook.com/robbert.lasich.7?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab

http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=83795

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https://www.facebook.com/april.hil?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab

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https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004350548757

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https://www.facebook.com/andrew.martins.1694

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HARRISON

07-12-2013, 02:13 PM

Do you get stories from people who have actually been scammed or are all these ones you found?

ribshaw

07-12-2013, 05:00 PM

SENSITIVE SCAMMER sharoncontival@yahoo.com

This is from the scammer above using the picture with the cat. Just like real dating.

why have you not talk to me anymore :brokenheart:

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SCAMMER helen.edward@live.com

Image belongs to Megan QT

Hello,

Am glad to receive your message today.on my inbox Am totally new to this site ,am a christian single seeking a faithful and fruitful relationship with A TRUE soul mate.I am unmarried , no kids and by profession am a make up artist...Besides, i know much about the costume making and excel in other aspect of art work. As a matter of fact i have not gotten any luck ever since i started this internet dating though I have not dedicated much of my time on it but am still hopeful that i can find my true love there .For now, we can keep corresponding through email exchange because i dont have yahoo messenger IM.I never had any luck since I started and I am thinking of quitting very soon if am unable to meet up my expectation though still optimistic. It is very hard finding a true soul mate these days without falling in the hands of those that want to play. I just want you to realize that this time am going to take a chance for real conversation with you provided you are serious with your intention. With this little time, I’m going to take some time for myself looking for a soul mate. It is tough these days without having to deal with people just wanting to play or cheat. I have been jilted so much in some past relationship with men and my past relationship was nothing to write home about.I have never come across a sincere person and I wish i could be fortunate someday . I always find it hard to believe that true love still exist due to my experience in my last relationship with my X boy friend though i did not allow that to turn me down completely, am still optimistic of a better future.I no there would be "A SUNSHINE SOMEDAY" .I honestly want someone in my life, i don't want any Game or adventures and am open up to relocating to wherever i found my true love .I want alife time relationship with someone real..I need a Genuine and trustworthy man to spend the rest of life together. Someone who is ready to love me unconditionally and who is ready to share the life greatest joy and sorrow with me ...I don’t know if this is what you want as well. ..I need a man who will be always supportive and willing to give me an unconditional love ....I would be so glad if I could meet the person in you .I will like to ask you some questions :

I was born in Barcelona in Spain am 31 year of age i was bon on February 2th 1982 but right this movement am in CANADA in Alberta a particular mission but would be getting that accomplished in a couple of week .It would be my pleasure if you could come up with the answers to the questions below in your next email.

(i)Can you love with your heart??are you living alone??

(ii) What sort of relationship do you want??

(iii) What is your present marital status??

I would have to stop here for now and it would be my pleasure to hear from you real soon .Meanwhile ,while getting back to me do not forget to send your photos

Helen

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SCAMMER olivaldesmond@yahoo.co.uk

Profiled above, now pestering me about going to the bank.

My Dearest Heart,

Honey how are you and your work i hope you are fine doing good over there honey i really want to here from you to know how are you have gone with the bank please try your best to help me so that i will come out here for better life with you honey,

I wait to here from you and i try to call you but your phone is not connecting honey Ok.

Yours Lovely Olival.
Kiss.

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SCAMMER fast.track@fastservice.com

http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/fast-track-courier-services-c159936.html

This goes with one of the hundreds of fake "Morris" profiles from earlier take your pick, Facebook doesn't care.

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https://www.facebook.com/ericjared.morris
https://www.facebook.com/clarence.morris?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/peter.morris.90410834?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/mohammed.abbasmorris?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/michael.coopermorris?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...116897&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/suitor.morris.1?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...254488&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/suitor.morris.5?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...526252&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/suitor.morris.79?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/george.herbertmorris?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...310003&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/hector.morris.378?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/hector.morris.18?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...731097&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/jake.morris.583234?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/dom.bmorris?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/dom.bmorris.7?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/john.coopermorris.3?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...968312&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/john.coopermorris.7?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/john.coopermorris.79?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...910651&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...676546&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...592233&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...914358&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...ref=ts&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/morris.carter.927?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/carter.morris.376?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/carter.morris.524?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/morris.carter.52?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/carter.morris.545?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/morris.b.jack?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/morris.brian.18?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/morris.brian.31?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/brian.morris.393950?fref=ts

ribshaw

07-13-2013, 10:10 AM

This is basically how a travel scam works.

Just hoping this email reaches you well, I'm sorry for this emergency and for not informing you about my urgent trip to Madrid, Spain but I just have to let you know my present predicament. Everything was fine until I was attacked on my way back to the hotel, I wasn't hurt but I lost my money, bank cards, mobile phone and my bag in the course of this attack. I immediately contacted my bank in order to block my cards and also made a report at the nearest police station. I've been to the embassy and they are helping me with my documentation so i can fly out but I'm urgently in need of some money to pay for my hotel bills and my flight ticket home, will definitely REFUND as soon as back home .

Kindly let me know if you would be able to help me out so I can forward you the details required for a wire transfer.

Waiting to hear back from you...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rHIEjvIX_E&feature=youtu.be

ribshaw

07-13-2013, 11:07 AM

Romance Scams 101 for people who hate reading my blog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wNVc86csjY

ribshaw

07-13-2013, 03:39 PM

'Attractive man wooed me... and stole £600,000': Fraudsters prey on lonely hearts to trick them out of fortunes

By Laura Shannon and Richard Dyson

Vulnerable lonely hearts looking for love are increasingly being targeted by criminals and cheated out of their savings as police warn of a massive rise in so-called romance crime fuelled by the boom in internet dating.

About 1,000 romance crimes were reported in the past year, with financial losses ranging from £50 to a staggering £800,000. But Commander Steve Head, fraud specialist at the Association of Chief Police Officers, suspects that the actual number of victims is far greater.

‘Almost twice as many woman as men report this type of crime, but there is an incredible amount of under-reporting by men, most likely because of embarrassment,’ he says. ‘We have seen a significant rise and these fraudsters can be running multiple relationships at any one time – it is not a one-to-one basis.’
Narrow escape: Hannah Neate had an online dating scare

Narrow escape: Hannah Neate had an online dating scare

As many as 230,000 Britons have fallen prey to these ‘sweetheart scams’, according to Monica Whitty, author of The Psychology Of The Online Dating Romance Scam. In America, where millions of people use dating websites, the FBI issues regular warnings. ‘For months you may chat back and forth forming a connection, but ultimately your new-found friend is going to ask for money,’ it says.

The experience of Hannah Neate, 27, a receptionist from South London, is typical. She formed a relationship last year on a popular dating website with a man calling himself David.

He worked hard to establish a bond with Hannah by sending her small gifts such as flowers and chocolates. But they could not meet because he told her he lived in Egypt. This did not concern Hannah, as he said he travelled regularly.

She says: ‘We had an instant connection. I thought he was very interesting and charming. He talked a lot about his family, which made me feel as if I knew the real him.’

When David told Hannah last summer he was coming to London and wanted to meet her, she was excited. But days before they were due to meet he contacted her with bad news. His bags, money and passport had been stolen shortly after his arrival in Britain. Or so he said.

Instinctively, Hannah asked how she could help – to which he suggested she send him £500, along with her bank details so that he could repay her as soon as he had access to his accounts.

Hannah says: ‘I had no reason to think he might be lying.’ Luckily, she mentioned it to a friend – who warned her to steer clear.

A quick visit to the internet threw up cases where people had been conned in this way, so Hannah emailed David to say she was not comfortable sending her bank details via email.

And after all their months of friendship, she never heard another word from him. ‘I’m surprised by how convincing he was,’ she says.

‘He obviously created a whole fake life for himself and thought about every detail to make me and other victims fall for him.

‘All the information about his family, and holidays he had taken, made it so convincing – things like cooking clams in the sand in Egypt.

‘I was shocked and quite upset when I realised that he wasn’t who he said he was. I would find it really hard to trust anyone online again.’

CreditExpert, the credit monitoring and identity fraud protection arm of credit reference agency Experian, says that sweetheart scams are on the rise and many devastating stories have been reported to the company by victims.

One woman, who wished to remain anonymous, was tricked by a man claiming to be a widower.

Not only was he married and his wife very much alive, but he fraudulently applied for credit in the woman’s name.

In that case, the fraudster was arrested – while he was dining with the victim and her parents.
I was so vulnerable. Then this attractive man wooed me ... and stole £600,000

Sandra Ryan was emotionally vulnerable after the death of her parents and the break-up of her 16-year marriage when she met an attractive, successful businessman.

She dared to hope she had met someone who could offer romance, and possibly more.

In fact, he was an international criminal wanted by police in several countries and within months he had defrauded her of almost £600,000. Sandra still lives with the financial and emotional turmoil wreaked by the encounter.
Shopping list: Sandra Ryan was in thrall to a conman who made her go into Watches of Switzerland and Harrods in London to buy watches costing up to £100,000

Shopping list: Sandra Ryan was in thrall to a conman who made her go into Watches of Switzerland and Harrods in London to buy watches costing up to £100,000

The former British Airways air hostess, who worked on Concorde in the Eighties, was financially secure, with a mortgage-free home in Egham, Surrey, when she met ‘Mike Mbekeu’ in 2007.

Sandra, who was in her late 40s, worked part time in an upmarket men’s outfitter in Windsor, Berkshire. He was a well-off customer from Gambia who wanted several custom-made shirts and suits.

Smartly dressed and well-spoken, with an American accent, Mbekeu was well-built, of mixed-race, and also in his late 40s. He was an American-educated international businessman who traded precious stones with global diamond giant De Beers. Or so he said.

From a business relationship, where Sandra and Mbekeu discussed his suits, matters led to more personal encounters – coffee or drinks in a hotel, and then even the odd night spent by Mbekeu in Sandra’s guest bedroom. He was ‘courteous and attentive’, she says.

Mbekeu told Sandra he had not had an easy life – his wife had run off with his best friend, for instance – making him more human and sympathetic. And then came the inevitable financial requests.

His family had vast diamond wealth, he claimed, but much of it was tied up in politically insecure African nations such as Sierra Leone. For his family and associates to escape, they needed currency, like sterling, dollars or Swiss francs, and gifts – such as jewellery or watches – to bribe officials.

And so began a surreal spending binge. Mbekeu – known to police in Britain as Joseph Moneke – was by turns flattering and threatening as he insisted Sandra withdraw £50,000 of savings. Then he pressured her into taking out a £470,000 mortgage. The loan came from Halifax and was arranged by a broker in nearby Staines.

Sandra says Mbekeu threatened her into signing, and that her pleas not to go through with the loan were ignored. The mortgage application was processed on a fraudulent basis because to borrow such a large sum Sandra had to lie about her income. The broker has since ceased trading. The mortgage money went into her bank account, but not for long. On several trips to London Mbekeu showed Sandra the watches he wanted, and then waited outside luxury stores such as Harrods in Knightsbridge, or Watches of Switzerland in Bond Street while she went in and bought them. In total, she bought three Rolexes worth £100,000 and jewellery worth £20,000.

Mbekeu also demanded she buy large sums of foreign currency and he knew of one place where this could be done, no questions asked – the large Post Office branch near Trafalgar Square.
Many months later, as she received treatment for the stress and trauma she suffered, a doctor suggested Sandra may have been drugged by Mbekeu. She doesn’t think so. She believes his forceful, subtle manner – by turns threatening and cajoling – was impossible to resist, even though she had ‘a sickening sense of panic and disaster through that time’. Like many victims of fraud, she told no one at this stage – partly fearing they would confirm her worst suspicions, and partly fearing they would see her as a fool. Instead she continued to do as Mbekeu wished.

‘I think I hoped that if I carried on as if all he said was true, then it would be,’ she says.

On July 12, 2007 Sandra made a final withdrawal of £150,000 from a NatWest branch in Sunningdale, Berkshire, while Mbekeu stood over her. And then he disappeared. It came as both a relief and shock to Sandra when, two weeks later, Sussex Police turned up at her home. Several banks had identified dubious money transfers linked to a flat in Hove. When they searched the property, police found two of the watches, bags of jewellery and cash – and Sandra’s name and address.

Mbekeu had fled to his native Gambia, but an accomplice was successfully prosecuted for money-laundering in 2010. The watches, some jewellery and cash were eventually returned by police to Sandra, but she believes more than £500,000 is still owing, and her mortgage to Halifax is outstanding.

Sussex Police said Mbekeu, also known as Joseph Moneke and Christopher Badjie, was circulated as wanted during 2007. Later that year Interpol reported his arrest in Gambia. Sussex Police said it provided ‘substantial evidence’ to use in the Gambian authorities’ attempted prosecution of Mbekeu, which went ahead last year. Sandra gave evidence to a court in the capital Banjul last July when he faced 13 offences, including money-laundering and passport forgery. But he was acquitted.

Detective Sergeant Dennis Phelan, of the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit, said: ‘We understand the frustrations of Mbekeu’s victim and have done all we can to support her. If there are other opportunities to support a prosecution, we will readily assist.’

Sandra says: ‘I was so naive, but I was also vulnerable. He knew I was still shaken by my divorce. He preyed on me, and ultimately controlled me.’

Read more: Lonely hearts targeted and tricked out of fortunes in cruel 'sweetheart scam' | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/news/article-2294553/Lonely-hearts-targeted-tricked-fortunes-cruel-sweetheart-scam.html#ixzz2YxadCQ8X)
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ribshaw

07-14-2013, 01:58 PM

Got this from a fellow scambuster over on Facebook. Very well known photo in the scam community, over 100 Facebook Friends.

https://www.facebook.com/james.robert.3

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scratchycat

07-14-2013, 03:24 PM

Do we know who this soldier is?? Why do people BELIEVE this stuff!!!???

I know the answer but it is still hard to accept.

ribshaw

07-14-2013, 08:17 PM

Do we know who this soldier is?? Why do people BELIEVE this stuff!!!???

I know the answer but it is still hard to accept.

I don't know for his identity for certain, other than what the links say, but I have seen situations where even those have conflicted.

As for the second Scratchy, who knows other than the same reason people believe 2% per day or send out a few emails and retire. One thing that does worry me more than any of the nonsense death certificate stuff is the ones that play a long con. In my fake dating account I get a few that want to chat, or skype, or talk on the phone, and I have no time for that. Fake dating and writing about it takes enough time, LOL.

From just a pure interest in scams, I would like to know what sort of tales they tell their marks. Reading stories of people who have lost 100s of thousands all scammers can't be mopes sitting in internet cafes.

ribshaw

07-15-2013, 10:01 AM

I pinched a few messages from scammers, the common theme is bad grammar and asking for crap. The first two were from a FB friend, the second two from a friend that runs a page.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scamming-scammers/526547287378829?hc_location=stream

SCAMMER Jean_collins80@yahoo.com

Claims she is from Mexico doin studies in university in Ghana

told me her network was bad and need a repairman to make her cam work with network and had no money, i told her she was not serious at all cos if using facebook then she can use cam also no problems,

https://www.facebook.com/jean.collins.773

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SCAMMER lia.lungs@yahoo.com

Little useful conversations:

lia.lungs: I Will let you know that am living in Ghana with my Grand Mother .Whiles i have really loss my Both Parent's ...
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lia.lungs: but my friend will not give me the webcam okay..if you may not care and you really support me to get one here then we can really chat on webcam okay..
lia.lungs: that's is all i can say okay..

________: now you are changing the rules that was not what we agreed on!!!

lia.lungs: i can't get the webcam for you okay..so if you think am not real then you just support me to buy the webcam okay...it cost only 100 and they will give me some Micphone so that you can really hear my voice with the webcam is on okay..

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SCAMMER anticrime833@gmail.com
From: Anti Crime <anticrime833@gmail.com>;
To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Subject: Scammer caught
Sent: Sun, Jul 14, 2013 11:11:28 AM

Good day!we are writing you from the (MINISTRY OF JUSTICE) A
criminal/internet fraudsters was arrested and his case as been File with
the court of law with case code BLH01Q36110013,we found these E-mail
address on his Yahoo and he was tortured and confessed of the Crime job
he's doing with them online,a legal action as been taken on him while the
federal government is ready to get back the money he stole from him and
Remit to the owner's.we really need your sincere cooperation to fight
against crime to clean our country Nigeria.please kindly reply to us if you
are among the people he scammed as the listed E-mails and get back to us
With your full name and Next of kin names and amount you was scammed.The
listed Emails are xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Douglawilson742@yahoo.ca, XXXXXXXXXX@yahoo.com nancyhomer23@yahoo.com.Those

are the E-mail found on his list on yahoo.this criminal was arrested by
Economical,Financial,Crime,commission(EFCC).Thank for your cooperation.

Barrister.Bakare Akibu
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SCAMMER smithm833@yahoo.com

Hello Baby,
I am so happy to hear from you just as the sea was calm today. When you're in a long distance relationship, all you can rely on is letters, cards, emails, and telephone calls. I see my self falling greatly for you because you take the time to write me and make me feel appreciated.
Thank you my sweet heart, What more can I say to you, allowing me to feel the warmth of your love across the great SEAS that separates us? You truly have no idea what I feel for you.
I am trying to put this feeling into words, but I'm failing miserably. This feeling of being both scared and at peace, of having both butterflies and a sense of calm, is a feeling that I have only dreamed about. As the days continue to pass, my love for you will continue to grow. I never thought I had the capacity to love anybody as much as I love you right now. My love for you will continues to mature, growing beyond the realm of my heart. It seems that you have become the fibre of my soul, the very reason for my existence.
Today, our Ship have just arrived at the Netherlands Sea port to take goods going to Australia/Japan / NS Korea. So I decided to buy a mobile number which is roam to work anywhere. Tel:. +44-703 184 5673
I have no other words to describe the way you make me feel. No words, no actions could even come close. I'm So Crazy About you baby. I am sitting at a spot close to the sea now , drinking a cup of coffee and listening to a music
Honey, I miss you so much. Honey, I need to let you know that I'm so in love with you. You are a very special woman to me and this I think you should know. I am so thankful that you have come into my life.
I know I have a hard time expressing myself to you. I'm sorry for that. But all I ever ask from you is to keep loving me and continue being my woman and in return I'll never stop loving you.

Waiting to hear from you,
Michael
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ribshaw

07-15-2013, 11:11 AM

SCAMMER engrradekmilanpeter@gmail.com

This came Via Facebook inbox, so I cleaned it up as best as possible. One of the photos matches Pigbusters the others I marked as I could not find them anywhere.

Comments from sender:

on NETLOG an he is also on Badoo as Rmp he is reg as scammer on Pig Busters
He ask me today for money an sayd the same s**t as the scammers dont trust him he also lie an he is also on Badoo as Rmp
According to her, he claims he was robbed and is in the hospital. :crying_2:

Pig Busters on You're IT! - The New Generation in Social Networking (http://www.youreittoday.com/scammer.php?scammerid=567944)

milanradekpeters
male - 45 years, New York City, United States

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Radek Milan Peters's interview

About me
Hey, welcome to my Page ..i hope to know you more!

I live somewhere else
I live Alone
Colour of your hair Black
Do you dye your hair? No
Do you use skin care products? daily
Do you use gel or hair spray? Yes
Colour of your eyes Blue
Weight (pounds) 172 lbs
Height (feet) 6'2
Do you have children? No
I'm looking for Friendship Love
How often do you go on a holiday? more than 4 times a year
When I go on a holiday, I go by car by plane by train by boat
On vacation, I'm looking for rest adventure culture luxury nightlife relaxation
My favourite holidays are long trips to faraway places
Favourite cities abroad Paris Cologne Antwerp Brussels Barcelona Madrid London Prague Copenhagen Lissabon Berlin Granada München Milan Nice Rome Venice Vienna Dublin Moscow
My favourite holiday sports are diving water-skiing surfing
I sometimes have to travel abroad for my job Yes
How often do you play video games? monthly
Favourite gaming type Action Adventure Arcade
Sports
Kids
Party Games
Gaming Console
Playstation
PC
XBOX
Playstation 2
Playstation 3
XBOX 360
How many hours do you sleep on average each night? less than 5h
Smoker? I'm trying to quit
How often do you practise sports? several times a week
Do you drink a lot of alcohol? Not really
Favourite alcoholic drink wine
Favourite non alcoholic drink Red Bull
Clothing style Casual
Trendy
Sexy
Jeans
Denim
Designer Labels
How many pairs of shoes do you have? 10-20 pairs of shoes
Car interests 4x4 Cars Coupé Fast cars Car Audio Car Gadgets Formule 1
With my mobile phone, I can go online take pictures play music keep a calendar
I read the newspaper every day
How many pets do you have? 2 pets
What kind of pets do you have? dog birds

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Radek Milan
Yeah thanks dear , this is the information .. hidden ..kuala lumpur, malaysia ..i hope u can send it today.. cheers..
Hey, welcome to my Page ..i hope to know you more!

Profession
Construction Engineer

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ribshaw

07-15-2013, 12:02 PM

SCAMMER jordaninternationalbankplc@consultant.com

I don't even remember which lying scammer goes with this fake bank.

Sir/Miss,

With reference to the previous correspondence from Jordan International Bank Plc and authorization given to me by the bank's Chief Executive Officer (Mort Mirghavameddin), i hereby commence the said fund reclaiming process in your favor as the next beneficiary.

Attached with this mail is the Donor and Representative application and registration form to be completed by you and Miss. Shery Alireza Mirreza of which you are mandated to forward back to me on completion to create the fund transmission file with Credit Department, Treasury Department, Settlements and Foreign Exchange Department respectively for them to proceed with the fund remittance.

A copy of an affidavit to be sworn by Miss. Shery Alireza Mirreza in a high or lower court declaring that her late father, Mr. Farhad Alireza Mirreza do not depose to a will during his life time and also attesting that she contently appointed you to represent her out of her free conscience is required on sending back the filled copy of Donor and Representative application and registration form back to me.

Your swift response in fulfilling this guideline will be appreciated as we had earlier pledged to assist Miss. Shery Alireza Mirreza as soon as she appoint her representative.

NOTE: Please provide without error in the section D part of the form, your nominated bank account details where the fund will be transferred into, on completing this registration.

Sincerely,

Kevin Qualters,
( General Manager )
Jordan International Bank Plc (01814093)
MOREAU HOUSE116 BROMPTON ROADLONDONUNITED KINGDOMSW3 1JJ
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Tel: +(44) 2032860703
Fax: +(44) 203 002 4612

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SCAMMER nelly_jimmy2@yahoo.co.uk

Scammers prey on your emotions. :brokenheart:

My Dearest Loving xxxxx,
Today is Saturday weekend,i am alone here and just thinking about you,i came to check my mail this afternoon hoping that i will see your mail today in my mail box but i did not see it, why ? I hope you are fine over there in your country? Please try and write mail to me because your mail gives me joy and hope to be here OK Looking forwards to hear from you soonest.
Miss Nelly.
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SCAMMER sheryfarhad@yahoo.com

Assalamu''alaikum,
Glory be to Almighty Allah who make you to understand my condition and still focused to my aid and i pray insha"Allah you will never lack in your life. I only believed in you because Almighty Allah have a reason for me to know you and put you to help me that's why am happy now and you have really prove to me that knowing you is divine, before am afraid of people but since i find you i have recovered my confidence since life has thought me not only to be patience but to continue the fight for success irrespective of odds standing my way. Life have not been easy for me and as i only survive through the grace and mercy of almighty Allah because we do not have good food here nor clean water. I will appreciate your effort towards helping me as i believe that you will keep this transaction with yourself in order to make sure that the money is safe pending my arrival to meet with you to start a new life over there in your country after the transfer,Please dear, as soon as the money is transferred to your account, send some money for me to prepare my traveling documents to meet with you.
For now, i have no alternative to give you a call but you can call me through Dr.Idris being our camp supervisor as posted by the United Nations Refugee Authority. Call his line +221777192648 (00221777192648) from 09 hours GMT to 16 hours GMT for him to be in the office and tell him that you want to speak with Miss. Shery, the Iranian girl in the camp for him to send for me to come answer your call and i believe that religious believe will never be a barrier towards our relationship. It was also with his help that i fax to Mr. Kevin Qualters, who is the contact person copy of my dad's death certificate, my birth certificate and the deposit bond of the fund which the bank demanded after which they told me to appoint a representative to act for me. I just wrote back the bank with your email address telling them that you are my appointed representative who will assist me in the claim and transfer of the money to your account which they directed me to do for it to be more easier due to my refugee status.

This is the name of the bank, Jordan International Bank plc, with this address, 103 Mount Street, London, United Kingdom. Below is the deposit details of the money with the bank;
Name of depositor- Farhad Alireza Mirreza.
Address- Apt.No.6, Maryam Bldg., Mohseni Sq., Mirdamad Blvd.,Zarand (15472), Iran.
Account Number- 01059811.
Roll Number- IDBS/733/GZA
Sort Code- 57-37-61
Swift Code- JIBKGB2L
Amount- $3.2 Million Dollars.
Next Of Kin- Shery Alireza Mirreza.
I pray almighty Allah to bless you as i am in high spirit with great expectations waiting and hoping to get good news on when the money will be transferred. I know that Allah is with us and will surely help in releasing this money into your account of which will also quicken my freedom out of this camp and country in meeting with you over there to start a new life and continue my education,I pray for the continued guidance and protection of almighty Allah in your life since i am sure he sent you to me.
From a sincere heart that truly needs your help, Shery.
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These may be repeat.

SCAMMER giftprivate@yahoo.de
SCAMMER bcustomerservicehsbcbank@yahoo.com

Gift Private via yahoo.com

5:58 AM (7 hours ago)

to me
; How are you today?
My love. I am wiling to join once you help me to transfer the 5 million u.s dollars to your bank account..
greetings of peace of the almighty to you. I thank you for your mail and willingness to help me. I am very much happy and appreciate your concern towards my heart by taking this responsibility upon you, may God guide and protect you in all endeavors.

I trust that you will be honest and sincere in your acceptance to help me so that we can use the funds for charity purposes partly and other private investments. I do believe that we can impact the lives of poor children needing basic education or medical care, or even the aged or orphanage homes, all this projects will be determined and managed by you.

As soon as I hear from you, i will introduce you to the bank as the new beneficiary and will provide you with information and documents related to the deposit, made by late father.

I pray that you will keep our communications private until we have achieved the success of this transfer. . i live in ivory cioast ABIDJAN.THE BANK WANTS TRANSFER THE MONEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT YOPU COMPLY..TO ENABLE TO UPDATE YOUR REQUIRMENT.

Now I need the below information to be able to start an official introduction with the bank. I promise to keep all and any of your personal information
1. Your full name
2. Your home address
3. Your telephone number
4. Your occupation
5. Your age
yours in mind

TEXT OF APPLICATION July 15 2013
Dear Sir,
Application as foreign partner to holder of account number HSBC/49341011894.
I, -…………………….., humbly wish to apply to this esteem bank today 15/07/2013 as foreign partner to your deceased customer late Mr, maliki isa , who died on assassination in abidjan africa.
I humbly apply putting claim over his balance with this bank valued at USD ( five million U.S Dollars only) left in account number HSBC/49341011894
I wish my application be given urgent attention as I wish the balance to be released and re-transferred into my account as stated below;
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Sir, accept my apologies for late application. This was due to some family logistic problems which have just been settled.
Thanks in advance for maximum cooperation.
Sincerely
Bank Officer:
Title: Director Business Banking

HSBC Holding Plc
Email bcustomerservicehsbcbank@yahoo.com

Dear sir ,

am grateful to inform you the extent i have gone with a woman working in bank and lawyer processing my papers .thank you for the trust and i want everything we are doing to be secret, sealed among ourselves so that outsider will not monitor us as you can see my misfortune , anything happening to me here is death , so I am confiding on you and whatever advise you need , feel free to ask me since i will be constantly in touch with bank insider for advice. you see during my previous mails, i never open my mind to inform you of the total fund but since we have agreed to be together i will like to inform you exact amount deposited by my late parents $5million u.s dollars,.i managed to arrive here through united nation help under a sister whom i worship with in same church working with united nations.

after going through your email, i contacted an insider of the bank to assist me with directives on transfer that my late father's business partner will claim this fund for foreign investment as well to relocate me to start a new life .she drafted this text of application for me to send to you to fill and send to bank for processing.

according to her advise that once bank grant us approval, nothing to wait than reactivating the account so as to be operational .that since the death of my parents no one has accessed /withdraw the account thereby becoming dormant and for effective transferring of fund , it will require us to reactivate .according the bank manager I said to activate is the sum $5.000.00 u.sd which paid $4.500 four thousand four hundred today .please do everything humanly possible to get the text application filled and send to bank so that we can conclude with them on time .kindly send the remaining $500 u.sd this week.please tell me when are sending this $500 tell me.
Meanwhile..this name is the name of the of one of the bank staff. use to send them the remaing $500 today. To enable the bank to use it to activate my late fathers bank account.
I will be waiting for the following details below as soon as you send the $500 through western union money transfer.

1.The senders name………………………………
2.The receiver name which is Nwankwo Blessing Ngozi.
3.The question text……………………………………………………………….and answer……………………………………………………………………………..
4.The 10 control numbers…………………………………………………………
The amount you send………………………………………………………………
5.your country which you send the money from…………………………………………

yours faithfull
Yours wife with love & trust

since you have not given me your full information address , i will need it as to proceed to travelling agent who will process my papers while you conclude with bank .this will help us to conclude without much stress.
miss mariam maliki isa

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ribshaw

07-16-2013, 03:57 PM

Got a story from a fellow scambuster, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-the-Petra-bedouin-women-scammers/590518707632478

We like to share our translated version of one of the scammed girls:

Here is my story:

I had a love affair with a Bedouin of Petra for 2 years and it ended very badly.
I was traveling in Jordan in 2009 and our guide did everything he could to seduce me and he succeeded. We started a relationship.
I went to see him again in Petra later in 2009. He told me he had bought a minivan, but he could not pay for it.
He said he could go to jail if he did not give the seller pas1200 €. He borrowed money from me, I sent by Western Union. He must pay me, but he did not do it.
After he started crying because he had many problems with his car, once again, I lent him € 1,200 by Western Union. I had to take a loan to help because I did not have any money.
In January, he had a new problem, he apparently had an accident with his car and someone had spilled. He had to pay a total of 14,000 JD, but it was not the full amount. There were 2100 JD missing. So he asked his brother to say he should remain in prison until he have paid. However, when I asked his brother what prison he was, he would not answer.
Pretending that I believed in this sordid story, I tried to contact him via SMS, but I have not had a reply a week later, and by some miracle, he was released from prison. He then told me that the judge gave him until Feb. 19, 2010 to repay the 4800 JD to the man he had injured in the accident. If he does not, he will return to prison for 6 months.
On 5 February, I went to see Jordan for ten days. I was stupid because I helped him again and I gave him 4800 JD. He promised to pay me quickly because the tourist season was about to start and he could earn some money.
During our relationship, he did not stop lying to me. He was always full of problems and debts debts that have led to prison. Of course, I was always there to save him and give him money on several occasions.
Then, in February, he asked me to marry him. I asked him to come live with me in europe and I was going to write an invitation to stay in my house, I paid the compulsory insurance and flight tickets so that we can ask for a Visa in April.
In the meantime, I learned that he had a relationship with another woman, and that he had asked the same thing. It made me very angry and I asked him to give me my money. In 2010, we argued about it on the phone. He told me he would give me money, but I had to go see him in Jordan.
I arrived on 2010, and once again, he told me he was only € 1,400 instead of € 8,500 he owed me. He was crying, told me he loved me, he wanted to go with me and we had to go to the embassy for Visa.
He drank a lot of alcohol, my life was hell. One night, he wanted to sleep with me. I let it go and I waited for him to fall asleep and I looked in his papers. I found € 5,700 in his pockets, and, just before I arrived in Amman, the other woman had transferred him € 9,500.
The next morning, I asked him to explain. He did not, but I forced him to sign a document to repay me. He begged to keep € 300 with him, he tried to seduce me and also asked me to go to the embassy for Visa. I refused and I went alone to the Embassy to tell them what happened to me.
Since then, he has never paid me the money and I wonder what he did with all the money, because the other woman had given her € 9,500 and it made me just € 5,000 .
I was very sad, because I was in love with him and he had used me, manipulated. I was so stupid! The other woman returned to Jordan to see after my departure. When I returned, I learned that I was pregnant, and I failed. At the end, the woman who was with him in Jordan told me she left him too, and when she returned to europe, she was also pregnant. She also had an abortion. She had bought a car for him, to 20,000 JD! She never saw his money.
In the meantime, I sent messages to him, asking to refund me, but he did nothing. So I went to Jordan again in to sort things out with him. What a fool I was ... he played the game yet seductive and I went back with him I came back without money, but with the idea to help tourists find so he can work and pay me. I found a lot of work for him and when I came back, he had to give me money.
But just before his car broke, so he used the money to repair the car. We talked about getting married again and to live together in europe. He asked me to help him buy a house for his family in Jordan, so that he could move to without worries.
I gave my consent and I asked my bank loan 000JD 25 (+ interest), but in return, the house is in both our names and he would pay me a month 300JD to pay its share.
When I arrived a week after transferring the money to his account, he bought the house by himself and told me he would be willing to sign a joint document. I was angry, and after several shouting and fighting, he finally signed the paper, but just for the money, not the house.
He gave me some money, but in return, he stole the laptop that I had left with him. In fact, he told my lawyer that the money he gave me, had to pay my lost mobile.
I found it a lot of work , but he never gave me a percentage of the money he earned. He preferred to buy cars (it broke after a month), rent beautiful BMW and pick up girls with his money to buy alcohol and drugs.
Then, I stopped him to find work, he was angry, but I told him that it was useless I find him a job if he was not going to give me money in return for reimburse me.
Then I continued to fight him to sign a formal document with a lawyer for the money and the house. I came to see him. Ultimately, after many fights and arguments, I began to threaten to file a complaint and agreed to go to a lawyer, to sign a document for the money ... but not for the home. I
l promised me he would never sell, and I returned. I discovered that he had sold the house and bought a great car for 21,000 JD. Although everyone confirmed the sale of the house, even the police, he continues to deny having sold!
And to compensate, he sent me 900JD in June, the month of: June + 2 months in advance. My lawyer told me that he will not pay me until September now! I was furious, so I called him and he told me that the lawyer had lied and that he would send 300JD in July. I have not received this amount on August 5, a month late!
This home is an alcoholic and a drug addict and that makes nasty, violent and uncontrollable. I have often seen fighting against the other Bedouins and break everything around him. He sometimes treated me worse than a dog. He beat me several times, he stole my passport, my car keys, locked in a room and took the key with him ... He went with different women and already dredged girls in front of me with no respect for my feelings.
Twice I had to walk alone in the desert for 2 hours to find the road and then stop a passing car to get back to Wadi Musa, due to his violent behavior.
Many times I went to sleep in a hotel, because he was too drunk, aggressive and violent and every time I tried to leave, he started again the game of love. His whole family comes to get me and then try to convince me to come home with him ... until the following night, he becomes drunk and violent!
He was always really nice and love that when he needs my money, if it was nasty, abusive and disrespectful.
I must confess that of today the guy paid me 300 dinars each month, as stipulated in the contract, but I still do not understand why it sells not the car and did not pay me in full and why he gave me all this trouble.

CORRECTION - September 15, 2012: Unfortunately, a year later, the guy stopped for several months while payment. I'm in a terrible financial situation because of this man THIEF!

After more research, I am now in contact with other women who were also victims of his "Scam artists
. Financial "in Petra Should this happen, you must:
On site:
- Prevent your embassy going there and witnessing mail
- Contact a lawyer in the Country
- File a complaint with the local police
Back home:
- File a complaint with the embassy of the country of the "scam" in your country
- Complaint to the police in your city
- Take home with victims' associations and a lawyer in your country if necessary "

ribshaw

07-16-2013, 08:51 PM

I had profiled this soldier earlier, and received a few more images of him that have been stolen by Scammers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llS5PGza-i0

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07-16-2013, 09:28 PM

A Facebook friend of mine has been doing some digging and I got permission to share some of his work.

SCAMMER acarylove33@gmail.com

And here is the mail also for you to read:

How are you doing?Amina single lady 33years old 4,5 ft tall, 133 lbs,i was born and raised in Grand Prairie,Texas,but living in Ghana with my mom,I am an honest and good christian who loves being surrounded by family, friends and holidays,I am ready for a serious relationship and I really look forward to starting that with the right person. I am an honest,loyal, passionate, generous, giving, affectionate,sexual, supportive, sensitive, and a good listener who is easy to get along with,I like the outdoors as I like to just stay at home. Hang around the house getting my hands dirty in the yard. Love to entertain..I am generally try to live a somewhere healthy lifestyle, exercising and some sort of jogging, 3-4 days a week and eating healthy, trust me, I love sweets and pastries such as ice cream,biscuits,cheeps,fun ice,fun pop,yogurt and fun milk, but try not to over do it in my life and i do not smoke or drink,,I would also like to find an honest and good christian who we can participate in activities together and encourage each other to pursue our interests as well. I have several hobbies (and wish I could find more time to pursue those) such as cooking ,swimming, playing computer, dancing, and reading, and more,and would like someone to share that with, as well as sharing his interest with me too,I do also have some funs to such as fishing,boating,cooking,going to the beach and i do want to participate all this funs with the person in my life,I am generally an optimistic person with a sense of humor, fairly easy-going, and I don't think that I'm too critical about things in my life, but I also believe that it takes two people contributing to a relationship to make it work since we all do believe in Almighty God the savior oops so you do?As I mentioned earlier, I like to do things with the other significant person in my life, but I also encourage her to go out and spend time with friends and pursue his own interests and hobbies as well,I believe that time spent apart helps keep things fresh in a relationship and makes the time we do spend together even better.I'm not one who cheats in a relationship; one man is enough trouble ; I don't have the time or energy to juggle 2, 3, or 4 at the same time - lol. But I also want to be in a relationship where I can totally trust the other person and not dwell on how the relationship is not working,I do not expect a man to be a servant to me, spending all his time working and and cleaning this are all responsibilities of a woman, I believe there is give and take in a relationship,but here looking for some one honest,truthful,God fearing and i good listener, and I realize that at times it's more convenient for me to do laundry, cook, clean, and I have no problem doing that.lol I consider myself to be a fairly honest and truthful person and expect the same in return; I'm not too wealthy and don't expect someone to attempt to deceive me or "play" me..Everybody makes mistakes and no one is 100% perfect.. I usually give people the benefit of the doubt, but if the same pattern keeps emerging, it's over.I do not want to meet someone who may think of taking advantage of me or lie to me and cheat on me under false pretenses,i do never lie,deceive,play games or cheat in my life and never wants to be cheated,deceive,lie or been played games within my life,I am sorry if this sounds harsh, and I'm not accusing anybody of any wrong doing, but I'm being upfront and honest about that, so you know where I stand from the beginning,In relationship i do believe there should be trustee,believe and understand because this are all the most important thing relationship have to go with and without all this between the two couples i don't think the relationship will work and last forever which i do always pray to Almighty God to have such a person who have all this in his heart in my life,With all due respect as well, I hope that you are upfront and honest with me, as well. I realize that I am 32 years old and that you are somewhere Older than me, if you would still like to correspond, that's fine...we'll see how things go after we get to know each other by Almighty God's name,Well, I hope that this lets you know a little about me, and I hope I don't come across as being too cynical, harsh, or mean sounding to you?I will give anybody the benefit of the doubt (we're all human beings with the same red blood in our bodies,we all make mistakes in life and i want to learn more about life in a relationship more and more),I'm just asking you to keep it real and be honest from the beginning; that way, nobody is wasting his Or her time or getting his or her feelings hurt..

Pornstar photos.

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SCAMMER janeekenneth213@YAHOO.COM

Another porn chick.
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SCAMMER Jean_collins80@yahoo.com

told me her network was bad and need a repairman to make her cam work with network and had no money, i told her she was not serious at all cos if using facebook then she can use cam also no problems,

https://www.facebook.com/jean.collins.773

Photo well used by scammers.
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ribshaw

07-17-2013, 10:05 AM

I was given some other photos by a FB friend to look at, while playing with the name I found this profile. One quick tip is the name on the uniform, versus the name on the profile. In this case Dunn is being used as his last name on the uniform but the first name on the profile.

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https://www.facebook.com/dunn.micheal?fref=ts

ribshaw

07-17-2013, 10:18 AM

SCAMMER helenseeking2@yahoo.com

Sometimes scammers are so stupid they get their own page. Those of you that followed Banners Broker, Chris Smith, and his chameleon like nature will appreciate this.

Helen on Google Circles is white.

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The profile picture she emailed me is black.

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Here she is 33

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Here not so much.

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And blah blah blah.

Thanks for finding the time time to send me an email,this is more about me I like to travel very much. It is very interesting to get more knowledge about the new countries, new people and traditions. It's great to have such a possibility.I'm a quiet, kind, loyal. A great meaning for me is a human's soul. Circle of my interests is various. I like the literature, music, and cinema. personality traits are; calm, honest, kind, loyal, flexible, elegant, sociable, sensitive, gentle, cheerful, optimistic, romantic.My perception of an ideal , I would like to see near me clever, intelligent, and reliable man. Which would require my emotional heat, capable to like and respect the woman.
I have to let you know aswell, that am an honest person as i have said, and i have to be honest with that, i don't have any man at present now and am not in any serious relationship. am a great giver because I so much believes in the Multiplied returns and that's why I doesn’t lack anything. I never speak negatively about people, I take less and listen more to people and does not jump into other people's affairs.Am very understanding,open minded with a heart of forgiving, loving and caring with sense of humor, hard working with cheerful character,honest,sincere,kind, warm and intelligent with good look .I have fully decided to be a role Model to my children and a good, loving and caring wife to my husband.But I doesn’t want to mess myself with the wrong Man.I am a lady who possess these qualities: loving, faithful, kind, compassionate, honesty, trustworthy, caring, sincere, loyal, friend, morals, easy to talk to, and passionate i will like too talk to you and get to know you more better, I have no problem in communicate about feelings, needs, wants, hopes, dreams, problems, solutions, and other things that can make a relationship work,I am Originally from houston, Texas..But i am presently in West Afirica at the moment cos my Ex is from here in Lagos Nigeria.i came here 2 weeks ago believing i have found love,but i never knew my ex was after what he could get from me , i did loved him,but he hurt me in return.sometimes i try to believe there is no love out there,i am trying this for the last time and i hope its worth it.I left his apartment and i am presently in a hotel in another city.I will be coming back to the states Soon ..Let me Know if You Still want to Get to know me better and see if we Can Meet Some day..i will like you to get back to me with your cellphone so that i can text you and also send me more about you with your pics on it..pls find time to get back to me..

ribshaw

07-17-2013, 10:48 AM

SCAMMER opyondsea@yahoo.com

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Photo of "Sasha Cane" not Bella blah blah.

How was your day today hope you are fine I am really happy to read from you.
To tell you about my self is a long story I am from united state that was where I am from my father was a business man he have some company and my mother too I lost both of them in an auto accident when I was 7 years of age ever since then life have been hard for me I was taken care of by my granny she brought me up ans sponsor my education I never have any fatherly and motherly care since then that is why I made up my mind that he who ever that will marry me most be who will love and appreciate me and take good care of me and care for my need I don't want to jump into any relationship it is a sad and bad story for me any time I remember
I am right now in Nigeria for my business I am an golden antiques and I sell african beads also
I will be looking forward to read from you
Bella
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SCAMMER rebecca31u@yahoo.com

Thanks for your message and how are you doing? i trust that all is well with you? Well as i said in my profile single lonely lady, am the kind of understanding, loving and off course a love that will express as a real love. I am very seriously not here for games or Jokes and not here to meet any flirt man who is not serious and will not like to make real love to happen. I am the one and most serious that have open minded and will like to make real love to happen and also to build a strong family. There is an ocean between us. Forests and mountains keep us apart. I may not be superman, but give me a second and I will fly across countries to send you my love. Have you received it?

Jimmy,i like to introduce my self to you well, because both of as don't know each other well and we get met on the site., Am from Ghana in West Africa Country,Well about Ghana, Ghana is a small country and 25million population, Accra is the capital of Ghana and its quiet large place and both kind and bad people around. My country have Place near to Togo, Burke Fatso And Cote D'iviore.

Am Rebecca 31 year single never married, but i have be into a relationship before and that end me badly, am on the dating site searching for my serious soul mate to spend the rest of my life time with.Am that type of person who always try to make people laugh. I always make sure to share the little that I have with someone and also satisfied with whatever I have. am an all rounded person to cut it.. I am a very outgoing person, who loves to dine out travel and enjoy the simple life. I'm a hopeless romantic and very affectionate. I have a good sense of humor and I like to make you laugh.I like to chill out with a good book or watch and movie and its even more fun when you have a special someone to do this with. I'm very easy to get a long with and a very good listener..I love To share My Time with People I Love and care eg,friends and Family.well about my family i come from a very small unit Of Family My Father, Mother, Brother, Sister and I.
I am an honest heart that's looking for a stable relationship. I understand it is important to lay down lasting foundations for a lasting relationship. I am an active person who enjoys cycling and running best. I believe keeping fit is important. I am not interested in games or drama.I enjoy fine dining and am always looking for someone to share the appreciation of good food and fine wine. I adjust as comfortable with my hair up in old jeans as with my hair down wearing my favorite little black dress.

Is (Fanny) am Taurus is horoscope.. No Smoking no Drinking Alcohol no using Drugs.I work as a hair stylist.Am fair in complexion, 50cm,lbs 102, height 5-8, hair black, eyes black, bust 33, waist 30, hips 36, dress 5, and shoe 5.6 and i was born on (9,September,1981).. In my firm. Ex sportsman (volleyball) for me i can say, a loyal- kind-Emotional, sensual, devoted,honest, honor, with strong character familiar oriented,understanding lady, commissioner lady with sense for humor gentleman serious person not lie not play game with fragile man soul moral principal lady.

I have 4 Hobby: (1) Is Music.. not imagine life without music,i listen music in every free moment,i listen all good music..for example: MADONNA,SHER,ANASTASIA,MALAYA KERRY,ENIA,CY LIE MINOTAUR,TINA TURNER,BRAY-AN ADAMS,SIMPLE MINDS,U2-ROXY MUSIC-DJ TIES TO,ARMIN van BURDEN,CARL COX,PAUL van DIKE,ALL SAINTS,NOBY,STING,ZUKOR,MIKE OILFIELD-GYPSY MAGIC-and more

My (2) hobby is MOVIE...i am big movie fan...my home cinema techniques is very expensive. I like action-drama-comedy-thriller...my favorite movie is=BRAVE HEART-HEAT-GLADIATOR-TITANIC-MIAMI VICE-BEYOND BORDER-PARIS TEXAS-PIANIST-DR.ZHIVAGO-EAST WEST-and many another...MY FAVORITE ACTRESS=AL PACINO-ROBERT DE MIRO-ANDY GARLICKY-ARMANDO AS-ANTE-JACK NILSON-NICOLAS CAGE-LEONARDO DI CAPRI O-ANGELINA TOLE-JULIA ROBERTS-SHARON STONE-KIM BLESSING-SUSAN SARAN DON-JESSICA ALBA...
MY (3) hobby is Animals special DOGS...i have before 2 big KEYNESIAN ship dogs..but now i give to my uncle in Kumasi. I like cat and i have three cat's.

My (4) Hobby,I like reading a lot , in fact meta physics novels especially by Tuesday TOM C lacy I love cooking,playing squash and watching basket ball and talk shows like Oprah Winfrey talk show in the Harp o Studio.tender, Loving, romantic, passionate, caring, calm, responsible, kind, sincere, honest about all else, loyal, devoted, faithful and understanding to mention a few. I like camping, fishing, cooking outdoors, traveling, music, movies, golf, riding bikes, parks, dinning out, the beach, the snow, sporting events, theater, swimming, walks in the country.

DISLIKES: I hate lies, I hate dirty people , I don't like loquacious men ,I also don't like greediness cos I believe in giving and its only when u give u will take its a natural law of creation.
LIKES like honest people, I like being down to earth, I love being truthful in all my deeds ,speech etc My dear, I think I have been able to give u in details all u need to know about me and would love to read same in reciprocity to ensure a suitable ground for a start of this relationship.

Love is about a connection that brings people together like two doves perched on the rose bush avoiding all thorns. Love isn't all about sex. When two lovers have sex they create love. There shouldn't be any other place where you should lay down your face than next to the one you love. Love is about faith, friendship, laughing, and adoring. Love is a powerful word but such a word can mean so many things..

I am not looking to play games with anyone's head or heart. It's not right and a total waste of time. I am also not one who judges others. No one is perfect, including myself. I enjoy giving massages and pleasuring a man in anyway I can. I am not a selfish person. I like the idea of do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That someone very special is who I am looking for.I have very serious intentions and hope to find someone to spend the rest of my life with. I want to find someone that I will Love and spend the rest of my life with and he will Love me and only me. At least in the way a wife and a husband Love each other. Most of all we will always be happy together even if there are hard times.. All what I have said, I hope it will go to your heart. Your heart of love .I am also hoping you are now complete and to that i will be waiting to hear from you again with much love and respect with caring and faithful.
By, Rebecca

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SCAMMER mariamjonson@ymail.com

Wants to live in a Mansion or a Duplex, yeah me too. And asks if I am married, a duplex would be handy if I was.

I hope you in good health out there and you are doing fine with your work. I am good out here in Port novo, it is small town in Benin Republic, I love honesty and good understanding, I enjoy both in door and out door activities, I love swimming and cooking international meals. I like surprise gifts and I dislike lies and heart breakers, I dislike dirt's, and untidy places, I do not go clubbing like most of my friends, you can say am more of an indoor lady.

I dream to find someone with good understanding as myself, one whom is willing to share everything together, live in a duplex or mansion together, have children, i would like how many children you would love to have? are you married? tell me about your family do you have siblings, are your parents still alive? I do not have father cause he died him long ago when i was young, i check on my mother every weekend when am less busy with my consultation work, i get her provisions and make sure she gets her medications.

I would stop here so I do not bore you much with my story, lets read more about you and all your likes, past relationship anything you wish to share with me.

I hope to read from you soon.

Yours Forever,

Mariam

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SCAMMER pamela_brown01@yahoo.com

can you add me up on yahoo messenger with my yahoo id so that we can talk better.

Not today Pam, or Selena no chatting with men who steal pictures of models. LOL

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SCAMMER kellyscotty92@yahoo.com

Hello...How are you doing? It's nice to read from you and nice seeing your nice pics....Well i will like to tell you more about me and i will be glad to know more about you too.
My name is Kelly Scotty i'm 26 yrs and i live in (FLorida ) and i am also single, loving, caring and fun to be with, my hobbies are dancing and i also love to play tennis, all to keep fit. I would describe myself as being rather quiet and almost shy when meeting new people, but open up rather quickly once i get to know you and i am a great listener and always there for my friends when they need me. I will also say that i am a very caring and generous person and i like to make other people happy, Cos there is nothing more fulfilling than bringing laughter or a smile to someone's face. I love traveling a lot, based on what i do and i am presently far from home now in florida to West Africa for my final year exam project seminar based on local art and there cultural heritage research. I am writing on a particular local art work and there cultures here and i have to write something about the art work background and the cultural and traditional heritage,...something like archaeologist if you understand what i mean. I choose to come here at West Africa Nigeria, cos my mom have once want me to study (ART AND CULTURES) here at Africa, cos she always told me that, she has been to Africa before and so i could get to learn more about my creative art career and that's what make me finally decide to come over here for the project research.
I do all kinds of creative art in general and i travel much to see things and make my own style of art works, but my major its painting and what i like to paint most its nature.
I have been here at West Africa Nigeria since the past couple of weeks back and i will be back probably couple of weeks.
I have been told that i have a great sense of humor, but you will have to judge that yourself.
I am on the online dating thing to meet a very matured, serious man who knows what he wants and who is interested in a serious woman like me and also i will love to meet someone with integrity, honesty, love affection, handsome with such a charming personality. I am looking to build a relationship, which is based on trust, integrity,honesty and lots of romance and i am looking for marriage and life full of happiness.
becos since i lost my parent have been struggling my self to be my self in future becos i dont know any of my relatives.....My mum died of breast cancer......and after some years my dad died becos he always thinking of my late mum...so since then have been lonely in this whole world just to be my self in future. and after the death of my both parent i went to my dad lawyer to go and claim my dad properties.. and he told me that it was written by my dad that i dont have access to it until i got married. i feel so bad becos i dont have anybody to be with and after some months i met a friend that help me. so i stay with her and his brother But sunddenly his brother came in my bedroom want to rape me and i eascape from him and ranout to find away out so that i can study what my mum want me to study..but i dont have a way out until i sold my car that i'm using the state to come over here for my study. and after the death of my parent i got hurt from my stupid ex boy friend i caught him with my closer friend in his bedroom making love. i feel so bad and since i dont want to get married...but i just decide to try the online dating stuff becos i got tired of bar sense...That all i pass through in this whole world at this my age..
I dream to meet a man who love children and respect family traditions and i would like to let you know up front I'm not looking for just a pen-pal..
I think that I'm a good person and will be able to make someone happy in this big world, Cos there is a lot of happiness but i am not happy.
Do you think that you can make me a happy woman? if you think you can be part of my life..get back to me..

Well known photo used by scammers.

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ribshaw

07-17-2013, 11:17 AM

All photos on this page were pretty well used so I did not mark them, only to say that the pictures are stolen from real people, not the people sending this tripe to my email.

SCAMMER audreyclyde96@yahoo.com

An art deal, yeah when not 4 different people using the same stolen photo on whisperdate.

Audrey by name. from uk but am presently in Nigeria for art deal..
looking for someone that will be there for me and that will be calling my joy

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SCAMMER antaa_1bashan@yahoo.co.uk

Dearest one,
Compliment once again and thanks for mailing me back in respond to my mail to you,First I will start by introducing myself. I am Miss Anta Bashan, 24 yrs old,a daughter to Late Col.Franck Bashan from Republic of Sudan,in town called Darfur,I am 5.1 tall,but I am presently in Dakar Senegal under asylum as a refugee,due to the conflict that was in my country in February 2008.I am open minded,easy going and confident young girl,always stand by my words.I am seeking for someone who is honest,trustworthy that could be entrust no matter where he comes from and his orientation,I am single never married and active and my hobbies are going to beach,cooking,watching sports etc,then my turn on are truthfulness and honest,while my turn off are lies and cheating.I would love to chat with you to know more about you but,I am not allowed to chat because i make use of the Reverends Fr Computer here in the camp. I don't have any relative whom I can go to,all my relatives ran away in the middle of the war.I want to go back to my studies because I only attended my Second year in the University,before the tragic incident that lead to my being in this condition took place.

Please listen to this,I know this will be quit surprising and is too early to discuss such with you,but never mind it's due to my critical condition here in camp and I wish to evacuate from this painful state which is my aim of contacting you.My late father was the Chairman Cammy Melton Oil and Gas Company a private extracting oil firm in Durfur and also a high politician and a government contractor, while he was alive he deposited a huge sum amount of money in a finance institution using my name as the next of kin.Other information's will be disclosed to you later as we proceed,and all the documents regarding to this fund is with me,I have called for the transfer of this fund but because of my statue here as a refugee I have no right of claims to the fund,unless by presentation of a foreign partner.The amount in question is $ 5,700,000,00 (Five Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars),I will like you to help me in claiming this fund by sending your information's to me,Like your full names...............................,country city address................................., occupation............................... ,telephone number...................................,date of birth............................ and your bank account number................................ on receiving this information from you i will then draft a mail to the bank to present you as my partner after which i will equally give you their contact address,so that when you contact the bank,they will honor your letter.I kept this secret to people in the camp here the only person that knows about it is the Reverend Fr because he is like a father to me.Dearest i wish you to call me with his phone number (+221-764-889-177) this is also his email address (revphillip78@yahoo.co.uk) Rev. Father Johnson Philip any time you called tell him that you want to speak with miss Anta,in room 25 women hostel and he will sent for me to come and answer your call.So in the light of the above i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone because,I am afraid of loosing my life or the money if people gets to know about it.Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust and love i deposited on you. I like honest and understanding people,truthful and people of vision,truth and hard working.Meanwhile i will like you to tell me your intention towards helping me out in your next mail. Awaiting to hear from you soonest,thanks and God bless you,

Yours forever,
Miss Anta.

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SCAMMER mudiwasolomon@yahoo.in

My dearest,

I appreciate that you brought out the time to write even if you have not seen me i believe that this friendship will be built on trust and love I will really like to have a good relationship with you, And i have a special reason why i decided to contact you. I decided to contact you because of the urgency of my situation.

I am Mudiwa Solomon Mujuru 25 years old from Zimbabwe the daughter of Late Gen. Mujuru, My late Father is a retired army general he was one of Zimbabwe’s main political power brokers died in a fire at his farmhouse Monday night; My late father had been a key part of the internal battles over who would succeed President Robert Mugabe in his ZANU-PF party, his death will intensify turmoil in President Robert Mugabe's party over the question of who will succeed the 87-year-old president, my late father happened to be the chief rivals in Zanu-PF to Defense Minister Emerson Mnangagwa, who is known as "the Crocodile." The Late Father has competed with Mnangagwa over who will succeed Mugabe.

When My Late father General Solomon Mujuru retired, he went into business and acquired an empire of farms, properties, mines and other interests that made him one of Zimbabwe's wealthiest men and he became even more influential in the top echelons of Mugabe's party and its policy making politburo, my late father died at one of his commercial farms in Beatrice, 40 miles south of the capital Harare, after his house caught fire Monday night and the roof collapsed on my late father and his body was found “burnt beyond recognition, and every one knows that the cause of his death was due to his fight of who will succeeded President Robert Mugabe.

I will like to inform you that if you will help me to relocate to your country with the substance that i inherited from my Late father, I have an amount the sum of $4.600 Million which i will like to invest, but my only problem is that I don’t have idea of any lucrative business.

The obvious reason why I contacted you is that you are to advise and invest this money to lucrative business because i have no business experience for now, but if you accept to help me i will forward to you the necessary documents for you to confirm, and it is my intention to compensate you with 20% of the total money for your assistance and you will also invest the rest of the money in any lucrative business you know, please all communications for now should be through this email address only for confidential purposes.

As soon as I receive your positive response showing your interest I will put things into action immediately, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely, awaiting your urgent and positive response, Please do keep this only to yourself please i beg you not to disclose it till i come over, once the fund has been transferred.

I hope to hear from you soon, i am giving all this details information with every transparency and hoping that you find a place in your heart to save me from this life torture.

Have a pleasant day.

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SCAMMER leticiageorge02@yahoo.com

Every photo sent came back to some or another free dating site with different stories or locations.

Hello Dear
thank so much for your mail i really happy to connect with you and i will like to know you better and be part of your life, my name is Leticia am single caring loyal lady, i live in Senegal Dakar but i was born and grew up in London, tell me about you what part of city do you live, have attached some of my photo here hope you like them, stay cool and be a good man for ever

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SCAMMER cynthiajames11@ymail.com

Hello my darling ,
I hope you will be fine today?
My darling i am happy to read your mail today and i am sorry for my delay in replying your message is due to me poor access to the internet because of my condition here in the refugee camp.
Please darling i want to know if you have contacted the bank like you told me before that you are going to contact them on my behalf and what was there reply to your mail concerning the transfer of my late father's money into your account so tell me how you are going to help me out from this condition i am really suffering here like i told you before in my previous mails writing to you now my eyes is full of tears.
Darling if you have not contacted the bank please what you have to do now is to contact they bank with there email address which i sent to you with the account information and after sending email to the bank you try and call me with this phone number +221771149489. Darling try your best so that after the transfer i will come over to your country to start a better life together with you or if you want me to come over to your country before the transfer i will be happy about that so that i will be there in country the proof documents as you requested so that we will be together to make the transfer a successful one and i believe with our prayers God will give us favour to do that.
I will be waiting for your mail as soon as you get my mail on how you contacted the bank and bank reply to you.
Yours beloved

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07-17-2013, 11:34 AM

SCAMMER sheryfarhad@yahoo.com

Assalamu"alaikum,
My feelings have not been the same since i got to know you, i really appreciate your willingness to help me over this transfer. I am very happy to read the bank mail seeing the form they included for us to fill and they register the money transfer. How are you today? I hope fine and alright insha"Allah. Dear i want to let you know that i have filled my own side of the form as the bank needed so it is left for you now to complete it to send back to them. I printed out the form after which i filled the information required from me and get it scanned back to computer. Darling they also demanded an affidavit which i will swear, i do not have such affidavit though that will not be much problem because i know affidavit does not costs much to get it from court. I have discussed with Mr. Okeke Eugene who is Dr. Idris assistant and he accepted to lead me to the court to swear the affidavit but the problem is that i have no money for transport and also to pay for the affidavit so dear if it is possible for you please help out by sending me western union or money gram, something like $285 to help us for transport because the court is very far from the camp. Dear i am also happy that Masha"Allah things are happening in good way with the bank and i hope with expectation that they will make the transfer as soon as we provide them with the affidavit and filled form. Dear affidavit does not cost much money so anything you are able to send me then i will go with Mr. Okeke Eugene to swear it and please send the money in his name because i do not have valid passport to go and cash it. I always offer Namaz asking almighty Allah for his blessings towards us so please i will be happy for us to work towards making things more faster so that we will not delay the bank since they are set to make the transfer soonest. Darling i am always praying and hoping for better things and may almighty Allah continue to guide and protect you for me. Please complete the form soonest because that is what the bank required us to do and also help me out for the affidavit for us to send them all so that they will make the transfer soonest. I am waiting to read from you after you complete the form and please send a copy to me as soon as possible because i will take your name as you put it in the form to swear the affidavit so that there will not be different information on the affidavit.
Dear i am so happy for you and i want you to know also that your thought is always on my mind now as i hope for better news from you when writing next. May almighty Allah guide and protect you for me always and wishing you a nice and lovely day.
With much happiness and affection from yours Shery.

The information to send me the money for affidavit
Name: Okeke Eugene
Address: Rue 25 Resist, Grand Yoff, Dakar-Senegal.
City: DAKAR
Country: SENEGAL.
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Sir/Miss,

With reference to the previous correspondence from Jordan International Bank Plc and authorization given to me by the bank's Chief Executive Officer (Mort Mirghavameddin), i hereby commence the said fund reclaiming process in your favor as the next beneficiary.

Attached with this mail is the Donor and Representative application and registration form to be completed by you and Miss. Shery Alireza Mirreza of which you are mandated to forward back to me on completion to create the fund transmission file with Credit Department, Treasury Department, Settlements and Foreign Exchange Department respectively for them to proceed with the fund remittance.

A copy of an affidavit to be sworn by Miss. Shery Alireza Mirreza in a high or lower court declaring that her late father, Mr. Farhad Alireza Mirreza do not depose to a will during his life time and also attesting that she contently appointed you to represent her out of her free conscience is required on sending back the filled copy of Donor and Representative application and registration form back to me.

Your swift response in fulfilling this guideline will be appreciated as we had earlier pledged to assist Miss. Shery Alireza Mirreza as soon as she appoint her representative.

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SCAMMER elizabeth_nado@yahoo.com

I am very glad and happy to read from you today, I mean its a great fun knowing a wonderul man like you. I am also very not just looking for sex but very more interested in meeting an very seriouse man for a real love affair and we can share everything together. I really want a man who will show me LOVE and make me be comfortable at all time, and I promise to treat him like a king in the kingdom where love rules and take place. Yes am truely satisfy reading from you of not just sex but soulmate and a companion with honest and sincerity in our friendship.Yes Dear, honesty and truth brings a better, solid and lasting frienship that is positively going to last in marriage.So I want you to be very open minded with me as I am not going to hide anything either for you. It will be a great pleasure to know you more and build a solid relationship with you.

I am Elizabeth and living in the United Kingdom, am a student but presently working as an Hairdresser in a lady beauty salon here. I like cooking, going to beach and pools,I speak French and English so I will teach you little French as time goes on. I like making new friends, visiting the cinema and watching movies. I am single and never married before . I will love to have children one day for a relaible and responsible father who will always be there for our kids.I am single and never been married before, I am a Christian but not really religious.

I have attached my pic here for you so I want you to send me your picture too, I want to really get to know you more and if God permit meeting you in person will be a great honour to develop this relationship into a reality. I look forward to build a very solid and strong freinship with you.

I have also added you to my yahoo messenger and hopefully chat with you soon.. But for now lets keep sending emails to get better know to each other.
Awaiting to read more from you and tell me what you do for living?,

Yours Elly

Pic that came with the email is being used by lots of different people.
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SCAMMER missflamingo18@yahoo.com

ok,am sunletha 33yrs.am very calm,humble,kind,God fearing,possitive thinker n share what i have with my fellow friend.am single and looking forward to have a man with a good heart to marry.by the way who gave u my yahoo email....--YOU DID NUTTY :crazy:

The better question is, who gave you permission to use a porn stars photo.
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SCAMMER olivaldesmond@yahoo.co.uk

If I am her last hope, she is doomed.
Hello Dearest One,

Thanks for your message and caring to me,i really appreciate all you are doing to help me start new life soon with you,please i want you to know that you are the only hope that i have,you are the only family that i have,you are every thing in my life to help me start new life,please try all your best to contact the bank for the transfer of my fund and keep me updated to know how you have gone ok,tell the bank that you are my foreign partner and you are contacting them on behalf of me to know the deposit information of my late father and procedure to help me transfer my fund to your bank account so that we can wait to hear from them soon.

please do that and let me know how you have gone ok.

Yours Olival.
Kiss.
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scratchycat

07-18-2013, 09:08 AM

Still hard to believe that people buy into this stuff but (yes, I know they do!) all in the name of "love" and wanting to be loved, admired and told how beautiful they are. Is our world so starving for love and attention?? These criminals have discovered that enough people are that they are making billions off of it.

:crying_2:

ribshaw

07-18-2013, 05:08 PM

This is sort of a mess and someone is telling tales somewhere.

https://www.facebook.com/luz.person?ref=ts&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005791741584
https://www.facebook.com/usamilitary.base

Other than the different names, and locations all profiles are using some variation of this soldiers image.

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There are also other profiles listed as friends within this cluster that appear to be fake. Like this guy.

https://www.facebook.com/collinswest.west Collins West, who appears to be wearing Mr Tharp's name tag.

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When I googled the image someone had exposed this as an ROTC uniform. Yet profile says:

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ribshaw

07-19-2013, 08:15 PM

SCAMMER antaa_1bashan@yahoo.co.uk

Anta Bashan

4:34 AM (16 hours ago)

to me
Hello my dearest darling,
how are you doing today together with your health which is very important to me,my dear love i heard what you said and i have attach here the death certificate of my late father and the statement of his account for you to proof it,again please i will like you to send it to the bank and confirm if am right or wrong.

I am sending the contact address of the bank for you to contact , confirm and procedure for the transfer of the money into your personal bank account in your country.
Below is the contact address of the bank:-
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Contact person:
Head Dr, Michael Bresges
(Director Foreign Remittance hsh)
BANK NAME HSH NORD BANK
London Branch
Address Moorgate Hall
155 Moorgate Hall
London EC2M 6UJ
United Kingdom
Status Branch
Phone +447 03 185 8721
Fax: +447 03 181 0537
E-mail Bank: hshnordbanklondon@yahoo.co.uk
Director's Desk: directorsdeskhshnordlondon@ymail.com

Here is the message you will send to the Bank.
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Dear Sir/Madam.
I wish to apply for claim and closure of the deposit AC No.5-4483114/HSHNB/LD of US$5,700,000.00 as the present credit balance belonging to the late Col.Franck Bashan
on behalf of Miss Anta Bashan who is the daughter and incidentally the next of kin to the account bearer and entitled to inherit the fund as a result of the death of her father.
That the said amount is a contract payment duly certified by the Sudanese Government.
Upon your response,I will be ready to comply with the HSH Nord bank London regulations and rules for the transfer of this fund,I hope my application would be given urgent and favorable considerations.
yours sincerely
your name ----------------------.

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ribshaw

07-19-2013, 08:23 PM

I got this from a friend busting a scammer. If they call you dear and write like this you have a scammer.

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So often in this blog pictures are posted that were stolen from others and used in scams. I thought it would be nice to put up some actual criminals for a change, and it is a love story of sorts.

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The ringleaders of an alleged identity theft scam of senior citizens were arrested after they posted photos of their Disney World engagement and purchases on Facebook that was paid for with their ill-gotten gains, police announced.

Amanda Zieminski, 27, and Clyde Forteau, 29, both of New York City, were arrested and indicted for 64 criminal acts including identify theft, falsifying business records, and grand larceny, the Staten Island District Attorney's office said in a statement Wednesday.

Zieminski and Forteau allegedly used the stolen money to pay for courtside seats at a 2012 NBA Finals game, a vacation to the Dominican Republic, and a vacation to Disney World, where they got engaged in front of Cinderella's castle, according to police.

"But make no mistake, Amanda Zieminski is no Cinderella and Clyde Forteau is far from Prince Charming," said Staten Island District Attorney Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.

Zieminksi and Forteau are accused of stealing the Social Security numbers and credit card information of more than 80 elderly patients from a Staten Island medical center where Zieminski once worked, police said.

Forteau, an aspiring rapper who also goes by the moniker 'C-Money CEO,' used the information to file false tax returns and had the refunds sent to his personal bank accounts. Forteau allegedly had his victims' Social Security payments sent to his own accounts. He posed as a Hurricane Sandy victim who lost his home to explain the diverted money to bank officials, police said.

Police were able to identify Zieminski and Forteau after a year-long investigation, which included a Google search that revealed photos of their purchases and vacations posted on the couple's public Facebook accounts. The purchases and vacations the couple flaunted matched the items charged to the stolen credit card accounts, according to the statement.

Police discovered more than 50 stolen credit cards and 20 fake driver's licenses when they arrested Zieminksi and Forteau, according to the statement.

"As for Amanda Zieminski, she stated on Facebook on June 28 that, 'Seeing so many homeless people on my way to work makes me realize how blessed I am.' She failed to mention that the luxuries in her so called 'blessed' life were illegally obtained and now she will have to answer for her role in this complex scam," Donovan said.

Police also charged and arrested three other alleged accomplices.

All the defendants pleaded not guilty, according to Douglas Auer, a spokesman for the Staten Island District Attorney's office.

Attorneys for Zieminksi and Forteau did not respond to requests for comment.

http://gma.yahoo.com/couple-got-engaged-disney-using-cash-scammed-seniors-202719612--abc-news-topstories.html

scratchycat

07-20-2013, 08:37 AM

https://www.facebook.com/amanda.zieminski

Lovebirds stole Staten Island doctor (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/fairy-tale-ends-lovebird-identity-crooks-article-1.1401447)

Zieminski and Forteau were at the head of a scheme that also involved Forteau's younger brother Jerome, Abdul Yousef and Carmen Rivera, the Staten Island District Attorney's office said.

“I’m living a fairy tale!!” wrote suspect Amanda Zieminski after slipping on the engagement ring from boyfriend Clyde (C-Money CEO) Forteau on April 27.... The pair swapped the Magic Kingdom for Rikers Island cells Wednesday, with aspiring rapper Forteau held on $460,000 bail and his wife-to-be on $405,000 bail on the 65-count indictment.

Read more: Lovebirds stole Staten Island doctor (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/fairy-tale-ends-lovebird-identity-crooks-article-1.1401447#ixzz2ZamqD6Ky)

Zieminski, 26, of Staten Island, was working at the offices of South Shore Physicians in 2008 when patients first reported their bank accounts were looted.

The clock struck midnight on the scam last year when a victim’s TD Bank account address was changed to a residence in the Bronx — accompanied by a request for a new debit card, officials said. NYPD detectives found Forteau living at the Bronx address, and a Google search revealed the relationship between Zieminski and Forteau — both top athletes at the New York City College of Technology.

Read more: Lovebirds stole Staten Island doctor (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/fairy-tale-ends-lovebird-identity-crooks-article-1.1401447#ixzz2Zany4R1l)

Quite a story!! I hope they stay behind bars a very long time.

Read more: Lovebirds stole Staten Island doctor (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/fairy-tale-ends-lovebird-identity-crooks-article-1.1401447#ixzz2Zamfudy2)

scratchycat

07-20-2013, 08:37 AM

ribshaw

07-20-2013, 09:56 AM

ribshaw

07-22-2013, 08:30 PM

This is a very good 4 minute video on some things you should not do if you are dating someone on line.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnBejOPLApI&feature=youtu.be

What is interesting is this video was from 5/29/2012

Here are two open profiles I found on Facebook with the stolen photos.

https://www.facebook.com/andrei.john.7399
https://www.facebook.com/people/Alfred-Worth/100002671574739

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Here here is the image on LinkedIn. CEO, Mr. Big Time.

Kevin Howard | LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-howard/6a/554/6b4)
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walton james | LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/walton-james/59/709/6a4)
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ribshaw

07-22-2013, 08:48 PM

This poor lady is out $10,000 to a scammer but still wants to believe. (I'm sorry you're breaking up, just like people that owe you money in real life).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCBV4ixBeGw&feature=youtu.be

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ribshaw

07-22-2013, 08:51 PM

This is about 21 minutes, but gives you the scam, the victim, and a bit with the con man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53A0zfaab0s&feature=youtu.be

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ribshaw

07-22-2013, 09:42 PM

This lady as put together a collection of videos of soldiers whose images have been stolen by scammers.

Worth a look and a share as there are folks every day who fall for these scams.

This is a link to her full channel of 46 Videos as of today. Anne Jackson - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqvtJav_FobexJ9-VwhF3PA?feature=watch)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxGJg7K3vko&feature=c4-overview&list=UUqvtJav_FobexJ9-VwhF3PA

ribshaw

07-23-2013, 08:29 AM

This profile popped up yesterday, and already has 14 friends, all women. Despite a number of hits on google, no RealScam for this photo, unacceptable. Ladies, this picture is used by 100s of scammers, you will be asked for money under some ruse.

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https://www.facebook.com/smith.morris.106

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This is information being used in a scam by someone using the above picture. They are using a shipping or Trunk Box Scam telling her they need some help getting goods from one place to another. For this she will receive a commission. Of course they will keep coming up with fees that are delaying the transaction. A variation of the 419 scam.

SCAMMER kzahid738@yahoo.com
SCAMMER zahidkhan6566@outlook.com

I am DELETED, Brendads fiancé. I need to know how much money he borrowed from you. And I also will need to see the paperwork of this loan. Thank you
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Hi DELETED, Sorry for late reply. Was busy yesterday. I don't know what Morris told you but there was no paper work or any written agreement on the loan. I gave him the money with trust when he told me about his past and also because of the way he approached me for it. He said he is using it to ship something to his wife in the US and that he will pay as soon his Wife gets the parcel delivered to her. He said something about the parcel containing his life and so I had no other option than to give him the money because Morris is a very nice and hardworking man. He said he is collecting that much because he wanted to take the parcel out of camp immediately to avoid suspicions and that no shipping company would ship the parcel for him and so that's why the only company that accepted to help him collected a big amount to do that. I don't really know how much he used to ship the parcel but I gave him $17000USD in total on the 3rd of July. You can ask him to confirm.
Do have a nice day
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I will get you your money back. It may take me a few days to get it. I have just been diagnosed with cancer. I am under going a lot of medical test with this. Please just bear with me for a few days. Thank you
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Am really sorry to hear about your sickness. This will surely devastate Brendad.
I hope to hear from you soon about my money...:RpS_thumbsup:
Thanks
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I will have your money Monday afternoon. It will Tuesday when I send it to you. Please let me know the details on sending it to you. Thanks
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Hello xxxxx. I have been very busy this past days. I just checked my mail today and saw your message for account details. I went to Belgium to buy goods and so will like you to send the money to Belgium because i want to add it up to buy my goods here. Am counting on you to keep your words. Will be expecting the money on Tuesday morning as you said.
This is the details of the account
code: IBAN BE10 0003 6653 4304,
Acount number: 000-3665343-04
Account Name: KALU KATHERINE
Bank name: Bpost Bank
And also email me whenever the payment is done
Thanks

ribshaw

07-23-2013, 08:38 AM

Another scammer using stolen photos, claiming to be in the US Army. Sent me a friend request today.

https://www.facebook.com/james.lopes.378?fref=ts

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ribshaw

07-23-2013, 04:28 PM

SCAMMER nicakkerman@yahoo.com (Granny is another one on deaths door with time for cyber dating. LOL!! Wants to give away $15,000,000 cause that is so hard to do).

Nicole Akkerman on Netlog (http://en.netlog.com/nicoleakkerman)
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Dear Beloved,

I write to you in good faith and hoping that you will understand the importance of my email.My decision to contact you is because I have been recently diagnosed with Cancer and the doctor said I have less than 6 weeks to live. Since this sudden news was announced to me, I have been reflecting over my life in the past. It is painful that
after over 24 years of peaceful marriage with my late husband, we had no child of our own that will inherit our numerous wealth.

In the past, I have made reasonable donations to the victims of Earthquake in Haiti and recently to the same victims in Japan and Thailand. Now that my health is gradually deteriorating, I cannot
continue to do all these by myself any more. I strongly desire to reach out to the poor and needy people, but I would prefer to continue this with the assistance of a kind person.

I want you to answer the following questions, (1) are you a God fearing person? (2) If I donate (15.5)Fifteen Million five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars to you, can you be able to utilize it wisely to achieve my heart desire of supporting poor people around you? (3)Will you open a charity foundation in the name of my
husband and 1? Please reply me as soon as possible.

Yours Faithfully.
Mrs. Nicole Akkerman.

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She also happens to be a stock photo for short hair styles. Looking good for a goner. :RpS_thumbsup:

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ribshaw

07-24-2013, 02:13 PM

Where to start with this one.

fishkatie i am looking for that man that know what they call family and relation (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/fishkatie)

I had a dream about a women this beautiful once, she woke me up :NO:, not even in your dreams fella!!!

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Women like this as a general rule don't troll free dating sites looking for men. (Keeping in mind I don't send any messages, whatever hits my inbox are the ones I talk to.) A few years back I had a friend who was on Match. Attractive lady, but by no means supermodel stuff and she said that it was like a full time job just keeping up with messages. So gentlemen please think for a second.

Of course google images comes in handy.

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And if that is not a dead giveaway the canned text should be. I asked one simple question, do you have an email. And check out the response.

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ribshaw

07-24-2013, 02:31 PM

SCAMMER julielove87@yahoo.com

How are you doing? Am highly honored to meet you am Julie single, i have one lovely boy named Joe,he is 3years of age.Am 32 years of age am from USA,Nevada but currently in Ghana,am a mixed race my mum is from USA and dad a Ghanaian but my dad is now dead.I am a romantic, responsible lady. I am always smiling. I believe smile can make people more close to each other. I wannna find a soul mate (Husband) and a man can really care about me and love me. I hope he is a considerate man, and a man will respect his wife. He will be my best friend with whom I can share everything with. Also he can be my sincere adviser, who can give me advises when I feel confused. Meanwhile, I will love him and cherish him forever with my whole holly heart. As an old saying goes “Love is like a butterfly. It goes where it pleases and it pleases where it goes.” Love is really powerful. And I believe love is the best emotion in the world. Love can heal one’s sorrow and grief. Love can connect the two souls tightly to create happiness. Love can also help the two souls get away from chaos and suffering. Let’s connect a bond with us to create happiness and love.i want find someone who is cherish family and relationship someone passionate,romantic.i will want to hear from you soon i will end here...
Your friend
Julie

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SCAMMER mercyjafaris@yahoo.com

Hello Dear,
How is your health which is the most important thing to me, I hope fine and sound good in health, Firstly I want to thank you for your response to my email, Inline with my message, Do not be surprise or get offended for receiving this message from me, It just that I have been obliged to lay a mere trust on you due to my situation here in the refugees camp In Dakar Senegal.
I decided to contact you because of the urgency of my situation here in the camp. I love reading, spots and i like to visit parks and garden to be close to nature. I love children too and will like to have 3 children when i get married.
My name is Miss Mercy Jafar, 24 years old girl from Rwanda in africa and presently i am residing in the Church refugee camp here in Dakar Senegal, as a result of the killing of my family by the rebels during the war in Rwanda , please don't be discouraged for hearing this. I believe deep down inside me that you will never break my heart or let me down in anyway, I am from the family of late Engineer Boukah Amah. My late father Engineer Abdul Jafar, was the Chairman, Gruv-Melton Oil and Gas Company, a private extracting oil firm in Kigali the capital of my country. The brutal killing of my late parents, took place one early morning by the rebels as a result of the civil war that is going on in Rwanda. I was in my second year in Applied Mathematics department of University of kigali in Rwadan, before the death of my beloved Parents.
I contacted you for a possible help. My step mother was a very wicked woman and she intend to kill me since my father and my real biological mother is dead. Then she planned to take away all my late father's property and some other valuable things from me since the unexpected death of my beloved Parents. Meanwhile I wanted to find my way out of my country because I have seen what she is planning to do to me. I thereby plan to go to any where in the world, but she hide my international passport and other valuable traveling documents. Luckily she did not found where I kept my fathers File which contains important documents.
I managed to escape with the documents which covers my late father's deposited money US$3.500.000.00 (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand United state Dollars ). which he use my name as the next of kin. Meanwhile,I am still residing here as a refugee, i am saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy foreign personality to help me transfer the money from the bank pending my arrival in your country. I will like to see you face to face soon, Furthermore, on your wish you can contact the bank for confirmation and you can communicate directly with them regarding this fund of my late father which was deposited in their custody. I am giving you this offer as mentioned with every confidence on your acceptance to assist me retrieve the money from the bank and transfer to your nominated account. I will like to further my studies as soon as i arrive to your country, please try to help me to achieve this goal as i have a desire to become a famous personality in the nearest future. I will be pleased if you can do this for me.
I don't have phone of my own but You can reach me through this number below +221 771 744 734 that is a Reverend Father's phone number, who is responsible for the camp welfare and also pasturing in the camp , His name is Reverend Father Patrick Elvis, if you call him, please ask of me Miss. Mercy Jafar. When ever you call, try to tell him that you want to speak with me Miss Mercy Jafar, i am staying in the female hostel. I have already inform him, that someone will call me through his phone. He will send for me from the hostel to come and speak with you. So please do not fail to call me, because I need to hear your voice.
So on your wish to help me out i would like to have your data such as:

your Full name
your Residential Address.
your Country
your Occupation.
your Phone or fax number.
A scan copy of your photo
Immediately I receive your data I will give you the contact and information of the bank where the money was deposited for you to contact them for confirmation in regards.

Remember: I am revealing my secret to you,because I need your help and I actually prayed that you will be the person to assist me, which is more or less a divine thing, As you know one must certainly trust person notwithstanding the time we have known.The bank refused to give me this money because of my refugee status here in Senegal as the law of Senegal do not allow a refugee to per take in anything concerning money transfer and moreover, I don't have any bank account where this money will be transferred into, that was why I contacted you and also the bank has advised me to nominate any foreign partner I trusted, that is why I approach you in this regard, As soon as I received your message, then I will submit a request that you provide to the bank, as my next recipient of kin. whom I instructed to claim my inheritance in my name .
Note that i contacted you after much prayer and fasting. Please, do keep this only to your self. do not disclose this transaction to any person.
Please all communications should be through this email address only for confidential purposes.
I am waiting for your response attach file here is my photos
Best Regard
Mercy Jafar.

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scratchycat

07-25-2013, 08:18 AM

A quick one as we have freeloaders, er I mean family coming over for dinner and I have been instructed no blogging. :pulling_hair_out:

What I find interesting about this is the blatant advertising right on the page. Of course the pictures lead to any number of sites containing porn, so it is likely some dude in his mom's basement behind the number. LOL don't sent cash boys.

https://www.facebook.com/starlin.rhoades

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That is one hard-working girl, uh, guy in basement, uh, out to get your money...

Thanks for this. I just wanted to know where she has been for 6 years and still looking WOW! More than likely in prison... Will be sure to send this link to a FB friend. Glad to see you still working so hard, hope members of RS are warning their friends and others about these fakes.

scratchycat

07-25-2013, 08:24 AM

Granny's birthdate is 5/18/1944, I would say more than likely 1928!!! Just can't give that money away, how sad!! These scumbags will try anything. Now they are getting pictures from 'hairstyles'!!! :NO: Let's help stop them!!

scratchycat

07-25-2013, 08:26 AM

Women like this as a general rule don't troll free dating sites looking for men.

Women like that don't NEED to be looking for a man!!! But as we know, people fall for these fake pictures and actually think the person behind the keyboard looks like that. :shocked:

ribshaw

07-25-2013, 04:49 PM

SCAMMER lindamarkus24@yahoo.com

ADD ME UP lindamarkus24 on yahoomessenger acconnt

The only place you get added is to my collection of scammers. I hate yahoo messenger.

lindamarkus true lover who will take care of me, profile, free online dating, da (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/lindamarkus)

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I don't know which is more stupid, using a model for your profile pic, or not being smart enough to get the details on the portfolio right.

SCAMMER faustina.wise@yahoo.com

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ribshaw

07-25-2013, 04:58 PM

SCAMMER stac009@yahoo.com Am Stacy by name, who talks like that but scammers?

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ribshaw

07-25-2013, 05:10 PM

SCAMMER vichart31@yahoo.com More Megan QT. I actually just got that. QT=Cutie.

http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/franca5000
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ribshaw

07-25-2013, 08:39 PM

https://www.facebook.com/john.zin.3?fref=browse_search

Google images to the rescue, photo very popular with scammers.

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I think it is actually my pal from the other day.

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But am sure it is all of this.

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ribshaw

07-26-2013, 03:13 PM

SCAMMER faustina.wise@yahoo.com
Faustina Wise

The little picture hits a scam site, the big picture is a girl named Melissa Midwest, she is farmer or something.

to me
thank you for your email i am very grateful to hear from you my name is Faustina and i am 32 year old .. i like being honest and truthful i love to smile and being at the beach having fun .. i am a very single woman with no kids and never been married .. i am hoping to find the right man very soon, but if you don't mind can you add me on yahoo so that we can chat with each other and to know much more about each other .. send em some pics.. i hope to hear back from you soon .. thank you

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SCAMMER blessing_george80@yahoo.com
SCAMMER barristeranita@yahoo.com - Forum Antiscam

Blessing George

9:55 PM (18 hours ago)

to me

pls tell me about your self first ok --- That's it, LOL

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ribshaw

07-26-2013, 03:33 PM

Nice To Meat You---:loser:

SCAMMER jessica.cudjoe@outlook.com
to me

Hello My Dear
Thanks for being friendly, i saw your contact and i contacted you, my name is Miss Jessica Cudjoe (24) single and never married (Single), presently I am residing in Dakar Senegal as a Refugee. This is as result of the calamity that befall on my home few years back.
My late Father Mr Bernard Cudjoe was chairman managing director of
( CUDJOE COACO COMPANY LTD ) in the capital of my Country Monrovia Liberia, before the Rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed my beloved Dad and Mum in cold blood.
My situation over here is very difficult that i question my self alot. Life as a Refugee is very difficult and critical that i want to leave as soon as possible, living as a refugee is just like one staying in the prison and i hope by Gods grace and with your help i will come out the situation soon..are you married or single what are your hobbies i will add my picture so you can make your choice if you will like me for friendship or marriage. l don't have any relatives now whom l can go to, all my relatives ran away in the middle of the war the only person l have now is a Rev. godwill Jonathan who is the reverend pastor of the ( Catholic Mission here in Dakar Senegal here in the City. He has been very nice to me since i came here but i am not living with him rather i am leaving in the women's hostel....
Please listen to this, I have my late father's deposit certificate and death certificate here with me which i will send to you later, because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money, outside my country which he used my name as the next of kin, the amount in question is ( $5.7 Million US Dollars ) Five Million Three Hundred Thousand US Dollars.
My desire is to invest these money in your country or anywhere save enough outside West Africa for security and political reasons. I want you to help me claim and retrieved these fund from the (BANK) Fund Holders and Transfer it into your account in your country for investment purposes on profitable ventures.
If you can be of an assistance to me,i will offer you 20% of the total fund. while i have set aside 5% of the total fund for any expenses ocur by you during and after the process. I await your soon response through me private mailbox:
After the transfer is done into your account, you can send some money for me to get my traveling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you. I kept this secret to people in this hostel here.
Remember i am giving you all this information due to the feeling in me, i just feel something strange in me at this moment. and it may sound funny why i trusted you, but this is truth, your e-mail is coming directly into my heart as
All i have said are word of sincere, i am confident in this. Darling please i will like you to send me those of your information's to know well whom am dealing with, while i will be waiting for your call, such as:
Names:........
Nationality:.....
Age:....................
Address:...............
Telephone:...............
Occupation.....................
Your Photo....................
I have got in touch with the bank and made them to know about my plans to withdraw this money, l also got them aware of the death of my father and they have acknowledged it with all there confirmation. However, they advise me to get in touch with a very responsible person who will stand on my behalf and as my trustee as regards to this money since l am presently of refugee status over here and wouldn't be permitted to handle this amount of money, they also let me know about the bond which they signed with my father that they money will be handled to me in bulk amount which means that l should decide on if l should continue with the bank or not.
I just have to let you know about this so that you can assist me to be my trustee on this money. l kept this secret to people in the camp here the only person that knows about it is the Reverend because he is like a father to me...Thanks...Have a nice time and think about me. l hope to hear from you with your information's soonest.
l love you. I am sending you my pics with hope that you will like it, Yours for ever in love.
Jessica Cudjoe.

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SCAMMER abbeykoulibaly@yahoo.fr

Abbey Koulibaly

to me
How are you today,
firstly I thank you for your reaction to my email, in line with the message which I have sent to you.
How is every thing over there in your country,i believe that you are in good health, and that the atmosphere over there in your country is very nice today? Mine is a little bit warm over here in Dakar Senegal.

My name is Abbey Koulibaly i am 24 years old but age doesn't matter in a real relationship, I am from (Ivory Coast in Western part of Africa) 5.2ft tall, fair in complexion single,(never married ) and presently i am residing here in Dakar Senegal as a result of the civil war that was fought in my country some years ago..

My late father Late Dr Mamadou Koulibaly was a politician and the managing director of a (Gold & Mine Industry.) in Abidjan (the capital of Ivory Coast, before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed my father and mother in cold blood.

Right now, as i am talking to you, i am the only person alive in my family, and I managed to make my way to a near by country (Senegal) where i am leaving now as a refugee under the care of a Reverend Pastor and i am using his office computer to send these message to you now.

Please do not be offended for this message that comes from me please, its just that i don't know what else to do, because my situation here as the refugee is giving me a great concern, therefore, i will like you to consider my situation as an orphan, and be kind with me, as i am putting the whole of my trust on you with out fear, though i don't know who you are before, but i believe that you can not betray it at the end.

Am communicating to you because of my difficult situation here in this refugees camp,Its just like one staying in the prison and i hope by Gods grace i will come out here soon.

I don't have any relatives now whom i can go to, all my relatives ran away in the middle of the war the only person i have now is the pastor Micheal James who is the pastor of the (citizen assemble mission) here in the camp, he has been very nice to every body in the camp, but we are not living with him, rather we are leaving in the hostel, which is divided into two sections, one for the male, and the other for the female.

The Pastors Tel number is (+221-774-296-872).. if you call and tell him that you want to speak with me (Abbey Koulibaly) he will send for me in the hostel. As a refugee here, i don't have any right or privileged to any thing, be it phone or money what ever, because it is against the law of this country.

My Dear I want to go back to my studies because i only attended my first year before the tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation now took place.

Please listen to this (please it's a secret, even no one knows about it except the Reverend father that knows about it),

I have my late father's statement of account and death certificate here with me, which i will send to you latter, because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a leading Foreign bank which he used my name as the next of kin, the total amount, is $6.7 ( Six million Seven Hundred Thousand US Dollars).

So i will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from it, you can send some money for me to get my traveling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you. I kept this secret to people in the camp here, the only person that knows about it, is the Reverend because he is like a father to me.

So, i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone because i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it.

Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust i deposed on you. I like honest and understanding people,truthful and a man of vision, hardworking and GOD fearing people.

My favorite language is English and i speak English very fluently. Meanwhile i will like you to call me like i said i have a lot to tell you, this is my pictures. I will send you more in my next mail. Have a nice day and think about me. waiting to hear from you soon
Attached here is my pics.
Yours Abbey,

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SCAMMER sharon_honest33@yahoo.com

Well used photo by scammers, dislikes "fornication", I dislike scammers, thieves, and hearing about 3 kids in the first email.

Thanks for email me and i appreciate your message..My name is Sharon,No kids,am divorced woman..am 5:8feet. i work as sales manager....Am single and searching for a man that will be honest and faithful and also sincere and serious...i mean a man who will not play games with me and also who will not hurt me cos have been hurt so many time,i like cuddling and i like walking in the park while holding hands,i like the out doors and i also like hugging out with my friend.i like to play games while in the room and i also like to watch good movies when am in doors...I dislike lies cheating,dishonesty,adultery,fornication.I dream to become as wife one day and having a good lovely man that will give me birth,I will love to have 3 kids in furture.two boys and one girl.I would love to get to know you too.

Are you married?
do you have a kids?
what do you do for a fun?
how tall are you?

I hope to hear from you as soon as possible

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ribshaw

07-26-2013, 03:59 PM

Over the last three years, they said Canadians have lost more money to these scams than any other kind of fraud, despite the number of victims barely registering in the top 10 when compared to other kinds.

Online dating most popular fraud target in Canada - Ottawa - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2013/07/25/ottawa-online-dating-website-fraud-scam.html)

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She sent him $20 worth of toiletries. He had suggested that the package be sent through a diplomat in Ghana to speed things up. When it got there, she got a call at 3 in the morning from the “diplomat” telling her he needed $100 to clear customs.

Behind lonely troops lurks an online con featuring fake IDs, photos | StarTribune.com (http://www.startribune.com/local/216859601.html)

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Lonely hearts widow lost £300k to conman
A WEALTHY widow lost more than £300,000 of her fortune when she fell for a Casanova conman posing as a lonely heart on an internet dating site.
By: Jan Disley
Published: Tue, July 23, 2013
Lonely hearts widow lost £300k to conman | UK | News | Daily Express (http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/416795/Lonely-hearts-widow-lost-300k-to-conman)

Jonathan-Mickey-conned-the-woman-out-of-over-300k-in-savings Jonathan Mickey conned the woman out of over £300k in savings

The chancer spun a yarn that he was a burly oil rigger working off the coast of Scotland, 3,000 miles from the American heiress who lives in New York state.

As their online romance grew, he charmed the widow with tall tales of his days drilling for oil, gave the bogus name Michael Sean and uploaded pictures of a hunky white man flexing his muscles, claiming it was him.

Then came the sting. If only he could finish his North Sea assignment, he could instantly fly to meet her at her home in the city of Buffalo. All he needed to end his contract was a matter of £312,000...

Totally hooked, the unnamed woman wired the money to three different Lloyds TSB accounts in five instalments.

But bankers, suspicious of the large transactions, called in police. The stunned widow realised the truth about her online lover. And the conman vanished without trace.

Details of the scam emerged as convicted fraudster Jonathan Mickey, 36, from Salford, app*eared in the dock at Manchester Crown Court.

He was initially accused of being “Michael Sean” but his not-guilty plea to fraud was accepted. He admitted laundering some of the stolen money for a friend.

internet fraud, moneyThe widow had been giving her inheritance to Mickey without meeting him

Jailing him for 30 months, Judge Martin Steiger, QC, said: “This case involved the defendant having opened, in a false name, a bank account through whose a total of £80,000 was passed from another account which funds came from a sophisticated fraud carried out on people overseas.”

The court heard how the victim had lost her husband in February 2012 and inherited a large sum from his estate. In June 2012, she started logging on to internet dating sites and came across the man calling himself Michael Sean. The pair began chatting regularly and he claimed he needed funds to buy supplies and drilling machinery.

He uploaded false pictures to mask his identity, and claimed he could not speak on Skype because of the poor signal on the rig. It meant the victim only ever saw three bogus pictures of a white man in his 30s.

The pair began chatting regularly and he claimed he needed funds to buy supplies and drilling machinery

The court heard that £80,000 of the £312,000 which she wired was put into a bank account opened by Mickey using a false name and a Dutch passport.

Defending, Karibo Lawson said his client, who has a fraud conviction from 2004, owed money to an unnamed man and was paid £2,500 to launder the stolen cash.

He added: “The defendant was originally blamed as the person who was in contact with the lady in America. He was originally charged on that basis.

“This was subsequently withdrawn by the Crown.

“His previous conviction – whilst it is relevant – is nine years old. He is a man of very modest means.”

ribshaw

07-26-2013, 05:04 PM

A few scumbags stealing photos and pretending to be soldiers over on Facebook Friday.

https://www.facebook.com/michael.iyke1

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https://www.facebook.com/david.nico.1422?fref=ts
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https://www.facebook.com/sammy.spencer.351
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ribshaw

07-26-2013, 07:50 PM

The Nigerian Leave Request Scam
Military Scams January 11 2013
— By CJ Grisham

The Nigerian military scammers think they’re pretty smart. I guess they must be since I continue to get emails on a DAILY BASIS from women who have been scammed out of literally thousands of dollars. I tell you, I’m in the wrong line of work. I may have to move to Nigeria myself and start raking in the dough. But, my conscience and Christian beliefs wouldn’t let me.

Anyway, I got the following email forwarded to me by a woman who was being scammed. While I personally see the many flaws in this type of email, I can sort of understand how unsuspecting women could believe this was official. Let me reiterate something here: if they don’t send this kind of an email from a .mil email address, it’s not real. Plain and simple. Nothing official ever comes from leaveconsultant@armymail.com.

See? That’s a “.com” email address. Some scammers try to get sneaky and send something like leaveconsultant.mil@armymail.com. It’s still a “.com” email. The “.mil” need to come AFTER the “@” symbol. Anyway, this is what the email looked like:

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Let’s not even worry about the grammatical and spelling errors. This is the number one tipoff that you are dealing with a scammer. No professional communication would ever come from an official military source like this. NEVER.

I just wanted to share this with you so it’s out there and searchable in case others are running into this. Troops DO NOT need permission from anyone outside their chain of command to take leave. I’m married and have been in the Army for 18 years and I don’t even need my wife’s permission to take leave. We DO NOT need money to travel back to the United States for said leave or at the end of a tour. All travel is taken care of by the Air Force and contracted airlines. We DO NOT get stuck in third world countries in Africa or anywhere else. We DO NOT need liaisons or other representatives to handle our finances. If someone is on a classified mission, they WOULD NOT be talking to you and letting you know about it.

ribshaw

07-26-2013, 08:10 PM

So this profile came on less than 24 hours ago, already had 19 friends and women cooing all over the pictures. And why not, in real life these are photos of a general. In internet life, these are people about to be scammed. https://www.facebook.com/jeff.melby.96?fref=ts

Things like this make me scratch my head on so many levels.

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scratchycat

07-27-2013, 10:04 AM

Thanks to you Ribshaw, I alerted some of his eager friends but not sure they will listen. All we can do is try...

scratchycat

07-27-2013, 10:11 AM

This is from one of the Romance Scammers group in FB and it is one I wanted to share here. Got to be at the top of "worst" scam letters!!

Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001, USA

Attn : Dear Beneficiary,

How are you and your entire family,We the Federal bureau of
investigation (FBI) Washington, D.C in

conjunction with some other relevant investigations agencies here in
the United states of America, Nigeria and Ghanna.

have recently been informed through our Global intelligence monitoring
network that you were being scammed of your hard earn money of
$10,000.00, by one Daniel Minnah in Accura,Ghana. It should be noted
that this man is not from Accra but there in Nigeria.

We discovered that most of our citizens suffers alot of scam around
the global world which our great governemt is doing something hard to
eradicate the scam activity. We have already contacted the Nigerian
Government and also the Nigerian Police to get us the data of this
said man and we were told that he his a scam and a black Nigerian Man
who has scamed thousands of our great citizens out here of our hard
earn money.

In addition, also be informed that we have get a hold of this said man
who's original name is Hammed Tijani from Nigeria, He has been caught
a very long time ago, The Nigerian Government sold all his properties
which he had scammed outt of good citizens and sold some properties to
the mothelless babies home and also some people who were being scammed
out by him.

To our biggest surprise, We discovered your name appear to be one of
the lucky American citizens found in our data base of one of the
persons scammed out by This Hammed. recently there was a meeting
with the Nigerian Governement
in conjuction with the Director of the Fed Ex Courier Service Company
In Nigeria in person of Mrs Janet owolabi to issue you the sum of
$120,000.00 as a means of compensation.

You are hereby to provide your full names, Home Address, Cell Phone
number and state in other to process this funding loans by the
Nigerian Government.

Best Regards,

Robert S. Mueller III
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J.
Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C.
20535-0001, USA
Email: rmuelleriiiofficemail.mueller@gmail.com
Tel:+1 (415) 935 7529

NOW TELL ME WHAT DO YOU THINK??!!!

ribshaw

07-27-2013, 10:18 AM

Thanks to you Ribshaw, I alerted some of his eager friends but not sure they will listen. All we can do is try...

Thanks Scratchy, I checked his friends list this morning and it went from 19-11 so someone somewhere listened. Brought smile to my face. :RpS_thumbsup:

scratchycat

07-28-2013, 10:23 AM

JEFF MELBY IS GONE!!!

Sorry, this page isn't available

The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed.

:RpS_smile:

One down, a million to go...

scratchycat

07-28-2013, 10:46 AM

https://www.facebook.com/jeffcarey.melby

Facebook either removed his profile or he was tipped off and just changed it to this one. The reason I think FB might have removed it, the post on my timeline was also gone along with the picture of the real Major General Michael Carey. If they remove it again, I will know for sure because I did Snip-it this time.

I think one of his "girlfriends" might have tipped him off...

https://www.facebook.com/barbara.geisler.7

That is the only one left from yesterday. Some people don't WANT to believe their lover is not real.

scratchycat

07-29-2013, 08:41 AM

https://www.facebook.com/jerry.tarker

Another one exposed, thanks to Ribshaw!! A person contacted me "why do you write about Jerry Tarker?" (Me) He is a romance scammer. I just want to let you know so you won't lose money and get heartbroken. (answer) Hello Sara I greet you with a beautiful Polish Nice that you wrote me seemed strong and pulled me. He wanted me to sent the money but i did not. Oh my God,all the women came,oh my God.

This lady is from Poland and I am so happy she did not send money.

Ribshaw, I have forgotten, do we have a picture of the real scammer behind this profile??

path2prosperity

07-29-2013, 08:57 AM

This is from one of the Romance Scammers group in FB and it is one I wanted to share here. Got to be at the top of "worst" scam letters!!

Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001, USA

Best Regards,

Robert S. Mueller III
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J.
Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C.
20535-0001, USA
Email: rmuelleriiiofficemail.mueller@gmail.com
Tel:+1 (415) 935 7529

I think that you and "ribshaw" are doing a brilliant job. I agree that this is top of the list when it comes to sheer effrontery. How these con artists think they can get away with a trick like that is beyond belief.

scratchycat

07-29-2013, 09:05 AM

Thanks P2P, it is unbelievable but true. They do get away with it and they trick many people, especially those who do not really understand their methods of deceiving. But I agree on that FBI one, it is so laughable but seems it is a new twist on the lost & recovery scheme.

We are getting a lot of help from the groups on FB trying to inform and alert people to romance scams.

ribshaw

07-29-2013, 09:49 AM

Ribshaw, I have forgotten, do we have a picture of the real scammer behind this profile??[/COLOR]

Nice work Scratchy. I do not have a picture, although I have dug up a few artist renderings.

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ribshaw

07-29-2013, 10:17 AM

SCAMMER abbeykoulibaly@yahoo.fr

One thing I have noticed, for those of you using GMAIL. These folks are all listed as contacts since I reply to their Private Message on my fake dating site. After I get their email back I start reporting them as SPAM and LOOKS SUSPICIOUS. It really seems that this cuts down on the amount of email that comes back. If that is the case, and I don't know, GMAIL may be blocking or flagging by IP address or location. Not only good to keep your inbox clean, but a rather smart anti spam measure.

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Hello My Dear,
How are you doing over there i hope that you are fine
My dear thanks for your reply to my mail,it gives me joy,hope and happiness that God has brought you to restore my freedom and future back to me.
The reason why i asked you to assist me transfer this money to your account is because some months after the death of my parents,i came into this country with out international traveling passport or national identity card that's why the immigration took me to the refugee camp,so i wrote to the bank and i explained my condition to them but the bank made me to understand that they will not transact any business with me due to my refugee statue unless i will look for a sole trustee or partner who will stand on my behalf,so i don't have any other option than to follow the bank instruction,

Please i have not told anyone except you and the Reverend about the existence of this money and i will like you to please keep it secret to other people because since it is money all eyes will be on it. i trust God that is why i am giving you all this information's!. His office phone again is (+221-774-296-872) call him and ask him the best time you can reach me.
I have informed the bank about my plans to claim this money and the only advice they gave me is to look for a foreign partner who will stand on my behalf due to my refugee status and the laws of this country You will have 30% of the total money for helping me and the remaining money will be managed by you in any business of your choice while i go back to my studies. In this regards i will like you to contact the bank immediately with this information's below,tell them that you are my foreign partner and that you want to know the possibilities of assisting me transfer my $6.7 million dollars deposited by my late father which i am the next of kin to your account in your country.

The contact information of the bank are as follows,

Royal Bank Of Scotland PLC

Email address (acctrbstransfer@scotlandmail.com)

The name of the manager is (Mr. Ryian Gilson).

Telephone numbers(+447024023890)

Information About The Deposit Code Are As Follows.
Name of The Depositor,Dr Mamadou Koulibaly
Next Of Kin Abbey Koulibaly,
Amount $6.7 Million US Dollars)
The Account Number Is (RBS4526532568900).

As i told you before,this camp is just like a prison and my prayers is to move out from here as soon as possible Please make sure that you contact the bank so that after the transfer you can send some money from that money for me to prepare my traveling documents to meet with you in your country.I wait your good response.
Awaiting to hear from you soonest!
Yours Abbey.

ribshaw

07-29-2013, 04:23 PM

Pappy Ribshaw used to say "sometimes you have to be an I told you so", of course that was only when he was right. :RpS_thumbsup:

Here is the thing with this post, I do this for the LOLZ as a the kids would say. At the same time my hope is this keeps a few people from being scammed, and gets some attention to the pervasive abuse of the images of US soldiers.

It should come as no surprise that I reached out to a reporter about the issues mentioned above. The response I got back was tepid, and I know a few other scambusters are working similar angles, so I just let it drop. When I saw this new friend cross the aforementioned reporter's timeline, Ribshaw shook his head and giggled. And since it is obvious someone didn't read my blog...

First of all SARGENT is not a job/rank anyone in the US has in any branch of service. I'm no spell demon, but this much I know.

https://www.facebook.com/sargentpartrick.johns

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Second our old friend Google Images makes it easy peasy to find out who this really is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_E._Johns,_Jr.

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What I find troubling is this reporter actually has quite a few friends on Facebook. When you make a friend, Facebook suggests friends. Now this person who should know better has opened their friends up to contact by this scammer.
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Unrelated bonus round, different fake general.

https://www.facebook.com/raymond.james.560?fref=ts

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Who is actually:

Raymond T. Odierno - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_T._Odierno)
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ribshaw

07-31-2013, 07:35 PM

SCAMMER joycerichard221@yahoo.com

Joyce Richard

to me

My Dearest One,

Thank you for your mail and i am really pleased to hear from you and also glad you are interested in me. Actually I never know how you will feel if this is too early to tell you about me but just because I'm not settled due to the situation that I'm facing here in Senegal.

I am Joyce Richard from Sierra Leone 24 years old with tears and sorrow, I explain my self to you with a humble manner, After the death of my father Dr Minkailu Richard, who died because of the problems in my country which take a lot of life and tender many home homeless because life is more precious than gold and there's nothing we can use to call back death when one lost his or her life,
so we decided to run from my country with my mother and my only brother and all of a sudden my brother was killed by the rebels which make my mother to loose her life after much pain and thinking of all that happened to us and after the death of my mother, my uncle started to persecute me over my late father Company and Properties which he take over from me after much treating and by the help of a Reverend Father i manage to come over to Senegal where i live as a refugee, in fact the more I explain my self and my situation, it's make me to shear tears and when i remember the past, I'm the only one alive in my family and i'm now in a critical situation and life is very difficult and hard with me, but I can not join a prostitution because of the way i was brought up by my parents and i'm putting all my hope and trust in you to help me get out of this situation.

Now i have decided to get married at my age while i suppose to be in school by now but there's nothing i can do, In fact you are the only one i'm looking for in my life which i know that you will never disappoint me.
I am seeing hell here but the only thing that make's me happy is that my late father deposited the sum of 10.5 Million u.s dollars in a foreign country which i'm the only person he told about it before he died and every documents which he use to deposit the fund are with me including the contact of the Bank because my father love's me so much and that was why he use my name as the next of kin to inherit this fund, i have called the company to know what i have to do for the claim of my late father fund and they said unless i have someone who can represent me with the required documents before they can release my late father's fund to me and that is why i need your assistants to help me for the claim of this fund since i have taking you to be every thing to me, please feel free to contact me if you are interested in helping me and you can call me through my reverend line which is +221-778-839-518 and when you call tell him that you want to speak with me and he will send for me to come and answer your call.
I will be hoping to hear from you soon.
Yours Sincerely Joyce.
Bye

All of this and still time to go to Studio 24 for glamor shots. Em color me not impressed.

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I am thinking something like this is more on point.

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ribshaw

07-31-2013, 07:57 PM

SCAMMER P.ROBERT1122@YAHOO.COM

This nitwit. You would be hard pressed to find an enlisted man that writes this poorly, much less someone that claims to have gone to university and holds rank.

The image belongs to a myspace page, hard to know if that is the real person, or another scammer using stolen photos.

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https://www.facebook.com/james.robert.7524879?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab

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The same person who asked me about above, got a friend request from this romeo also. He has a few profile pics, all stolen.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004783927098

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ribshaw

07-31-2013, 08:35 PM

Scammers are a lot like cockroaches, you if you see one, others are close behind. One thing I have always liked about scams was the backstory, in the pre-interent it was called the "Big Store". Where the conmen set up an operation to give it the air of legitimacy. Now I have no idea what these folks are up to, and they could just be dime a dozen scammers with a healthy sense of humor. They are all linked to each other, all are using peoples real names who have some status in the real world.

Starting with this profile, nothing out of the ordinary by itself.

https://www.facebook.com/james.bucknall.58

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Except he happens to be friends with this guy..

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004790022143

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Who is friends with this guy, same as above.. OOPSIE..

https://www.facebook.com/james.bucknall.12

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Who is friends with this guy, who also happens to be friends with fake Franklin M Jones from above. (Well known scammer photos)

https://www.facebook.com/billm.murray.9

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And Mr Murry is friends with this fellow, again a real general who retired in 2010. OOPSIE. The profile did not come on line until December 2012 and I am suspicious about photos that make it appear he is still active.

https://www.facebook.com/jamest.conway.92

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If anyone out there baits scammers, I sure would like to know what is going on with this crew. Not a bad little clique that just seems to fall apart with a few scammer slips.

ribshaw

07-31-2013, 08:43 PM

Above we had some maybe smarter scammers. Here we have a dumb as dirt garden variety scammer. The name on the uniform gives it away.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006440283672

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ribshaw

07-31-2013, 08:49 PM

Got this from a friend, the netlog picture is just big enough to get a google image. Well used photo by scammers.

SCAMMER nicholaskemp54@yahoo.com
SCAMMER nicholaskemp15@yahoo.com

nicholaskemp15's profile page on Netlog (http://en.netlog.com/nicholaskemp15/photo)

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ribshaw

08-02-2013, 07:23 AM

OK so this is the REAL profile for General James C McConville https://www.facebook.com/101stCG?fref=ts

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This is the warning he put on his Facebook page.

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CID romance scam information (http://www.cid.army.mil/romance_scam.html)
CID warns of social networking, dating site scams | Article | The United States Army (http://www.army.mil/article/108266/)

Of course Facebook took notice and sprung right in to action.
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https://www.facebook.com/james.c.mcconville.9?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006191798654&fref=ts
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https://www.facebook.com/james.mcconville.739?fref=ts
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https://www.facebook.com/james.mcconville.52?fref=ts
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Ok, maybe not right in to action, but am sure it is no the list of things to do today.

SCAMMER SKYPE Skype as james.c.mcconville5
SCAMMER Jamesc.mcconville@aol.com

Got these from my friend at Scamming Scammers https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scamming-scammers/526547287378829?hc_location=stream

ribshaw

08-05-2013, 02:33 PM

Had wrote about this scammer a little back, out of the blue she sent me her email.

SCAMMER s.katie1770@yahoo.com

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fishkatie i am looking for that man that know what they call family and relation (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/fishkatie)

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ribshaw

08-05-2013, 09:23 PM

Don’t be fooled if someone claiming to be “Gen. Frank Gorenc” contacts you over Skype or social media and asks for money.

At least one online scammer is pretending to be Gorenc, who became commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe on Aug. 2.

“We are aware of phishing scams impersonating senior military officials and encourage everyone to use extreme caution and sound judgment if someone asks for personal information or financial assistance,” USAFE spokesman Lt. Col. Paul Baldwin said in an email. “I can assure you our leadership here is not using Skype or any other social media platform to solicit funds.”

One woman who contacted Air Force Times said she communicated through Skype with someone claiming to be Gorenc. The person told her a story about a sick girl in Ghana who needed 1,000 euros for medical treatment.

When the woman said she didn’t have that much money, the scammer asked for 600 euros. At that point, she told the person she didn’t believe he was Gorenc.

“He called me an ‘old heartless witch’ and some more,” said the woman, who asked not to be identified, in an email. “Then I tell him I’m to talk with the U.S. Air Force about him and than he switched off the Skype.”

She has not heard from him since, but she did some digging and found at least 20 people on Skype pretending to be Gorenc.

“I hate gangsters like this and I hope somebody can stop them one time,” the woman said.

A quick web search turned up an email address for someone claiming to be Gorenc. Contacted by Air Force Times, the person denied asking people for money.

“I’m General Frank Gorenc from u.s,” the person wrote. “im presently war zone in Afghanistan for peace keeping mission. no woman is sick that we make to need money from any one, i have money. if you hear that from any once that says, is Gen Frank Gorenc please dont believe it. i hear this before that Africans are using my name to take money from people’s please dont believe it. im doing good on my job, everything is fine.”

“General Frank Gorenc” did not appear to recognize the name of the Air Force Times reporter, who interviewed the real Gorenc a week earlier.

Air Force Times forwarded the email and the information provided by the reader to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.

“Word from our operations directorate is that we have no open investigation on this particular scam,” OSI spokeswoman Linda Card said in an email. “OSI has to be tasked by higher Air Force authority to investigate all its cases. We have received no official tasking to investigate this scam.

“All victims of these scams are encouraged to call the Internet Crime Complaint Center with their tips and complaints about Internet and Skype scams, not go directly to OSI,” she said. “If an Air Force investigation is warranted, that agency will contact Air Force leadership directly and request official investigative support if necessary.”

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Online scam impersonates new USAFE commander | Air Force Times | airforcetimes.com (http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130805/NEWS06/308050039/Online-scam-impersonates-new-USAFE-commander)

scratchycat

08-06-2013, 08:26 AM

Thanks, I shared this one in my group. You save me a bunch of trouble looking them up!!! :RpS_smile: I need to give you more credit for it!!

ribshaw

08-06-2013, 08:35 AM

Thanks, I shared this one in my group. You save me a bunch of trouble looking them up!!! :RpS_smile: I need to give you more credit for it!!

Nah, I pick good stuff from you all the time Scratchy :RpS_thumbsup:, getting the word out is the only thing that keeps these scammers on their heels.

kschang

08-06-2013, 03:08 PM

Google search says: Genesis Rodriguez. :)

Sexy Génesis Rodríguez Pics | Near-Nude Génesis Rodríguez Photos (http://www.ranker.com/list/hottest-g_nesis-rodr_guez-photos/trent-walker)

ribshaw

08-06-2013, 05:07 PM

I have emailed all these "ladies", but every photo googles to a porn star, a picture used by scammers, or both.

SCAMMER missjeanraven@outlook.com

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SCAMMER janeshadok@yahoo.com

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SCAMMER vanilacake92@yahoo.com

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SCAMMER simplyann45@yahoo.com
SCAMMER SKYPE charlotte.asuma

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SCAMMER nancybaby2013@hotmail.com

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ribshaw

08-06-2013, 07:38 PM

SCAMMER missy01kevin@yahoo.com

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SCAMMER dominica121@live.com
SCAMMER dominica.donatus@yahoo.com

Looking for her Mr. Ribs, here I am baby. :RpS_thumbsup:

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SCAMMER rainchristiana@yahoo.com

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And someone who appears to have forgotten which scam they are running. Hottest man I have seen in a while.
naija hmm-mm, profile, free online dating, dating, matchmaking, relationships, o (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/naija)

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ribshaw

08-06-2013, 08:01 PM

anderson001 am here to find a man that can be there for me a man that can take (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/anderson001)

4'5" maybe, but am not betting on it.

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SCAMMER sheryfarhad@yahoo.com

sharribab other, profile, free online dating, dating, matchmaking, relationships (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/sharribab)

This is a repeat appearance, the photo at least appears all over the web, including a few marriage sites.

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ribshaw

08-06-2013, 09:22 PM

This is a typical ruse used by internet Romeos.

Cleveland County authorities say a local woman was recently the victim of an Internet scam where she picked up Walmart items purchased with stolen credit card numbers and shipped them across the country.

The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office asked residents this week for help identifying a woman seen pushing a shopping cart in the local Walmart, in connection to an investigation involving credit card fraud cases.

“It turns out she was scammed by a man over the Internet,” said sheriff’s office Detective Jessica Woosley. “He claimed to be overseas and needed money for various things. She did, in fact, send him money after some time.”

Woosley said the man asked the woman to pick up items he purchased from Walmart.

“These items were purchased with stolen credit card numbers, and she had no knowledge of that. She sent these items to the address he provided across the country.”

The Star posted a photo of the woman on its Facebook page Tuesday, and it was shared 69 times within five hours.

Woosley said the woman will not face charges because she was unaware of the scam the man was conducting.

Authorities: Beware Internet fraud scam (updated 5 p.m.) - Local - The Shelby Star (http://www.shelbystar.com/news/local/authorities-beware-internet-fraud-scam-updated-5-p-m-1.182651)

ribshaw

08-07-2013, 08:10 PM

SCAMMMER vanilacake92@yahoo.com

Am glade to have received this e-mail from you, I don't mean to be rude or anything but i will only tell you the basics about me with which i would a a photo of me so you can see who i am, this not because we just meet we don't know each other that well. Hope you understand. LOL, OH SWEETIE WITH THE STOLEN PHOTO, CAN'T SAY AS I DO.

Deeya is my name but my friends call me Dee, Am a 29year lady who is single and without any children, I work as a Beautician, People say am caring, Honest, Hardworking, Beautiful and very loyal and i think of my self to be romantic, Sweet and loving.
I am looking for a man who wants a friend and which will lead us into a long term relationship and if possible marraige.i want a man who has a great sense of humor and also who is not on here for games nor naughty talks.a man who has a great sense of humor and knows how to treat a woman the way a woman must be treated because women are very special,that doesn't mean that men are not special.a man who does not cheat,lie ,deceive, who is not jealous and doesn't like much jokes. beacuse there is time for everything and time waits for no one, that is the kind of man am looking for.
I hope you are okay with this this e-mail and would wish to reply then i would also like to know about you and also photo to see who you are.

Deeya.

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SCAMMER sussan4eva@yahoo.com

Hello My Dear,
How is everything? I know it's all good.
I am excited to read from you.
My name is Miss Sussan Buasy, an Ivorian in West Africa.Presently I am
residing in the refugee camp here in Dakar Senegal, as a result of the
civil war going on in my country.
I am a beautiful loving young girl of 23 years, about 5'8" tall. slim
fit, weighing
about 60kg. My father Hon. Harbert Buasy was a successful businessman, he
deals on Gold and Diamond before the rebels attacked our house one
evening and kill him with my mother and my only brother. I'm the only one
alive from the family.
By the grace of God I made my way to a nearby country where I'm
presently living as a refugee.
My dear, I came in the site to search for love and care which I have not gotten for a very long time since I lost my family members. I hereby believe that in time to come you will be my side and I will show you unreserved love and respect through out my time .
Dear, I want to know more about you, your real name, Your real country, your occupation, your age your hobbies and what you are doing
presently.
My hobbies are swimming, dancing, singing, cooking, reading, sports and watching movies.
As for me, i have a lot and VERY IMPORTANT thing to tell you in my next mail, maybe before then i will try to get our Rev phone number to give you so you can call for us to talk and hear each others voice.
And please also remember that in a any good relationship ''Distance or Age '' dose not matters, what matters is how you care about ache other , so please bear with me for the distance and age.
I have attached my pictures here for you to know me very well. In my next mail I will tell you more about
myself.
I wait your reply with impatience.
yours

This pic is all over the usual scam sites.

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SCAMMER nancybaby2013@hotmail.com

hello Good Morning , I am very happy responding to your post despite your busy schedules.How was your night over there in your country and I believe that it was a nice night and the atmosphere there in your own country is very nice today? Mine was a bit cold here and i thank God for keeping me until this moment here in Dakar Senegal,My name is Nancy Elimane 23 by age but age does not matter in a real relationship,I am from ivory coast in west Africa,5.9ft tall,fair in complexion,single (never married) and I am currently living here in Dakar as a result of civil war that was fought in my country some years ago.My late father Dr Seydou Elimane Diarra was the personal adviser to the former head of state of Ivory coast before the rebels attacked my house one early morning killing my mother and my father in cold bloody day.It was only me that is alive now and I managed to make my way to Senegal in the vicinity of the country where I am leaving now as a refugee under the guidance of Rev father and I'm using his computer to send these messages to you,Attached here is my image for you.i will be very happy if you can send me your pictures Love to hear from you as soon as possible. Miss Nancy.

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SCAMMER simplyann45@yahoo.com

Simply Ann

6:54 AM (14 hours ago)

to me
My name is Charlotte i am 30 years Old,I am Single (Three years ago), Black hair, Brown eyes, My height is 5 feet,8 inches.i weight 58kg.,Long Hair and a healthy Lady. I am self-sufficient, Beautiful, happy, secure, self-confident, psychologically aware, emotionally and financially secure. Am a Hairdresser,And i have Loss My Mum and My Dad and i am Now Living with My Grand mum and My Uncle,And i am a Ghanaian By Birth,my Father is a Ghanaian and my mother is From USA..i have been In Ghana all My life i am a Hard working lady and very friendly.i have no Kids and Never Married...

I love poetry, books, walks on the beach and cozy candlelight dinners. I enjoy movies, television, music, traveling, the desert, the quietness of the mountains, the ocean, sunrises and sunsets.

Looking for a serious long term relationship with someone who possesses strong character and is goal-oriented. He must love the Lord with all of his heart,then I know he will love me with all his heart.

Tell me something about yourself too...

Take care
Charlotte

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ribshaw

08-07-2013, 08:28 PM

SCAMMER missy01kevin@yahoo.com

The ole change the overly dramatic way my family died and left me a massive fortune scam.

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Hello Dearest,
It gives me great pleasure to speak with you again in this medium of communication, You might be wondering why this kind of mail, but because i have decided to have a very good and close relationship with you,That is why i have chose to come in this dimension in order to let you know every thing about me before we can move forward .
My name is Missy, I am a single girl of 24 years, I am from Rwanda In Africa but presently living at the Senegal refugee camp Dakar as a result of war that was fought in my country .
I am the only child of my parents. The name of my Father is Dr Alex Kevin,He was a politician and the managing director of a Gold & Mine industries in Kigali(the capital of Rwanda) .
I really like you and will like to meet you someday ,If you will like to move along with me as i am now an orphan and did not have any one again around me, I lost my parents during the war in my country ,The rebels attacked our home in a mid-night and killed my Father and my mother and set our house ablaze , while i was living in school, I lost every thing including some of my close relatives during the war .I was able to ran to this country where i am staying now with the help of United nation peace keeping team that came to my country.
Now i am in Senegal seeking asylum under the united nation high commission.
I have desire to come out from here due to so many unpleasant situations that i have found myself into in this place , I do not have my freedom here to help my self, I am just like someone staying in a prison, Hunger and lack, I can not take care of my self as a girl, I cries every day and night for what i am passing through here .
Now i have something that i want to disclose to you which i will like you to keep only to your self ,I have my late father,s statement of account document in one of the leading banks where he deposited some huge amount of money with my name as his next of kin,I have contacted the bank recently to know how i can access the money in order to help my self out from here.
But the bank advised me to look for someone to represent me to transfer the money to his or her position,because my present status as a refugee does not permit them to deal directly with me .
With the regard of this information i had from the bank, I decided to tell someone about it which led me to fasting and prayer for a trustworthy person that can help me to transfer the money .
Darling this is the main reason , i have decided to contact you after my prayer and became convinced in my heart to tell you about this .
I will like you to help me to contact the bank and transfer the money to your personal account so that you will help me and send small of it to me so i can use it and process my traveling document and join you to your country and continue my education, I will be happy to offer to you a 30% percent of the total money for your assistance in doing this for me .The money in question is ( $5, 700, 000.00 ) . I have not told any one about the existence of this fund , So i will like you to keep it within your self till i come over . You can call to speak with me through the general camp telephone, the person in the office is a Catholic Reverend Father, His name is Reverend Father Moses frank, I have already explain things between me and you to him and he accepts me to be receiving your call through him, and can also use his computer to write you always, Here is the phone number (00221708698418 ), Any time you calls, tell him that you want to speak with Missy Kevin from Rwanda section ,he will invite me to his office to answer your call, As soon as i have your respond indicating your interest in helping me out of this situation, I will give you the bank contact to contact them immediately.Thanks and God bless you .
Yours faithfully Missy,

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ribshaw

08-07-2013, 08:44 PM

By no means scientific, but it seems like now that my profile has been sitting for a while I am getting more hits from ladies in Russia and the Ukraine.

SCAMMER wifeeperfection@gmail.com

to me
Hello my dear friend xxxxx! How are you today, my dear? Thank you for
your message.

Thank you for your interest in me and it is really a great pleasure to
realize that you stopped your attention on my profile. I am so happy
that I have a chance to become your friend and we can get to know each
other better.Now I will tell you a little about me and what I am
looking for if that's ok with you.

My name is Inna. I am a simple Ukrainian girl. I live in the eastern
part of Ukraine in a small township called Tarasovka.. Did you hear
anything about my town or my country? I am 28 years old. My weight is
55 kg and my height is 167 cm. I have never been married. I live with
my mother and my little brother.I work in the hospital by a nurse.I
love helping people, hear their problems and give advices. I have a
hectic way of life.

My friends say I am very easy-going, funny, optimistic and honest to
be with. I have respect for everybody and I'm not snobbish or
egotistical, but confident and have common sense at the same time. I'm
actually good and tender by nature. I have cheerful character, I like
to have fun, I love jokes and people with sense of humor. There is no
way you can feel bored with me:)

I am looking for an open-hearted person who can go with me through
this life step by step. I don't want a superman I want to find a man
who can love and support me in different live situations, who would
understand and be with me all my life.

Waiting for your answer back
With tender and warm
Inna

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SCAMMER agathawiwaii@yahoo.com

I'm very glad to read from you, it will be my pleasure to meet you in person soon, I believe in every relationship there must be a starting point, which make us to know each other.... and it's really my desire to know you very well and we become best friends.

I love traveling because I'd like to get to know something new every minute, every second. I'm always ready for new emotions and feelings. I like adventures and I think our life would be boring without them. Also I love music, reading, relaxing, and movies. I love to spend my free time with my friends. I feel my life is very interesting. I try to make it interesting. I think that it depends on us. I'm really into trying to appreciate what it is that I have in life. I am the happiest woman when I know that what I do is the right thing for me, from my heart. I will like to hear your respond.

I enjoy being mentally and physically active, I like to be in the fresh air. I love to laugh and see humor all around me. I am a happy and fun loving person but I would like to find that special person to be able to share and to have fun with. I'm warm, sensitive person who is always open to new ideas. I'm romantic and love sunsets and candle during dinners, but you can't fully appreciate them unless you have the right person to share them with. I'm looking for a caring and emotional man. He should care about me and feelings. I'm ready to share my life with such man... I'm ready to be a serious partner and love my husband.

Our life is a zebra; it has dark moments and light moments. When you are on a dark side you are unhappy and give up and when you are on the light side of your life you want to live and never die, because life is so good for you. I want to find a man like you who will be near me during all times, when I am on the dark side or light side, it doesn't matter, and he will be always besides me, the same with me. I will be always with him, we will support each other and never let each other be sad or unhappy.

Please, take good care of yourself and your job, eat very well, don't stress yourself too much, always find time to rest and be happy all the time. I will wait for your respond soon.

Lots of love.

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AND I HAD NOT EVEN RESPONDED TO HER FIRST EMAIL...

I hope you got my previous email.How is work today?

I was so happy and grateful to hear from you.And i believe my meeting you is not by error or mistake but i believe that their is a reason for everything.Is not that i have not been in love before or because there are no men in Africa no,but the reason why i have decided to confine in you a foreigner as my confidant will be known to you by the time we know each other better.I believe i am a kind,good hearted and God fearing person.I need someone that will make my emotional life better.

I was a government contractor in my country Nigeria courtesy of my late dad if i may say,although i got to that position due to my dad's official clout in our community.I handled some of the road maintenance and drilling of borehole water project in our community before the assasination of my dad on 27th day of december 2011.

My dad was a traditional prime minister here in our community which is one of the communities that is blessed with natural resources (CRUDE OIL)I hope you understand me.So being the only daughter of my dad i had no other choice than to be one of the rural contractors that represent the community in the Federal Government Level.

Please i have to stop here for now.i don't want to remember the past.I just pray you will be the one to consoul me.I am seriouly waiting to get your sweet response because for now,we do not really know each other very well but i believe with time we will know and confide in each other.I hope you understand what i mean and i also believe that we will enjoy each other.

Lots of love.
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SCAMMER julietbismarck@gmail.com

I am juliet bismarck i was born and riase in US Texas but i am presently
in Nigeria living with my Uncle,...I am willing to relocate if i can
find a right man of my choice to be with and take care of me and love
me as wife. maybe we can arrange in meeting when i come down and may i
start to know you from here please?. Well I am a sexy, loyal, and
devoted lady who's looking for the same man to please me. Someone to
share personal moments with, enjoy life and to firmly hold the
blessings of a lasting and undying happiness. I am born to please not
to tease I am educated with high goals, morals, and integrity. I am
looking for a serious relationship that can lead to marriage, no
matter what age, age is just a number.. I'm looking for a male who's
open minded to have correspondence with. I am looking for a strong,
sexy, smart, independent man with many goals and lots of drive. I love
to have fun and need a real man by my side to hold it down with. I
also need a man who will take good care of me as his loving lady... I
need a man with good conversation, intelligence, smarts and one who
knows how to treat a lady. I want to explore the world and do new
things. I love warm weather, tropical drinks and sandy beaches. I want
no more drama in my life, i like romantic evenings and bedroom talk.
I'm a real lady looking for a real man, i love to be with my loved
ones all alone and be with him for the rest of my life.I am a woman
seeking for an honest man. I am very humble, intelligent, caring,
loving. I am very romantic, passionate, affectionate. I like home
coziness very much and I can cook well. I have a very romantic heart.
Family is the most important thing for me. I am kind, honest, decent,
cheerful, romantic reliable and tender. I love children. I would like
to meet a decent man. who will be a caring husband. I am looking for a
special one, my soul mate, a man who will be my friend,my lover and my
husband. I am looking for a man I could love. I hope my dream of a
happy family will become true. I'm single without children. I am
looking for people who are honest I am looking to connect with a man
who beleive in true lasting friendship. I will love to read from you
and to see your pics.Hope to hear from you soon.

This is the profile pic from her google images.

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ribshaw

08-09-2013, 08:16 AM

This is a repeat, and thanks to a new poster to the page jhonsmith who posted a letter in another thread from the scammers fast.track@fastservice.com. More than one avatar is linked back to the scammer Mr Ibrahim Parkozy at scam company Fast Track Delivery Company UK. And I am sure there are others, but what pissed me off the most is scammer fast.track@fastservice.com did not show up in my google search.

SCAMMER natashasmith7@outlook.com
SCAMMER brendad.usace@gmail.com
SCAMMER fast.track@fastservice.com

Contact Person: Mr Ibrahim Parkozy
Courier Name: Fast Track Delivery Company UK
Email: fast.track@fastservice.com
Phone Number: +447011163907
Fax Number: +4478721154201

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Fast Track Delivery – I HAVE TWO CONSIGNMENTS TO DELIVER TO YOU. PLEASE RESPOND!! (Money Scam)
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013

This one’s interesting. I’m only supposed to respond if I’m aware of the “packages.” I’m betting that it’ll cost me a small fortune to get those packages if I do respond. And, posing as a clueless delivery guy? Actually a smarter angle than posing as the head of the United Nations. Remember…random emails about unexpected packages or funds are NEVER true. ~BD

From: Fast Track Delivery – james.dispatch231@fasttrack.net
Reply to: james.dispatch231@yahoo.com
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Hello ,

My name is James Walter a delivery man from Fast Track delivery company UK and I have two boxes here with me that i need to deliver to your address.The boxes have a Military tag on the body and the boxes are presently in our delivery hub in the USA so I need to locate you as soon as possible . I will need your full address for record matching.Please contact me back if you are aware of this boxes that i have here.

James Walter
Clearance/Delivery Man
fast track delivery scam | SpamEmailReport.com (http://spamemailreport.com/tag/fast-track-delivery-scam/)
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From: "FAST TRACK DELIVERY" (SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM)
Reply-To: <thomaswright314@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:28:27 +0100
Subject: FAST TRACK DELIVERY

Hello,

My name is Thomas,I am a delivery man from Fast Track Delivery and Logistic company UK.I have two packages here that i need to deliver to your address.

The packages here have Military tags on them and i need to confirm your address before i can proceed with delivery,i need your full address for record matching.Please i would advise you get back
to me soon to enable me complete your delivery after confirming you as the
rightful owner.

Thomas Wright
Clearance/Delivery
FT&L
12 Buttercup Square,
Greater Leys, OXFORD,
OX4 7XU,UK
419 scam: "FAST TRACK DELIVERY"<info@rebatewager.com> FAST TRACK DELIVERY (http://www.419scam.org/emails/2012-12/17/00354258.1.htm)

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FAKE SCAM PARCEL DELIVERY
hi guys, i just want to share also same scenario, this is how it goes,
Baby,

How are you today and the entire family, hope all is well? Thanks so much for your mail, wish to have you all the rest of my life...I want you to take note of the contents of the parcel.

1. PCs of Digital cameras
2. PCs of Rowlex wrist watches ( chain & leather)
2. PCs Golden and Diamond jweries
3. PCs Differents Nokia Camera hd phones
2. Golden rings, 3 piecs of neckless and 4 set of ear rings
3. Pics Assorted Ladies bag

Pls all are very expensive and make sure its complete, the ring is my Engagement/wedding ring, i will put it on your finger when i come there.

Please try to inform me once you collected them, there is a surprising gift inside the package, Some money ( pounds) i don't wanna mention how much but wanna surprise you honey when you open the package and see it...hehehehe

Take it and brush yourself so that you will look more beauty/prettify as my princess

I will try to meet you in person next month 8th so that we can do our wedding ceremony there and i take you back together here if possible.. Always be prayerful please my wife.

I will go back to work on the high sea (offshore ) this evening. I will stay on the sea for 12days days depends before coming to the land... Hope i have told you that am a marine Engineer? working on the high sea, drilling crude oil from the sea.

Company Name: Rush Global Logistics Services
Company Website: www.rush-logistics.de.tl
USERNAME: AGATON
PASSWORD: RUSHAGATON

Take care my sweet Baby

I love and miss you

Best Regards

Gerald love you
+447031842695

and Then Rush Logistics in Malaysia e-mailed me,

Dear Madam,

Your package had been detected that certain currencies had been included.As such,
it had been hold by the customs awaiting for your payment on customs duties imposed
amounting to MYR 2, 520 ( Two Thousand Five Hundred Twenty Malaysian Ringgit).

We communicated with the sender and confirmed that he had included money on
the above mentioned package which he failed to declare upon sending.

He further requested us to contact you to do the necessary actions on his behalf as his
location could not permit him to do so.

Kindly pay without delay through WESTERN UNION to our Chief Finance Officer as below
details;
NAME : Mr.Kareem Ahmed
ADDRESS: Jalan Ampang
504600 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia

Please scan your payment slip and send to us to urgently do all the necessary actions
to deliver your package on your specific address.

The Management
Rush Global Logistics Services

ATTENTION!!! BEWARE !!!

FAST TRACK COURIER SERVICES MALAYSIA Complaints, Reviews, & Information (http://www.reviewstalk.com/complaints-reviews/fast-track-courier-services-malaysia-l4081.html)

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BUT MOST IMPORTANT SCAMMER fast.track@fastservice.com
SCAMMER: Mr Ibrahim Parkozy
SCAMMER: Fast Track Delivery Company UK
SCAMMER: fast.track@fastservice.com
SCAMMER: Mr Ibrahim Parkozy
SCAMMER: Fast Track Delivery Company UK
SCAMMER: fast.track@fastservice.com
SCAMMER: Mr Ibrahim Parkozy
SCAMMER: Fast Track Delivery Company UK
SCAMMER: fast.track@fastservice.com

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ribshaw

08-10-2013, 02:35 PM

Amazing the folks you meet in the scam community. Have been swapping some emails with the lady behind these videos. She does some great work.

Anne Jackson's blog: Online replatonship-Anne's exposure 2 (http://annejackson4.blogspot.jp/2013/08/online-replatonship-annes-exposure-2.html)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFLchIuUua4&feature=share&list=UUqvtJav_FobexJ9-VwhF3PA&fb_source=message

ribshaw

08-10-2013, 03:40 PM

SCAMMER frankdonald143@yahoo.com
SCAMMER a4lambert@yahoo.com

Very easy to set up more than one fake account online. Be careful with the tricky scumbags that create multiple account which appear to give them some credibility.

Alexander Lambert on Netlog (http://en.netlog.com/a4lambert)

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https://www.facebook.com/alexander.lambert.18

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Pig Busters on You're IT! - The New Generation in Social Networking (http://www.youreittoday.com/scammer.php?scammerid=558582)

This is the real identity of the picture.
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ribshaw

08-10-2013, 03:57 PM

If someone can't afford a good internet connection, they will never be able to keep me in the manner I am accustomed to!!!

SCAMMER abbeykoulibaly@yahoo.fr

Hello my Dear,
How are you doing over there i hope that your fine,
My Dear i am very glad to read your mail today,sorry for my late reply is because we has electrical problem here in the camp so i couldnt be able to check my email address.
I want to assure you that it will work because i has been contacting the Bank manager about this transfer and all he told me is to look for a partner who will stand on my behalf due to my refugee statue.
The money is legal my late father deposited the money for my future before his sudden death so please i am urging you to stand as my partner to deal with the Bank concerning the transfer.
Thanks yours,
Abbey

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SCAMMER dominica.donatus@yahoo.com

hello and iam very sorry for the ;ate response to ur message to me here is due to the badnetwork here that occur to my internet and i really hope that we can chat better online wen u were here and i will also like totell u more better about my self and to learn from each other as well nand i really looking forward to meet u online chating here and i have add u to my messager and i loo forward to accept my request to u here .
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SCAMMER lovelyhrt1111@yahoo.com

Paulina Russ

4:38 AM (12 hours ago)

to me
Sorry for the late respond. And I'll like to get to know you better... I'll like to see your picture I'm very new to this online stuffs and I don't know how it works out

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ribshaw

08-11-2013, 12:52 PM

This blog link just crossed my FB timeline. Some good reading.

LONDON PARCEL/PACKAGE ON HOLD TO MALAYSIA - BEWARE "SCAM" LONDON PARCEL/PACKAGE ON HOLD TO MALAYSIA - BEWARE "SCAM": Do you have a package or parcel from London then place on hold in Malaysia? Then that Cargo is asking for fees or charges for you to pay, so they can deliver it to you? NOTE: SCAM (http://conscience-knocker.blogspot.com/2011/08/do-you-have-package-or-parcel-from.html#more)

INTERNATIONAL SCAMMING ABOUT PACKAGE SENT TO YOU FROM LONDON WHICH PLACE ON HOLD BY FAKE CUSTOMS/COURIER
Friday, August 12, 2011
Do you have a package or parcel from London then place on hold in Malaysia? Then that Cargo is asking for fees or charges for you to pay, so they can deliver it to you? NOTE: SCAM
If you have the same questions, well maybe scammers were trying to fool you also.

Their MODUS is this :

1.) He will try to make you a friend or a girlfriend in any social networking or dating sites your into. (for ex: myspace)

2.) He will also try to get your trust like telling about more of themselves like living in London, saying that he has a nice job and not just looking for fun.. meaning they want someone to marry.

3.) Next is he wants to get you mobile number, email address or even your home address.

4.) If he already knows this information, later on he will send emails to you that this guy is sending a package for you saying that the package have expensive things.. like laptop, ipod, gold necklace, diamond ring and money inside. He will also give a site with a password and order number so you can trace it.

5.) After this, the Cargo/Courier will email you or call you. Informing that your package from London was place on hold to Malaysia because they found a currency on it. So they'll be asking for charges for you to pay in Malaysian Ringgit currency and pay it in Western Union.
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If it's whats happening to you now, then don't believe it... IT'S A BIG SCAM!

MY STORY:

I'm just a newbie in Myspace before and really after for music.. dont even think guys can add me up there. So anyone who wants to add.. I just accept. So here's a guy telling his name Azzo Elia (note: he can use any other names) telling he's a marine engineer and too busy for work so he cant even chat and will say he likes you already. You may got wonder why he can't add you there and he cant even do chat in ym... just want to hide his real identity though.

We always exchange messages there and so he will ask you for you mobile number, home address and email. He always telling that he wants to give some gifts to me and wants to marry me already. I really don't believe that he wants me to marry.. knowing me in just 2 months... i'ts sounds weird.

His telling me that he'll be going to Wales for a project for about 2 to 3 months and after that he will meet me after. When he tells me that he's on his way to Wales. He told me that he sent a package for me with expensive things, diamond ring and 5000 Pounds inserted on the laptop. He said that there's no scanner there so that's why he still put money on it. The weird thing is that, we know that money is prohibited in package, we can use money transfer instead of it.

Then I receive a text message from the Courier/Cargo telling me that I have a package from London and place on hold by the Malaysian Customs because they found a currency inside the package and wants me to pay for charges. The parcel went from London then to Amsterdam and now in Malaysia.. y it was not scanned first to that places and found out just in Malaysia.

I talked to the guy who sent it and said that he can't work now because of that, he didnt know that I got problem because of this and requesting me to pay for the charges 'coz he can't do anything at this time and besides he is not in the city. He also says that signal is poor in there, so he can't reply often. From that point, if he's rich why he can't do anything.. he can pay for that and not ask for you to do it. The signal is poor? but sometimes he can actually reply almost everyday.

I called up the number registed in my phone which has the country code of +60 (Country code of Malaysia) and that supposed to be from Cargo, don't know how to speak english clearly. I also asked on how to pay for it, and he gives me a name of Michael Pius from Kuala Lumpur on where to send the money. It should be in Western Union. From that voice, you can already sense that he's a scammer. And if that's an Intl. Courier, why you can't pay using credit cards?

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE DETAILS THEY'VE USED:

EMAIL FROM THE CARGO:

Welcome!
GUARANTY EXPRESS COURIER & CARGO SERVICES
Email: guarantyxpressargomy@hotmail.com
United Kingdom Tel:+44844774380
Fax: +448447743966
Malaysia Tel:,
ORDER NUMBER: GXS/ WFD /2011 (Philippines)
PASSWORD : UK5353673PH

With reference to the delivery of your package, We have tried to reach
the sender on phone but to no avail. I wish to bring to your notice
(Receiver) that your package has been placed on hold by the Malaysian
customs for some reasons which happened to violate the shipping policies.
As the goods were brought on transit point Malaysia then for further destination Philippines
at the transit check point, the Malaysian custom detected that currency were included in your parcel. Thereby,
certain commissions must be paid as customs duty via us which is for the
immediate clearance of your package .For the main time refer on the '
status' of your package during tracking , this is in accordance to the
mode of operations in the Courier sector for financial delivery . We have
already taken order number for this package from the custom.
Outstanding Charges:
Administrative ..........................RM 560.00
Clearance............................... RM 2000.00
TOTAL = RM 2,560.00
A total of RM 2,560.00 RM (Two thousand five hundred and sixty Ringgit only) has been charge. In acknowledgment to this email, account
details shall be provided to you for the payment as stated above for the
release of your package.
Thank you, as I hope I have made my self clear to you by this notice as
directed by the management.
For more inquiry call: ,
Present your order number when calling so that we may honor your calls.
We are glad to be of service to you.

Yours Faithfully.
Mr. Abdul Raafi
GUARANTY EXPRESS COURIER & CARGO SERVICES

THE PAYMENT INFORMATION:

Attn: Madam,
To expedite every process, You are to locate the nearest
Western Union Money Transfer agent within your
location to make the payment through our Account's Officer as stated
below:

NAME OF ACCOUNT'S OFFICER / RECEIVER

Name: PIUS MICHAEL

Country: KuaLa Lumpur , Malaysia .

Immediately after payment is done, please call or send to
this e-mail :
1. Name of Sender
2. Address of sender
3. Western Union MTCN Reference Number (10-digit)
4. Test question and answer (if any)
5.. Amount sent
If possible send a scanned copy of the transfer slip, containing the
above details to this office, as well as your claims officer.
Conclusion: As soon as we receive confirmation and evidence of
payment of
the charges, we will dispatch your parcel immediately within hours to the
designated receivers address. The date and time of departure and
expected time of delivery will be sent to you.
We are glad to be of service to you.

Yours Faithfully.
Mr. Abdul Raafi
GUARANTY EXPRESS COURIER
& CARGO SERVICE

WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN TRACE YOUR PACKAGE:

www.guarantyxpressargo.page.tl

(note: he will provide the username and password for you to log-in) there's even no portion for you log-out for security purposes.

THEIR COMPANY ADDRESSES:

UNITED KINGDOM2-24 Kensington High
St London W8 4PT.
Tel : +44703182056
Fax: +448447743966
Email: SCAMMER guarantyxpressargouk@hotmail.com

MALAYSIAMdld 68 Lot 12, Tek Guan Industrial
Building, Segama Road 91100
Lahad Datu, Sabah malaysia
Tel: +60164910539, +60164909278
Email: SCAMMER guarantyxpressargomy@hotmail.com

ribshaw

08-11-2013, 01:06 PM

SCAMMER naomydesmond40@yahoo.com

Just got this one from a new Facebook friend who has taken up baiting scammers and wasting their time.

How are you today hope fine,I want to inform you of my desire of contacting you for the first time, is to go into business relationship with you. My name is naomy desmond the only daughter of late Mr.and Mrs.Desmnd.
MY FATHER ( Dr PHILIP DESMOND THE CHAIRMAN MANAGING DIRECTOR OF DESMOND & SONS INDUSTRIALS COMPANY IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF MY COUNTRY ( KIGALI ), Also the PERSONAL ADVISER to the former HEAD OF STATE my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip .While my mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. Before his death on october 2010 in a private hospital in Rwanda . My father secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has some amount of money in a leading bank which he used my name as the nest of kin the amount in question is $6.5M(Six Million Five Hundred Thousand USDollars)
that he used my name as his only daughter for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates.That incase he die I should move out of the country down to Libeira, to seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where i will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose after my education such as real estate management or hotel management.I am living in Liberia now. Dear I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways,

1, To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to,
2, To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 22years and To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country while you will be take care of investing this money.

Moreover, Dear, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/ input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account over there, Furthermore, you indicate your options towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within a sort posible time.if you are interested .pls get back to me urgant
so that i can give you more details
i will stop here for now waiting to hear from you soonest
Thanks and God bless.
Naomy Desmond

ribshaw

08-12-2013, 07:50 PM

SCAMMER pastormartinanthony@yahoo.com
SCAMMER sophiamabar@yahoo.com

Sophia Mabar

Presently in Paraguay with new investment partners. Nope same crappy internet cafe as last time.

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9:20 PM (23 hours ago)

to me
Dear Friend,
Longest time, I hope all is well together with your family, If so glory be to God almighty. Well, Sorry to hear this news and understand that the fault is not from me. I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the co-operation of a new partner from Paraguay. Presently I'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my new partner.

Meanwhile, i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring this funds despite that it failed us some how.

I wrote a cheque of $350.000 Dollar(Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollar) which i gave to the Rev. Pastor, to send to you for all the past efforts and attempts you did to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with the Rev. Pastor immediately, I instruct him to release the cheque to you once you contact him.

Contact the Rev. Pastor in Dakar Senegal on his e-mail address as i stated below;

REV. PASTOR CONTACT INFORMATION.

His name is: Rev. Pastor Martin Anthony
E-mail: (pastormartinanthony@yahoo.com)
His telephone number is: (+221774860229)

Contact the Rev. Pastor immediately and please do let me know immediately if you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffering at that time OK, In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which I and my new partner are having at hand.

finally I miss you and the love i have for you is forever in my heart, So take the money and start up your life OK I will always pray for you.
Thank you and may God Bless you.
Best Regards

ribshaw

08-12-2013, 09:15 PM

This is an interesting one for a reload scammer. Claims to work for both the US Postal Service and EFCC, which last I checked are on two separate continents. Plus a whole bunch of other secret spy stuff. At any rate if you lose in a scam, these jokers show up and scam again by telling you that they will get your money back. Some sort of fee will be asked for and poof, they are gone.

https://www.facebook.com/efcc.fraudstrestracker

OH GOODY 007 HAS TWO CUSTOMERS ALREADY LINED UP.

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Except Robert Geel's only real business is uploading pictures of ultrasound equipment. https://www.facebook.com/robert.geel.3

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And Ratchel Watson is whoever all this is. https://www.facebook.com/ratchel.watson

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And the finale, here is 007 scammers profile picture.

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Thanks to my friends at these two pages, one for asking me about his, and the other for having information on the scammer.

https://www.facebook.com/romance419
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scamming-scammers/526547287378829?hc_location=stream

ribshaw

08-13-2013, 04:40 PM

Only 51% in this survey have heard about he online romance scam, not enough people reading my excellent blog.

Online romance scams, a new form of fraud, is under-reported and increasing, and has victimized 230,000 people in Great Britain, costing them nearly $60 billion a year, according to a new study.

Monica Whitty, University of Leicester, and Tom Buchanan, University of Westminster, document the rapid growth in these serious crimes and how cybercriminals pursue and steal from their victims. They describe the devastating financial and emotional losses the victims suffer.

The scammers contact the victim pretending to initiate a romantic relationship and establish a strong bond with them that can last from 6 to 8 months. Next they request money from victims by creating a story of a tragic or desperate circumstance such as theft of personal documents during travel, unexpected hospital funds, or travel expenses. Heavy costs may be incurred before the scam is exposed.

For the study researchers of the study obtained a representative sample of adults in Great Britain. The sample comprised 2028 British adults aged 18 years and older. The sample included 902 men and 1126 women.

All participants were asked the following question: ''In the'online romance scam' criminals set up fake identities using stolen photographs (often of models or army officers) and pretend to develop a romance relationship with their victim. This is often done using online dating sites and social networking sites. At some point during the relationship they pretend to be in urgent need of money and ask for help. Many individuals have been persuaded to part with large sums of money before their suspicions are aroused. Had you heard of the 'online romance scam' before taking this survey?'' Participants could respond either: ''Yes, I had'' or ''No, I hadn't''.

After this, participants who had heard about the online romance scam were further asked: ''Before taking this survey, where had you previously heard about the online romance scam?'' They were asked to select as many options as they like and were given the following options: a friend, the television, a newspaper, a magazine, the internet, online dating site, radio, other, or can't recall.

Finally, all participants were asked: ''Have you or anyone you know ever been a victim of the 'online romance scam' (i.e., scammed out of any amount of money)?'

The questions were administered as part of an omnibus survey, together with other questions on multiple unrelated topics.
The data were collected from the 6th-8th July, 2011. The response rate to the survey was approximately 33.3 percent.

Overall it was found that 0.65 percent of the sample had been scammed. This equates to almost 230,000 people. Moreover, 2.28 percent of the sample claimed they personally knew someone who had been scammed. This equates to approaching 1,100,000 people.

This study revealed that 51.66 percent of British people had heard of the online romance scam. Overall, 1051 participants stated that they had heard of the online romance scam prior to answering the survey. These individuals were then asked where they had previously heard about the online romance scam, and to select as many options as applied.

"The present results suggest warnings about the fraud are reaching about half the British population. This provides us with a marker for future research into preventive measures. It may well be, of course, that knowledge of the crime does not prevent it. However, it is important to compare knowledge of the crime and number of victims in future studies," said authors of the study.

"This study revealed that prevalence rates are much higher than previous estimates, which were mainly based on the reporting of the crime to the police. This large discrepancy indicates that the crime is under-reported, and further suggests that the law enforcement community needs to make it easier for victims to report the crime," they added.

The study was published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

Online Dating Scam Is Increasing, But Under-Reported : Physical Wellness : Counsel & Heal (http://www.counselheal.com/articles/1475/20120329/online-dating-scam-increasing-under-reported.htm)

ribshaw

08-15-2013, 08:20 PM

Romance shakedown

CID focuses on internet scams

Criminal Investigation Command Release

QUANTICO, Va. – In light of recent national news coverage, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, commonly known as CID, is again pleading with internet users worldwide to not fall prey to the ongoing online “Romance Scams” that the Army has been combating since 2009. Army CID is hopeful that the recent coverage can potentially help warn victims of the cyber-crime that ends in both undue heartache and financial hardship.

CID special agents continue to receive hundreds of reports from victims located around the world regarding various scams of persons impersonating U.S. Soldiers online. Victims are usually unsuspecting women, 30 to 55 years old, who believe they are romantically involved with an American Soldier, yet are being exploited and ultimately robbed by perpetrators that strike from thousands of miles away.

“We cannot stress enough that people need to stop sending money to persons they meet on the internet and claim to be in the U.S. military,” said Chris Grey, Army CID’s spokesman. “It is heartbreaking to hear these stories over and over again of people who have sent thousands of dollars to someone they have never met and sometimes have never even spoken to on the phone.”

The majority of the “romance scams,” as they have been dubbed, are being perpetrated on social media, dating-type websites where unsuspecting females are the main target.

The criminals are pretending to be U.S. servicemen, routinely serving in a combat zone. The perpetrators will often take the true rank and name of a U.S. Soldier who is honorably serving his country somewhere in the world, marry that up with some photographs of a Soldier off the internet, and then build a false identity to begin prowling the internet for victims.

“We have even seen instances where the Soldier was killed in action and the crooks have used that hero’s identity to perpetrate their twisted scam,” said CID Special Agent Matthew Ivanjack, who has fielded hundreds of calls and emails from victims.

The scams often involve carefully worded romantic requests for money from the victim to purchase special laptop computers, international telephones, military leave papers, and transportation fees to be used by the fictitious “deployed Soldier” so their false relationship can continue. The scams include asking the victim to send money, often thousands of dollars at a time, to a third party address.

Once victims are hooked, the criminals continue their ruse.

“We’ve even seen instances where the perpetrators are asking the victims for money to purchase “leave papers” from the Army, help pay for medical expenses from combat wounds or help pay for their flight home so they can leave the war zone,” said Grey.

These scams are outright theft and are a grave misrepresentation of the U.S. Army and the tremendous amount of support programs and mechanisms that exist for Soldiers today, especially those serving overseas, said Grey.

Along with the romance type scams, CID has been receiving complaints from citizens worldwide that they have been the victims of other types of scams – once again where a cyber crook is impersonating a U.S. servicemember. One version usually involves the sale of a vehicle; where the servicemember claims to be living overseas and has to quickly sell their vehicle because they are being sent to another duty station. After sending bogus information regarding the vehicle, the seller requests the buyer do a wire transfer to a third party to complete the purchase. When in reality, the entire exchange is a ruse for the crook to get the wire transfer and leave the buyer high and dry, with no vehicle.

Army CID is warning people once again to be very suspicious if they begin a relationship on the internet with someone claiming to be an American Soldier and within a matter of weeks, the alleged Soldier is asking for money, as well as their hand in marriage.

Many of these cases have a distinct pattern to them, explained Grey.

Where to go for help: Report the theft to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). Online: Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) | Home (http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx) Report the theft to the Federal Trade Commission. Your report helps law enforcement officials across the United States in their investigations. Online: Identity Theft | Consumer Information (http://www.ftc.gov/idtheft) By phone: 1-877-ID-THEFT (438-4338) or TTY, 1-866-653-4261 By mail: Identity Theft Clearinghouse, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC 20580 Report the fraud to the Federal Trade Commission on Nigerian Scams. Email: spam@uce.gov

What to look for

• Be extremely suspicious if you are asked for money for transportation costs, communication fees or marriage processing and medical fees.

• If you do start an internet-based relationship with someone, check them out, research what they are telling you with someone who would know, such as a current or former service member.

• Be very suspicious if you never get to actually speak with the person on the phone or are told you cannot write or receive letters in the mail. Servicemen and women serving overseas will often have an APO or FPO mailing address. Internet or not, service members always appreciate a letter in the mail.

• Many of the negative claims made about the military and the supposed lack of support and services provided to troops overseas are far from reality – check the facts.

• Be very suspicious if you are asked to send money or ship property to a third party or company. Often times the company exists, but has no idea or is not a part of the scam.

• Be aware of common spelling, grammatical or language errors in the emails.

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scratchycat

08-16-2013, 07:19 AM

This is great news that CID is involved and beginning to warn people of these crimes!!! I am not connected to any news channels right now so I have not seen anything for our national media concerning the romance scams but you guys are making some waves and it is being felt by the general population. This has got to be hitting them where it hurts - the money flow.

Thank you Ribshaw for keeping this upfront on RealScam and possibly on Google and other search engines!

ribshaw

08-16-2013, 11:18 AM

Thank you Ribshaw for keeping this upfront on RealScam and possibly on Google and other search engines!

Thanks Scratchy, I did change a few things up with some news feeds just to see what else is out there. I cut my fake dating profile down to 1 account and still have a few suitors to get back to, but other things pop up, am like a monkey with a shiny coin with all this scam stuff.

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scratchycat

08-16-2013, 11:33 AM

Hey, that is what is needed in RealScam!! Could use a few more like you!! I am glad to hear that you are not trying to date so many women at one time but I sure was pulling for you to get at least one of those 9 billion dollar deals!!

:RpS_smile:

ribshaw

08-17-2013, 09:41 AM

SCAMMER christineadam801@yahoo.com
SCAMMER barrdanielljames@aol.fr

Still a scammer and still not in London

Dearest xxxxxxxx,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from LONDON.Presently i'm in LONDON for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.Now contact my solicitor in Abidjan,his name is DANIEL JAMES on his email :barrdanielljames@aol.fr

ask him to send you the total of $200.000.00
which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get in touched with my solicitor
DANIEL JAMES and instruct him where to send the amount to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at that time. in the moment, I’m very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the solicitor on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with DANIEL JAMES, he will send the amount to you without any delay.

Yours Forever

Christine Adams

+447035929563

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ribshaw

08-17-2013, 01:45 PM

Classy I know, but I got spammed by another dating site on a dating site. Like sharks. At any rate I asked Niksam and another scambuster I know as a few things jump out on the site.

Here the response I got from the friend who follows scammers in this area of the world.

Treat any Russian bride or dating sites with caution. It's well known that even the so called "legitimate" sites are rarely what they would have you believe. It's been established that most of these sites are just another front for making money.

It kind of works like this: The site owner fills the site full of false profiles, and unsuspecting punters join the site for a nominal fee. The "girls" then make conversation with the Russian bride seeking gentlemen to hold their interest in the site. At some point your chats with these "plants" will cut off with the site then telling you that you need to upgrade to the premium service to continue chatting with your Russian beauties, who then suddenly loses interest once you have parted with your premium fee. The hapless punter is then left bewildered as to why these women's interest have waned. Eventually the customer will of course eventually give up and look elsewhere with little or no complaint. This is particularly rife in the Ukraine. The cycle then continues with every new member to the site. It's a money making machine, or in layman's terms.... just another scam. Working under cover of a dating site means that they will always have a multitude of reasons as to why so many men were left disappointed, such as incompatibility, lady changed her mind, lady left the site and deleted her profile, etc etc.

The line that gave it all away:...... On the member application page is the following:

I agree to receive new messages from girls to my email

This of course means that you will end up receiving dozens of scam e-mails for many months on the strength of this particular clause, and the site may even be just a front for an established e-mail romance scam organisation.....

This is chicky's profile, 6', perhaps, grey hair not so much. But she is the one who spammed my inbox.
machupets seeking native, polite young man, to create a strong family. he should (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/machupets)
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This is the actual site, and sure enough some of the pictures are being used multiple places on the web. I opted to join and was not even to my profile, when I was prompted to upgrade to a paid membership. That's not going to happen, but will see if I get any emails.

Russian Brides (http://www.amyrplanet.ru/)
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ribshaw

08-17-2013, 02:03 PM

This is cut right From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia!! There is truly nothing new under the sun in the sending money part. However there is a cottage industry in many areas for marriage scams where an actual marriage takes place for the sole purpose of gaining citizenship. If you are going that route, the bottom of this article suggests a PI and I would concur that some form of a thorough background check of the company and the bride be done. There are also several websites that give what I would consider to be useful tips on finding a foreign bride.

Bride scam

A bride scam is a confidence trick scheme to cheat possible grooms by foreign alleged brides.

This phenomenon increased in number with the rise of the internet with its online dating sites and online chats.[citation needed]

The basis of the confidence trick is to seek men from the western world who would like to marry foreign women and pretend to be willing to marry them; the women (from a foreign country such as Russia or Kenya) ask the men to send money, e.g. for the airline ticket or visa they do not intend to buy.

After the money has been wired and received (or multiple times), the relationship ends.
Contents

1 Introduction
2 History
3 Law Enforcement
4 Nations and Organizations of Interest
5 See also
6 References

Introduction

A bride scam is not just a bride scam, it consist of other different scams such as dating scams, sex scams, and bride order scams over the internet. Many men are victims of a Bride Scam before they even realized it. Most of these men are looking for cheap sex but they end up falling in love with these beautiful women.[1] Most of these women think marrying a tourist can be seen as hitting the jackpot.[2] They think that these men will have money and solve all their problems.[3] Many men have sent over a hundred letters to these women but they never heard back from them. Some men sent them money for a plane ticket and never heard from them again.[4] Scammers contact their victims directly through their email.[5] This contact is unsolicited, meaning this person will contact a person without previous contact.[6] Scammers will send emails of photos of pretty young women. These photos will be revealing and sexy as the correspondence goes.[7] Usually to enable a personal meeting they need a visa to travel and purchase ticket money is needed.[8]
History

Men seem to look for love in all the wrong places. Many men turn to mail-order bride services.[9] These services have been around for centuries today you can receive these services through websites.[10] Before the internet, men traveled overseas to meet woman in the sex trade.[11] The sex trade is one of the few opportunities available to poor, uneducated women who make every effort for financial progression.[12] These women look for a profitable sexual transaction so they can gain a long-term relationship, marriage, migration, and escape poverty.[13] The men believes that love will last forever which leads to marriage, a family, and happiness.[14]
Law Enforcement

The U.S. State Department often refers to bride scams as "Boris and Natasha" scams, when a lonely American man believes he has found a beautiful woman to marry except Natasha ends up being a Boris. [15] Bride scams are a part of the rapidly growing criminal activity known as Cybercrime, which in 2007 and 2008 cost approximately 8 billion USD worldwide.[16] Currently laws are unable to properly deal with the various forms of Cybercrime that are facing contemporary law enforcement agencies.[17] The Federal Bureau of Investigation, as well as Interpol are currently working to establish working relationships with other global organizations to help combat this recent trend.[18][16]

Most of the current legislation in the United States surrounding international marriage brokers (IMBs) or Mail-order brides began in 1990 and was superseded multiple times, most recently in the 2005 International Marriage Broker Regulation Act (IMBRA). This legislation was focused on protecting the women involved who are made vulnerable due to the multitude of circumstances surrounding their move to the United States.[19] Furthermore, some parts of the current legislation in the U.S. may hurt the ability of men to protect themselves against fraud. IMBRA stipulates that, "IMBs may not disclose a recruit's personal information to a U.S. client until the recruit has reviewed any records retrieved and has returned a signed document in her primary language (no exceptions) consenting to the release of her information."[20] The premise of this law may be to protect the women from domestic violence and exploitation and it probably does, the law does not provide inquiring men with enough protection. Currently, the only laws available to protect the rights of the men being targeted by bride scams are those concerning Cybercrime. The IMBRA did required the Attorney General to conduct a study on international marriage brokers, which sheds light on the women who use fraud to manipulate men with the promise of marriage before disappearing upon entry to the United States.[21]

There are laws concerning computer fraud and they can be "separated into two categories: 1) crimes facilitated by a computer and 2) crimes where a computer or network is the target." [22] Bride scam refers to the first category, "crimes facilitated by a computer," and is punishable according to U.S. law. U.S code number 18 U.S.C. § 1030. refers to Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Computers, and explicitly states, "Whoever with intent to extort from any person any money or other thing of value..." is punishable by law. [23]
Nations and Organizations of Interest

Russia is where many of the contemporary fraud experts claim the prospective brides come from, and many of the anti-scam sites look to combat this particular form of bride scam.[24] Additionally, many IMBs offer opportunities to marry women from impoverished regions all over the world including Russians, Asians, and Latinas.[25]

With the lack of governmental involvement concerning bride scams, many unaffiliated websites have started to provide people with the "How to" when it comes to avoiding being scammed. Most of these sites include a list of "known scammers" as well as any photos which are known to have been used by scammers in the past.[26][27] Some people have even turned to private investigators to help them determine whether or not the woman they are courting actually exist.[28]

Bride scam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride_scam)

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This guy brings up an interesting point about location and shares his story. I don't know if any of it is true and you can never discount the fact that some people may just be unlikeable and that is why they could not find a match. Not to take sides on this.

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Russian bride industry is a total scam! (http://forum.fiance.com/forum2.asp?Main=ShowTopic&topicid=1371&page=1)

ribshaw

08-17-2013, 02:06 PM

This was the first site I hit under Russian Bride Scam, they have some interesting stuff in this area.

HOW DOES THE SCAM WORKS?

A brief summary.

Basically, it is a scam where a lonely foreign man gets acquainted over the Internet with an attractive supposedly single female from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, etc.

Quickly, the " female" (the bait) falls in love with her Internet acquaintance, and shortly after " she" begins to plan her travel to see her Mr. Right in person. Money issues arise, and, reluctantly, the bait asks the gentleman to help "her" with money for her visa and tickets. Very often, the bait tells the guy that she has a work offer in his country, and she would be able to pay off the loaned money to him quickly.

If the guy agrees, the "lady" pretends to put all effort into making "her" travel arrangements. But the meeting continues to be delayed. " She" acts surprised to find out that there are various expensive requirements that " she" has to comply with before she can fly out of the country. Those supposed requirements usually include proof of financial independence and requirement to pay off all loans that "she" has in her name. And so " she" will reluctantly ask for financial help again.

If the guy is determined to make her supposed trip happen regardless of the expenses, he sends the money again and again. In the money keep coming, the "lady" will continue to experience difficulties. "She" will get robbed or attacked, may become injured or sick, may suddenly get arrested, or her apartment may get flooded or burned.

The scam will go on for as long as the guy is willing to continue sending money to help his "Russian princess" to get through her never-ending travel misadventure. The bait will keep the "flames of his love" alive by periodically chatting with him on the phone or sending him descriptions of "her" erotic fantasies.

In the end, he will be left financially exhausted, and " she" will continue to pretend like she is just one Western Union money transfer away for finally being able to meet her beloved.

The same scam works with single Western gay man. An adorable and lonely gay guy from Russia will be the main character of the same travel story, with very minor changes.

Most scammers ask money for one or more of the following:

- passport, visa, tickets

- travel insurance

- fines for failing to officially register their stay in Moscow

- financial solvency money ("pocket money," "travel money," "money to show to the customs," "money to show to the Embassy")

- money to pay off a loan or a mortgage

- sale taxes on the her apartment

- emergency medical expenses for the girl or her relatives (illness, car accident, death in the family)

- bail money / to pay fines for minor "accidental" violations of the law

- taxes supposedly owed on the previous money transfers

- money to replace stolen funds

- ransom money / financial debt to mafia

- presents for herself and her family at holiday times

- luxury items (cell phones, clothes, etc)

What the victim of the scam never realizes, however, is that behind all the seductive pictures and behind all the warm and passionate letters hides a cynical, manipulative, and sleek mastermind of the crime - a cyber thief of hearts and wallets. And this mastermind is not at all who you think (s)he is...

Russian Bride Scam: First Things To Know (http://www.russian-dating-scams.com/scams/first_things_to_know.htm)

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And a video on the topic. With that I am out for honey-dos, if not I may need a Russian Bride Myself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tePyCnjShLY

ribshaw

08-18-2013, 11:45 AM

From above link I set up a dating profile. The site you set it up with is CuteOnly - Only Cute Russian and Ukrainian Girls (http://www.cuteonly.com) which has somewhat of a mixed bag of reviews. Since I have one rule about fake dating and that is spend no money, am afraid I will not get any Russian beauties telling me how much they love me. But a site review is warranted as it is obviously a question of whether or not someone wants to spend money.

So I set up a profile with no picture and almost immediately had one private message. Actually before I had even shut down yesterday, but when you click the message you get:

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That profile only links back to the site via google image search, but if I had to guess it is a plant to get excited men to join. Just a guess. I logged in today, my profile had 1 view, just the girl who sent me the message. I looked for an option to delete my account, but nothing jumped out. I had shut down other free sites and had an option of deleting the profile entirely with little or no effort. This makes me wonder if there are numerous "abandoned" profiles that puff the numbers. Again no idea, but changes will cost you.

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Scamadvisor gives them not so high marks Scamadviser.com | check a website for risk | check if dodgey | check is a website s |check website is fake or a scam (http://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/cuteonly.com)

There is some internet discussion both pro and con, sites star ratings not to strong. Cute Only Review | CuteOnly.com Review (http://mail-order-brides-websites.no1reviews.com/CuteOnly.html)

They have an appearance at Ripoff Report | cuteonly.com Complaint Review Internet: 793339 (http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/cuteonlycom/internet/cuteonlycom-Scam-Catastrophe-To-Be-Cut-Off-Moscow-Internet-793339)

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And there is some discussion here where a representative from the company starts the thread. cuteonly.com | Forum | WOT (Web of Trust) (http://www.mywot.com/en/forum/34634-cuteonly-com)

One thing I find interesting is this comment about fake profiles and the date. We know this has not been addressed.

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At the end of the day its your money on this one.

ribshaw

08-18-2013, 12:33 PM

SCAMMER: ADUSEIJULIET@YAHOO.COM

Sorry sweetie, even if you want to know me bitter I don't message.

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ADUSEIJULIET going to visist some intresting place like beach footbill park lik (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/ADUSEIJULIET)

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ribshaw

08-18-2013, 12:40 PM

SCAMMER Sarahmorgangatlove@yahoo.com

Ah yes, Ann Angel.

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Sarahmorgan56 am here for something real n true. love the out doors, am new on h (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/Sarahmorgan56)

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ribshaw

08-18-2013, 12:44 PM

SCAMMER melissamolinasweetness@yahoo.com

This photo shows up in some strange places on the web.

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lovelill i, m interested in watch football, profile, free online dating, dating, (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/lovelill)

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ribshaw

08-18-2013, 12:50 PM

SCAMMER lovegood647@yahoo.com
SKYPE SCAMMER lovemary647

Blue Eyed Cass, not Mary lack of writing skills scammer.

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sweetlove978 i am a honest woman looking for the best man to be with i mean my s (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/sweetlove978)

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ribshaw

08-18-2013, 12:57 PM

SCAMMER using Raven Riley this is a favorite pic with scammers, so if this is your online girlfriend, bad news.. Incidentally I find her growth spurt between the time she set up the profile and the time she first wrote me nothing short of amazing.

mallam well i like to go out for fun i love to swim i like to go to the se (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/mallam)
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ribshaw

08-18-2013, 01:04 PM

SCAMMER babyaissatou@yahoo.com

aissatoubaby looking for man, profile, free online dating, dating, matchmaking, (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/aissatoubaby)
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ribshaw

08-18-2013, 01:10 PM

FINALLY THE WOMEN I WANT TO BE THE MOTHER OF MY CHILDREN.

cool_patience and many more.., go for honey moon with my soul mate, i am interes (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/cool_patience)
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ribshaw

08-18-2013, 01:22 PM

SCAMMER adusei.juliet@yahoo.com she was just profiled, too late to edit, but I guess she realized she had spammed everyone with the wrong ID and dropped by again.

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SCAMMER goodwilldukk@yahoo.fr Diaperman is back, runs a 419 scam but his screen name makes me giggle like a schoolgirl. diaperman dog, profile, free online dating, dating, matchmaking, relationships, (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/diaperman)

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I could not get the last set to update, but this profile picture has been used several times with different names.

sydney4love101 long time relationship, care, love, englis, chocolate, cool (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/sydney4love101)

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ribshaw

08-18-2013, 01:32 PM

SCAMMER rabbi.nasir@yahoo.com

Megan QT is back, another scammer favorite.

rabbinasir flirt friendship penpal dating, profile, free online dating, dating, (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/rabbinasir)
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I just got this exact intro from another "women", what are the odds? Attachment 5595 from wet panty girl, aka wife material.

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pinamangpriscila20 golfing, i like swimming, listening to music and playing cool (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/pinamangpriscila20)

ribshaw

08-18-2013, 01:40 PM

This is the last of the letters I have from my fake profile. Am going to shut that down and look for a fresh angel.

SCAMMER hamidel4umehdi@hotmail.com

Asalaam"u"alaikum.
It is true that we met through the Internet which i know to be an unsecured means of communications that have been abused with many lies coming from people of no conscience with wicked mind to deprive others of their hard earned fortune but please give your attention to my mail though it may be your least expectation from me since we are just new friends but i am doing so because i have to let you know about me due to the happiness my heart have found with you.I was born into a Muslim family that cherish the principle of proper child up bringing but death never gave me the opportunity of having to enjoy the comfort of my good home but all the same Allah knows the best.After reading from you i decided to let you know everything about me because i believe it is Masha Allah(that which Allah wills) which makes me know you after my fasts with prayers to Allah, I am also ready to meet with you if you will accept me with all your heart.My name is Miss Hamidel Mohajeri Mohammad Mehdi, I was born on the 18Th of November, 1988 in the ancient citadel (city) of Bam located within Ker-man province in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Daughter of late Dr.Mohajeri Mohammad Mehdi of The blessed memory who was a diplomat turned successful businessman that served with Iranian Embassies in Senegal, United Kingdom, and Canada respectively.I lost my mother two days to my 18Th birthday on Thursday 16Th November 2006 in a rape incident when she got killed trying to save a girl from the hands of rapists, It was after the death of my mother that my dad realized that Iran is undemocratic and not safe for girls of which he decided that i will continue my education in another Islamic nation for my safety since many girls have been raped without justice being done to the rapists.He later concluded that i continue my education in Senegal having being there before. Tears will not let me go back to the events that took my fathers life when i least expected and expose me to life of competition for survival but for what i am and not for my beauty or family background, I have learn to accept and face challenges. I am alive writing today as it was by bismillahir rahmani raheem(in the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful) which kept me in Senegal as i did no come back for vacation during the time of the LAND BREAKING(earthquake)which took place in Bam citadel on the early hours of Friday 26Th December, 2003 that caused the instant death of my younger and only brother with other relatives and gave my father multiple serious injuries.After the incident, My father managed to sent for me through his lawyer of which i have arrived Iran and met him lying critically wounded in a hospital he was flown to with other senior citizen victims of the land slide, He was able to tell me some important things and directed his lawyer to hand over some certain documents to me which the lawyer did.He also released some reasonable amount of money to his lawyer to be passing it on to me gradually as the need for it comes up for my education.On Tuesday 30Th December, five days after the EARTHQUAKE, my father gave up the ghost and after his burial according to Islamic rites, I took some money from the lawyer and traveled back to Senegal to continue with my education. When it was time to pay my school fees, I tried to reach the lawyer but could not, After some fruitless effort, It was certain to me that i do not have any other choice but to disclose my situation to the school authority of which i was taken to the camp of UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSION FOR REFUGEE(UNHCR) in grand yorf, Dakar Senegal from where i am writing you now but i say ALHAMDOULILLAH(all praise be to Allah) for keeping me alive till date.Among the documents given to me then was a deposit band certificate with the sum of $3.200.000(THREE MILLION, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS) as cash my father deposited with a bank in Europe which has my name in it as the next of kin.The balance amount have increased as i confirmed through the bank due to my fathers wish during the time he made the deposit, The bond indicates that the next of kin can only come to claim the money should anything happen to the depositor when she reaches the age of 25 of which i have attained now. I have communicated with the bank and was searching for a reliable and trustworthy person that can assist me to claim and safeguard this money in his custody so i can relocate to join him to start a new life as the bank advised me to do since i have no account.Please write me with your first and last name which i will send to the bank presenting you to them as my trustee and Representative if you accept to help me with the claims and assure me that you will not betray me when you receive the money in your account. I am with the hope that this transfer will be successfully carried out with you and i promised you bismillah( In the name of Allah) that you will be handsomely rewarded for the help. In all i say Subhana Allah( glory be to Allah) for making me know someone like you. From your new friend Hamidel.

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ribshaw

08-19-2013, 08:34 AM

SCAMMER babyaissatou@yahoo.com

My Dearest,

I am very happy for your reply to my e-mail despite your busy schedules.
How is your night over there in your country, I believe you had a good night rest and that the atmosphere over there in your country is very nice today? Mine is a little bit warm over here inside Dakar Senegal.

My name is Aissatou William. I am 23 years old but age doesn't matter in a real relationship, so I am comfortable with your age, my hobbies are reading, traveling, listening to good riddles, also my likes are obedient, honest, sincerity, truth and my dislikes are lie, dishonest, envy and betrayal.

I am from Liberia in West Africa, 5.3ft tall, fear in complexion single, (never married ) and presently, I am residing here in Dakar as a result of the shooting and bombing that was happen in my country. My late Father Dr William Van, was chairman managing director (WILLIAM INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LTD),in Monrovia the capital of my country,and a successful top business man in my country, He was unfortunately assassinated together with my lovely mother by the wicked rebels in the midst of the civil war and political unrest in my country.
It is only me that is alive now and i managed to make my way to this country Senegal by the help of UN army where i am living now in the missionary, headed by a Reverend Father,Rev Samuel Martin, i used his office computer to send you this email and i only enter his office when he is less busy in his office.

I have my late father's statement of account and death certificate here with me which i will send to you latter,because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in the banks which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount in question is $5.5million
( Five Million , Five Hundred Thousand Dollars). And i have contacted the bank so that i can have the money at least to start a new life for myself but they requested that i should have a foreign partner as my representative due to my living status here in refugee camp.

As a refugee here i don't have any right or privileged to any thing be it money or whatever because it is against the law of this country,and i want to go back to my studies because i only attended my first year before the tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation now took place, So i will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from it you can send some money for me to get my traveling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you.

I kept this secret from people in the camp here, the only person that knows about it is Rev Samuel Martin who is in charge of our Missionary here in the camp because he is like a father to me. So in the light of above i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it. Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust i deposed on you, i like honest and understanding person and a man of vision, truth and hardworking, our main language is English is my favorite because i also speaks it fluently. I will send you the bank's details in my next mail but for trust and confidence firstly i will like you to send me in your reply your details such as your full name,your country and address, your age and occupation so that i can send to the bank and let them know you.

Meanwhile i will like you to call me through the reverend's telephone number so we can talk more, The Reverend's phone number is ( +221-76-884-5057 ) or ( 00221-76-76-884-5057) if you call and tell him that you want to speak with me he will send for me in the hostel to come and answer your call, Attached here is my photo.I will also like to see your own picture !hoping to hear from you.
yours forever loves Aissatou William.

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ribshaw

08-19-2013, 09:30 AM

Romance cons reap $2m in a week in WA

Date
August 16, 2013

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Gullible West Australians have reported being conned out of more than $2 million in just one week, including an elderly man who lost $1 million in a romance scam.

Despite repeated warnings, WA's Consumer Protection department said between August 5 and 9, 24 people reported losing money in various scams.

That included a man in his late 70s from WA's Great Southern region who admitted he handed over $1 million during a complex romance fraud, which started more than three years ago and has left him destitute.

The fraud was only discovered after the man sent a large sum of cash to Ghana.
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Two others victims said they had lost $180,000 and $91,000 each in separate romance frauds.

Another victim has reported losing half a million dollars in an investment scam.

And yet another reported losing $18,000 in a 'help me' scam, after being duped into believing a Croatian relative needed the money to come to Australia for urgent health reasons.

Anne Driscoll, WA's Commissioner for Consumer Protection, said the financial losses suffered by scam victims were enormous.

"People who have fallen victim to the clever tactics of professional and well-organised criminals not only suffer huge financial losses, but their confidence, trust and self-esteem are seriously eroded as well," Ms Driscoll said.

"It's heart-breaking to hear the stories of victims who, in many cases, have lost their life savings and also suffer the emotional and psychological effects of their traumatic experience."

Late last year, 67-year-old WA woman Jette Jacobs was found dead in a rented villa after travelling to South Africa to visit a Nigerian love interest authorities believe was scamming her.

And earlier this week, a Nigerian man was arrested in his home country after attempting to sell a Perth property that was not his, using forged documents.

Read more: Romance cons reap $2m in a week in WA (http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/romance-cons-reap-2m-in-a-week-in-wa-20130816-2s26h.html#ixzz2cQRFrb7x)

ribshaw

08-19-2013, 10:32 AM

RELOAD SCAMMER. I had profiled this jerk a page pack, this is an email he sent a friend. The scam is simple enough, he will tell people he can get their money back, for a fee. Once you pay the fee he will keep hitting you up for fees until you catch on. Money lost is money lost, don't fall for this crap.

Efcc Fraudster Tracker

Have you been scammed of your money by false pretence from people claiming to be what they are not for; love or marriage scam where fraudster use the promise of wedlock as bail to fleece you; lottery scam where people are asked to pay fees to redeem prizes supposedly won in a sweep stake; inheritance scam, and more by Fraudsters in one of the Africa countries ? Email us with your story and we could help you and track down the fraudsters and get your money back to you. Check our profile on how to get in touch with us. You can leave a mail for us at:

SCAMMER efcconlinefraudtrackers@yahoo.com
SCAMMER efcc.fraudstrestracker@facebook.com

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/efcc.fraudstrestracker

ribshaw

08-20-2013, 04:39 PM

I got this from a friend, it is a bit jumbled but good enough for poking fun at scammers purposes. Very simply he is targeting victims and claiming to recover money. In this case it looks like he gets you to hire a "lawyer" in Nigeria, what could go wrong there? At any rate your money will dissappear.

SCAMMER govtapprovalpresidentnigeria@outlook.com
SCAMMER dectectivescammer@yahoo.com

From: Dectective Scammer <dectectivescammer@yahoo.com>

To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hello Mr (christian name only), How is weather over there in Australia Am detective scammer online and working with FBI track id,I hope you will be surprise when you see this message from stranger well am always working online to make a peace cause a lot of scammer online and use fake check, stupid papal and online dating site to scam people have been working on this over 15 years you can read more about me from Google,well i got a stupid lady called herself Steffany Adams Hope you know her cause am presently in Nigeria cause am always travel to all the world a lot of scammer from Nigeria,Ghana,Philippines,USA, most of them was not real at all even online dating using fake name and website to get a pics and try to scam people online cause no matter transaction u are doing online for those people FBI always track them so am Glad to tell you we got that lady Steffany Adams arrested cause have been doing this with central bank of Nigeria to get money back from

anyone she or he loose online,with good confirmation.

Sir if you know this lady cause we found a lot of money his account she have been scam a lot of people but she try to confess to us that she also scam you right?

Well i hope to read back from you before we can process on this and if you still want to get your fund to be process to get it back let us know..

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Subject: This is Detective scammer get back to us!!!

From: Dectective Scammer <dectectivescammer@yahoo.com>

To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hello Mr xxxxxxxx,

How are you doing?its very nice to read from you, am not here for a game or lying to anybody we are here to make people happy online cause alot of people online and make people fool which is not good at all, you can read more about me from google even contact (govtapprovalpresidentnigeria@outlook.com) to know the kind of person i am when you check me out from google you will see have been helping alot of people even more than alot of money you loose worth 16,000$ from here cause we working this with central bank of Nigeria.That stupid Steffany Adams she is big scammer its already get arrested and put hold on his account cause she was scam a lot of people online.

We are doing this for free,this what you need to do and if you really wish to have your full amount back in hand you will need to send laywer come down to Nigeria,But if you dont have lawyer you can send, we always help people hire lawyer here that you will just need to pay little amount to stand with this and get this money done cause if you really serious you will have your fund back by next week without any problem.

Let me know your mind if you want to hire lawyer to tell you the amount you need and where to send it too i can see you have been scam and its real you.

You are going to be happy 100% assurance.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

To: dectectivescammer@yahoo.com

Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2013 2:31 PM

Subject: Re: Hello Mr xxxx This is Detective scammer get back to us!!!

hi I'm very glad to receive a message from you with information steffany adams has been court, yes I am a victim of her she took my heart and then talk a great deal of money off me and it makes me very happy she has been court, I would like to thank you for letting me know and for the service you do.

is there some way I can get my money back?

I'm just curious to know how long a sentence would it be all scammers are scum and wot she did to me is really hurtful I became quite mostly and physically tormented by it and it's just now I'm starting to get back on my feet is very hard for me.

thanks for your time I hope to hear from you soon.

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Hello sir,

We want to inform you that miss steffany was still in our custody and we saw all your text message on her phone.We are starting our investigation very soon.Kindly furnish us all the necessary details about her.This would help us with this case.Meanwhile she provided one account to us that all her inheritance funds was deposited in the account but what we are planning to do now is to get your funds back from her if you wanted or kindly advice us on what to do OK.We are waiting for your urgent response as soon as possible.

Best Regards.

Dectective

ribshaw

08-20-2013, 04:56 PM

Due to some time constraints and to keep things fresh I have changed my dating profile to a woman. I can't post her picture here, but think criminal, Nancy Grace, and not wife material. Actually I wanted to delete the old profile, but could not figure out how, so I just changed all the information from man to woman and voila. It also gives me an opportunity warn people about scammers if I think they are sincere. But for instance, this guy got told off, a woman needs a man, not another deadbeat freeloader. But I don't know if he is a scammer or just an idiot.

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Now this clown: kevinj like to share things with good friends and love to go out for date and ha (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/kevinj) He writes like a scammer, and Pigbusters traced his email to Turkey.

SCAMMER: kevinjackson732@yahoo.com

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Pig Busters on You're IT! - The New Generation in Social Networking (http://www.youreittoday.com/scammer.php?scammerid=572289)

ribshaw

08-21-2013, 04:42 PM

SCAMMER michael_yinusa@yahoo.com

4'5" perhaps, buy anyone "BY NAME" does not "STAY" in the US, sept in scamland.

m9ice5 reading, profile, free online dating, dating, matchmaking, relationships, (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/m9ice5)

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ribshaw

08-21-2013, 04:45 PM

SCAMMER jamessimth195246@hotmail.com

Native American with black hair. FAIL.

jameslove22 i am james 59 years old and a widower from america.i am a widower wi (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/jameslove22)
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ribshaw

08-21-2013, 06:03 PM

littleroundman

08-21-2013, 07:19 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=armJ2-a097U&feature=player_detailpage

ribshaw

08-21-2013, 08:06 PM

VICTIM TELLS OF HER NIGHTMARE OF SCUMBAG SCAMMER POSING AS MAYOR CANDIDATE FRANCIS SUAREZ
August 20, 2013 at 3:18am

This and the next I borrowed from my friend at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scamming-scammers/526547287378829?hc_location=stream

I did not include the bank link with this as I have no idea what clicking on it may do, but I googled it and found it used in a scam here. Romance Scammer Anthony*Jamgotchian from Port Harcourt (Nigeria) (http://www.male-scammers.com/the-scammers.asp?id=753)

Here, I was scammed on FB, the fraud name is Tony Moor. You can find his FB profile links at

https://www.facebook.com/tony.moor.79
https://www.facebook.com/tony.moor.10

Photo being used is of https://francissuarezformayor.com/
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SCAMMER: mr.tonymoor@yahoo.com

UK phone numbers : + 00447012925324 (Tony Moor), + 00447024018867 (Susan, his daughter, one kid responding me always unclear), +00447937431602 (Jennifer, said his house maid, no respond at all) Phone number in South Africa : +27603539513 (Tony Moor)

*NOTE: THESE ARE NOT UK BUT FOLLOW ON NUMBERS MADE TO LOOK LIKE ARE FROM UK*

A brief scenario is - he said lives in London (UK), lost parents since he was very young and now being as a widower as he lost his wife in passed 2 years and left for owning 6th year old daughter.

He told me was working as exporter, trading medical equipments in/out UK to other countries. He did attract me much and made me fall in love with him seriously. Due to the situation, i did break up with my boy friend and I did trust him much to accept his fake love online and believing all his fake words to me since passed 2 months over.

As per the fake scenario, he has been to Johannesburg, South Africa for business trip on 07th-July-2013 arriving in there 2 days after he said custom found out that his cargo were overweight and needed extra money around USD 25,000 to settle the custom tax clearance and duty fee very urgently. No credit card to draw money from his account as his wallet has been stolen by someone in SA and even he can't access to log in online e-banking system from SA .

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He asked me to log in his bank account being as his wife and made online funds transfer to my bank account. Also he did ask me to deal with his bank's account officer by emails and phone conversations. I followed to implement all his needs immediately as per detailed instructions.

While dealing with his bank and waiting for funds transfer processing time, the tight situation and fake scenario pushed me hard to borrow USD10,000 with interest from loan agents in my country and sent all money to him via Western Union. After that i came to know his bank can't make funds transfer to my bank account and asked me to settle the high COT, cost of transfer fee instead, which is not acceptable for me and i did suspect him from thereafter.

Right now, as per his fake scenario he was still stuck in SA and asking me often to send the rest of the money around USD15,000 to clear all custom & hotel bills in SA and for him to travel back to London. I am sure he was an Africa citizen. It’s all my faults because I am always honest with compassionate type, believing much on all of his fake words to me. Now I’m really got very bad life time punishment lesson because of him

********************

Citi Bank Plc - website link

- Can't open the bank website now as it has been suspended and ask to contact the support / fraud department as soon as possible.

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- But you can still refer to the attached images those have been taken before suspending the website.

Contact Person’s details
CITI BANK PLC
1 Basing hall Avenue, London
EC2V 5DD, United Kingdom.
Attention: MR.STEVENS HARPER (Foreign Remittance Department)
SCAMMER : transfer.dept@e-ctbpl.com
PHONE NO: +447418469351
**************************
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ribshaw

08-21-2013, 08:17 PM

More Fake Soldier nonsense over on wait for it, Facebook.

SCAMMER mathew.dolliver@commerce.wa.gov.au
SCAMMER billwernock1@yahoo.com

https://www.facebook.com/bill.wernock.7

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scratchycat

08-22-2013, 08:02 AM

SCAMMER wilson.james16@yahoo.com

wilsonjay dancing, workouts and camping, profile, free online dating, dating, ma (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/wilsonjay)

LOL, whatever you say....

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Oh sure, he has to hit the dating sites to find romance! Some people will believe anything though and that skinny, naked Nigerian behind the monitor needs a good face to represent him. :shocked:

scratchycat

08-22-2013, 08:04 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=armJ2-a097U&feature=player_detailpage

They have a 'school' for that??? OMG!!

scratchycat

08-22-2013, 08:10 AM

He asked me to log in his bank account being as his wife and made online funds transfer to my bank account. Also he did ask me to deal with his bank's account officer by emails and phone conversations. I followed to implement all his needs immediately as per detailed instructions.

While dealing with his bank and waiting for funds transfer processing time, the tight situation and fake scenario pushed me hard to borrow USD10,000 with interest from loan agents in my country and sent all money to him via Western Union. After that i came to know his bank can't make funds transfer to my bank account and asked me to settle the high COT, cost of transfer fee instead, which is not acceptable for me and i did suspect him from thereafter.

Right now, as per his fake scenario he was still stuck in SA and asking me often to send the rest of the money around USD15,000 to clear all custom & hotel bills in SA and for him to travel back to London. I am sure he was an Africa citizen. It’s all my faults because I am always honest with compassionate type, believing much on all of his fake words to me. Now I’m really got very bad life time punishment lesson because of him

That is a really sad story Ribshaw and one that we hear repeatedly over in FB and other romance sites. It is a shame people are so desperate to believe and fall for these schemes, they do and that is why what you are doing is very important.

scratchycat

08-22-2013, 08:26 AM

Romance Scams | Embassy of the United States Accra, Ghana (http://ghana.usembassy.gov/romance_scam.html)

Before you send any money to Ghana, please take the time to be very well informed. Start by considering the fact that scams are common enough to warrant this warning. Next, look over this partial list of indicators. If any of them sound familiar, you are likely the victim of an internet scam.

You met a friend/fiancé online
You've never met face to face
Your correspondent professed love at warp speed
Your friend/fiancé is plagued with medical problems requiring loans from you
You are promised repayment upon the inheritance of alluvial gold or gems
You've sent large sums for visas or plane tickets but the person cannot seem to make it out of Ghana
When your friend does try to leave the country, h/she is detained by immigration officials demanding payment or bribes
Your correspondent consistently uses lower case "i's" and/or grammar not in-keeping with their supposed life station or education level

ribshaw

08-22-2013, 09:27 PM

SCAMMER dannywhite994@yahoo.com

Not exactly the smartest scammer of the lot this one.

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danny330 i am way too for a grate one that can make a buld, profile, free online (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/danny330)

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scratchycat

08-23-2013, 07:47 AM

Danny boy is going to need some more training, not sure he is ready for the sexting world. :loser:

ribshaw

08-23-2013, 09:49 PM

FBI TOM HARRIS. LOL, Likes women, busting scammers and swimming. Lost me there, don't like getting my hair wet.

His come on line.

HELLO MA'AM,I SAW YOUR NAME ON THE WESTERN UNION AND MONEY-GRAM BOARD LIST OF SCAM VICTIMS.PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ACCEPT MY FRIENDSHIP,I AM HERE TO HELP YOU....HARRIS.

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Fbi Tom Harris on Netlog (http://en.netlog.com/fbitomharris)

ribshaw

08-23-2013, 09:58 PM

SCAMMER williamdane218@yahoo.com

Helping a mate clean up her dating profile. Need to working on my chatting skills.

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ribshaw

08-24-2013, 09:55 AM

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SCUMBAG :RpS_thumbsup::RpS_thumbsup::RpS_thumbsup::RpS_thu mbsup:

conman who cheated three victims out of thousands of pounds to feed his gambling addiction has walked free from court.

'Flattering' fraudster Craig Johnson was jailed for 10 months for a string of crimes that included burgling a girlfriend's house and stealing the identity of a friend.

But the 26-year-old, described by a judge at Newcastle Crown Court as 'mean' yesterday, is already back on the streets having served his sentence on remand, a situation de`scribed as 'disgraceful' by one of his victims.
Fraudster: Craig Johnson was described as 'mean' in court by a judge, but he is already back out on the streets having served his sentence while on remand

Fraudster: Craig Johnson was described as 'mean' in court by a judge, but he is already back out on the streets having served his sentence while on remand

The court heard Johnson had broken into the home of girlfriend Jade Lewins in January, stealing her iPad and Barclaycard, which he then used to buy a washing machine costing £427.

Judge Jeremy Freedman said he had charmed Miss Lewins to take out contracts for three mobile phones in his name, racking up costs of £133. He promised to pay her back, but never did.

The serial scam artist stole from another girlfriend, Jodie Clarke, when he offered to take her £300 broken necklace to be repaired. She never saw it again.

Cold-hearted Johnson, who was supported in court by his new wife, also persuaded Miss Clarke to take out a mobile phone contract in his name, but never paid a penny towards the bills.
Tearful: Jade Lewins said Collins had ruined her life

Tearful: Jade Lewins said Collins had ruined her life

Johnson then stole the identity of an acquaintance, Joseph Jackson, taking out a £599 loan from the Money Shop in his name.

Mr Jackson was clueless to what had happened when he started receiving payment demands for the loan.

In total, Johnson stole more than £5,500 from his three victims.

When he was arrested in March this year, he was found to be in possession of £900 cash.

Johnson, of Salisbury Street, Blyth, Northumberland, pleaded guilty to five counts of fraud, theft and handling stolen goods.

Defending Johnson, Andrew Mark explained his crimes as being the result of a gambling addiction.

But prosecuting, Alexander Burns said he had been 'charming and flattering'.

Judge Freedman said to Johnson: 'During the summer of last year you behaved as a fraudster, known colloquially as a conman to fund your gambling addiction. These were mean offences.

'You took advantage of the goodwill of people you had met, people who thought they were engaging in a meaningful relationship built on trust. You abused that trust.'

Speaking outside of court, a tearful Jade Lewins said: 'I’m still paying the phone bills now. Five-and-a-half months for ruining my life is disgraceful.

'There has been times when I couldn’t even afford to feed my child because of him.'

Read more: Love rat conman stole from his girlfriend and used a friend's identity to feed gambling addiction | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2400945/Love-rat-conman-stole-girlfriend-used-friends-identity-feed-gambling-addiction.html#ixzz2ctm43jWk)
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scratchycat

08-24-2013, 10:26 AM

He is a real scumbag who should not be let loose on the public. Why does he walk free??

ribshaw

08-24-2013, 10:49 AM

I was given this by a friend on Facebook.

SCAMMER bobbyadams5@yahoo.com

Bobby, Male, 48 .Am easy going person i make everyone around me happy. I don't have much to say about myself here when you get close to me you know much more about me. Thanks. | Hammonton, United States | Badoo (http://badoo.com/01232327526)

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Baby here is the information the Company Need
Account Holder Name
Account Hold Address and Phone Number
Name of Bank
Bank Address
Bank Phone Number
Account Number
And Account Code
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an this is one of he's art mails he sendt her to
Baby
Good Morning to you there i know you still sleeping by now sleep well and dream about me. Am so much happy we can able to chat last night our relationship is going deeper everyday and i know that one day we build our family together till the rest of our life. Baby From the day we met, I knew that you would hold my heart in your hands and you more than do that - you completely own me and every part of me. When I think of you, my heart is so full of love and passion for you that I can hardly contain myself. I think of spending every minute of every day with you and holding you so close to me. Whenever you think of me, please know that no matter how many miles separate us or how much of our lives comes between us, you are and always will be the love of my life and I will never love anyone but you Linda Adams. I thank God everyday for letting me meet you and for you falling in love with me because I know that it would never be as perfect any other way. I love you with all my heart.. Be good today always remember someone is here thinking about you all days.. Love you so much can't wait to hold a chat with you. Much Love Bobby Adams
an one more he maild her we lent Linda's profile here to warn about him to all we can cos Linda would do the same cos she realey care ofr other so they dont get to be victums if she can safe some other from a ******* as Bobby Adams an othere scammers then she would be happy an we know she would say thanks to all who do the same an care about other like she do with warn an tell about an who the scammer is so we help her reigth know an we hope that she soon come home from hospital she is there cos of Bobby Adams she did not payd to him an she will never pay or len money to that kind of stupid liers
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My Love
Good Morning to you there. I believe you had a lovely night rest. Do you dream about me ? Baby You fill my heart.....
In life, we receive a wonderful opportunity, and that is to love. Love comes in many forms. You love people in different ways and for different reasons, depending upon how they have touched your life. Love is a very powerful word and can describe a multitude of feelings, but its main context carries the same meaning. I want to tell you that the love I have for you is undying. It is a love that is strong and enduring and will stand the test of time. I truly feel blessed that you have become a part of my life and I cannot wait for the day that we can join our lives together. I want you to lie next to me at night and fall asleep in arms, only to wake to your beautiful smile. I want to share in your joys and sorrows. I want to be your everything. You are everything to me.You are everything I do. You see and bring out the best in me. You are the one I want to share everything with my thoughts, hopes and dreams. Thinking of you makes my heart feel full. You are such a source of inspiration for me. I will forever be indebted to you for all you have brought to my life. So, to repay you, I promise you my heart and all the love in it for the rest of my life.Love always. My Baby Doll from Bobby Adams Linda hate that word baby doll an thanks from us an Linda for helping an lay it on ur side so all can see it we can help with more fotos of him to thanks so much

Also written up here.

Romance Scammer Bobby*Adams from Accra (Ghana) (http://www.male-scammers.com/the-scammers.asp?id=894#.Uhc50oZRx8g.facebook)

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ribshaw

08-26-2013, 01:10 PM

A few of these links I wrote about before, but got new batch today. If you have a friend that thinks they are dating a general, may want to let them know about the scam

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https://www.facebook.com/genjames.cmcconville?fref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/mcconville.marie?fref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006191798654&fref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/james.mcconville.52?fref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006549723610&fref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/james.mcconville.754?fref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/james.mcconville.395?fref=browse_search

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006531064548&fref=ts

ribshaw

08-26-2013, 03:43 PM

SCAMMER betty_yara2014@yahoo.com

The ladies can't stay away with their silly daddy issues.

betty2255 how are youhow are youhow are youhow are youhow are youhow are you, pr (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/betty2255)

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SCAMMER carrington_77@yahoo.com

carrington marriage, profile, free online dating, dating, matchmaking, relations (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/carrington)

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ribshaw

08-26-2013, 03:52 PM

SCAMMER henry.franklin33@yahoo.com

This scumbag is pretending to be a sailor, which works perfectly for the ole my kid is sick and I lost my password boo hoo hoo ruse. Pigbusters captured one of his emails linked below.

henryfranklin i need beautiful and caring lady dat i can spend my life time with (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/henryfranklin)

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Pig Busters on You're IT! - The New Generation in Social Networking (http://www.youreittoday.com/scammer.php?scammerid=572520)
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ribshaw

08-26-2013, 04:00 PM

SCAMMER micheallarry300@yahoo.com

Not hot and not a blonde, jus sayin.

hotmicheal asian, beach, chocolate, fishing, flower, funny, hip hop, party, sush (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/hotmicheal)

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ribshaw

08-29-2013, 07:55 AM

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DENVER (CBS4) – They stole more than $1 million from hundreds of people across the globe and now a Colorado mother and daughter know how long they will spend in prison.

The state attorney general’s office says both Tracy and Karen Vasseur were sentenced to at least 12 years in prison.

Prosecutors say the pair from Brighton were part of a Nigerian Internet romance scam and pretended to be soldiers serving overseas. The fake soldiers would start relationships with victims and then ask for money for travel and other expenses.

“Not only did this mother-daughter duo break the law, they broke hearts worldwide,” Attorney General John Suthers said in a statement. “It is fitting that they received stiff sentences for their unconscionable crimes committed in the name of love and the United States military.”

Mother & Daughter Sentenced For Internet Romance Scam « CBS Denver (http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/08/28/mother-daughter-sentenced-for-internet-romance-scam/)

scratchycat

08-30-2013, 08:49 AM

Lovely faces there behind those handsome military profiles of romance scammers. If only people could or would understand the person is not real that they are in contact with, not in the sense of "who they say they are"!! I am in touch with a lady who recently lost her husband and is in one of these online relationships. I have told her to be careful but she is so hoping it is the real thing she will not divulge any info on him so we can help her. She did say she would not send money...

ribshaw

09-04-2013, 07:40 AM

SCAMMER mrsgrace.annete@yahoo.co.uk
SCAMMER reverendfatherchristopher@yahoo.com

This showed up out of the blue, she is back on page 10 and was pretending to be ripping off her boss and cutting me in on the profits.

Hello My Dear One

God have done it for me my sister. am happy to let you know that God has answered me for let my business gos well, when i was in Africa to buy the goods by my self. i meet a man of God. who that help us and sing some document before the goods move from Senegal Africa to London, this man of God is so good and open minded so i left bank draft a check of (350.000 USA Dollar three hundred and fifty thousand USA dollars) for you for a Father Christopher Ndoyi a priest in charge of St Andrew's Perish Catholic Church in Dakar Senegal. So feel free to contact him, he will post your Drafted cheque for your urgent collection just be happy God have done it for me.

Here is the contact information of the rev father please email him and you have to do that fast as he will be transfer to any church soon, he will be so busy so try to call him on the phone number here immediately you send him email.

Reverend Father Christopher Ndoyi
Address: BP:427, 12 RUE FELIX
DAKAR SENEGAL.
Tel :+221772671721 .
Email: ( reverendfatherchristopher@yahoo.com )

am waiting to here from you once you receive the Drafted cheque

Your s Good friend

ribshaw

09-04-2013, 07:49 AM

I have told her to be careful but she is so hoping it is the real thing she will not divulge any info on him so we can help her. She did say she would not send money...

Some people just want to believe no matter what we do or say. I was reading a similar story yesterday from Scamming Scammers where the lady had actually taken out a loan for the guy she met. In a lot of the scams and/or questionable deals people post about here, giving a good amount of research, logic, and experience yet you always have a few that show up but but but.... I am left shaking my head in disbelief sometimes.

ribshaw

09-04-2013, 09:12 AM

The easiest tell you are dealing with a fake solider or a fake military site is the absence of .MIL at the END of the email or URL. Of course being asked for money for travel, supplies, or a trunk box full of loot is a dead scam give away also.

This is the FAKE site. usafkc.org

This is the REAL site. United States Forces Korea (http://www.usfk.mil),

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A website masquerading as the Army garrison in Yongsan, Korea’s online page is trying to snatch service members’ personal information and scam money from the lonely-hearted.

The site, “usafkc.org” appears at first blush to be the official online address for U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan but the Army says it’s a scam. The site asks visitors to submit personal information to “apply for a leave here” and “verify active U.S. military officer” status.

“The fake website requests personal information that can be dangerous and lead to identity theft and other security risks,” Col. Michael E. Masley, Yongsan garrison commander said in a statement. “We will remain vigilant to increasingly face adversaries who attempt to exploit our military personnel and networks to obtain personal information.”

The website appears to clone an earlier version of the garrison’s official website, United States Forces Korea (http://www.usfk.mil), complete with show times for the garrison movie theater.

But try to send an email to obtain a community sponsor, and it will bring up a Gmail address instead of an official military email address, which often ends in “mail.mil.”

Most insidiously, the link to apply for leave leads to a page that asks for the soldier’s name, service ID, post, date of birth and address.

The site also asks a copy of the requester’s personal information, including their education level and income range. From there, it says the requester will receive an email asking them to send a copy of their passport or driver’s license, and $3,675 for the service member’s airline ticket and travel allowance.

The site appears to be a sophisticated extension of the common soldier romance scam, which traditionally employs, “phishing” emails and phony dating site profiles. The scammers pose as sympathetic soldiers looking for love and milk victims for cash to pay for fictitious supplies, leave papers and made-up emergencies.

Christopher Grey, Army Criminal Investigation Command’s chief of public affairs, said scammers might be using the site to appear legitimate to their unsuspecting potential victims.

“It looks like the scam we’ve been seeing for years,” Grey said.

The scams have grown more cunning as law enforcement officials have tried to educate the public about them. Grey noted that scammers have posed as Army law enforcement agents and asked victims for their personal information, promising to get their lost money back.

Yet the fake Yongsan website includes telltale signs of a scam, including references to the nonexistent and nonsensical “Intelligent Department [sic]” and “a County Clerk Militry Base in Indonesia [sic].”

Masley, of the Yongsan garrison, said the Army would monitor for other fake military sites, “to ensure readiness is never compromised and our military personnel and their family members are not exploited,”

“U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan is committed to preventing fraudulent and deceptive practices against our military community,” he said.

There are legitimate websites that may in fact request service members to input their personal information. But Masley cautioned them to ensure the web site is authentic and it is absolutely necessary to input personal information. Almost all official military sites will be under a .mil domain, he said.

Masley asked members of the military community who believe they are a victim of a phishing attack to immediately contact their chain of command to report such incidents.

Fake Yongsan garrison website is 'dangerous' | Army Times | armytimes.com (http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130903/NEWS04/309030014/Fake-Yongsan-garrison-website-dangerous-)

ribshaw

09-04-2013, 09:33 AM

I have been chatting with the lady who does these videos on Facebook. She spends a lot of time helping victims report their scams and providing scam information to warn others. One thing I find interesting is she is not in the states, but has taken quite an interest in providing some justice and honor for our troops. Her channel is a great one to share with friends who may think they are dating a soldier, or people who are not aware that such a scam exists.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQJgjPb4arE&feature=youtu.be

Reporting cyber crime.

https://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

ribshaw

09-04-2013, 03:39 PM

This guy approached me, but I never did hear back, some men are scared of a hot chick like me. LOL

petermoore12 am straight forward, humble and loyal, sincere, profile, free onlin (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/petermoore12)

Few things that smell scammy, 43 ????, blond hair, sweetie your roots are showing!!! Looking for a woman from 28 to 80.

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SCAMMER SKYPE: dsst.one

Dude is Charles here Dating in Sevilla. Topface (http://topface.com/en/meeting/spain/sevilla/)

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Here he is Charles, with the graduate degree. Sir if I may recommend when you are contacted for an alumni donation, DECLINE. You write like someone who never made it out of Jr. High. Seriously, lie about other things like a big income or being 6'1", prose like this is dead giveaway for a liar.

freeman123 looking for someone real. somebody that isn, t afraid to say i am sor (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/freeman123)
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ribshaw

09-04-2013, 03:45 PM

And here we have another specimen that should be gemmin a refundz on his graduate edumacation. 4'7", African American, and living in New York. I suspect not, what I do suspect is some scammers with "graduate degrees" have problems converting heights from the Metric System.

kelvin99 beach, chocolate, funny, hip hop funny, profile, free online dating, da (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/kelvin99)

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When I think advanced education, this is not what I think in a opening:

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ribshaw

09-04-2013, 04:04 PM

SCAMMER Kanderson583@yahoo.com

This scammer is using pictures of Aaron Ramos, as do many scammers. This is from a friends profile that she asked me to help with.

Kelly Anderson on Netlog (http://en.netlog.com/kelly_anderson82)

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ribshaw

09-04-2013, 04:18 PM

This is a good summary of various types of scams that I was PM by a friend on Facebook.

Scammers are very clever with their words and the crises they encounter. These are just some of the scenarios. If any of these sound familiar you are dealing with a scammer.

Scam Scenarios:

Counterfeit money orders and checks sent in the mail from the scammer to be deposited in the victim bank account and send back the cash by Western Union or Money Gram.

Asked to open a checking account to deposit checks form scammer.

Scammer claims they've been mugged, shot, in a auto accident, arrested or their money, passport, and id was stolen.

Need money for hotel/motel bill and manager has their ID and passport.

Lost the company money and cannot pay his employees.

Needs money to cover payroll or cash payroll checks.

Blank checks sent in the mail for victim to fill out and send out to scammer "clients" which in reality are other victims.

Scammer arranges for you to come to their country to meet and marry, you risk theft, rape, identify theft, and murder.

Scammer confesses what they are doing, claims to have "truly" fallen in love with you, but they continue to ask for money.

Scammer plans to come to your country to marry, but has an accident or other tragedy on the way to the airport.

Need money for plane ticket BTA (Basic Travel Allowance) this does not exists.

Scammer is on the way to the states to visit you but is held up in Customs and need money for his/her release.

Shipping packages to victim home to have them mailed to scammer.

Scammer sending counterfeit money through the mail to the victim.

Sending money to Canada or New Mexico.

Scammer sending a package filled with envelopes to victim to have the envelopes mailed to other victims. Checks or Money Orders are in the envelopes.

Doctor contacts victim to inform the scammer was in an accident but survived and needs his medical bills paid as the victim is the only one who can help.

Scammer or relative sick in the hospital needs money for the operation medication, and Dr. fees (Even when they are in the hospital they can IM with you because the doctor has a laptop and is so very generous to let them use it).

Catalogs sent to victim's home with scammers name on them.

Shipping packages to victim home to have them mailed to scammer.

Scammer is located in the States or UK, and is traveling to Nigeria for business.

Scammer has a business, but needs to have merchandise shipped to victim's house, and then have victim ship the merchandise to scammer.

Scammer needs money because doesn't have enough of her/his own money to get her/his newly acquired "merchandise" out of the country.

Scammer needs money because they can not cash a check at a Nigerian bank or use credit cards.

Scammer asks for money to give to her/his family as a promise to the family. They claim this is a "tradition" or a "wedding custom".

Scammer has a vision that he/she and the victim has to obey where God wants them to donate ½ of their monthly income for a month. The scammer went on a fast for 3 days and during that time God revealed to him/her where they would donate this money (sending it by WU) to some needy community Nigeria.

Working as an missionary in Nigeria and is shot, needs money for surgery, and medication.

Need money for child in an orphanage for his/her life saving operation or adoption of a child.

Business opportunities for victim.

Investment opportunities for victim.

Inheritance opportunities for victim.

Plans for the real estate business after they (the victim and scammer) receive the money in the trunks in the securities company in Holland, including legal looking documents.

In order to obtain funds, you are told to pay fees for attorneys, certificates, storage, bank transfers, bank releases, money laundering clearance, anti-terrorist clearances, courier services, storage (demurrage), etc.

Scammer claim to be buying a business. The business belonged to a "friend" of his who wanted to retire. This business was currently netting 30-40K each month in revenue claimed by the scammer. The scammer needed funds to complete the purchase of the business. Papers (fake papers) were provided for the purchase agreement which had the victim name on them included as the scammer's wife.

Scammer has 200 bars of 24K Ghanaian gold, left behind from her/his deceased Grandmother, each bar with a value of $16,000 dollars in the U.S. but had no value in Ghana. He/she (scammer) was to fly to the states with the gold and then the Immigration Customs Department at the Ghana airport called the victim. The (scammer) was arrested for trying to get out the country with undocumented gold. The victim was told the (scammer) would go to prison for life if the police came and the victim contact information would be forwarded over to Interpol and be traced to the local authorities here in the U.S.

The victim was told they would lose their job and be arrested. The (scammer) could be released if ($3000) was sent for the gold consignment and immigration papers. Two days later the victim was told the gold was sold to the Ghana bank and was worth 3.3 million U.S. dollars. Then was asked to give personal bank account information so the funds would be transferred into the victim bank account immediately (it never happened).

Scammer has funds belonging to Saddam Hussein's family in a consignment registered as Government Diplomatic Package and insured by the International Guarantee bond (IGB). Amount is $21 Million us dollars. They want to move this money to "victim" because Iraq is a war zone, so that the victim may invest it for scammer.

You are asked to help an orphan, banker, sick widow or widower, official, Zimbabwe farmer, minister, etc. transfer money out of the country - any country - to your account.

A scammer with a terminal illness wants to make charitable contributions from a vast fortune.

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Threats from the Scammer:

Emails the victim with the victims Obituary.
Scammer threatening to turn in victim to the FBI and/or Secret Service.
Blackmail with "nude" photos of the victim.
Harassing emails and phone calls.
Threats are being made to you or to members of your family.

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Negative Actions from the Scammer:

Internet business opened in victim name.
Merchandise ordered in victim name.
Credit card opened in victim name.
Scammer using victim name, profile, picture.

RS Types of Scams (http://www.romancescams.org/TypesOfScams.html)

ribshaw

09-04-2013, 07:52 PM

Most people should know that the photos used in romance scams are not the people committing the crime. In fact they are victims too. Sensible people understand this, but there are stories floating around of angry/suspicious--husbands/wives who have been confronted by victims. Or spouses that worry about fidelity as a result of seeing ads with spouse photos. So many problems which is why I think having the photos show up in a scam database, and educating people is the best option. A few people have asked me about contacting the victims who had their pictures stolen, while I would relish the opportunity to talk to a few "actresses" the exercise strikes me as not a good one as it just causes more problems in my opinion.

Then there are people like this, as they say you can't fix stupid or crazy.

Jury: Stalker guilty, sought revenge for 'catfish' scam
By Pauline Repard7:37 p.m.Aug. 29, 2013

SAN DIEGO — A Michigan man has been convicted of stalking a Santee woman with plans to kill her out of revenge because he was the victim of an online romance scam that made use of her photograph.

San Diego federal court jurors on Tuesday found Brian Curtis Hile, 29, guilty of two counts of interstate stalking of the victim, whose identity was not released by authorities.

The victim never knew that her years-old photo, taken off the Photobucket website, had been used by a South African man in a “catfishing” scheme. The man, pretending to be a woman, was in an online relationship with Hile for two years, federal prosecutors said.

In a criminal complaint filed in 2011, the U.S. Attorney’s Office alleged that Hile discovered he was being romanced by a man and in revenge for his hurt feelings, tried to learn that man’s identity. Failing that, he combed the Internet until he discovered the identity, address and many personal details of the woman in the photo, and her boyfriend. He also hacked into her email account, prosecutors said.

On Aug. 9, 2011, Hile left Fremont, Mich. by bus to San Diego to kill the woman and her boyfriend, the complaint alleged. His brother got wind of his trip and also traveled to San Diego to stop him. They ended up at an El Cajon Walmart, where police arrested Hile.

By then Hile had acquired duct tape, gloves and zip-ties, and made a shopping list for a knife, chloroform and a trench coat. He was taken to a county mental hospital, then jail, and in 2012 was declared competent to stand trial.

The FBI and the multi-agency Computer and Technology Crime Hi-Tech Response Team investigated the case.

A federal grand jury returned an indictment against Hile in May 2012. He pleaded not guilty and went to trial this week. He faces sentencing by U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino on Nov. 22.

After the jury verdict, U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy issued a statement saying the case “demonstrates the potential for stalkers to use information from the Internet to prey on their victims.”

Jury: Stalker guilty, sought revenge for 'catfish' scam | UTSanDiego.com (http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/aug/29/stalker-catfish-scam-hile-guilty2/)

ribshaw

09-04-2013, 10:15 PM

I was asked by someone on FB about this profile. Here is the set up, the scammer used a search by state function to friend this person. Within about 2 weeks she was planning to come see him. At this point she has not asked for any money and professes her love. What I suspect is there will be some sort of a "snag" in the travel plans, and the only way that can be dealt with is money being sent Western Union. So a typical travel scam.

https://www.facebook.com/jenn.fraser.374?fref=ts

A few tells, the picture of her in the salon chair googles to a site with her photos.

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On page 2 of the last link there is a passport picture of what appears to be the same girl.

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And this is small, but most people I know don't list their native language as something they speak.
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ribshaw

09-05-2013, 07:46 PM

Will just throw this one in the way to go Facebook pile of scammer nonsense.

https://www.facebook.com/joel.kellyer
https://www.facebook.com/edward.olsen.77?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/edward.olsen.75?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/edward.olsen.980?fref=ts

From the first profile.

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In case anyone wants to know where to find the cute kid, his photo hits to a bunch of sites for Asperger's Syndrome. Now I don't know if this child is affected, but let me just say scammers have no class.

Asperger's Syndrome | AppBrain Android Market (http://www.appbrain.com/app/aspergers-syndrome/com.koolappz.EP77900790001)

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Pigbusters has all the profile pics with this email. SCAMMER nicholas_morrise@yahoo.com

Pig Busters on You're IT! - The New Generation in Social Networking (http://www.youreittoday.com/scammer.php?scammerid=557856)

Scamwarners has the same profile pics with this email SCAMMER garyrobert22@hotmail.com

www.scamwarners.com • View topic - Gary Robert, garyrobert22@hotmail.com (http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=98182)

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ribshaw

09-05-2013, 08:26 PM

So here is the set up from this. I got this in email, I don't know from who although a friend of mine was on it as well so it is what it is. I can't verify some of the information myself so I deleted it. The text is good though and it goes with what I have heard in talking with a few people. The victims who are chatting with scammers get them to "confess" and then the scammer claims they really fell in love with the person. Sometimes they give out what they claim to be a real name. This was the case here. I ran the IP address I had and it was from Malaysia. But for the rest just don't know so I left it out.

SCAMMER perrysdesk@hotmail.com
SCAMMER perrytownsend01@yahoo.com

cuteperry - Cool, calm and collected. Thats who i am. (http://www.matchdoctor.com/profile_cuteperry.html)
www.scamwarners.com • View topic - Perry Townsend, perrysdesk@hotmail.com (http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=79678)

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A terrible man contact my friend on fb , she fell in love with him . When she told me about him i asked her to sent me his pictures , his first fb profile was DELTED . I picked up he is a scammer . Told her he is and she must block him, she did not listen to me .Then she confronted him and his first false facebook dissapear . Then he start to mail her and ask for money for his hungry son and for him for a project he is busy with . I told her dont sent . She listened to me .

two weeks ago he contact her again under another false profilw DELETED , he told her his first profile got hacked. he told his photos was stolen nd people use it . she believed him . Last night he confess to her he stole photos of a create a falso profile , he is from Malayisa. He gave her his own fb profile DELETED . He said to her his real name is DELETED. He fell in love with her and lied to say his white .When he asked her for money under his fake profile he wanter 12000 dollars to buy some link with email addresses and credit card info .
he wanted to buy her a ticket so she can come to him . thank God it never happened
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Hey xxx,
Nice to hear from you again. I had been waiting for your reply and thank God you did. I'm new here so i'll keep it simple, just a little bout myself and kinda woman i'm looking for.... I'm a kind, calm, positively minded 42 year old man, widowed in 2008, father of one son, searching for someone who puts a spring in my step and makes me smile. Someone I can never imagine living without. A woman not perfect or expecting that of me, yet works at being the best she can be. Sexy but not overtly trampy, kind, trustworthy, responsible, and independent. A good cook too.
I guess its your turn to tell me something about you. Some pics are attached to this email.

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ribshaw

09-06-2013, 09:43 PM

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By Randy Economy
Details have emerged from officials at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department that shows how a woman bilked thousands of dollars from an elderly Lakewood man with dementia whom she allegedly preyed upon for the past year.

Last week, on August 30, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office charged 52-year old Suspect Myrta Molina, of Panorama City, with Theft from an Elder.

A warrant was issued for Molina’s arrest.

On September 4, 2013, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s detectives took her into custody. Molina is being held on $150,000 bail, and is scheduled to be arraigned at Bellflower Court on September 5.

Captain Mike Parker, spokesman with the LASD told Hews Media Group-Community Newspaper that between February 2012, and January 2013, Suspect Molina placed five personal ads in a senior citizen newsletter, seeking relationships with men over the age of 65. The newsletter is circulated widely throughout Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego Counties. “Each time Suspect Molina placed an ad, she used a fictitious name,” Parker said.

In January 2013, an 81-year old Lakewood man (victim) who suffers from dementia, picked up the newsletter from the Buena Park Senior Center in Orange County, and contacted Molina. They met shortly thereafter, and Molina identified herself with a false name, gave the victim a phone number which was obtained under a false name, and wore a wig altering her appearance. Each time Molina contacted the victim by phone, she dialed *67 to hide her number. Molina led the victim to believe she was in love with him, and then began asking for, and receiving, cash for various purported reasons.

In June 2013, when the victim was hospitalized for kidney failure, the victim’s daughter discovered that he had withdrawn unusually large amounts of cash from his bank in the preceding months. Bank records showed that the victim withdrew $26,000 in cash from his checking account in the first six months of 2013. Bank surveillance photos showed Molina escorting the victim to the bank to withdraw cash.

In July 2013, Molina convinced the victim to withdraw $80,000 in cash from his account at a bank in Lakewood. When the victim tried to withdraw the cash, bank employees who sensed something was wrong, refused to give it to him and notified his daughter. Suspect Molina then called the bank manager, identified herself with a false name, said she was the victim’s fiancée, and demanded that the bank give the victim $80,000 in cash. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s detectives were able to freeze the victim’s accounts, and a criminal investigation was launched.

In August 2013, sheriff’s detectives executed a search warrant at Suspect Molina’s residence in Panorama City in the San Fernando Valley and recovered $5,300.00 in cash. During the search, detectives also uncovered evidence showing that Molina had targeted numerous elderly men during that past two years. During the investigation detectives uncovered information about men throughout Southern California who confirmed to sheriff’s detectives they had been contacted by the suspect but were suspicious of her motives and avoided her. They resided in Downey, Norwalk, Pacific Palisades, Sun Valley, Thousand Oaks, West Los Angeles, and Westlake Village.

Sheriff’s detectives believe there may be other victims and are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Christopher Derry (562-906-5418), Commercial Crimes Bureau, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Or if you wish to remain Anonymous, call “LA Crime Stoppers” by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or using the website Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers (http://lacrimestoppers.org)

Seniors are frequently the targets of financial abuse and scams. Detectives would like to remind people to use caution when meeting strangers through personal ads and internet dating sites. For more information, click on the links:

Elder Abuse – Consumer Scams and Fraud (Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office)
LADA Elder Abuse Unit - Crimes Against the Elderly (http://da.co.la.ca.us/seniors/crimes.htm)
LADA Elder Abuse Unit (http://da.lacounty.gov/seniors/)
Los Cerritos Newspaper Group/Hews Media Group » Elderly Lakewood Widower with Dementia Bilked in So Cal Sweetheart Scam (http://www.loscerritosnews.net/2013/09/04/elderly-lakewood-widower-with-dementia-bilked-in-so-cal-sweetheart-scam/)

ribshaw

09-11-2013, 07:36 AM

This scumbag was just in trouble for scamming women, now he is back. This time paying for a romantic dinner by stealing his dates credit card.

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Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies booked a Saugus man nicknamed the “Valentine’s Day Scammer” on grand theft and burglary charges Monday afternoon.

Jeffrey Elvington, 40, of Saugus, is being charged with crimes similar to the ones for which he already was sentenced to a year in jail, according to Deputy Josh Dubin of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. [Saugus theft suspect Jeffrey Elvington]

“Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies want to thank the public for coming forward to talk about their encounters with this suspect,” Dubin said. “This kind of cooperation makes its easier for law enforcement officials to better protect the community we serve from those who wish to victimize it.”

After an investigation by detectives, Sheriff’s Station deputies arrested Elvington in June, however they had suspicions that there were more suspects out there.

Now that more people have come forward, a case was once again presented, and charges are being sought by the District Attorney’s Office, Dubin said.

It is alleged in one incident that Elvington stole a woman’s credit card while she was on a dinner date with him, and then he allegedly paid for the dinner, using her credit card, in front of the woman without her knowledge.

In a plea deal, Elvington was sentenced to 365 days in jail and three years of probation the first time he was caught, according to officials with the District Attorney’s Office.

“He pleaded no contest to one count of second degree commercial burglary that occurred on Nov. 2 at Macy’s,” said Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman for the District Attorney’s Office.

“He also pleaded no contest to one felony count of grand theft, which occurred in December of 2012,” she said. “He pleaded no contest to those two counts.”

Elvington was accused of stealing credit card information from the women he met. He also made up elaborate stories for his victims, according to a sergeant who supervised the investigation.

“In one case, he was saying he was a personal chef for the stars,” said Sgt. James Anderson, who was in charge of the first investigation that led to the jail sentence. “In another case, he said he was working for the government and the military in the special forces. He would make up elaborate professions to make himself seem more desirable to the people he scammed.”

Elvington was arrested by the Sheriff’s Department’s Major Crime Bureau in Santa Monica, after Santa Clarita Valley detectives obtained an arrest warrant for charges relating to grand theft and burglary.

The most recent charges allege the same crimes.

Elvington also was noted on a website, “Guardian of Valor,” which claimed to have pictures of a fake uniform that Elvington used to con women.

Elvington served about 15 percent of his one-year sentence, according to officials with the District Attorney’s Office.

“He served a total of 55 days,” said a District Attorney’s Office representative. “He served 45 days before sentencing, and 10 days after.”

Elvington is currently being held on $75,000 bail, according to Sheriff’s Station arrest records.

Saugus Man Re-Arrested On Charges He Scammed Women, Again | KHTS Radio (http://hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/saugus-man-re-arrested-charges-he-scammed-women-again-37651)

ribshaw

09-11-2013, 08:47 AM

Romance novelist Deveraux testifies in $25 million fraud trial against alleged psychic

View Larger Key witness testifying today in $25 million fraud trial against alleged psychic
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Rose Marks, a Fort Lauderdale psychic, arrives for the sixth day of her trial at the Federal Courthouse Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 10, 2013, in West Palm Beach. Bill Ingram/Palm Beach Post)

Average storefront palm-reader or psychic ringleader who bilked clients for millions? Fort Lauderdale psychic on trial

By Jane Musgrave

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

WEST PALM BEACH —

Unlike the characters she created in her best-selling romance novels, author Jude Deveraux has been unlucky in love and in life.

Her husband, whom she divorced in 1991, was abusive. Her beloved child, whom she conceived through in vitro fertilization at age 50 after suffering eight miscarriages, died in an ATV accident when he was just 8.

And, while she reportedly earned $50 million from the books that made her a household name among lovelorn readers and women yearning for escape, she spent most of the past 20 years broke.

The tragedies — her poor choice in men and the death of her son — made her easy prey for psychic Rose Marks, the 66-year-old author of at least 36 New York Times best-sellers told a federal jury Tuesday.

“I was too afraid,” she explained when asked why she continued to send millions to Marks. “I was afraid of my ex-husband. I was afraid for my son’s life.”

Deveraux is the government’s star witness in the trial of the 62-year-old Fort Lauderdale psychic, who is accused of bilking more than $20 million from dozens of people by assuring them her connections with the spirit world could make their lives right.

Described by prosecutors as the matriarch of the family’s lucrative and exploitative business, Marks faces a dozen charges, including mail fraud, wire fraud and money-laundering. If convicted, she could be sent to prison for more than 20 years.

Like others who have testified since the estimated two-monthlong trial began Aug. 28, Deveraux said Marks, whom she knew as Joyce Michael, hounded her for money. Bad things would happen if she didn’t pay up, she said.

Initially, Deveraux testified, Marks lured her by saying the money would be used to protect her from her violent ex-husband. Later, when she was desperately trying to get pregnant, Marks said the money would make it happen. After her son was killed in 2005, Marks convinced her she could engineer a spirit swap so Deveraux and her child could be together again.

Looking back, Deveraux acknowledged, some of Marks’ claims were comical.

Marks told her that then-Secretary of State Colin Powell was her “soul mate” and that they would marry. For more than five years, as Powell was jetting around the world dealing with the Iraq War and other global crises, Deveraux exchanged lengthy letters with someone she believed was Powell — never mind that she sent the letters to an Arizona post office box.

She also exchanged emails with a man Marks told her was actor Brad Pitt. Marks told her Pitt wanted to be with her and was willing to leave his wife, actress Angelina Jolie, to make it possible, Deveraux testified.

“When I look back on it now, it was outrageous,” she said. “I was out of my mind.”

Deveraux said she didn’t realize how ridiculous the claims were until she was contacted by Fort Lauderdale detectives. “It was like someone hit me with a hammer,” she said. “I realized it was all a scam.”

Still, she testified, it took awhile for her to realize just how gullible she had been. “It took me a while to get it through my head that she didn’t know Brad Pitt or Prince Charles or Colin Powell,” she testified.

Deveraux is to return to the witness stand this morning as prosecutors continue to play recordings of conversations she had with Marks. In those played Tuesday, Deveraux demands the return of the roughly $17 million she gave Marks.

She then will face less friendly questioning from attorney Fred Schwartz, who represents Marks. Other members of Marks’ family — her two sons and their wives, her daughter and son-in-law, granddaughter and sister — have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. Awaiting sentencing, most have attended each day of the trial.

Romance novelist Deveraux testifies in $25 million fraud trial... | www.palmbeachpost.com (http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/crime-law/key-witness-testifying-today-in-25-million-fraud-t/nZr77/)

ribshaw

09-12-2013, 09:44 AM

This is an excerpt of a call between a scammer and a victim from a friends blog. Behind the scenes I have been working with a few ladies (or dudes pretending to be ladies) to expand knowledge of romance scams, so have gotten a little behind on other updates. For those who ended on this page last, Anne Jackson has a lot of good information on her blog and U-tube channel. Here is an interesting tidbit, check out the comments on some of the videos. Not the ones thanking her, but some of the ones from victims who think they are dating soldiers. I won't link them directly as my intention is not to embarrass people, but give a side most people don't see. These are people's friends, parents, siblings, etc.

Anne Jackson - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqvtJav_FobexJ9-VwhF3PA?feature=watch)

Anne Jackson's blog (http://annejackson4.blogspot.jp/)

SCAMMER Louse-jeffrylouse@hotmail.com

Victim: So how are you feeling

Jeffry Louse: I am feeling a lil bit better now

victim: good

victim: My phone just went off

victim: beeping like crazy

Jeffry Louse: I went the hospital yesterday and the doctor say i am getting better now

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Jeffry Louse: Honey i am very scared now

victim: I would be also

Jeffry Louse: No nothing honey

victim: They have all your information?

Jeffry Louse: Yes

victim: oh no

victim: They have your phone and laptop?

Jeffry Louse: They took my passport,bag containing document

Jeffry Louse: Yes

victim: Oh no

Jeffry Louse: My wallet

Jeffry Louse: My creditcard also

victim: I hope they can find them

Jeffry Louse: Honey am stress now
i am in a big mess

victim: I would be to

Jeffry Louse: That is what i am also hoping honey

victim: Did no one see this happen?

Jeffry Louse: People were around butno body even try to help me

victim: That's crazy

Jeffry Louse: Untill i found my self in a hospital

victim: I am so sorry this happened to you

Jeffry Louse: Ok honey

victim: SO how do you return home with no passport?

Jeffry Louse: But honey need a little help from you ok

victim: What?
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Victim: Can you tell me why you asked for 1,000 dollers now?

Jeffry Louse: well i was only kidden and i knew you know all about scam but i don't mean to scam you

Victim: But all along you lead me on about being beat up,phone and all credit? cards taken ect

Jeffry Louse: yes

Jeffry Louse: at first i wanted to scam you but i relize that i have some feelings for you so all this while i have been planing how to tell you this

Victim: I see.

Victim: So why do men from your country do the scamming?

Jeffry Louse: well there are no good jobs here

Jeffry Louse: that is why most of the men here do that

Jeffry Louse: do you know something?

Victim: What?

Jeffry Louse: i am only telling you this because i really like you

Victim: ok

Victim: I kinda figured that is why they are doing this sort of thing...

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This is an older story, but worthwhile reading.

Lonely Sonia Richards, 57, fell for ‘London businessman Jack Briggs’ after he wooed her on a dating website following the break-up of her marriage.

She eventually discovered the whole thing was a scam after showing a friend a picture ‘Jack’ had sent her – which was actually the American actor Robert Frost.

But despite admitting he had scammed her out of a total of £15,000 Sonia sent Nigerian Oje Ilaboya £80 so he could get va visa to visit her.

Mother-of-two Sonia, of Liskeard, Cornwall, today issued a desperate plea for other people not to be duped by the scam.

Sonia said: ”One evening I was feeling particularly low. He came up on instant messenger and lifted me up and made me feel happier.

”It started off with small amounts as he said he was buying a piece of land in West Africa – which only accepts cash – but he was stuck in Germany so I had to send it across.

”Then the amounts started getting bigger. I remember once he told me he needed £800 because he was in hospital with appendicitis and couldn’t afford the medical bills.

”I even sold my car, to raise the funds and send them over to him. It became all consuming.

”It cuts you off from your family. Your whole life revolves around talking to him all the time and sending money to him.”

Sonia was residing briefly in Canada when her business and marriage fell apart at the end of 2007.

She felt lonely and homesick and was recommended a dating website called Vancouver Dating by a colleague.

After a few days on the website she received an email from somebody claiming to be a 49-year-old businessman based in London called Jack Briggs.

The pair swapped phone numbers that night and began speaking every day.

‘Jack’ claimed his unusual accent was because his mother was Romanian and he had grown up there.

She initially handed over small sums of cash before she parted with thousands after ‘Jack’ claimed he wanted buy a patch of land in Africa.

Sonia then agreed to met ‘Jack’ at Heathrow airport but was instead met by a friend who told her he had been wrongly jailed and needed £7,000 bail money – which she borrowed off her mother.

Holistic therapist Sonia added: ”I got into Heathrow and waited all night but he didn’t show. I phoned him and he said to go to Manchester.

”I met this big six foot plus black guy who told me ‘Jack’ had to shoot over to Germany and had been arrested for taking too much cash and needed £7,000 bail.”

Sonia borrowed the money from her mother and went back to Manchester to hand it over believing she would be rewarded with £500,000.

She added: ”By this time I was showing my friends the photo Jack sent.

”It’s actually an American actor called Robert Frost. A friend got suspicious and found out it was a scam.

”She rang him and told him never to contact me again, but he kept ringing and admitted that he was Nigerian and hadn’t mean to hurt me.”

Despite this, Sonia still parted with a further £80 so he could buy a suit, get a visa and travel to England to be with her when she returned home in 2008.

She added: ”He sent me his flight details through email but I thought they looked a bit strange and I asked my friend who works for an airline to look at them.

”He confirmed they were faked. I didn’t confront him straight away I wanted to see how far he would go.

”Eventually he told me that dust from the Icelandic volcano had delayed his flight and that he was still in Africa.

”That’s when I ended it.”

Sonia now says she is turning her life around and is dedicated to raising awareness of this crime.

She warns: ”I was lucky as I have two daughters who have both stood by me but this can tear families apart.”

Woman swindled out of life-savings by Nigerian fraudster | SWNS (http://swns.com/news/woman-swindled-out-of-life-savings-by-nigerian-fraudster-21191/)

ribshaw

09-12-2013, 09:51 AM

Don't be so silly

If your loved one is heading to a foreign country for an adventure or to meet a love forged over the internet, it might be worth counselling them with the story of South Australian, Des Gregor.

Des, then a 56-year-old lonely sheep farmer, conducted a five-month online romance with "Natacha" and flew to the west African nation of Mali in July 2007 to meet up with his attractive internet bride and a dowry of gold bars.

Met at the airport by a man in a white robe, Mr Gregor was taken to a house where, alas, no Natacha materialised and instead six men in a room armed with a pistol and a machete demanded money or they would chop off his limbs.

Mr Gregor emptied his wallet, but the men wanted more.

He telephoned his family and his sister, Kelly Gregor, called the local police station and, eventually, the Australian Federal Police and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

As Mr Gregor told SBS Insight, "you don't really know whether you're going to live or die and you don't know what is happening or who is helping back home".

"Basically as soon as I got in the door [and there was no Natacha] I knew it was a scam," he said.

As a hostage, Mr Gregor had beginner's luck - the kidnappers were foolish enough to be tricked into collecting the ransom at the Canadian embassy, where he escaped.

Mr Gregor said he had learned his lesson and urged others to be careful when looking for love online. "I reckon another couple of days and I wouldn't have returned," he said.

Read more: Proof of life: Behind the hostage industry | News.com.au (http://www.news.com.au/world-news/proof-of-life-behind-the-hostage-industry/story-fndir2ev-1226717583578#ixzz2egrEAPWI)

ribshaw

09-13-2013, 07:47 AM

A friend of mine was trying to put up some warnings on this profile, but facebook blocked her. Scamwarners has a good write up, the pictures are well used by many scammers.

www.scamwarners.com • View topic - Jake Matthew, jakematthew87@yahoo.com (http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=35357)

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ribshaw

09-13-2013, 08:07 AM

SCAMMER scamfraudcheckers@outlook.com

Reload scams always go around. In this case this email goes out and they are actually linking people to the actual website of EFCC. This gives some credibility to people that are not paying attention to the shift in email. This is the address where you can report complains. dia@efccnigeria.org .ORG matches the website, not some nonsense free email account like above.

All of these scams will target victims, and come up with reasons why fees need to be sent, and the fees are the scam. Original losses will never be recovered and any additional money will be gone.

I will add if you have a crime that took place on the internet to report this is the place to do it. https://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

Efcc Checkers Have you been scammed of your money by false pretence from people claiming to be what they are not for; love or marriage scam where fraudster use the promise of wedlock as bail to fleece you; lottery scam where people are asked to pay fees to redeem prizes supposedly won in a sweep stake; inheritance scam, and more by Fraudsters in one of the Africa countries ? Email us with your story and we could help you and track down the fraudsters and get your money back to you. Check our profile on how to get in touch with us.

This is a link to what I believe is the official website.

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission - EFCC - Report Complaints (http://www.efccnigeria.org/efcc/index.php/report-complaints)

ribshaw

09-13-2013, 09:49 AM

SCAMMER brownmorris250@outlook.com

On my soapbox for this one. Zuckerberg was on the TV flapping his gums about national security issues yesterday, there are hundreds of fake profiles using this soldiers profiles. This disrespect aside, where does Zuck think the money goes that is sent from victims to the scammers behind these profiles? Terrorists, Organized Crime, Trafficking of all things evil, or to feed cute puppies? Maybe fix the part of the problem you sir are creating in the national security mess, and leave the rest to the adults.

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This is a letter sent from one of the new profiles.

Hi babe.....I wish to let you know more about my self.....I'm from New york,with the Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha team assigned to Company B, 82nd Airborne Division.I'm deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as a member of the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force–Afghanistan.I don't smoke,i drink little not much,my hair color is black and my eyes are brown and am 6'1"...I'm fun to be a guy,i like making my woman happy and proud,I love families too,I'm honest, faithful, loving, emotional, romantic, passionate, hardworking caring and God fearing... I enjoy exercising daily which either involves weight training or aerobics. I think it is important to exercise and eating very healthy meals. I love to go out for boxing, to nice romantic dinners and shopping at large malls. I enjoy romantic music and slow dancing as well. I prefer romantic, attractive, affectionate woman. I believe that romance is a very important part of the relationship. I enjoy woman who are confident with themselves and are not afraid to express themselves in a diplomatic way. I think it is very important that two people want the same thing in a relationship. I believe that this should be discussed and communicated clearly when two people first meet.I do not believe in wasting my time or the other persons time because life is too short. I believe each person should be allowed to be who they are and to be free to give their best for each others mutual benefit.

I do not like controlling women who do not communicate well and have agendas or excessive previous baggage. I like woman who I can have a good conversation with me and we can communicate in a mutually beneficial way...I like woman who are interested in exercise and physical fitness. I like women who read to improve themselves and find value in self help books. I also like women who are spiritual religious. I also enjoy attending a good church that leaves your feeling better about yourself when you leave...I like healthy foods such as a good seafood salad I love the color brown. I like to snuggle when it rains or read a good book,reading any of the self-help books, listening to romantic music or 60's music and exercising, I also enjoy,boxing,Football,Golf,Running,Swimming,Volley ball. I don't like any of our politicians I think they're all a bunch of crooks.I like singing and I play several instruments,I play guitar, French horn, trumpet, oboe, and a little piano would love to learn.I love kids & I treat all kids as if they are my own... I favor none but give my love & support to them & try to be the godly man I am supposed to be. Since I'm a little boy,As far back as I can remember I've always cared for people & had a big heart. I cared for people even after they hurt me.I love being in the great outdoors seeing the natural beauty God has given to us that others take advantage of.. I love snuggling with the ones I love while watching a movie. I enjoy meeting others & making a difference in the lives of those around me. I recently found out that some special people in my life really look up to me & the feeling of that is AMAZING!I have a few favorite movies. My all time favorite is "City of Angels" it's a movie where a man sacrificed his life as an angel to experience what it was like to love the woman he was drawn to. I also love Notebook, Sweet November, Sleepless in Seattle, Grease, Never been kissed, anything with Reese Witherspoon. I like romantic comedies, action movies, Romantic, & ones based on a true story like Titanic, & Pearl Harbor.

There are really so many that I like, I can't really name them.Sleepless in Seattle What is the most romantic/ memorable scene in that movie? When they finally met! My favorite book is the Bible!!! It's got the greatest stories ever told as well as words from our heavenly father.I'm a helpless romantic... I love being with my woman & doing little things for her to put a smile on her face. I enjoy surprising her & doing my part in making her dreams come true.What makes me smile is seeing those I love smiling & knowing I put that smile on their faces. :-)I do have a tendency to cry easily, but not always are my tears sad ones... I cry also when I'm happy & surprised. I don't like to cry in front of others so am embarrassed when I do.I love music... the songs I listen to will usually tell you what kind of mood I'm in or tell you what's in my heart when words can't begin to describe who I am. When I'm happy, you'll usually find me singing (assuming I know the song). I think music is a gift many people take for granted.

They'll listen just to hear the beat yet won't stop to feel the power of it's words. Music can be soothing to the soul & can calm the restless spirit. The wrong kind of music can also damage ones inner being. A person's mind will unconsciously listen to the lyrics which will either bring death/depression upon them or will bring joy to their soul so they might be able to enjoy life. As a person's mood changes so does the type of music they listen to.My favorite Rose is a Purple rose... they are not as common as the other types. My favorite flowers are Stargazer lilies & lilac bushes. I don't like cheaters, liars, thief, or shallow people. Other than that, I'm a person that likes pretty much everything... I'm VERY easy going.I'm a person who would rather express my feelings as I know it's not good to keep them locked up. It's important to express to others that you care for them & are there to support & encourage. I LOVE sharing sweet moments with the woman I love... it makes my heart happy!All i need is someone i can confide in because since i lost my parents i have never been loved or help by anyone except only God. through out my life has been in military work. Presently I'm on duty in Afghanistan after moving from Iraq and I hope to be signaled to decamp from here by next one month or there are about...Now I'm looking for someone to confide in, because after here I'm going to face the reality of this life.Sweetie, you don't need to get worried about me contacting you. Just believe in God and Have trust in Him.To be honest with you I'm looking for your help and the same time asking for your honesty and trustworthy. I lost my parents at the age of 13 and I'm the only child of my parents. After the death of my dead i was left alone by my relatives. I was so confused, but by God's intervention in my life i was picked up and raised by a catholic Rev. Father Patrick Edward, he introduced me into the military academy and that was how i became a military man. My dear i will love to know more about you.God Bless You and always have trust in God.Kisses & Huge

https://www.facebook.com/morris.brown.311056
https://www.facebook.com/morris.jason.5268
https://www.facebook.com/morris.smith.77920
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ribshaw

09-16-2013, 10:22 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEqaJ7BwPEg&feature=youtu.be

Several people have contacted myself and others on Facebook about reporting fake profiles. This may be a good way to go, especially Army CID with the fake military profiles. What makes sense is to group them together and then report them as a batch.

Most of us have had 0 success reporting things to Facebook.

To report the theft to the Federal Trade Commission, call 1 (877) ID-THEFT (438-4338) or contact the FTC online at Identity Theft | Consumer Information (http://www.ftc.gov/idtheft). Or contact the CID at U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (http://www.cid.army.mil) or the Internet Crime Complaint Center at Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) | Home (http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx).

CID warns of Internet romance scams | Article | The United States Army (http://www.army.mil/article/36242/cid-warns-of-internet-romance-cams/?ref=news-home-title9&fb_source=message)

ribshaw

09-17-2013, 07:48 AM

SCAMMER miguelsanchez8080@gmail.com
SCAMMER snipersanchez8080@yahoo.com

This from a friends blog, these are the photos he is using.

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This photo was included as well, bet it is a popular one.

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Got a Love letter today from my SCAM lover US Colonel Miguel Sanchez, an officer in the united states army!
This morning I had 2 loveletters in my mailbox....wow am I a lucky woman or what...xoxoxo

The first one is real and from my boyfriend. The other one I copied and went to Google.com and put the whole loveletter

The heart of dreams inside us, begins to mold,
Brought on by flights of fancy within our waiting souls.

It doesn’t cost us to dare to dream, it makes life so much better;
It is built slowly between us, word by word, letter by letter.

Strike a word, add a word, and let our budding dreams take flight.
Let us stack the build blocks to form our coming life.

Would it be that we can be, all we’ve talked between two of us.i long for the day when you hold me in your arms and kiss me.

into the search box and look what came up! Bly me if it isn't a FAKE........

THE HEART OF DREAMS
Lovingyou.com: Love Poem: THE HEART OF DREAMS (http://profiles.lovingyou.com/library/poemview.php?pid=12063)

Now ask me if I am surprised. Not the slightest as I've had them before.

When you get anything poetry, go to Google.com and put it in. You will see that each time it's something that is copied. Heck they can't all be poets. They are sad scammers and have no brains for this them self.

This is my scammer and don't you dare touch him. He is mine xoxoxo

MY miguel wallace sanchez
A colonel in the united states army

Yeah right, as if I don't have eyes in my head....GEEEEEE

And his opening messages:

Hello there .i am miguel .an officer in the united states army,i hope you don't mind my taking this bold step to write you .i would love to know more about you and also know you better. seeing we are both here in this site for the same reason and let's see where it takes us .but please I would lime to ask you this question."Do you like ice cream ?
and after my response

Oh that makes the two of us my lady.since you also love eating icecream I would love to get to know you better and maybe one of these days you will do the honor of eating icrcream with me by your side.I believe your heart speaks louder than your profile.lolam happy I wrote you,I hope this will lead to a favorable result.please write me on snipersanchez8080@yahoo.com.you can also add me on messenger.cheers.can't wait to read from you.

The email he is using with me is a gmail: miguelsanchez8080@gmail.com

His phonenumber is: 002348061664092 and that is

Exposing Romance Scammers : Got a Love letter today from my SCAM lover US Colonel Miguel Sanchez, an officer in the united states army! (http://kringsenterprises.blogspot.dk/2013/09/got-love-letter-today-from-my-scam-lover.html)

scratchycat

09-17-2013, 09:13 AM

Keep up the good work Ribshaw. I will be back, hopefully soon!!

ribshaw

09-18-2013, 08:09 AM

SCAMMER w.clark38@yahoo.com

I pulled this from a rich old lady profile I just set up. To say the roaches are crawling out of the woodwork is an understatement. The FB profiles aren't the same guy, but are stolen photos just the same. And the one in the sport coat I had written about before, the picture made the news for a lady trapped in a scam.

SCAMMER: I am Clark by name and through my search and came by your profile only to say hi..hope you dont mind us getting to know each other better..Stay bless and hope to hear from you soon

RICH OLD LADY: Not at all love. Tell me about yourself. Do you have an email or skype where where can chat.

SCAMMER: Nice hearing from you dear...Actually i dont have Skype but rather Facebook and yahoo messenger....I think yahoo will be better if you dont mind because it's the easiest and fastest to access
Hope to hear from you again

wclark38 and that she will share both romantic time together., my dream is to fi (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/wclark38)

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Micheal W (http://www.taglisted.eu/t7326-micheal-w)

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https://www.facebook.com/williams.clark.581?fref=browse_search
https://www.facebook.com/williams.clark.315?fref=browse_search
https://www.facebook.com/williams.clark.5661?fref=browse_search

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ribshaw

09-18-2013, 08:31 AM

A common ploy is the a scammer pretending to come to visit, and then the day of the trip tragedy will strike. They are arrested, mugged, lost their passport, in the hospital, abducted by aliens..

If you hear any of this from the person you have been chatting with, or from a third party it is a scam. In some more advanced scams, victims are actually met in person by a third person with the tale.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoL1mEVjWUs&feature=youtu.be

ribshaw

09-18-2013, 08:48 AM

SCAMMER chriswales07@yahoo.com

The video I just posted had a good tip, notice the lack of a space between punctuation marks. Also (Am so and so by name) and (Read from you),

Hello beatiful,How are you doing,i hope that you are doing fine today.Am Chris by real name,Am from Vallejo in Ca,Am 42yrs old,am new here,single.i really like your profile and you picture you are looking pretty.i wish i have such pretty lady like you in my life.i will like to get to know you better if you don't mind.Am looking forward to read from you soon.Take care and God bless.

Hello beautiful,Am very glad to read from you.its good to meet you here.i have yahoo id this is my id on messanger chriswales07@yahoo.com add me on there let get to know each other better.i can't really wait to get to know you better.i hope to read from you soon.

chris07 am looking for long term relationship., profile, free online dating, dat (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/chris07)

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How you recognize male scammers. (http://www.delphifaq.com/faq/male_scammers/f6250_62.htm)

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ribshaw

09-18-2013, 08:56 AM

This photo is all over and this clown spammed me twice, I asked for his email or skype and he spammed be again with the below. A woman my age does not have time for people that can't follow directions.

single_heart12 in my free time, i like to: shopping, amusement park (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/single_heart12)

Hello There....what is your yahoo address so that i will add you on my yahoo account so that we can have more chat right now...?

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ribshaw

09-18-2013, 09:08 AM

SCAMMER goodwilldukk@yahoo.fr

Sometimes I post stuff and think did I post this before, never the case with diaperman. He is all over, and I have to think as funny as his name it must be making him some cash or he would not be keeping it up for months on end.

diaperman dog, profile, free online dating, dating, matchmaking, relationships, (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/diaperman)

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ribshaw

09-18-2013, 09:16 AM

SCAMMER harryjames207@YAHOO.COM

harry147 fishing, reading, traveling beach music movies, profile, free online da (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/harry147)

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ribshaw

09-18-2013, 10:16 AM

SCAMMER pedroas@facebook.com
SCAMMER pedroashley84@yahoo.com

i would like it if you and I would have some time to talk and get to know each other better. You have a unique profile have me intrigued. I hope that you see some deeper value expressed in my profile which you may see as a good opportunity to explore. I believe in friendship relationship, because a good friendship makes a solid bridge to a better and reliable and also have the feeling that in todays world, neither race, age, nationality nor religion will any longer posse a barrier so i write to express my sincere interest in you without much ado. If you want to get closer you can reach me anytime on if you feel like communicating more better, email we could chat, or you can find me on facebook with my email i look forward to your on reading from you soonest and please reply to my email okay

pedroashley concert and sport, independant and that can carry herself...i am nic (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/pedroashley)

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Pig Busters on You're IT! - The New Generation in Social Networking (http://www.youreittoday.com/scammer.php?scammerid=573751)

ribshaw

09-18-2013, 10:30 AM

SCAMMER alexmichael350@yahoo.com

I have met a few people that aged well beyond their years, but if this guy is 53 he takes the hard living gold medal. And the cheesiest pick up line I have ever read.

Hello how are u doing today i don't fear insects or spiders. At great heights, I jump off, smiling. In the face of death I wink. But, when I look into your profile, i was in fear of how much i will like to get to know you .Multiply it by infinity, take it to the depths of forever and you'll still only have a glimpse how your profile as hit me like a tidal wave .It takes a second to say I love you, but a lifetime to show it***
Thanks .do u have yahoo IM send it to me if u have it or u add me up on
alexmichael350@yahoo.com
hugs and kisses
Alex Michas

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Pig Busters on You're IT! - The New Generation in Social Networking (http://www.youreittoday.com/scammer.php?scammerid=554152)

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https://christiangays.com/fraud.shtml

ribshaw

09-18-2013, 10:36 AM

SCAMMER jesusislordjfatu@yahoo.com

This is the last from the rich old lady profile, just switched over to the hot young girl, NOTHING. Keep an eye on your parents, scammers know where their bread is buttered.

From Jessica.

Hello dear,

Please do not be upset due to the mail I sent to you, also because we have not met before but I know that we do not meet accidentally, rather I meet you by his special grace when I found your profile email address and after praying, I just hand over everything to Gods hand believing that you must be a kind, sincere, faithful and understandable person whom will understand me and assist me in this my current situation.

Let me start by giving you an introduction of my self and my family background. My real name is Miss Jessica fatu. am 21 yrs old, Also I and my small sister Grace the only surviving daughter our parents.

My mu! m died when I was four years old and since then my daddy took us so special. But unfortunately, my daddy was killed last year when he attended a ceremony in the village. He was brutally killed and was shut severally by my uncles on his way back.

But he do not die instantly and was admitted in a private hospital here and Before the death of my father in a private hospital here in Abidjan his secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he deposited the sum of Two million, Three hundred thousand United State Dollars.USD ($2.300,000) left in fixed / suspense account in one of the prime bank in Canada and Gross Gold which whose deposited in one of Security Company in Ghana, which he used my name as his frst daughter for the next of Kin in depositing of it.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was shut by his brothers (my uncles).
So my dear I am seeking your assistance in the following ways:

1) To help me transfer this fund!! ! to your country as a guardian because I have discussed with the bank about my intensions to transfer my inheritance to my guardian account they have accepted.

2) To serve as a guardian of this fund/gold since I am only 21yrs old and my lettle sister.

3) To make arrangement for us to come over to your country to further our education and to secure a resident permit in your country.

Moreover, my dear I am willing to offer you 30% of the total sum as compensation for your Effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas and the gold from the security company in Ghana.

Furthermore, you indicate your options towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within fourteen (14) days you signify interest to assist me.

I am looking forward to your hopeful respond. jesusislordjfatu@yahoo.com

Yours Sincerely,

Miss Jessica and Grace Fatu.

Jessigry looking for a caring man w will understand me and take me as i am., pr (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/Jessigry)

ribshaw

09-19-2013, 09:00 AM

SCAMMER babuali180@yahoo.com
victorrichard and understanding, profile, free online dating, dating, matchmakin (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/victorrichard)

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ribshaw

09-19-2013, 09:05 AM

SCAMMER Larrymcdonald48@yahoo.com

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Pig Busters on You're IT! - The New Generation in Social Networking (http://www.youreittoday.com/scammer.php?scammerid=555175)

FunnyStallion and someone who will treat a me as an equal and not an object., bo (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/FunnyStallion)
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How are you doing I assume that we have not met neither have we communicated before, firstly, my name is Mathew, I am sending you this e-mail with all humility and every seriousness of heart because when I saw you, the world stops as if the only purpose in life was for me to please you or find you,when i saw your awesome photograph and also your nice profile i must confess u are beautiful.I am single and looking for a very honest lady like you,I know you will be thinking how come ,I saw you,i knew you where honest because you looking pretty good when i go through your profile.I would respond to your e-mail as i check it every now and then...I will be happy if you can send me your yahoo chat address so i can add you as i am online now or add me in your messenger list.

I wait for your response.
Have Nice day ahead of you.

Mathew...

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You are too kind to an old lady. Do you have a way we can chat like email or skype.

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Thanks for getting back to me and i do like to know more about you because you sound so nice on your profile wish i do want to know more and if you don't mind you can add me on here Larrymcdonald48@yahoo.com ....waiting to hear from you soon...

ribshaw

09-19-2013, 09:19 AM

SCAMMER odusogalarryking@yahoo.com

olarry reallllllllllllllll loveeeeeeeeeeee is all i wanttttttttttttttttttttttttt (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/olarry)

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I do wish I could post my response to this pervert, but it is blush worthy to say the least.

From: olarry
Date: 2013-09-18 09:33 PM

Subject: can you (EDITED, BUT RHYMES WITH TRUCK) for real?

hello how are you doing can you love a real rastaman.?are you on skype so you can see me good..

odusogalarryking@yahoo.com

all i need is real love am a black man if you can love me for real let me know.pice

View topic - odusogalarryking@yahoo.com - Scam Survivors (http://scamsurvivors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=12611&p=35401)
Pig Busters on You're IT! - The New Generation in Social Networking (http://www.youreittoday.com/scammer.php?scammerid=573734)

ribshaw

09-19-2013, 09:26 AM

SCAMMER loveth_amass@yahoo.com

From: Amas
Date: 2013-09-19 09:29 AM
Subject: Please i will like to know you,

Hello, Nice to meet You My new friend, How are you i hope your are fine and in sound health, I am well pleased to contact you after viewing your profile and become interested to have a communication with you as My genuine friend, My name is Miss Loveth Amas, a girl of 25 single and 5.8ft, Kindly reply me at (loveth_amass@yahoo.com)

it would be so nice if we can communicate through my mail box because, i have something very important which i would love to share with you privately, i promise to send my picture and more details about me to you, Awaits your reply soonest. Yours truly Loveth

(loveth_amass@yahoo.com)

Amas caring honest man, hip hop funny dancing, profile, free online dating, dati (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/Amas)

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Faith Godwin: I am residing in the refugee camp (http://419.bittenus.com/12/11/faithgodwin.html)

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ribshaw

09-19-2013, 09:31 AM

SCAMMER yahoo messenger philmichael1@yahoo.com

Was just getting ready to log out for the day, and this showed up. This is a very popular stolen picture used by scammers. "Life is worth leaving", sounds like a hoot to hang with him.

michaelphil7 nothing is a barrier in making or choosing my friends i can make go (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/michaelphil7)

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ScamDigger – scam profiles | Profiles of scammers and fakes (http://scamdigger.com/)

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littleroundman

09-19-2013, 09:47 AM

http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/2750/w3d5.jpg

Don't ya just hate it when you get wiNdowed

ribshaw

09-20-2013, 03:26 PM

The NC Attorney General's Office says a woman was recently scammed by a man she met at the cemetery while visiting her husband's grave. The state says this is a departure from the normal so-called "sweetheart scams," which frequently begin online on dating websites or social media.

Officials say in this particular case, "the scammer quickly wormed his way into her heart, her home and her bank account."

One difficult aspect of sweetheart scams is that victims are often reluctant to believe they are a victim. It often takes a lot of convincing from other family members or friends to help them see the truth.

The NC Attorney General's Office says they've received complaints from 17 sweetheart scam victims so far in 2013. Those 17 people have lost a combined total of nearly $700,000.

People are urged to report scams to the NC Attorney General's Office by calling (877) 5-NO-SCAM.

SCAM ALERT: Woman Targeted While Visiting Husband's Grave (http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/SCAM-ALERT-Woman-Targeted-While-Visiting-Husbands-Grave-224559211.html)

ribshaw

09-21-2013, 11:32 AM

SCAMMER xxcole2@yahoo.com

Scammers love jobs where they pretend to travel as it gives them an excuse whey they are never able to meet you face to face. And then if they do plan a trip, rest assured something will happen on the way, something that requires CASH!!

xxcole2 swimming, adventure, traveling, cooking, camping, skiing and the beach. (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/xxcole2)

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Hello, how are you doing? nice profile. Do you care for a chat sometime? would be really nice. Btw, i am a construction engineer and work mostly on jobs away from the states and travel loads. Name is Smith Cole
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That sounds great, I love to travel. Give me a few ways to get in touch with you.

xoxo

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Hey you dint say what your name is, you could reach me on my email id and we could chat also on a messenger my email is: xxcole2@yahoo.com would be really nice to get in touch with you.....tell me about you.

ribshaw

09-21-2013, 11:48 AM

SCAMMER adventurem.wills@yahoo.com

ohiosingle the rockies in general, alaska, italy, st. lucia, the brass armadillo (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/ohiosingle)

There are a few things that made me suspect scammer. AM blah blah blah, moving to my city , self employed, free trial (the whole site is free), new here but may not be around long, and notice the way he spaced the email address. Scammers do this to avoid filters and of course they want to get you away from the site and isolated a soon as possible. Thing is FMF does not have such a filter, so he likely spamming sites that do.

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Here is the second thing, and I mean to be cynical but if a guy tells you "he is not interested in just a roll in the hay", that is EXACTLY what he is interested in. Just as if someone tells you something is not a scam, its a scam. But this seemed such an odd thing to say, I put the whole message in goolge and, shock of all shocks it has been used word for word in the past.

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ribshaw

09-21-2013, 11:58 AM

Yeah, I'd believe this guy is 35 if he had told me he had some disease that makes you lie about your age by 15 years. Oh and too stupid to read, too stupid to breed.

loreny7 i am real here looking for real love okay, profile, free online dating, (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/loreny7)

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SCAMMER: how are you doing there i will like to know you better i will be happy to hear from you now ?
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GULLIBLE OLD LADY: Great, get me your email or skype and we can chat.

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ILLITERATE SCAMMER : i will like to get your so we will talk better i am new on internet i will like to have your mail id so we will talk and share pics okay i will be happy to here from you now okay>?

ribshaw

09-21-2013, 12:37 PM

SCAMMER CSI. I will throw this out there in my "tips from ribshaw" section of sniffing out scammers.

SCAMMER frankwaller693@yahoo.com

First of all dude is double spacing everything like an 8th grader trying to fill a sheet on a book report so it made the screen shot a little tough. But he claims to be blonde, this is an obvious untruth. The height issue seems to come up again in that he claims to be 5' 1" which is entirely possible although scammers seem to have a problem with getting height right. In the picture he is standing in a doorway, I googled this and the average US door is about 6'8", now I don't have all the fancy computers Abby does in NCIS, but ball parking it, I smell a rat.

Second, I see this quote a lot, (you can add me on frankwaller693@yahoo.com), this strikes me more as how a 20 something would speak. Not conclusive, but all my life phrases have caught on in social groups, and I don't know too many 50 somethings that say this when they give me an email.

frank500 :, and how many times do you read your bible and pray daily, being surr (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/frank500)
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How are you doing, i'm frank am searching for long term relationship,i have been cheated by some

woman and i don't want that to happen to me again ...i just come across your profile and you

really sound very good, i don't know what exactly you are looking for in relationship, but to be

honest, i found your profile very interesting and i want to say that i'm interested in you,I

believe relationships that are meant to work out fine need not be based on age differences or

distances,its all about trust, commitment and understanding between the partners involved in the

relationship.., i'm single and looking for serious relationship, i guess you are not for game,

cuz i don't need one, so if you are interested in me, let's get chat sometime and see if we can

move on from there...hope to hear back from you soon, you can add me on frankwaller693@yahoo.com

, i'm online waiting to hear back from you.

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https://www.facebook.com/parr.cargill

This is what else, a fake soldier profile on Facebook. This is also a common scammer error, in the last picture on the profile you can just make out and R, meaning this soldiers last name is likely Parr! This scammer is too stupid to know how US Military name tags work, but not too stupid to have snagged 12 friends.

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ribshaw

09-21-2013, 12:56 PM

cynthiamartins serious relationship a long term relationship that we lead to mar (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/cynthiamartins)

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Under 4 foot and wants to fix me up with her uncle. She sent me a message which I deleted and has a few follow ups. Seems awful nice to an old lady she hardly knows.

Hey there how are you doing. Any luck here with the boys??? Lost my husband not to long ago so looking to let loose as the kids say.

well yes i have a uncle that is also single

let me have your number so that he can text you

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Isn't this just SO SWEET, seems everyone has a nice nephew, uncle, or cousin that wants to help and old lady out, OF HER CASH..

http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/monicadoran

hi i looked at your profile an i think u are right by wanting to see the world,i have got a nice,handsome and a good cousin who is interested in u and asked me to write to u and ask if u are nterested,he has good sense of humour and i know u gonna like him too,take care

ribshaw

09-21-2013, 01:01 PM

SCAMMER c.barnes01@yahoo.com

CARLOS DESTINY, 6'9" and running for mayor of Seattle.

Free Online Dating at FishMeetFish.com - Meet Available Singles Online (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/messaging/private-inbox-read-message.jsp?Message_ID=LFIHIV5R-4PLL-0)

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rom: Carlosdestiny
Date: 2013-09-20 05:55 AM
Subject: Can I be that special Man?

Hi beautiful creature

The orchestrating ingredient that brings two people together in a covenant committed relationship is always the first initiative of one person; obviously I am taking the first step here by contacting you. Your reaction to this simple gesture could lead to a lifetime committed relationship. I decided to contact you after viewing your page, believe me you are physically the perfect description of the kind of woman I am dreaming to meet. Please get back to me if you feel it�??s alright to keep in touch.
Reach me through get back to me: c.barnes01@yahoo.com. May I be that Special Man for you

I will be waiting,

Carlos.

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ribshaw

09-21-2013, 01:12 PM

lexxycharming anywhere, and at any moment with someone special.i, m spontaneous (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/lexxycharming)

Hazel Eyes and a Phd, but back in school studying criminology. Ladies this man if not a scammer has so much student debt you will always be treating.

From: lexxycharming
Date: 2013-09-20 09:05 AM
Subject: there is someone for everyone

You know I have great desire to know you better dear!smile

It is the first time I write to you and hope my attention will be pleasant for you! I am looking for one woman who has not come here just for fun.

I think that age doesn't play big role here because real feelings and passion have no borders. It is more important to feel chemistry with your beloved! Do you agree with me?

I'm looking for a pure love here! I know nobody is ideal and to find the right person is not so easy as buy the right dress for the evening!
But I think there's someone on this earth does the same thing, and maybe that person is my soul mate?! I know that there's someone for everyone....I'm taking a risk in my life,I decided to registered on this site and try my destiny! I'm not afraid to make serious plans with my beloved woman, that's why I came here.

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ribshaw

09-21-2013, 01:33 PM

SCAMMER kevin_d0v1@yahoo.com

Scammers love you to TEXT them, but will seldom take a phone call like any other human. Texting allows them to get into character, if you answer the phone like a human you have to be on your game. This guy was a "widow" for five years, but just lost his ex wife last year???? Oh, and this chestnut "My college degree in Construction/Craft Building/Technology Information Management Systems" And all I ever did was go to Spiderman academy.

Well I'm pretty new to this Internet dating scene though.. well i was glancing through profiles when your fascinating profile and Tender looking face with a nice smile pecked my Interest that allowed me to contact you, And I must admit that you're ravishingly beautiful. your beauty pecked my Interest also and you wouldn't tell me that you're still single?
I would be looking to hear back from you and am hoping to chat with you on yahoo messenger soon here is my yahoo id kevin_d0v1@yahoo.com or you can text me on (951) 444-8618

BemyFish01 am interested in having a long time relationship and i seek trust, ho (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/BemyFish01)

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ribshaw

09-22-2013, 11:45 AM

Here is the story behind this. Several of us have been working behind the scenes to get military profiles removed from Facebook as it is a disgrace on many fronts. (I really haven't done much, but I love to take credit) A scammer using General Carter Ham's conned someone out of a very good chunk of change. As in a year's income worth for some families. I don't feel it is proper to say more than that without violating a confidence, but spread the word. Make sure your friends and family who may be looking for love on the internet, especially if they think they are dating a soldier, know what is going on.

Carter Ham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Ham)

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These are the fake profiles that were given to me today:

https://www.facebook.com/carter.hammer.52?fref=browse_search
https://www.facebook.com/carterfham.ham?fref=browse_search
https://www.facebook.com/carterham.ham.9?fref=browse_search
https://www.facebook.com/carterham.james?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/carterphillipe.ham?fref=browse_search
https://www.facebook.com/daniel.romney.9?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/fham.carter?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/gen.jamesmorgan?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/gencarter.fham.5?fref=browse_search
https://www.facebook.com/gencarter.ham.16?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/gencater.ham.1?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/gencaterf.ham?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/generalcarter.fham.3?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
https://www.facebook.com/ham.carter.1804?fref=browse_search
https://www.facebook.com/ham.carter.1804?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab
https://www.facebook.com/ham.carter.568?fref=browse_search
https://www.facebook.com/ham.carter.71?fref=browse_search
https://www.facebook.com/ham.carter.754?ref=br_rs&fref=browse_search
https://www.facebook.com/ham.carter.796?fref=browse_search
https://www.facebook.com/ham.carter.9085?fref=browse_search
https://www.facebook.com/ham.carter.961?fref=browse_search
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Carter-F-ham/597930533570495
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Carter-F-ham/597930533570495
https://www.facebook.com/pages/GenCarter-F-Ham/369297066516313
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gen-Carter-F-Ham/587320204653488
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004222002399&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004682293596&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006591967405&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/ham.carter.1804

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ribshaw

09-23-2013, 01:13 PM

This story is just nuts...

One of the most inimitable players in the NBA was the victim of an Internet scheme nearly as intricate as his trademark tattoos, his lawyer said Wednesday.

The lengthy nightmare that finally ended for Chris Andersen, the Miami Heat’s Birdman, unfolded over 15 months and involved a search of his Larkspur, Colo., home by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Internet Crimes Against Children unit in May 2012. It nearly cost Anderson, who was playing for the Denver Nuggets until his release last summer, his career. He has been told that he will not be charged in the case.

“We were always confident that Chris was innocent, but we just couldn’t figure out what had happened,” Andersen’s lawyer, Mark Bryant, told ESPN.com’s Brian Windhorst. “It turned out that it was a Manti Te’o situation. It was Manti Te’o on steroids.”

Te’o, now with the San Diego Chargers, was part of a catfishing hoax a year ago while he was at Notre Dame. As for the Andersen case, it was more complex. The woman in Canada was catfishing him by posing as other people to him and posing as Andersen to catfish others, seeking relationships and gifts and making threats to other people via social media. The woman, according to Bryant, has been charged in connection with the case in Canada. She has not yet been charged in Colorado and Andersen’s home was raided in May 2012, according to the Denver Post, because police were looking for an I.P. address.

“It is my understanding that this case involves numerous victims,” Bryant said. “… Chris was a victim in this case.”

The Denver Post identifies the woman as Shelly Lynn Chartier of Easterville, Manitoba. She allegedly posed as Andersen in what the Post says were “electronic conversations” with a woman in California and posed as the California woman in the same sorts of conversations with Andersen. She purportedly also made threats while posing as Andersen and made extortion demands.

The California woman, who was 17 (the age of consent in Colorado) at the time, actually met Andersen when she traveled to Colorado, but there was no relationship with him and Bryant said that woman is “also a victim.”

Last month, Andersen, who joined the Heat last winter, met with Colorado and Royal Mounted Police authorities, who explained what a spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office said was an “extremely complex” case “right out of ‘CSI.’ ”

Andersen was released by the Nuggets last July as the investigation was continuing and his career appeared to be in jeopardy until the Heat signed him.

“Somebody’s reputation worldwide was smeared; you Googled his name and at the top he was being called a pedophile,” Bryant told Windhorst. “The cruelty of public opinion was very difficult. It’s been exhaustive and humbling to restore his name. But we’re not glad; nothing glad came out of this.”

Chris Andersen cleared, was victim of Internet hoax, lawyer says (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2013/09/19/chris-andersen-cleared-was-victim-of-internet-hoax-lawyer-says/)

ribshaw

09-23-2013, 01:20 PM

There are ton of variations of this, if you are ever asked to send any part of the money back, you are being scammed. If you get something like this, best to go to the bank, preferably the one where the check is drawn, or the postal inspector. Either way, never send merchandise until you are sure the check has CLEARED. Not just POSTED to your account. If you are in good standing the bank may show the money in your account, this is not the same as a check being CLEARED.

Scam alert: Expect that too-big check to bounce
Susan Tompor, USA TODAY 7 a.m. EDT September 21, 2013

A fake check scam is aimed at sales consultants associated with companies like Avon
Scam artists send checks bigger than the purchase amount
They ask sellers to wire the extra money back, bilking sellers out of thousands of dollars

Rachael Kruys has been selling Avon products long enough to know that if someone e-mails her with an offer to spend $600 out of the blue, maybe claiming to be a modeling agency, watch out.

Kruys, who owns an Avon shop in Hudsonville, Mich., said the supposed buyer may claim he or she cannot shop online for some reason, maybe they don't have a credit card, so they need to send a check.

Get ready for the old fake check scam. Sales consultants associated with popular companies, such as Avon, Thirty-One Gifts and Lia Sophia, are being targeted by scam artists who send extra-large checks — amounts that exceed the cost of what's being bought — and then ask that the extra money be wired back to them. Anyone who falls for it could easily lose $1,000 or $2,000.

"The usual tag line is 'Buyer Beware.' Here it's 'Seller Beware,'" said Melanie Duquesnel, president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau serving eastern Michigan.

Duquesnel said the con artists can go on the Internet looking for sellers of a given product. Maybe the scammer spots contact information in Avon catalogs stacked in a lobby.

The Better Business Bureau sent out its warning because there is a concern that many consultants could be younger moms or dads trying to make ends meet and too eager to make a big sale.

Such scams, of course, can hit anyone trying to sell anything online. One co-worker said he put a dining room hutch up for sale on Craigslist for $600. A scam artist sent a check for $2,750 and then sent a text message with details of where to wire the balance. The co-worker didn't fall for it. The phone number on that check was a good clue: 111-111-1111.

John Breyault, director of Fraud.org, said fake check scams continue to be a top area for complaints at his site. The average loss reported by consumers who voluntarily contact the site is more than $2,400.

A Lansing woman who advertised a violin for sale on a newspaper's online classified section ended up being ripped off, Breyault said. She was contacted via text message with an offer. The check that arrived exceeded the cost of the violin by $1,000.

The scammer told her the extra money was to cover shipping costs and that she should wire the money to a friend in Alabama. She cashed the check and wired the money. The bank later notified her that the check was fraudulent, and she ended us losing more than $1,800 due to negative balance fees and wire transfer fees.

It's almost always a scam if a seller is being asked to wire extra money back via Western Union or MoneyGram or maybe put money on a loadable prepaid card.

Sending back money for some reason to the buyer is the biggest red flag, Breyault said.

MoneyGram notes on its website: "Get a check or money order in the mail with instructions to first cash it at your bank and then send some of the funds to someone else through a MoneyGram money transfer? If so, the check/money order is counterfeit and your bank will make you cover the loss."

Amanda Clark, 26, has been selling purses, totes and other items for Thirty-One Gifts for more than a year to make extra money. The Eastpointe, Mich., mom is time-stretched to say the least.

Clark works full time at another job as a sales rep. She has two sons — 3 months and 2½ years old.

She suspected things weren't right when a woman who claimed to be deaf and didn't have a credit card wanted to buy a wedding gift for her granddaughter. But, Clark admits, she also wanted to think the best of someone.

"You know some people don't have credit cards," Clark said.

So she took an order for $190 of goods, a sizable order when some purses can cost $35 or $45.

But soon the woman said a mistake was made and a check for $2,209 was sent out by someone's secretary. The woman asks Clark as a favor to send more than $2,000 via Western Union to some event planner to cover another bill.

Clark said she's busy, but not too busy to check things out before sending products or wiring money.

She e-mailed other consultants on Facebook to ask about their experiences. She called the bank that issued the check once she received it in the mail and, she said, the banking representative told her that was the fourth call received with a similar story.

Clark did not wire any money and had waited to send the products until she had the money in hand.

The scam artists are savvy, she said.

"They try to guilt you into feeling bad about them," Clark said.

Scam alert: Expect that too-big check to bounce (http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/tompor/2013/09/21/expect-extra-big-check-to-take-a-big-bounce/2837527/)

ribshaw

09-24-2013, 10:14 AM

From the end: "Once we did the check, we identified he was a member of the Sakawa Boys - they were an organised crime gang based in Ghana"

The Sakawa boys have their own Facebook Pages

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sakawa/272269372786288
https://www.facebook.com/groups/477106165665718/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/129677090559072/

Online fraud: Calls for a national taskforce as love-struck Australians lose millions

By Claire Moodie

There have been plenty of warnings but love-struck Australians continue to part with more than $20 million a year in online romance scams.

There are now calls for a national approach to combat the fraud, which can have a devastating - and potentially fatal - fallout.

Earlier this year, a West Australian woman was found dead, presumed murdered, in South Africa after travelling there to see a Nigerian man she had met online.

Since then, the state's police have stopped other scam victims from travelling if they believe they are heading for a similar fate.

The prevalence of the scams has prompted the Western Australia's fraud squad to join forces with the state's consumer-protection watchdog to take on the organised crime gangs responsible.

But it is a huge effort, and those witnessing the impact first-hand say Australia needs to set up an effective national taskforce to come anywhere close to winning the battle

Neil Johnstone, a 50-year-old divorcee, turned to the internet to find companionship.

He was bombarded with attention from Mavis Mensah, who claimed to be an Australian living in west Africa.

You just believe within yourself that they're real, they are the best person ... and anything they ask for or anything they want - you give it to them no matter what.
Scam victim Neil Johnstone

But there was heartbreak ahead.

"I finished work - I was on night shift - and I got that message and I was over the moon it was all happening," he told 7.30.

"I jumped in the car, drove to Perth very excited. Got to the airport - nothing."

This plane ticket, one of five Mr Johnstone paid for over their year-long relationship, turned out to be fake.

And so was Mavis, whose photos belonged to a US-based model.

"You just believe within yourself that they're real, they are the best person, that's the person I want and anything they ask for or anything they want - you give it to them no matter what," Mr Johnstone said.

He borrowed most of the $100,000 he sent to west Africa, and says he was upfront with the banks over what he needed most of the loans for.

"It's pretty close to D-day where all the banks want their money back now," he said.
Perth woman fooled by scammers twice

Detective Sergeant Rob Martin from the Western Australian Major Fraud Squad has heard it all before.

"It's a very unpleasant job to actually have to turn up on the victims doorstep and break the news that the person that has made them feel better than they've felt for a very long time isn't real and the romance that they thought they were involved in is just a fantasy," he said.

Perth resident Tracey Holmes, 48, is still coming to terms with the fact that she has been conned.

She thought a US man called Todd Hamilton was in love with her. Over the past year she sent him $25,000 to help with his business.

He was the second online identity she has lost money to in recent years.

I actually thought he was a lovely gentleman. And I thought he had the most sexy voice I've heard from a man.
Scam victim Tracey Holmes

"I actually thought he was a lovely gentleman. And I thought he had the most sexy voice I've heard from a man," she said.

But the romance turned ugly when Ms Holmes discovered his photographs were of an unknown man and were probably lifted from a social media site.

Now, the scammer is blackmailing her over revealing photos she sent to him online. He had also taken secret footage of her.

"He has scantily clad pictures - not fully exposed but pretty scantily clad," she said.

"I had no idea that he was videoing me but he videoed me. So he's been accumulating information about me all this time and using it against me to now blackmail me into paying him $10,000."

Ms Holmes was also duped into becoming a so-called "money mule" - someone used by the scammers to funnel stolen cash through Australian bank accounts.

"He started doing transactions through my account," she said.

"When the money went into my account they would ask for an SMS code and I would give him the code and wherever the money was going ... it was going."
Authorities team up to battle scammers

With about 300 new scam victims a month in Western Australia, the state's fraud squad has pooled resources with the Department of Consumer Protection to take on the fraudsters.

Called Operation Sunbird, it is identifying scams by tracking large money transactions from WA to west African countries, and then contacting the victims.

Initially they are contacting the victims by post.

"In 63 per cent of cases, we're not seeing any further transactions following that first letter," said Ann Driscoll from the Department of Consumer Protection.

But others refuse to face the truth and keep sending the money.

To me they seem like trained psychologists, the way they're able to actually manipulate the victim. They're able to tap into the things that actually push the buttons of the victim.
Detective Sergeant Rob Martin

Detective Sergeant Martin says while the victims might seem naive, the scammers are convincing and constantly refining their techniques.

"To me they seem like trained psychologists, the way they're able to actually manipulate the victim. They're able to tap into the things that actually push the buttons of the victim," he said.

But the costs can go well beyond financial loss.

In March, 67-year-old West Australian woman Jette Jacobs was found dead in South Africa, after she travelled there to meet a man who she had been sending money to online.

Since then police have stopped several others from travelling overseas.

"We had an occasion where a gentleman from here, in his 70s, was about to travel to Ghana," said Detective Senior Sergeant Dom Blackshaw.

"We were able to get the name of the person who was going to collect him from the airport.

"He was going to meet a love interest - a young girl. She'd actually provided the name of her so-called brother to this gentleman.

"Once we did the check, we identified he was a member of the Sakawa Boys - they were an organised crime gang based in Ghana"

ribshaw

09-27-2013, 09:24 AM

SCAMMER james.chrush@yahoo.com.
SCAMMER SKYPE [destiny otes]. hope to hare from you soon

lovetes12 i love drawing, sport, traveling and driving, profile, free online dat (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/lovetes12)

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From: lovetes12
Date: 2013-09-20 04:39 PM
Subject: hello dear

Hello Pretty,

How're you doing out there? i really hope you're cool, actually I'm a new member of this site and i find your profile quite impressive I'm here to make friends or something more, and i think you're cool with your profile when i saw you on here, I'm a single man with a lonely heart, and you're probably the first person I'm mailing on this site cos i find your profile quite impressive and interesting. You make a smile out of me if you can find a spare time to mail me back...Best of luck and good wishes.

ribshaw

09-27-2013, 09:35 AM

SCAMMER mitchellgorris@yahoo.com

Another dumb as dirt scammer who does not know how name tags work for soldiers. Would like dinner on a first date, I suppose he expects me to get in the kitchen and fix him something.

Hello i am mitchell checking your profile and thought of writing you a message.. do you care to chat? if yes message me aback and we can share emails

Certainly, get me your email or skype and we will get to know each other.

sounds good can you text me your cell number? here is mine you can text me your email in there (224) 484-0135 or add me up directly on mitchellgorris@yahoo.com thanks

mitchellgorris cool headed and caring woman, i am looking for loving, profile, f (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/mitchellgorris)

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ribshaw

09-27-2013, 09:50 AM

SCAMMER rbtbales@yahoo.com

Here we have a scammer who appears to be running not on only a dating scam, but a job scam as well. For those that don't know, he will promise a job and then ask for an up front fee, maybe social security number, bank account, or send you a check with the understanding that you cash it and send part of it somewhere else.

Tips on the profile, I suspect he is not Native American and claims to be in the Military and living in Texas. Yet in some of his pretendy job ads he claims to be in London.

rbtbales honest, i like women who is good looking, respectful and who loves life (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/rbtbales)

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littleroundman

09-27-2013, 10:07 AM

sounds good can you text me your cell number? here is mine you can text me your email in there (224) 484-0135 or add me up directly on mitchellgorris@yahoo.com thanks

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5728/jv5v.jpg

ribshaw

09-27-2013, 10:38 AM

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5728/jv5v.jpg

It is a bit curious with this, I called the number, it is something called Global Voice and goes to message mode, a scammer favorite. The job was posted in June, I would find it highly unlikely that a business would give up their phone number, same scammer I am guessing. Also Alpine Village COLORADO, US, is not exactly a hop skip and a jump from Dundee Illinois. Not their phone number either.

ribshaw

09-27-2013, 10:41 AM

SCAMMER Jamesamadeo5@gmail.com

Another double spacing ninny.

Hello How are you? I consulted your profile and see that you are an interesting person. I would like to know you

more, I am single I am looking for someone to establish a relationship based on friendship and understanding.i am

really sorry to break in your privacy, just wanted to say that i like to get to know you??you can hit me you at

Jamesamadeo5@gmail.com hope to hear from you soon and i will send you my pics....James..

Jamesamadeo3214 caring and love passionate, i am looking for a woman to start a (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/Jamesamadeo3214)

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ribshaw

09-27-2013, 10:52 AM

SCAMMER goodwilldukk@yahoo.fr

This guy is persistent if noting else.

diaperman dog, profile, free online dating, dating, matchmaking, relationships, (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/diaperman)

Reply Me Now Urgent

Good day friend,

This is a personal email directed to you for your consideration alone, I request that it remain and be treated as such only.I am a banker with Baank Atlantic here in Cote D'Ivoire.I have an interesting business proposal for you that will be of immense benefit to both of us.

Although this may be hard for you to believe, we stand to gain 7.2 million USD between us in a matter of days. Please grant me the benefit of doubt and hear me out.I need you to signify your interest by replying to my email (goodwilldukk@yahoo.fr).

Most importantly, I will need you to promise to keep whatever you learn from me between us even if you decide not to go along with me. I will make more details available to you on receipt of a positive response from you.
Warm regards from Ivory Coast.
(goodwilldukk@yahoo.fr)
Goodwill Dukk.

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ribshaw

09-27-2013, 11:03 AM

SCAMMER michealcarter663@yahoo.com

God, what a gloomy gus this guy is. Wife and kid died, last relationship ended badly, and doesn't want to get hurt, boo hoo hoo cupcake suck it up. Next thing is he is going to want money.

From: micheal8050
Date: 2013-09-24 10:29 AM
Subject: about me

Well,i have been married for 29yrs now but unfortunately i lost my late wife and son in an auto crash 4yrs ago and i have been with one woman since i lost my late wife but it ended so badly...she was into drug and extra marital affairs so i had to let her go.it was really hard for me to dabble into another relationship because i dont want to get any heartbreaks or hurt again but right now i strongly believe that i am ready to dabble into another relationship for better for worse if you care to chat with me add me up here michealcarter663@yahoo dot com

https://www.facebook.com/brice.zaguy

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micheal8050 . i am a very big hearted and giving person who enjoys making oth (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/micheal8050)

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ribshaw

09-28-2013, 10:27 AM

SCAMMER kendrickyoung268@yahoo.com

A friend of mine snagged these love letters for your reading enjoyment.

https://www.facebook.com/kendrickmorris.young.3?fref=ts

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Dear friend,
I'm from Charlotte north carolina ,am 40years, i work with the Special Forces Operational Detachment-Omega assigned to Company B, 82nd Airborne Division.I'm deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as a member of the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force–Afghanistan....I don't smoke,i drink little not much,my hair color is black and my eyes are brown and am 6'1"...I'm a fun to be man i like making my woman happy and proud,I love families too,I'm honest, faithful, loving, emotional, romantic, passionate, hardworking caring and God fearing... I enjoy exercising daily which either involves weight training or aerobics. I think it is important to exercise and eating very healthy meals. I love to go out for nice romantic dinners and shopping at large malls. I enjoy romantic music and slow dancing as well. I prefer romantic, attractive, affectionate woman like you. I believe that romance is a very important part of the relationship. I enjoy a woman who are confident with themselves and are not afraid to express themselves in a diplomatic way. I think it is very important that two people want the same thing in a relationship. I believe that this should be discussed and communicated clearly when we meet.

I like healthy foods such as a good seafood salad I love the color brown. I like to snuggle when it rains or read a good book,reading any of the self-help books, listening to romantic music or 60's music and exercising, I also enjoy,Golf,Running,Swimming,basketball.

My mother is Scotch, Irish, English, and my father is German and Chippewa...Am a Christian / Catholic.I like singing and I play several instruments,I play guitar, French horn, trumpet, oboe, and a little piano would love to learn.I love kids ... I favor none but give my love & support to you & try to be the godly and brave man I am supposed to be. Since I'm a little boy As far back as I can remember I've always cared for people & had a big heart. I cared for people even after they hurt

I have a few favorite movies. My all time favorite is "City of Angels" it's a movie where someone sacrificed his life as an angel to experience what it was like to love someone he was drawn to. I also love Notebook, Sweet November, the new man, Grease, Never been kissed,. I like romantic comedies, action movies, Romantic, & ones based on a true story like Titanic& Pearl Harbor. There are really so many that I like, I can't really name them.

Sleepless in Seattle What is the most romantic/ memorable scene in that movie? When they finally met! My favorite book is the Bible!!! It's got the greatest stories ever told as well as words from our heavenly father.I'm a helpless romantic... I love being with my woman & doing little things for her to put a smile on her face. I enjoy surprising her & doing my part in making her dreams come true.

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My favorite Rose is a Purple rose... they are not as common as the other types. My favorite flowers are Stargazer lilies & lilac bushes. I don't like cheaters, liars, thief, or shallow people. Other than that, I'm a person that likes pretty much everything... I'm VERY easy going.I'm a person who would rather express my feelings as I know it's not good to keep them locked up. It's important to express to others that you care for them & are there to support & encourage. I LOVE sharing sweet moments with the woman I love... it make me feel good!

All i need is someone i can confide in because since i lost my parents i have never been loved or help by anyone except Rev Father Maxwell and my God. through out my life has been in military work. Presently I'm on duty in Afghanistan after moving from Iraq and I hope to be signaled to decamp from here in three months time...Now I'm looking for some one to confide in, because after here I'm going to face the reality of life.

Beloved , you don't need to get worried about me contacting you. Just believe in God and Have trust in Him.To be honest with you I'm looking for your help and the same time asking for your honesty and trustworthy. I lost my parents at the age of 6and I'm the only child of my parents. After the death of my parents i was left alone by my relatives. , but by God's intervention in my life i was picked up and raised by a catholic Rev. Father Maxwell ,he introduced me into the military academy and that was how i became a military.i think you now know everything about me..
Kendrick M Young

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I am sitting here somewhere in the world thinking about you, thinking about all the things we've spoken about, all the things we've said to each other, thinking about the so many "I Love You's" that have never lost their value even though we've said them more than a million times to one another. I know you are somewhere at the other side of the world thinking about me too. Wherever you are and go, you go with me. I walk by your side. When you go to bed, I am stepping in it at the same time you are. When you sit down to eat, I am next to you to eat too. When you are combing your hair, I am there kissing and stroking it, smelling the smell of the shampoo you use. I am so in love with you - and I can even feel you here ... behind me, touching me, saying, "Love, come with me." I would come with you without hesitation....i wish i met you long ago

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My Sweetheart,
My world turns into heaven when I found you. There so much happiness and joy knowing I have found my true love in you.
I have been so glad and so proud your mine because you are one true person, so faithful and so loving.
You are different from any other person that I knew before. So much honesty and beauty comes from within you. When people look at you, they would come to like you too. I hope you will never change. I hope you will stay the same 'cause I love the way you are.
You are so amazing that you make me feel complete. I would not want any other person. I only want you in my life. I could not love anyone because my heart only cries for you.
I would be useless and worthless in this world, no reason to live any longer if you are not here with me, if you will leave me.
Loving you is my joy. I promise I will not exchange you for anything.
You are my hope and my dream that is coming true.Have a great weekend my love

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ribshaw

09-28-2013, 11:58 AM

Man duped $500K in online romance scam
British police arrest man in connection to international scam

CBC News Posted: Sep 26, 2013 5:15 PM PT Last Updated: Sep 26, 2013 10:38 PM PT
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Man duped $500K in romance scam 3:36
RAW: How romance scams work

A CBC News investigation has uncovered an international dating scam that stretches from Vancouver across the Atlantic to London, England.

The scam targeted a middle-aged gay man, duping him out of half a million dollars.

"I never dreamed it could happen to me, but I guess it could happen to anyone," said "Tony", whose identity CBC News has disguised to protect his career and family.

"How could I be so stupid to fall in the trap?"

CBC News went online and posed as a middle-aged woman looking for romance. To see the results of our experiment, see our video.

Tony was looking for love online. He didn't like going to bars, and it was very difficult for him to find companionship, so he joined a dating site.

Tony met a man who claimed he was from England. This man suggested they stop communicating via the dating site and use Yahoo Messenger instead.

Their romance blossomed over six weeks, after which Tony's new-found partner told him he had to go to Asia for business.

While supposedly on business in Malaysia, Tony's boyfriend claimed corrupt local officials had frozen his asset and were demanding bribes.

He asked Tony for several loans that eventually totalled half a million dollars. Tony even cashed in his retirement savings, before he realized he'd been had.

"Love is a very powerful, even though it’s fake," he said. "Love can make you do anything."
International network of criminals

Career con men are "on the verge of sociopaths," said Det. Mark Fenton with the Vancouver Police Department Technological Crime Unit.
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"They have no empathy at all for the victim ... They don’t care that person might be facing bankruptcy. They don’t care that this person might be thinking of committing suicide because of all the money that they’ve lost."

Fenton says it can be extremely difficult to go after this international network of criminals.

"We will have one cell that's operating in Africa, another cell that might be operating in Europe, we have a third cell that's operating in Asia — so trying to go after these individuals is very frustrating."

He adds that global laws are antiquated and this type of cross-border cybercrime is moving at a pace that far outstrips what any legislation can hope to accomplish.

Fenton believes a possible solution would be the creation of a global response team that would be able to respond quickly to these types of online fraud.
Tony fights back

Tony hired a private investigation firm in London to find out where he was sending his money, and who was behind the elaborate scam.

"I never dreamed it could happen to me, but I guess it could happen to anyone. How could I be so stupid to fall in the trap?"- "Tony"

The private investigators traced the scammers to two men linked to a company on the outskirts of London. They are part of an elaborate ring that likely extends to Africa and Malaysia, using fake identities to prey on those looking for love.

CBC News encouraged Tony to contact VPD about the scam, and local police have been in contact with British police who are continuing their investigation.

Earlier this month, an arrest was made and one of those men could soon face charges

For Tony, the arrest is bitter-sweet. He doesn’t expect to see a penny of his half-million dollars.

"If your date is asking for money, you just stop it," he said. "If it’s too good to be true, then it’s not true. That’s what I learned."

The following are the number of Canadian romance scams reported to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC).

The CAFC says the vast majority of romance scams go unreported.
Complaints Victims Dollar loss
2013 1167 744 $9,547,672.73
2012 1649 1191 $16,576,186.74
2011 1358 935 $11,771,434.99
2010 914 624 $6,836,801.51
2009 566 375 $3,272,330.06
2008 50 43 $632,731.45

*Stats collected up until Sept. 9, 2013.
Tips on protecting yourself

Suspects like to lure victims off the dating site, where a monitor may catch suspicious activity, and onto instant messaging and webcam chats.
Suspects request funds through bank wire transfers, Western Union and Money Gram.
If you’re suspicious, searching the internet for identical stories as those being used by scammers is a good technique to protect yourself. A small amount of due diligence by the victims could expose the scam long before any money is lost.
The scammers have studied your online profile and know how to play the role of the perfect soul-mate. They will profess their love quickly and will make it difficult for you to focus on what they are up to, scamming you.
If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.
The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre recommends you contact them before sending money to anyone you meet online.
The chance of recovering any lost money is slim at best, but it’s still important to report the scam to the local police and the CAFC.

Source: Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/man-duped-500k-in-online-romance-scam-1.1870043

ribshaw

10-03-2013, 10:43 AM

SCAMMER kendrickyoung268@yahoo.com
SCAMMER info@fasttrack-courier.com

Mr Ibrahim Parkozy and Fast Track Delivery Company UK have showed up before and appear to be working with various scammers in running a "Trunk Box Scam". They pretend to be holding a valuable package the "soldier" you met on line is trying to send to you. They may tell you the package is worth a lot of money and they will split it with you. Of course there is no box, no soldier in love with you and nothing but money to be lost. Since this is a pretty big ring of scum, my suggestion is forward any information you have to: https://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

From: Kendrick Young <kendrickyoung268@yahoo.com>;

Subject: babe.......
Sent: Sun, Sep 29, 2013 3:51:38 PM

I want you to know that i love you so much with all my heart and i want you to know that the future is what we want for each other,i promise to always love you with all my heart,i want you to know that we are meant for each other and we will work to achieve that as a union. Sweetie,i want you to understand that,i love you and the thought of us as Husband and wife is what comes into me always,i want to love and comfort you,please always love me with all your heart and know that we will always be happy together.Kindly use the info below to contact the courier company for the release of my boxes to you.

Customer Ref No:FTL/477FT
Contract Registration number: 8273FT
INC Number: RC 00276228

Contact Person: Mr Ibrahim Parkozy
Courier Name: Fast Track Delivery Company UK
Email: info@fasttrack-courier.com
Phone Number: +447011163907
Phone Number: +447148479680

Fast Track Delivery Company UK, only classified documents that requires special handling from US Military and government officials. While contacting the Courier company,kindly indicate the registration details above.

Please my love,i want you to email them to complete the procedure and also to get the exact delivery process to your house. I will always love you till death

ribshaw

10-03-2013, 11:42 AM

I don't think there are any legitimate or reputable dating sites anymore. Some may be better than others, so consider any requests for money as your number 1 indicator that a scam is taking place. Not just travel scams or shipping scams, better cons pretend to be businessmen or investors and may take a year or more to rope in a victim

Beware online dating scam: police
Oakville Beaver

Halton police are warning residents to be wary of an online dating scene following an increase in the number of people falling victim to what is dubbed as the Dating and Romance Scam.

The scam involves fraudsters setting up fake profiles on legitimate dating websites or creating their own romance websites in order to lure potential victims.

Police said the suspects chat online and soon claim to have a very sick family member (usually in another country) and will ask the victim to send money. In other cases, the individual will send flowers or small gifts and then begin talking about a large amount of money they need to transfer out of the country. The fraudster closes the account or website and disappears after collecting the victim’s money.

Police remind residents:

• To never send money or give credit card or online account details to anyone

• To never give out any personal information in an email or when they are chatting online

• To use only legitimate and reputable dating websites

• To be suspicious if someone they’ve met through online dating asks for money

• If they suspect they are being targeted, to stop all communications and call police

• To not feel ashamed or embarrassed if they have fallen victim and to report it to police

• If they suspect a friend or family member is being preyed upon, contact local police

Beware online dating scam: police (http://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/4134263-beware-online-dating-scam-police/)

ribshaw

10-05-2013, 10:21 AM

SCAMMER rob_walt@yahoo.com

Pig Busters on You're IT! - The New Generation in Social Networking (http://www.youreittoday.com/scammer.php?scammerid=571422)

Poor Rob sends me a cyber rose and I sell his true love and caring out for all to see. But seriously what is the about me section even saying??? And 49, come-on dude you have more snow on the roof than the Alps. 55 minimum unless you have a meth habit you failed to disclose.

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ribshaw

10-05-2013, 10:50 AM

SCAMMER stevebell192@yahoo.com

Thanks to a friend from Pigbusters who did the lookup for me on this email.

Pig Busters on You're IT! - The New Generation in Social Networking (http://www.youreittoday.com/scammer.php?scammerid=574572)

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Hello...How are you doing today,i really like your profile and i like to say hi to you and also want to know more about you so if you don't mind, just add me on yahoo or you can send me yours so i will add you there and chat with you as well and also see what will happen then..this is my email and you can add me stevebell192@yahoo.com

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ribshaw

10-05-2013, 11:08 AM

SCAMMER YAHOO MESSENGER bilagaanad944 bilagaanad944@yahoo.com

I am not buying it, the story seems awful familiar except the name. And for a 49 year old engineer he writes a lot like a 19 year old internet cafe scammer.

bila500 and is not afraid to show, i truly hope to find someone that will be my (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/bila500)

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ribshaw

10-05-2013, 11:19 AM

SCAMMER ola_lexxy1343@yahoo.com

Had done this guy last page, but he got his email to me. When he contacts a rich old lady (well me) he is located in MA, but when he is looking for love, Nigeria.

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ribshaw

10-05-2013, 11:45 AM

SCAMMER Robert_jeff101@yahoo.com

OMG THIS WOULD BE LIKE DATING DROOPY DOG.

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Hello How are you doing My Name is Robert Jeff am from Los Angles California and i work as Electrical Engineer i have only one son Andy he is 16yrs i am a widower for the past 6yrs now my Wife dead by Car Accident and i am Looking for a woman who is Nice and you can text me through my number 518-328-4766 honest caring trustworthy and Love me for who i am with my son and i am Very honest Man caring trustworthy understanding and Passionate and Good Looking Man so i will like to Know More about you can Email me here Robert_jeff101@yahoo.com .....Thanks ......Warmest Regards Robert Jeff

Honestyfishman101 am looking for caring woman that care a lot that belived in go (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/Honestyfishman101)

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Free Dating Site - Robert101's Profile (http://www.youdating.net/Robert101)

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ribshaw

10-05-2013, 11:52 AM

SCAMMER hnorman74@yahoo.com

Hi, it's nice to come across your profile and nice to meet you. I am a single man looking for a serious and honesty relationship with somebody I can spend the rest of my life with. I like to meet a kind, honest, faithful, caring, loving and romantic woman like you. If giving the chance I will like to know you in person but I live far away from you now. I am willing to relocate if we get to know each other and everything should work out for us. First I will like us to meet in a friendship way, who knows anything can happen. I am a very hard working man, smart, understanding, loving and romantic man who is looking for a honest partner. If interested please lets give each other the chance to know us better. If interested please write to my personal email and lets have a chat. Until I hear from you a lot of fun.{hnorman74@yahoo.com} greetings from Harris

harris1955 beach, fishing, flower, reading, profile, free online dating, dating, (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/harris1955)

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ribshaw

10-05-2013, 12:11 PM

PSYCHIC SCAMMER Irina.mihaylenko@yahoo.com
MAGIC SCAMMER Runes.glyph.magic@gmail.com

As much as sometimes I have wanted to have my lungs removed, and on more than one occasion have been oppressed by the evil eye. For instance, the misses wanted to go to a cheese tasting this weekend, I ordered a 7 cheese pizza but apparently that is not what they call a compromise. (Massive Evil Eye)!!!

Harry Houdini spent considerable time "outing" psychics, mystics, and other charletons. Only to say people like this prey on sick and lonely people, like any other scam their "cures" will cost money and maybe even your life. If you google medical and psychic scams plenty of reading, just a taste below.

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Free Online Dating at FishMeetFish.com - Meet Available Singles Online (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/messaging/private-inbox-read-message.jsp?Message_ID=LG3HN9JE-PE0-0)

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Charletons and Scam Artists
Beware these "Bad Eggs" in the Psychic Field

By Phylameana lila Desy, About.com Guide

Psychic Scam Artists
Don Farrall / Getty Images

Scam artists who take advantage of the vulnerabilities of others have given the psychic community a bad rap. These corrupt individuals may not charge a lot of money upfront, but once they have you in their clutches they will work on your fears and frighten you into shelling out more of your hard-earned cash for additional services. The extravagant expense will have little or no value either.

A client may be told that they have been cursed and that they can "undo" that curse for you at a cost.
There is No Curse!
Bad luck is not following you around because all your chakras are shut down either. Your chakras may not be functioning optimally but if all your chakras were actually closed you wouldn't be talking or walking, you'd be dead or comatose. Your neighbors or co-workers are not plotting against you or spreading rumors. Come on, trust your own instincts. You've got talent in the psychic area too you know. Everyone does.
Hold Your Nose and Run Away Fast
If something smells "fishy" it most likely is. Go ahead and pay out the initial fee that was agreed upon, but otherwise hold onto your wallet and run away as fast as you can. In fact, if you are meeting with a psychic in person, only take enough cash to pay for the reading (leave your credit card at home). If they offer you more services, tell them you don't have any more money. It will be the truth. If they pressure you in anyway, such as giving you a time-frame, saying something like "I'll need more money before a certain date or some awful doom awaits you" then you will know for certain that psychic fish stinks! Even if a psychic is able to tell you your grandmother's dog's middle name, he still stinks! Hold your nose and leave.
Psychic Scam Artists Only Envision Getting Rich Off of Your Anguish
The only thing a psychic scam artist is "intuiting" in his mind is getting rich off of your current plight of fear, desperation, or loneliness. It is really too bad that some genuinely talented psychics will use deceitful business tactics to separate you from your cash. If you have ever been suckered by a psychic or swindled by a salesman from any trade don't get down on yourself. The life experience of being naive will serve you well in the future. Be thankful for the lesson knowing that never again will you be so fool-hearty.

Charletons and Scam Artists - Psychics You Want to Avoid (http://healing.about.com/od/fateandfortune/a/charletons-and-scam-artists.htm)

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ribshaw

10-07-2013, 02:53 PM

SCAMMER perrytownsend01@yahoo.com

I have written about this guy before, and it may even be the same letter, having problems finding it at the moment. But this story is far from UNUSUAL. So you could replace the name, the reason why they can't meet you in person, and then the need for money and you have the romance scam in a nutshell. There is one other comment I will make here, which I have also made in the past. One more than one occasion I have had a victim tell me that the scammer has confessed who he really is and that he really loves the victim. I suspect BOTH of these things are BS. So someone saying but my name is really XXXX is meaningless in my opinion.

A Perry Townsend contacted me through facebook during November 2012. He said he “found” my facebook profile through “People you may know”. That he thought I am amazing to him and a lot of compliments. He seemed very intelligent and his English was really excellent. His tenses, grammer and spelling always above average. Even better spoken than mine. He spoke about a son of 8 years old that he is a single parent to because his wife passed away 4 years earlier due to cancer. He told me that he is an Engineer, graduated from University of Surrey and grew up in Aberdeen, England. He was working for a deep sea company that does underwater repairs to oilrigs ect. Nothing he said gave me the impression that he was lying. We had facebook contact nearly every day and he said he is falling in love with me and would like to hear my voice. Foolish as I am, I gave him my telephone number and he phoned me. I could hear in his accent that he was well educated [ his English was really well spoken and even used words that I do not hear every day]. He has a very heavy Scottish / American accent. He uses highly British phrases [I know this because I have family in London] and know their way of speaking.

We had conversations until about January 2013 when out of the blue he started talking about having money problems. He said he is in Asia and working on a project, but that their authorities will arrest him if he does,nt pay 12 000 US dollars within one week. He said his credit cards suddenly does,nt work any longer and that he knows I will be able to help him. I told him that I do not have that kind of money.He kept on and on and on. He got very upset with me everytime I told him I do not have any money to give him. He even suggested I sell my jewels or anything else I own that has value in order to help him. I did,nt and I told him that he is being selfish and is trying to scam me. He was very upset with me.

A week or so went by where I did not hear from him, then he phoned me again and told me that he is not upset with me and he understand that I do not have any money. He was very apologetic and promised me that he will never try and “borrow” money from me again.

During March 2013 he sent me a mail to tell me that he is in big trouble in Kuala Lumpur. He cannot pay his Hotel bills and that the hotel is keeping his personal things locked up because of his outstanding account. He begged me to help him. He said that it would only be a loan and that he will pay me back with interest. I told him again that I can not help him and I am very dissapointed in him for asking for money again. He was extremely angry with me and said he will make my life hell on facebook and all over the Internet if I do not help him. I unfriended and blocked him on facebook at this time.

He tried to phone me a few times but I did not answer. His number he use to phone me on was one of two numbers :0060 111 3202600 or 0017 623332173. The mail address he used was perrytownsend01@yahoo.com.

I heard nothing from him for a long time and then one day in July 2013 a man named Donovan Townsend contacted me on facebook telling me that he is really Perry and Donovan is his second name. He knew I blocked Perry and that is why he is using the new profile to contact me. He said he was very much in love with me and that he want to buy me an air ticket to come and visit him in Kuala Lumpur. I told him that I do not feel the same and that I suspect him of being a scammer. He assured me that it is not the case and I asked him to prove it to me. He said he would invite me to the real person and that I will then understand everything.

He invited me on facebook under the name Ab Toro [a black man living in Benin]. I was shocked, to say the least. All this time I thought I was communicating with this good looking white man [yes, perhaps I was a little in love with him]. I have nothing against anyone and is not racist, but it was a shock to me and I told him that.

To use the word “furious” would be putting it mildly. He was extremely angry with me and told me that he knew in his heart that the moment he comes clean with me and showed me the real man, that I would abandon him. I told him that it has nothing to do with the colour of his skin, but that I am angry because he used an innocent man’s photos to befriend me. I told him that I think that is terrible and that he should feel ashamed of himself in doing that.

It is then that he told me that I only proved to him that the world does not want the truth, they want lies, and that lies are selling by the “truckloads” and that he is a very wealthy man because of these lies. He said that white woman are woman with money and that any woman will pay to be with a man like “Perry”. He also admitted to me that a lot of woman already paid a lot of money for “Perry”. I tried to send him a mail to tell him to NEVER contact me again, but my mail came back as undelivered. I think he closed his yahoo account.

I was very, very upset and felt used. I felt angry because he tried to force money out of me and even got insulting and intimidating. I must confess that I am afraid of him and do not feel safe. I am worried that he downloaded my photos of myself and my family and will use it to scam people. I even feel unsafe using facebook these days and set my privacy setting so high that no one outside of my friends can not contact me. I will keep it that way.
I blocked him and everyone having the name or surname of Toro, Perry, Townsend, or Donovan.
I would like to remain anonymous but will include all the photos I have of the man called Perry Townsend and Donovan Townsend. I do not have any photos of Ab Toro. All I can remember from his timeline is that he lives in Benin, profile photo he is wearing a jean with a white top with black shoulders. He is also wearing dark glasses and is standing next to fish pond of some kind.

Hope this will help to prevent other woman being scammed by this person.

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It looks to me like the person spinning this yarn took at least the first photo from the web.

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These are the rest of the photos sent to me.

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ribshaw

10-07-2013, 03:34 PM

Out of curiousty I looked at Scamadviser.com | check a website for risk | check if dodgey | check is a website s |check website is fake or a scam (http://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/cmaychemicalco.com) from above. Now anything is possible but for a chemical company the registration seems wierd. Just keeping in mind it is not beyond scammers to set up websites to give the illusion of legtimacy. I don't know if this is the case here, but it is a newish site and not much in the way of contact information. Most people who go to the web WANT to be found, or why bother?

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scratchycat

10-07-2013, 05:01 PM

Ribshaw, you are getting the job done!! Thanks for all this info and the more people we can get to listen, the more we can keep from losing their hard-earned money to these crooks.

People can be so vulnerable and you would think they would learn but there are so many who are new to internet, so many single and looking for a nice relationship that they will believe the words written by these scammers. In just one day a person can be told how beautiful they are and this "handsome" man thinks they are just so wonderful and wants to have a relationship with them, they wind up with this fake profile posting their picture on his newly formed FB page under a different name and they are sold. I just helped a lady who was believing all this stuff and she took the time to look at what I found out about the "new" friends. Sometimes it takes a one on one to get their attention because they read of this but think "no this could not happen to me", when all the while the "person" they have been talking with or chatting by text turns out to have several women on the string all under different profiles.

I admire you for what you are doing to expose these criminals. They are making millions off of people just like the one I have described here.

littleroundman

10-08-2013, 06:09 AM

Eric Kruger thought he'd won a second chance at love when he met 'Tina' from Cambodia on the internet.

However, his internet courtship actually landed him in court.

Mr Kruger says he thought nothing of the internet shopping parcels that Tina was sending to his home, until the police came knocking on his door.

"It was a shock when the police came. They came and searched the house, starting with my room first, then the clothes, shoes and watches," Mr Kruger said.

Apparently the goods that Mr Kruger was holding for Tina were bought with stolen credit cards. He says what hurts the most is that Tina doesn't exist.

"It's possible that Tina is a man," he said.

"There's no friendship, no love relationship. There's nothing there at all for me."

Mr Kruger was charged with handling stolen goods, and was lucky to avoid prison.

A growing number of Australians are falling victim to scams cashing in on lonely hearts.

According to Consumer Affair's Elizabeth Lanyen there are several big scams to keep an eye out for at the moment.

Top five scams to look out for:
1. Advanced fee fraud
2. Investment fraud
3. Bogus lottery tickets
4. Scams involving fishing for bank and credit card details
5. Fake invoices

"Always talk to friends, family or get independent advice before you part with money. Always check your bank statements," Ms Lanyen said.

News.Yahoo.com (http://au.news.yahoo.com/today-tonight/lifestyle/article/-/19302144/online-dating-scam/)

ribshaw

10-08-2013, 09:19 AM

SCAMMER williamjackcaringheart@yahoo.com

Yeah, blonde hair blue eyes, just like I have six pack abs. ScamSurvivors puts his location as Nigeria which I think is a suburb of Las Vegas.

hello dear how are you today?

View topic - williamjackcaringheart@yahoo.com - Scam Survivors (http://scamsurvivors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=12920)

williamjack cooking with my woman, spending time with my woman, profile, free on (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/williamjack)

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ribshaw

10-08-2013, 09:29 AM

SCAMMER Adams sadam95@yahoo.com

Yes, mixed hair and other eye color. 5' Tall, that must be a massive set of steps he is standing in front of.

From: love06
Date: 2013-09-29 07:55 PM
Subject: hi

hello sweetie how are you doing today?hope you are fine over there as am doing good over here.I am looking for serious relationship,a lady who will be the ruler of my heart and also spend the rest of my life with.so what about you?smith adams

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ribshaw

10-08-2013, 09:37 AM

SCAMMER wo2.alanmaupin@gmail.com

From: mauphin234
Date: 2013-09-30 11:03 AM
Subject: Hello Sweet

Hi,
I was extremely impress with your profile,i would love to talk to you and learn more about you..i find you to be attractive,intelligent and confident.i hope to hear from you soon.
mauphin.

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Pigbusters has other pictures this scammer has stolen.

Pig Busters on You're IT! - The New Generation in Social Networking (http://www.youreittoday.com/scammer.php?scammerid=570605)

ribshaw

10-08-2013, 09:48 AM

You would think if someone was going to steal photos from someone with a wikipage they could at least get the age right. But then when I asked for his email he sent me the very same message again, so there is definitely a mouth breather behind this set of stolen photos.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Casey,_Jr.

From: martin_harris
Date: 2013-09-30 02:10 PM
Subject: RE: hello

my Dear,

How are you doing today I hope you are well and in good health.I just got online now to check on you and my son and I saw your post for me, I want to say thank you for your reply to my posts OK.

Dear, I must say that you are a beautiful woman, and I believe that you are interested in. I am new to this site and I came to ...That is, to find a woman that I will spend the rest of my life with.

You're the first woman I ever talked to in 5 years, and I tell you that my heart is panting for you ...I'm soon moving to your country, I will say that, maybe that's why I found you in the first place.

I think we have something in common ...That's why I want to know you better.
I would also like to have your e-mail OK, I prefer that we communicate by email.

I'll wait to hear from you soon OK.

Cheers,

Martin

martin_harris my is martin harris i am a good looking lovely man i am looking fo (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/martin_harris)

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ribshaw

10-08-2013, 10:00 AM

419 SCAMMER juliadomingo3@gmail.com

Because if you have 6 million Euros in limbo the only way to find a partner when you are this beautiful is to spam old people on free dating sites.

julia9 i would appreciate a man who has a good sense of who he is and a sense (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/julia9)

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From: julia9
Date: 2013-10-02 07:11 AM
Subject: Hi

Hi,

My name is Julia Domingo, i am Spanish citizen.

I live and work in the city of Madrid Spain.

I have plans to visit your country soon,

but before my visit to your country, there is something very important i will like to discuss with you please.

Kindly find a place in your heart to give me a chance to discuss with you in private.

What i want to discuss with you is very very important.

My personal contact email is juliadomingo3@gmail.com

=======================

Thank you for your reply to my message, like i said before, my name is Julia Domingo. I am Spanish citizen, i live in Madrid Spain and work with a Bank in Spain.I do not want to bother you, but this is something i have to discuss with you in private.This issues has been disturbing my mind for too long, but now i believe it is time i try to see if i can talk to someone about it..First of all, i am asking for your confidence in this conversation, this is because of the nature of what i want to tell you.

It is confidential and top secret, though I know that a conversation like this will make any one worried, but i am assuring you that all will be well at the end.It may surprise you receiving this letter from me, since there was no previous correspondence between us.This is about a woman who opened a fixed deposit account with the Bank where i work.

She died along side her immediate family during the Gas exploration disaster which occurred in Surabaya in East Java Indonesia on 13 July 2006 .Since then, all my several inquiries here to locate any of our client´s extended relatives has proved unsuccessful.This is why I decided to seek your co-operation to collaborate with me in transferring this money to you as the beneficiary of this fixed deposit worth 6,000,000.00 million euros.This transaction will be professionally conducted in an effective legal procedure.I have been looking for someone with whom to carry out this transaction fearing what people´s reaction might be.I know you are not biologically related to her, but since i still occupy a position of importance in this Bank, i can fix things up.If we fail to do something now and present you as member of her family (heir/inheritor) to make claim, the money will be confiscated and taken to the bureau of Diplomatic Security as unclaimed.

With regards to this, i seek your consent to enter your name and personal details into the computer account information records of the fixed deposit as the next of kin to the deceased, so that the fixed deposited money would be released to you and the money will be further shared between us on the ratio of 50% to myself and 50% to you.
This transaction is entirely risk free, i will use my position as the head of our Bank´s external operations department for many years to guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.All i require of you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction through.I guarantee that this transaction would be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.I am waiting for your response, so that i shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand this transaction well. I am also willing to send my data to you as a form of security should you be afraid of me in any way.

However, if this business proposal offends your moral ethics, please do accept my sincere apology,but if on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me, kindly get back to me with your interest for further explanations

yours sincerely
Julia Domingo

ribshaw

10-08-2013, 10:13 AM

SCAMMER peter.nora@hotmail.fr

Both photos in this profile have been used in previous scams.

noraa should want to meet you. please do not enter specific contact info, such a (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/noraa)

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From: noraa
Date: 2013-10-03 05:28 AM
Subject: RE: Re Greeting From Peter & Nora

Dear One Greeting,
please kindly receive this letter with due respect as it might be very strange to you since I haven`t communicated you or know each other before, I and my junior sister were victims of war from Cote d`Ivoire, our late father was killed by rebels because he was a strong party member of the former President Gbagbo and was a Cacao beans Merchant. We lost our beloved mother 6 years ago for breast cancer after painful surgery. Please we are seeking for your kind assistance to help us to come and invest our inheritance money into hotel business in your country so that you will help us to manage it on our behalf because we do not have any business experience before to manage the huge sum of 2.5million US dollars we inherited from our late father`s account. I am 22 yrs old and my junior sister is 20 yrs old. We will appreciate to receive your urgent useful reply as soon as you receive this message with your private cell phone number.
Please kindly reply us back through our secure E-MAIL AT (peter.nora@hotmail.fr) For More Details

Best regards,
Peter & Nora

Peace Elems: there has been a lot of wars here (http://419.bittenus.com/12/4/peaceelems.html)

Pig Busters on You're IT! - The New Generation in Social Networking (http://www.youreittoday.com/scammer.php?scammerid=564266)

ribshaw

10-08-2013, 10:34 AM

SCAMMER davidroland2222@yahoo.com

OH MY...

From: davidroland
Date: 2013-10-03 07:59 PM
Subject: hello how are you doing

hello how are you doing, am a new to this dating site and am looking for a woman that is going to be with me for the rest of my life a woman that will be there for me a woman that will love me and that i will love because am really looking for honest caring trustful lovely and loyal in woman, am a kind of man that like to be travel all over the country because of my business and am looking for a woman that can be travel with me and that will stay with me for the rest of my life and i have already send you a message before, am really interested in your profile that is the reason why that make me send you another message over here because i really love your profile and i will so happy if we can get to know each other more than this, if you dont mind you can add me on my ID davidroland2222@yahoo.com i will so glad to here back from you soon

THANKS YOU

His nametag from the scammers convention.

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davidroland am interested in dog cats and i like watching football and news, pro (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/davidroland)

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Pig Busters on You're IT! - The New Generation in Social Networking (http://www.youreittoday.com/scammer.php?scammerid=574256)

ribshaw

10-08-2013, 10:48 AM

SCAMMER adorableeric@outlook.com

This guys story goes from bad to worse. I suspect he copied his intro, WAY over the top with the flattery, but really had me when he wanted to get to know me more better.

delightederic a woman who wants to share life together and enjoy what it offers (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/delightederic)

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From: delightederic
Date: 2013-10-04 02:58 AM
Subject: Hello

how are you doing today i'was storned wen i'saw ur profile...gosh i'can drop dead for such a gorgeous look...it must have cost u a furtune to maintain such beauty..pls tell me d secret behind dis dashing looks, i am interested love to know you better Eric,

Are you interested we can get to know each other more better adorableeric@outlook.com ...

ribshaw

10-08-2013, 11:40 AM

SCAMMER kingslarry18@YAHOO.COM

Neck smelling, it drives the women wild.

kingslarry1759 get to know me and you will know the real me..., i believe we onl (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/kingslarry1759)

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From: kingslarry1759
Date: 2013-10-04 06:53 PM
Subject: Hello

Hello,

How are you doing, i just got on this dating site, came across your profile and tot it would be nice to drop you a note, well i am new to this online thing, I am heading for a meeting right now here is my cell# 240-245-6814 you can text or call me, here also is my IM kingslarry18 at y a h o o dot c u m. you can email or add me, i am running late for my meeting now, hope to hear from you soon,I will be very very happy to read from you Thanks...

Here is personal mobile number please call or text me...240-245-6814
Have a blessed day,
I Care
Kingslarry18 at y a h o o d o t c o m

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ribshaw

10-10-2013, 10:49 AM

fidelpark_x1@yahoo.com

He is a SEX MACHINE, what's not to like? I really have no idea about this one other than to say there are CONSIDERABLE RISKS flying to many places in the world for marriage. A page or two back was a the story of a man who thought he was showing up to meet his bride, and instead was held for ransom. Like I said, I have no idea what this guy is up to, but sending money or traveling to the Ivory Coast for marriage is a fools errand.

From: princeblessingfish
Date: 2013-10-08 12:02 PM
Subject: sweetheart. MARRIAGE HERE IS EMAIL fidelpark_x1@yahoo.com

HI my dear beloved one,
I am very romantic down to earth Caring fun to be with love going out dancing also a good night out to dinner like trying different things. I would do whatever it take to keep my lady laughing and smiling I love a woman who knows how to be a woman when need to be.
AM MR .BLESSING .A YOUNG MAN MY NATIONALITY IS NIGERIA ..I am currently LEAVING IN IVORY COAST .PLEASE AM SUFFERING FROM LONELYNESS.YOU WILL BE WELLCOMED. IN MY love GARDEN AM SEARCHING FOR LOVE TRUE ANY WHERE IN THE WORLD..
AM YOUNG LIVELY SWEET SLIM HANDSOME YOUNG MAN .PLEASE WILL LOVED ANY ONE INTERESTED IN ME PLEASE KINDLY COMPLY WITHIN MY REACH.AM PREPARE TO LOCATE YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR MARRIAGE ..WHERE IT MAY BE WITH HOPE OF EVERLASTING RELATION WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO MARRIAGE.I AM SEX MACHINE YOU CAN THINK ABOUT WHEN EVER YOU ARE WITH ME .YOU CAN NEVER THINK OF ANY OTHER MAN ON THIS VERY EARTH .LOVE MAKING FUNNY JOKES WHICH YOU CAN ENJOY.. PLAY AT BEACH. .WELLGREAT I LOVE LADIES, WITH GOD FEARING.
.hard working,OPEN MINDED,AS WELL FAITHFULLNESS.
AM WAITING FOR REPLY AS WELL AS YOUR PICTURES...
PLEASE WRITE MAIL HERE IS EMAIL fidelpark_x1@yahoo.com
call me here cell no.. +22566778341
i speak english and french.
i will like you to come down here in ivory coast for have marriage weeding so I will go back with to your country .i am ready for marriage i promise to spend the rest of my life with you..
please write me

LOVELY
MR.prince BLESSING

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ribshaw

10-12-2013, 11:11 AM

Sometimes it is hard to convince people they are dating a phony. Sending goods or money is a sure tell, especially if they are coming from multiple locations. In this ladies case, it ended with heartbreak and a guilty plea. While this is a love scam, similar scams take place all the time on Craig's List under the guise of personal assistant, mystery shopper, car wrapping, etc.

An "extremely vulnerable" 68-year-old woman fell victim to a scam in which she helped conmen steal thousands of pounds.

Beryl Crofts, of Royal Court, Hinckley, developed an online relationship with someone she thought was a US Army soldier in Afghanistan.

LeicesterCrownCourt

The case was heard at Leicester Crown Court

She sent him several thousand pounds from her savings to an account in Nigeria, not knowing it was a scam.

The police warned Crofts off sending more money, but the accomplished conmen contacted her again and persuaded her to continue.

She was later persuaded to let her account be used to channel money from other victims.

In total, Crofts sent £122,000 from 45 separate UK victims to the con artists in Nigeria.

Judge Robert Brown sentenced her to four months in prison, suspended for 12 months, at Leicester Crown Court after she pleaded guilty to money laundering.

James Varley, prosecuting, told the court Crofts had started out as a victim but then appeared to have been manipulated.

He said: "It's a very peculiar case. Miss Crofts was a victim of what is commonly known as a romance fraud – an increasingly popular way of scamming unsuspecting women.

"They meet the women online, often pretending to be serving soldiers from the US who need to get out of the army.

"Requests come in for money and they usually escalate.

"Miss Crofts didn't have much money but she sent some to a man.

"The police warned her off and she was happy to accept what they said and they put her in touch with social services.

"However, she was contacted again by this man and he turned her around."

He said Crofts became an "agent" for the con artists, providing an innocent bank account so women sending money would be less suspicious of the Nigerian fraudsters.

When police questioned Crofts a second time, she pretended she was transferring money for two cousins in London and Nigeria.

The officers spoke to some of her family members and found there were no such cousins.

Mr Varley said: "Police were reluctant to charge as she was still viewed as a victim but they were left with no choice."

He gave examples of some of the cons the 45 victims had fallen for. The stories usually involved US soldiers – often widowers with young daughters – needing money to leave the army and be with their families.

One woman borrowed £2,500 from a friend to send to the fake soldier after her own money ran out, and another took out a £15,000 loan to send via Crofts' bank account.

Mr Varley said there was no evidence Crofts had benefited financially from helping the con artists.

Paul Tubb, representing Crofts, said his client was "extremely vulnerable and easy to manipulate".

He said: "Miss Crofts is a victim herself and an estimated £8,000 to £10,000 of her own money was lost.

"Her motivation has been her loneliness and her hope was this would bring her happiness and love."

Read more: Woman, 68, sent money to con artists posing as US soldiers | This is Leicestershire (http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Woman-68-fell-victim-conmen-guilty-money/story-19896716-detail/story.html#ixzz2hWZuI8jK)
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10-12-2013, 11:48 AM

Police warn online dating users to beware of savvy scammers
ROMANCE AND FRAUD
Hamilton Spectator
ByCarmela Fragomeni

Halton police are having a hard time convincing one woman her online relationship is not real, that the man is not who she thinks he is, and is, in fact, a fraudster.

Family has also tried to convince her of the scam, but to no avail. She continues to send money to the man she's convinced is her "soulmate," police say.

"The woman still believes there is a relationship there," says Sergeant Ron Hansen of Halton's fraud unit.

It may seem implausible, but authorities say an increasing number of women and men are falling victim to "dating and romance" scams and being bilked of cash. Canada's 1,195 victims last year lost a combined $16.6 million, according to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.

The cyber-fraudsters, who have coaxed $10.4 million from their prey so far this year, "know how to get into your head and under your skin," says centre spokesperson Daniel Williams.

They spend a lot of time learning all about their target and making themselves seem like a dream partner, then trying to convince the victims that they've fallen madly in love with them, he says.

"They're manipulators … They know psychology and how to gain your trust."

The growing scams and their hold on victims prompted Hansen to issue a public alert. In Halton, he said there are 17 cases so far this year, 13 of which lost a combined $256,000 — although the anti-fraud centre reports only 20 who lost a combined $155,000 and 14 last year who lost $150,600.

Seven victims in Hamilton have lost a total of $36,882 this year, according to the anti-fraud centre, which is jointly managed by the RCMP, OPP and Competition Bureau Canada.

RELATED: Woman duped out of $123k in online dating scam

Last month, the OPP said a Norfolk County woman was defrauded of $100,000 in her online quest for love. And, in Waterford, a woman transferred almost $800,000 to her online scammer boyfriend.

The numbers only reflect the scams that are reported.

"I bet there's a lot more victims out there who feel embarrassed to come forward," says Hansen, who urges them not to be ashamed to make a report because these scams happen to people from all walks of life.

Fraudsters set up fictitious accounts on popular dating websites, or create their own sites that look very similar to legitimate ones, he said.

They start up online communications with potential victims and try to quickly build a "friendship or relationship." They will often later claim to have a very sick family member and at some point will start asking the victim for money for their sick relative.

Such scammers are called catfish — a term for someone on social media pretending to be someone they're not. They'll assume one persona, or sometimes several.

RELATED: How a Manitoba woman almost destroyed NBA star Chris Andersen

"They are bottom feeders, the lowest of the low," says Williams.

This type of fraud was not even on the centre's radar seven years ago, he adds.

"Now it's the No. 1 dollar-type fraud loss reported by Canadians."

These scams are such a problem that Lavalife, a long-established dating site, has a dozen employees working full-time to find scammers and develop systems making it harder for them to gain access, says chief operating officer Keith Agnew.

"We remove upwards of 10,000 profiles a month (in Canada) that we characterize as a scammer profile."

Hamilton police Detective Sergeant Wendy Vallesi said the fraudsters often express strong emotions of love and promises of marriage, but then spin a hard luck story in which they need money, causing some of the victims to even go into debt.

Williams says the most vulnerable seem to be those who were once in a long-term relationship, but whose partner left them or died. They are newbies to dating sites and predators can quickly and easily detect how vulnerable they are.

cfragomeni@thespec.com

ribshaw

10-14-2013, 09:23 AM

Some updates from my friend Anne on soldiers images being used by scammers. Chances are if you or someone you know is dating a "soldier" claiming to be in Afghanistan the images are on one of her videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRy71tjrIR4&feature=youtu.be&fb_source=message

ribshaw

10-17-2013, 08:55 AM

SCAMMER bobbyhuston760@yahoo.com

bobbyhuston i like to travle alot am not the indoor type i love meeting people i (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/bobbyhuston)

Am looking for a woman to be the mother of my kids? Yes and I am looking for someone to pick up after my slobby self, but sometimes we have to put on a show for a few days first. Two other repeat items. (AM Bobby by name) No American speaks this way, so you should know right away this is scammer speak. And the way he lists his email address is to trick spam filters. Scammers want to get you off the dating site as quick as possible, this allows them to isolate you and it is much easier to communicate with the 50 other people they are talking to using email or skype.

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He tells this to all the ladies, not real original.

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10-17-2013, 09:04 AM

SCAMMER johnlarry101020@yahoo.com

Pigbusters verified this email location is Nigeria.

johnlarry1010 godly things, life, profile, free online dating, dating, matchmaki (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/johnlarry1010)

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Hi, I have liked your profile and i believe it to be a good Match for me. If you like my profile too, kindly accept this Expression of Interest. We can then pursue this further through email: johnlarry101020@yahoo.com, Warm Regards, john larry.

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ribshaw

10-17-2013, 09:15 AM

SCAMMER stellajambii31@yahoo.com

Be a grammar demon and a bit of a priss. Hello Dear, baby, my queen, :pt:. Just hi will be fine unless you are trying to avoid learning names. Hope to "read" from you soon and "I am seeking for a partner"again are not how US citizens speak.

Hello Dear,

it is my pleasure to write you after viewing your profile,
which really interest me in having communication with you, please try and get back to me once you ready my mail,through my email address (stellajambii31@yahoo.com)I hope to read from you as soon as possible,

Yours Beloved Stella.

ola49 relationship, profile, free online dating, dating, matchmaking, relationsh (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/ola49)

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10-17-2013, 09:25 AM

SCAMMER mark.ken1234@hotmail.com

My name is Mr. Mark. Yes of course it is.

From: markken1234
Date: 2013-10-08 05:23 AM
Subject: hiii

Hello,
My Name is Mr.Mark,

How is everything with you, I picked interest on you after going through your short profile i really want to have a good friendship with you. Beside i have a lot�??s of things to discuss with you, but I found it difficult to express myself in this site, since it�??s a public site. Please i will like you to contact me, through my private e-mail via: (mark.ken1234@hotmail.com) So we can get to know each other better,and i well give you more of my pictures and also tell you more about me, and you tell me more about your self too.Okay?

Thanks!
Mark.

markken1234 basketball, cooking, driving, e.tc, shopping, traveling (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/markken1234)

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He also shows up on my friend's blog.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=526547287378829&story_fbid=637248396308717

ribshaw

10-17-2013, 09:37 AM

SCAMMER jeffclark960@gmail.com
SCAMMER SKYPE jeffclark44

Jeff22 hockey and also use to have fun with my friends at the beach.., i love to (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/Jeff22)

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ribshaw

10-17-2013, 09:49 AM

SCAMMER bobsmith4lyf@gmail.com
SCAMMER bobsmith4sure4lyf@yahoo.com

Hello SWEETIE. Stop you had me there. Am lower case name who wants you to add him up on yahoo messenger. A grown man who does not know a name needs to be capitalized is either a Nigerian scammer, or will never be able to afford a piece of arm candy like me.

From: bobbly007
Date: 2013-10-10 04:35 AM
Subject: HELLO SWEETIE

Hello am bob smith, very caring , loving and a mellow type of guy, and am a sailor too i came accross your profile and i get stunned with it and i decided to leave you a message . i will really be happy and appreciate if you can write me back through my email ads bobsmith4lyf@gmail.com or add me up on my yahoo messanger id bobsmith4sure4lyf@yahoo.com and i will tell ou everything about me and also exchange some of my pics with you , so that we can be talking day and nite online ok.
will be glad to hear back from yo

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10-17-2013, 09:58 AM

SCAMMER jonnywalker912@yahoo.com

I have one kid,but fortunately i lost him in a plane crush.... Need we go any further picking on this **** for brains scammer with pictures stolen from a US Soldier?

Jonny123 looking for good woman in my life..so that we can have time and have gr (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/Jonny123)

Am Jonny E. Walker by name am 52 years of age Am a soldier in my unit in the united states and i stationed at VA FAIRFAX, But am in Afghanistan for the moment for peace and will be back home in 3 months time.. I have one kid,but fortunately i lost him in a plane crush and am divorced with my wife as well due to some misunderstanding.. Due to my work and position as the commander in the army i really don't have time to seek for my happiness in life..I have been in the service for 28 years and will be going on retirement soon and wish to have a woman to love me till the end of time and will love her as well. I have more to tell you if we have the chance to link up on yahoo Below is my jonnywalker912 @ yahoo.com

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ribshaw

10-17-2013, 10:04 AM

SCAMMER thrulove112@yahoo.com

Another scammer with pictures stolen from a US Soldier.

Hello,

how are you doing? I'm Dennis. I am a cool, loving, caring, passionate and understanding man. looking for a long term relationship with a decent woman who believes in love and respect for her partner. I am a Christian man down to earth and tell it like it is. I want to meet a Christian woman, truthful and not a game player. I love spending my free time in beach, I have been once cheated on but want to start in new chapter in my love life, I have interest in you. there is a lot of distance between us but I don't want you to measure that. all I want you to measure is the good feelings of my heart. which I have in writing this to you and hope for a friendly response from you soon. you can hook up with me yahoo messenger thrulove112@yahoo.com. So we can be more private and get to know each other better, share pictures. add me and let chat better there

thrulove112 i want some one that can stand by her self and make her decisions. i (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/thrulove112)

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ribshaw

10-17-2013, 10:15 AM

SCAMMER smithjulius77@yahoo.com

HOLY TURN OFF THE CAPS LOCK BATMAN!!!!

From: smithjulius
Date: 2013-10-02 11:20 AM
Subject: hello lovely

I AM JULIUS SMITH BY NAME. I AM 46 YEARS OLD WHO IS NOW WIDOWED BUT HAVE A SON WHO IS ONLY 13 YEARS OF AGE. AFTER THE DEMISE OF MY WIFE, I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR A WOMAN WHO CAN HELP REPLACE THE HOLE I HAD IN MY HEART, WHOM I THINK I HAVE FOUND (WHO IS YOU).
I HAVE TRAVELED ALMOST AROUND THE GLOBE DUE TO MY WORKING AS A CONTRACTOR OF BUILDINGS, STADIUMS, ROADS AND RAILWAYS IN MOST OF THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.
IT WOULD BE VERY GLAD TO HAVE SOME ONE LIKE YOU IN MY LIFE TO REPLACE THAT SPACE IN MY HEART AS MY SON CANT WAIT TO HAVE YOU AS HIS MOTHER

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http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/smithjulius

ribshaw

10-17-2013, 10:33 AM

SCAMMER jedward694
SCAMMER jedward694@yahoo.com

New York or London, 51 or 54. To quote from one of my favorite movies, "You are so busted!!!"

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From: Jedward694
Date: 2013-10-12 10:25 AM
Subject: Hi jedward694@yahoo.com

Hi it's nice meeting you on here i'm a real man and a real caring human being my belief is that i must be a good listener because you can't learn anything if you can't listen it's a key quality to have in any relationship i also consider myself as a romantic,affectionate,compassionate down to earth respectful and open minded person you could add me on IM or email me in my box jedward694@yahoo.com.

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ribshaw

10-17-2013, 10:42 AM

SCAMMER amandadebe@yahoo.com

The picture and email show up in a few scam sites. On the last there is the start of a 419 scam letter, my father died, I live in a refugee camp and I am sure there is a pile of money not far behind.

from: roselove44
Date: 2013-10-16 03:43 PM
Subject: hi

My name is miss Amanda i am a girl of 24 years old i went through your profile and interested
to have relationship with you, write me with my email address
(amandadebe@yahoo.com) and i will send you my
picture and tell you more about my self, write me directly to my mail box(amandadebe@yahoo.com) yours truly Amanda.

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10-17-2013, 11:04 AM

SCAMMER williams.francise@yahoo.com

From: francise00
Date: 2013-10-17 11:36 AM
Subject: hello

Hello" how are you doing?
Please excuse me for invading your privacy through this website Actually I came across your profile and felt compelled to contact you to
get acquainted with one another. As for me, my name is [MR WILLIAMS], I'm a young and single man and I hope you should grant me a friendship? I want you to reply me through my private e-mail [williams.francise@yahoo.com] for more details about me couple with my pictures, Remember that distance,age or color does not matter but love matters a lot in every relationship. Take care and have a pleasant day,Do you have yahoo Instant messenger ? I will like to chat with you if you could let me have your Own IM .. Or better Yet Add me on my williams.francise@yahoo.com. I will wait patiently to read from you Soon.. Have a lovely and a wonderful day ahead you
Williams Francise

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10-18-2013, 08:04 AM

SCAMMER SAMUEL.ANDREW28@YAHOO.COM

At the moment the profile is under construction, but rest assured anyone who says they are from "united state", TWICE is from somewhere else that will involve a sad story and Western Union.

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From: patrickdrammeh23
Date: 2013-10-10 12:09 PM
Subject: you looking gorgious

hello it been a pleasure meeting you, i am Patrick of united state really i just came across
your profile just now oh my dear was so enjoyable that you may intend to be my rightful wife that
i was looking for i newly join this site i will be please if i may have your attention OK
YOU get to know much about me as time goes on OK,

Regard;Dept manager Patrick

ribshaw

10-18-2013, 08:18 AM

SCAMMER josetiago65@yahoo.com

The quote that caught my eye was "I like to play with open cards" which is an idiom I have never heard. While I have heard similar, never this. Sure enough it has been used in a bunch of dating profiles, this email traces back to Nigeria.

From: jose1
Date: 2013-10-06 11:50 AM
Subject: Hello Sunhine

Hello Sunshine,How are you doing this morning ? I'm Jose and I'm new on this site ,i'm trying to make some friends and see where it goes ,i seek for a serious relationship and i am honest ,im not into games ,so i will love to chat and get to know more about you ,do you think its possible ?i hope to hear from you soon

About Me
I am gentle and romantic person with real principles. Honesty,trust and mutual respect are the pillars of my relationship and life philosophy.I like to play with open cards. No games, lies, tricks and double life. I don't take more than I give .I don?t ask for more than I deserve. Usually I
go the extra distance to please my partner, because if she is happy then ultimately that would reflect on me and our relationship. I believe that communication, understanding, caring and tolerance among people are the
lubricants which keep life wheel rolling. Nobody is perfect but GOD. The most
important issue is that we learn from life school the right thing to do and apply it to the next phase of our life. Integrity is the best gift you can offer the person you love. Physical compatibility is very important, but the beauty of the mind only can last. I am a sensitiveperson with a lot of respect to the other people feeling. Commitment and sincerity are the secret of successful relationship. My life is not all that serious. I have a good sense of humor and attractive social life- that makes my life more interesting. I like good jokes and sincere laugh. I have energetic and active life style. Domestic, international traveling, outdoor activities, social gatherings, good music and being connected with the world are some of my hobbies .
I am solid, stable, dependable, reliable, level-headed, and responsible - and proud of it. I'm also a hopeless romantic because I know that when you find the right person a magic happens that you will never forget and forever seek. I'm very laid back, quick to laugh, and easy to get along with. I love to treat a lady like a lady and frown on any chauvinistic behavior that says I'm better than you. I'm a little reserved until I feel I can trust you but in the company of friends I love to kid and tease so when the joking starts you know you're in. Fancy clothes and fine dining
is always exciting but you�??ll be amazed at what I can whip up in the kitchen in jeans and a white t. I like stories that capture my interest, my imagination, my intellect, and emotions. It doesn't matter to me if those stories are in a book, a movie, or a TV show. I've taken my share of grand trips and high adventure vacations but I'll never grow tired of beaches, the mtns, or any place that has plenty of sun and water. I own mu house. I keep a neat house, and like to fire up the crockpot when I have folks over for game night. I'm not convinced that the local bar and club scene is the best place to look for a long-term relationship, but I'm not against visiting every once in a while. I like to go to the lake, hike, and bike. I'm looking for a woman who has character, is down to earth, values friends and family, and is reliable and reasonable. She is willing to try new things and up for an adventure but can also be comfortable when there's nothing
going on and we're just together. Being honorable is important. If I get involved, I am in completely. I will treat you with respect and be open, honest, and loyal. I feel secure and comfortable in my life right now but complete happiness is more than a nice job or a place to live, it's connecting with someone to the point that you can't imagine a life without them

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10-18-2013, 08:29 AM

SCAMMER KELVIN

Tried to get the email, but too stupid this one. At any rate other than the fact that everyone is dead a scammer favorite, no one who was born in newyork relocates DOWN to alaska. If fact, I would suspect anyone with access to a globe doesn't either.

I really appreciate it.Here is a bit about me. My name is kelvin,am widowed...Mixed (German-American).Have one son adam ..My Dad is from the USA while Mom is from Germany .. I was born in newyork where i spent 7years before relocating down to alaska with my parents .. I work in the U.S. Army Which right now am stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan on a year tour this year ends september... Am the only child of my parents and my parents are dead .. I miss them so much .. my son presently stays with my cousin in alasska .. Have a male dog called Nikky, he is so adorable and i miss him too.. Distance to me is not a barrier in a relationship as i am ready to relocate nor travel any distance for my woman .I can do anything for her, so far she is loving and kind. I enjoy life, the outdoors and a great evening with a little wine and soft music! I love to laugh and will love to make you laugh too!

kelvin_p99 and my work, beach, profile, free online dating, dating, matchmaking, (http://www.fishmeetfish.com/profile/kelvin_p99)

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ribshaw

10-18-2013, 08:37 AM

SCAMMER matbennett101@YAHOO.COM

One interesting thing about this is there are two (that I found) linked in profiles with the same picture but different jobs. At any rate, quite a charmer this one is..

From: matata101
Date: 2013-10-08 05:47 PM
Subject: Hello Dear

Hello Dear

First of all i must say that you are really beautiful,But This is one of the most difficult things to do. To say who we are on a screen, using only words. No expression, no gestures, no intense engagement, not a sense of energy or chemistry. And to be honest, I feel that most people base everything on the things that ultimately do not matter. (My opinion, and some statistics haha)
I am someone who strives to be the best I can be, in whatever I do. I love to learn, to evolve, to share, to care, to
laugh and I am looking for someone similar. I expect there would be differences but not necessarily in basic values and goals. My goal, if I can call it that, is to be with someone that wants to make a difference in this world, not just her own little world. To create something together. It's not about me or her, but about us. I am not conventional
in my thinking. I think outside the box, and even though I don't always succeed, I continue
to be aware, and try to learn from my mistakes. My partner would be someone who speaks her mind, who has something to and always says it with feeling and conviction. I promise I will listen because i am a good listener (i have always been). Someone who can communicate her innermost feelings, desires, and wants. I am quite comfortable socially, and I like to explore different venues; trying new foods, new activities, new ways of thinking or just simply being open. I am aware of my imperfections, but I don't see them as such, neither do i see them as my weaknesses. They are just opportunities to foe me to become a better man. I do not need to be in a relationship, I CHOOSE to be in a relationship. I AM NOT looking for someone who finds their happiness in external things. For example; money, material things, a provider, etc.. I do feel in a lot of ways. It's not
possible to be happy with someone else, unless we are happy with who we are. So, in other
words, it's all about putting in our best effort to create a space of happiness, love , care, peace, passion for OUR partners, not only thinking about our egos.
I will continue to elaborate on this section, but I will end by saying that life can be long, but it can also be short. We really, really, really never know when we are finished with the body that is currently on loan. So, in searching for truth and striving to be "real", I hope you will do the same.
Just in ending: First of all, if you haven't read this far, I guess it doesn't matter lol , but if you're reading this because I've e-mailed you can there be a basic, decent, honest, human to human connection? Meaning, a simple response would be very much appreciated. Even if it's to say you're not interested. Trust me, I won't personalize, and it's great either way. If you're interested, great---if
you're not, great, just the same. What's due to me will come to me, so if it's not meant to be,

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