Watch out for Jumpdates folks! (24)
I had this happen to me too, only the guy was from a different dating site, not this one. He was from Africa though. Said he was a model, and was touring and modeling in Africa. As soon as he asked me to cash a check for him, I said See Ya!
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I too have had those...but I go one step further and report them...especially those who are making it so obvious that it's a scam. This results in their profile being deleted and somehat hinders their attempts to try and scam another poor soul on the same site.
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I had one of these -- but he was a Dr. who went to Africa to help a friend and they took his passport etc.... and he asked me to advance him cash so he could pay off the hotel who was holding his passeport because he couldnt pay his bill ----
I wonder if people actually fall for this?
I wonder if people actually fall for this?
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unfortunately they do...there are tonnes of these stories of people being cheated out of loads of money for these people...
Dating sites are a prime target for scammers because it's easy for them to display a 'too good to be true' image of themselves to people on the site who take them for real...this kind of softens them up first before the issue of money comes into play.
Dating sites are a prime target for scammers because it's easy for them to display a 'too good to be true' image of themselves to people on the site who take them for real...this kind of softens them up first before the issue of money comes into play.
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I've noticed too that many men who contact me want to get right on to Yahoo or some othe popular messenger.
Somehow that gives me a bad impression and I usually say I don't use messengers (which is true).
Somehow that gives me a bad impression and I usually say I don't use messengers (which is true).
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Why the hell haven't I ever had this happen?
I feel so deprived.
I'm a loser.
I'd sure like to play with one of em.
I feel so deprived.
I'm a loser.
I'd sure like to play with one of em.
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Whatever floats your boat...
But to be honest it's not really a privilage to be talking to these people (unless of course you know first time round that they're fakes).
Then there are the less obvious ones who draw you in overtime and then hit you with the money card.
It's so annoying to go so far with talking to someone only to find out in the end that they are not for real and far from what you want.
Otherwise...if you know what they are up to...have fun messing with their heads I'd say...maybe you could end up cheating THEM out of money. ;)
But to be honest it's not really a privilage to be talking to these people (unless of course you know first time round that they're fakes).
Then there are the less obvious ones who draw you in overtime and then hit you with the money card.
It's so annoying to go so far with talking to someone only to find out in the end that they are not for real and far from what you want.
Otherwise...if you know what they are up to...have fun messing with their heads I'd say...maybe you could end up cheating THEM out of money. ;)
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The second one I got -- I went along with him for a bit --- then I decided to tell him that I would contact the American consulate and get him help ----- of course he said it wouldnt do any good that he already tried everything .... I had him believing that I was going to help him ... after a couple of days I just quit talking
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I've had something happen like that to me before...except it was a women and said she was moving to the USA and if it was ok if she could ship some of her things to my house and have a friend she had over her to come and pick them up. It was wayyy to weird... dropped her real quick
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i prefer them mail order brides from Russia
I'm glad they are on the level
I'm glad they are on the level
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I like the nineteen year old women that think I'm hot and want me to email them right away...Makes me feel so young again....
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Sorry to hijack the thread, but it must be said! I've begged Ara for her screen name since day one, and shes always like "no!" Last night she tried to stab me with a dull stick when I begged again...just a forewarning ;)
Allen
Allen
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Ahem... Crash. My Uncle in Africa just died in Zimbabwe. To get his money out I have to send over $50,000. Although I do have that in assets I do not have the liquidity right now to do this. If you can lend me the $50,000 I will transfer the full $7,000,000 to your account where you can withdraw your original $50,000 plus 25% and forward the balance to me.
Thank you so much. I know we don't know each other well but I would be so glad if you could help me.
God bless you.
Your friend always
dominoes
by the way you can reach me @ africanscam@yahoo.com to discuss this further.
Thank you so much. I know we don't know each other well but I would be so glad if you could help me.
God bless you.
Your friend always
dominoes
by the way you can reach me @ africanscam@yahoo.com to discuss this further.
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LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO
It's on the way.
It's on the way.
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Umm..is that gonna be on the math test? lol
Allen
Allen
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The professional scammers will go on and on for months without doing anything suspicious and then when you least expect it will hit you with some story about needing money for this or that.
I was in one site before I came here and I learned real quick on how to spot the scammers. I know of possibly two scammers in here just by their emails and the profile of one. Claims to be going to college and yet their grammer is atrocious. "Am young, am beautiful" blah blah.
I had this one going right about the time I first started coming in here. Within the first hour on yahoo messenger it was "I love you" and then hit me with "need $1200 for plane ticket back to the US". I kept putting her off saying I couldn't come up with that amount. After about 2 weeks I started saying I could come up with several hundred dollars for her. When I asked for info for sending, I got her uncles name and address. No matter how I tried I couldn't get her to agree with sending directly to her. Yahoo got an email from me explaining everything about this person and even sent them the name with address. Two days later I get a message from this "girl" using a new id saying someone stole her yahoo id. Told her what I did and there was nothing I could do to help get it back. Told her the only way I would hand over any cash to her was if she got herself here. Then I get a message from the uncle saying he would help her get to the US if I helped him cash some cashier checks. Told him I heard about that scam and then put him on my ignore list.
It was after this one that I began doing research on scammers.
I was in one site before I came here and I learned real quick on how to spot the scammers. I know of possibly two scammers in here just by their emails and the profile of one. Claims to be going to college and yet their grammer is atrocious. "Am young, am beautiful" blah blah.
I had this one going right about the time I first started coming in here. Within the first hour on yahoo messenger it was "I love you" and then hit me with "need $1200 for plane ticket back to the US". I kept putting her off saying I couldn't come up with that amount. After about 2 weeks I started saying I could come up with several hundred dollars for her. When I asked for info for sending, I got her uncles name and address. No matter how I tried I couldn't get her to agree with sending directly to her. Yahoo got an email from me explaining everything about this person and even sent them the name with address. Two days later I get a message from this "girl" using a new id saying someone stole her yahoo id. Told her what I did and there was nothing I could do to help get it back. Told her the only way I would hand over any cash to her was if she got herself here. Then I get a message from the uncle saying he would help her get to the US if I helped him cash some cashier checks. Told him I heard about that scam and then put him on my ignore list.
It was after this one that I began doing research on scammers.
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Hahahahaha!
What screen name?
What stick?????
Allen, no more teddy bears for you! LOL
Just cat food! :)
What screen name?
What stick?????
Allen, no more teddy bears for you! LOL
Just cat food! :)
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I have been approached on numerous occasions with those phony "My Father's the king of some third world country and he died, so we need you bank account number to transfer the funds into your account".
Yeah right!
I may have been born at night, but it wasn't last night!
A couple of the people I met on there seemed legit at first and then when we went on yahoo messenger, they eventually got around to asking if they could borrow money.
At that point there's a very quick disconnect at my end.