Are you chatting to a genuine online dater or a Nigerian scammer? Become an online dating investigator and use these 5 Tips to spot a Nigerian dating scammer.
Before you start playing hot and frisky or declaring love to someone from an online dating site do a little research to find out if they are a Nigerian dating scammer.
First of all make sure you understand what the 419 internet dating scam is and how it works.
Remember these scammers are everywhere, not just in major online dating sites but also on forums and in chatrooms about every topic there is.
Even very small niche dating websites can occasionally let one slip through the net depending on how experienced the scammer is.
Now let’s start investigating this too good to be true, dying to get married to you person.
1. Trace the Dating Profile Photo
Is the dating profile photo just too good to be true, does it look like a model? If so it probably is.
The photo I have used on this post is one a Nigerian scammer stole from a model agency website and was using on online dating profiles.
However more sophisticated Nigerian scammers are now using very ordinary holiday snaps they find around the internet.
So either copy the images from their profile if the website hasn’t blocked the copy feature or ask the person to email you their photo’s .. now go to TinEye.com and upload the photo’s.
Tineye is a reverse image search engine and will find the image online even if it has been altered.
This will tell you where the original photo was uploaded, eg a model agency website or someones photo album.
Romancescam also has a photo database of known scammers. Just go to Scam Digger upload the photo(s) and it will compare them to the ones in their database.
2. Check Email Adresses
The Nigerian scammers favourite email and chat provider by far is Yahoo, I would say that over 90% of the scam profiles I reject from my dating site are using yahoo email addresses.
Look out for addresses with 4u, 4luv, 4life, 4love, 4ever at the end .. eg lillian4u@yahoo.com, it’s no guarantee but does ring alarm bells.
3. Track the IP Address
An IP address will give you the location of the web server they are using, if it goes back to Nigeria or Senegal for example then you might want to rethink your budding relationship.
IP addresses can be routed through certain websites so you would see a UK or US ip address but you can track back to the original.
This excellent blog post will take you step by step through tracking the original IP address of an email sender in GMail, Yahoo and Outlook.
Once you find the ip address just go to a free ip locator website and paste it in the search box.
This then lists the country, region and city of the server the sender is using .. clever isn’t it.
4. Search Profile Information
If the person you are chatting to has a well written profile, with a good standard of English grammar then copy and paste a couple of phrases and do a google search.
I’ve just tried it with one of todays scammers profiles on my dating site and the phrases originate on a US blogs about me page.
5. Ask to Chat on Webcam
Be persistent about this. These scammers will send you up to 30 photo’s of ‘themselves’ (they are often all photos of the same model taken from an agency website) but a webcam will show you who you are talking to.
Of course they won’t have a webcam, even if you send them money to buy one they will reel off excuse after excuse as to why it won’t work but that is what you want.
The more they refuse to show themselves the more suspicious you will get and the aim here is to protect you from these people.
December 11th, 2010 at 2:52 am
My scammer called himself Tom Samson with a 13 year old son Kevin. Said he was a petroleum engineer from LA. Very smooth. Fell in love with me right away. Sent me his bank statement showing he had $11 million in his account and said he owned a house in Hawaii. Called me babe and “hunnie”. I am going to post the photos he used on romancescams.com.
The email he used was samsontom53@yahoo.com and also had his so called son send me an email after I blocked him which was samsonkevin18@yahoo.com. The phone numbers he used said at first Private Caller, then 727-322-4283 and also 4-807-868-7282.
April 26th, 2011 at 11:23 pm
I have been talking to a man I met online. He did his love spiel about how he was waiting for someone like me all his life. He was divorced because his wife cheated on him. He lives in Maryland but works in Nigeria (Lagos)as a vsat installer and has his 7 year old son living with him. He asked me for money to pay his internet so i could continue to talk to him. I told him i couldn’t help him, but i didn’t know. He borrowed money from a co-worker and paid it and wants me to pay his coworker back. He also sent me a copy of his paycheck over 180,000 dollars that is a cashiers check but there are no banks with the name on the check he cannot cash there until he goes home to Maryland. He only wanted me to help him this time of $230 and when his project is over he is moving home. He has asked to marry me and be with him. He sounds like he’s telling the truth and his email address checks out. Just don’t know what to think. He couldn’t pay it but is still on the internet. I have talked to him on the phone he has an accent, i can understand some but not all what he’s saying. How does a person really know for sure, it is too good to be true. Its kind of disappointing to be looking for love all your life and you find someone so kind like this guy is to me and then asks you to help him. I’ve been avoiding him but its sad.
April 27th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
Hi shereel57
In what way does his email check out? Surely anyone can open an email account anywhere.
The story sounds totally fake to me. Think about it logically he has been working and living there, sith his son until he meets you online … so he has been paying for accommodation, food and travel for him and his son … but suddenly now has to borrow a few bucks from a co-worker and then makes the assumption you will pay it back for him. Plus what sort of employer pays in a method that cannot be cashed in the country you are working in? Any employer can pay money into any bank account in the world … it’s a total scam.
June 3rd, 2011 at 12:23 pm
hi shereel
i have a feeling we have been chatting to the same guy. email if you want to exchange info
cait
December 17th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
i was responding to angel who was heart broken i am feeling the sAME HE SAID HE LOVED ME and i was the only one for him then he started asking for money for money and to open a bank acct so he could deposit money and since i wont give him the acct number now hes verymad he said his boss needs to deposit money he said he lives in london and traveled to nigeria then asked me again i am totally devestated i thought he loved me and he was to have me visit him in london now i am so upset i am taking anxiety meds and considering going into the mental hospital for a while i cant believe this happened to me and i didnt know it happened to others
December 24th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Ya i send a gurl that was spose to be from america that got robbed that i met on a dating website money to help her since she needed it 700+ then she needed 1000 for basic travel allowance so that when i knew im just pissed cuz it was from my college fund…so and ya she wanted me to move in and bla blah blah so ya got scammed would get on cam for 5 sec. then say it messed up and just big nasty mess…hopefully with Dr. bills and no insurance and school coming up soon hopefully it all works out….
January 15th, 2011 at 4:09 pm
I am a Nigerian, and I sincerely do not believe that all Nigerians are scammers! Im deeply sorry about those that have been scammed, but I also know that there are wonderful and beautiful souls in Nigeria..I am a new member here on this site, I really hope to find my love here….
January 16th, 2011 at 9:16 am
Hi Ngozi
I too do not believe all Nigerian people are scammers, in fact I feel sure they are in the minority. However, your country seems to be the scam capital of the world, given that a majority of scams seem to originate there. I really hope your country will deal with this problem when it has a stronger economy and/or government and return your countries reputation.
May I ask why you are not looking for love in your own country? Having lived in Africa I do understand that people there are much more practical about marriage and economic reasons may also play a part … for which I do not blame anyone, I just wish they would be honest and not try to get money by deception.
May 3rd, 2011 at 6:14 pm
I assume there are good persons in Nigeria but so far everyone that I met were scammers. There is no excuse for trying to fool someone and scam them of their hard earned money.
May 4th, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Hi Annonymous
Of course there are good people in Nigeria .. the problem is they are at work, out with friends or taking care of their family, not hanging around on the internet looking for victims. Unfortunately the ones we are all encountering are the bad people who use people for money … they exist in every country and culture in the world but online it concentrates the number you will encounter.
January 20th, 2011 at 3:27 am
It is a shame that women and men are, being scammed out of there money.A few years ago I was able to visit Nigeria with a friend he was from that country but he now resides in America. I was so amazed of the situations that I saw. Grant it that most of the people that reside in Nigeria are working on jobs and are not being paid, like we are here in America.Because when they work their bosses pay them whenever they get ready, sometimes they have to wait four and five months untill they even see a paycheck. It’s so sad because they do not have the economic resources that we have in America.But that is still no reason for them to take our money.And one day they will have to pay because the Lord said thou should not steal, or lie
January 28th, 2011 at 1:09 pm
Hi, can somebody help me what should I do to catch back the scammer? I keep all their emails, so I can trace the IP address and geolocation. Based on IP/geolocation, I know where they connected to the internet. I reported my case to the local police, and I contacted cciu who has an authority to investigate an international cyber crime. I did it. I contacted western union as well, but they can’t help me for further investigation if I don’t have a letter from the police. I filled the form IC3, scamwatch website, etc. But….it’s already more than a week without any progress from them. I am pretending that I am not aware as a victim to the scammer, and I am trying to create a new story to them. I expect they’re still keep in contact with me. I tought this is a good way to give the police enough time to trace them and resolve the case, but…. I just frustated because everything’s silent. I know the scammer starting confused with themself. Please help me, what should I do now?
January 28th, 2011 at 7:31 pm
Hi bee
If Western Union say they need a letter from the police then you need to get your local police to write a letter stating that you have reported the WU payment as a crime and they are investigating. Western Union will then investigate who collected the money at the other end.
Unfortunately it is usually not possible to get your money back. There are 2 reasons, firstly the scammer will simply say you sent the money voluntarily (it was not paying for a product or service) and secondly the cost for the police to investigate and prosecute an overseas crime usually vastly outweighs the money you have lost.
I wish you luck, get the letter and then wait to see if tha authorities can help you.
January 28th, 2011 at 9:38 pm
Hi Sally,
Thank you so much for your response. Yes, I did it as well, but the local police said: “sorry, we can’t give you the letter, because an intl. cyber crime is not our authority”.. Oh bloody hell! I said: “I didn’t ask you to investigate my case, I just need your help to make a statement that I reported my case here and that statement for WU purposes, and WU told me they will investigate this case”. But…hhhh.???
I am not expecting too much to get my money back, but I am really concern to the people around me to be a new victim, because they stolen my identity as well (copy of my passport, driver licence and some of my pics). I just told to all my family and close friends that they must be careful if somebody claim something on behalf of my name. Please help me, what should I do now? To be honest, I am disappointed with the police. I hope, through this community I can get some bright ideas and some helps….
January 29th, 2011 at 10:20 pm
Hi Bee
There is very little they can do with a copy of your passport, driving licence and pics .. other than pretend to be you and scam men online. Why did you send anyone copied of these documents?
I understand you are frustrated but there is very little you can do other than to report it, then accept you have been scammed and be more careful in the future. In your country you should have something equivalent to Fraud Alert here in the UK .. that is who you need to contact and they will tell you if they can provide any kind of correspondence for WU. Just search the internet for the name of your country and “report internet fraud”.
February 12th, 2011 at 7:13 pm
It’s funny, I met my husband, a nigerian living in Spain on a christian website. Although his goal was to get to America thru marriage. I met him there in Spain, I actually went three times. We fell in love and did get married, he came to America. He was actually the one who told be all about the 419 scammers, He actually tried it himself but didn’t have the heart to take money from a woman who actually offered it to him. Well, to make a long story short, he is still here after 8 years. But the other point I want to make is, yes there are many scammers out there and beware of them, as the dating site owner says. The warnings he gives are right. My husband told me so. I’ve even met some of his friends in Spain who go to computer centers, sit there all day and do this kind of stuff. So I guess I lucked out in my situation, but it’s always good to be wary.
February 13th, 2011 at 8:25 pm
Hi Littleblue
Thanks for your comments and I’m glad you met one of the good ones. What you say is very true, men can marry simply to get a visa to a rich country and many of them will divorce as soon as they secure their position in that country but some of them, like your husband, will take their marriage seriously and be good husbands. Best of luck in your marriage.
February 21st, 2011 at 5:19 am
i am a Nigerian and all my life i have never defraud anybody but rather use whatever i have to help people the best i could ,now you are tarnishing the image of innocnt people just because you want to make you website popular,tell me where in these world that we dont have fraud ,most people use the name of Nigerian to do all these and you know that but just to gain cheap popularity you want to ruin innocent career.
February 21st, 2011 at 8:02 am
Pete we are not tarnishing innocent people, we are exposing scammers. The fact that so many of them come from Nigeria suggests there is a problem Nigeria needs to deal with. When Nigeria clamps down on these scammers we will stop exposing them.
What innocent career? Scamming money out of strangers on the internet?
You then give tips on how to avoid scammers … so do they exist or not?
February 21st, 2011 at 5:37 am
My tips are these,No real Nigeria would ask for money from you,Date people in your local area,dont believe in any business deal or contract talk or try to help people online in the name of his dad is sick or whatever,If it is too good to be true then it is not true.
March 16th, 2011 at 5:53 pm
I to am not sure i am being scammed. Just starting the investigtion, but what I have read seems to be I might be. Any/all guidance will be appreciated. Will give more details if need be.
March 16th, 2011 at 6:14 pm
Hi Mags
Check out this post and see if anything here rings alarm bells with you http://www.country-couples.co.uk/datingtips/behaviour-patterns-of-online-dating-scammers/
If not just give us some details and we’ll see if we can help you.
March 18th, 2011 at 11:14 pm
hello, i’m trying to find informations about a lady i’ve met, seeking by name,which appears to be correct, by pics on the scammers’s file, and did not found her here, which should be quite good…
she is supposed to be in benin and effectivelly her phone number is ok there because i talk to her very often. i’d just like to know if it is possible to track from wher is she talking to me when we are on messenger…because i traced th origin ip adress and it’s an nigerian ip…so wanna check if she is really in Benin when she is contacting me online.
Tanks
March 18th, 2011 at 11:29 pm
Hi Bert
Benin could easily share an ip address with Nigeria if the server overlaps the border.
However please be careful, even if everything checks out. Of course there are genuine ladies in Nigeria but there also ladies who are paid to chat to men in order to get money out of them. There are also cases of men going to that region to meet ladies and being kidnapped and robbed by men who run these scams.
Find out everything you can, find out where she works (if she is genuine she will tell you) … then call her at work.
You say her name appears to be correct .. how have you checked this?
March 19th, 2011 at 10:34 am
Hi Sally,
thanks for your answer! Well, first i did not saw any of the pics she sent me on the dating scam stop websites, even on tinyeye and scamdigger.
She gave me the name of the hospital where she works and it does exist. By the way she often call me from there and it,s a fixed line number…but how to know?
her phone number and mail adress does not appear on any scamstop websites either. i am trying to check something else, as her mother supposed to pass out last November in cotonou, so she should be registered in the national archives. and at this time, she never asked me for money for the funeral service.
i am trying to find out a way to have an access to the south african national archives because she is supposed to be born in SA. I,d like to find a way to identify the pics she sent me too. and eventually to be able to trace her phone number on the web…i know it’s not fare but i prefer to be sure. at this moment i did not found her on any scammers websites… is it possible to trace the origin of a person talking with u online by messenger to see where she is typing?
Thanks for your help
Bert
March 19th, 2011 at 9:21 pm
Hi Bert
This will help you trace the ip in messenger, there are a couple of ways to do it .. http://www.all-nettools.com/forum/showthread.php?3172-Getting-someone-s-IP-address-from-an-instant-messenger.
Have you checked that the phone number actually is at the hospital, because it would be very unusual for an employer to let someone make overseas calls. If I were you I would ring a different number at the hospital (which you should get from the internet) and ask for her by name or say you tried ringing the number she gave you but had trouble getting through .. can they check the number for you? They will soon tell you if it is not a hospital number.
I have looked for photos I know are online using tineye and it doesn’t find them, so there is no guarantees with it either way. Have you checked model websites for her pictures?
March 19th, 2011 at 9:39 pm
hi sally,
thanks again. i will try the network you gave me aand will do what you said for the hospital. i looked a few model websites but don’t know all of them. on those i found she is not on them.
keep you in touch and thanks again
Bert
March 19th, 2011 at 10:19 pm
ok Bert, best of luck with it and I hope she is real but please be very careful and DON’T send any money until you are 110% sure (not just ‘I want to be sure’ but really sure, as in having some evidence she is genuine).
Yes please let us know how it goes.
March 20th, 2011 at 8:54 am
Hi Sally,
i am actually seeking on all the model sites…could i send you some pics to check? it would help me a lot!
Thanks
Bert
March 20th, 2011 at 10:27 pm
Have sent you an email Bert so just forward the photos there and I’ll see what I can do.
March 22nd, 2011 at 3:44 am
i will wanna state it emphatically, that what you guys are doing on this site isnt good for the image of a nation. this is how u breed enmity among nations n u make america the target of many terrorist nation. moreso, when slave trade was flourishing n even after what has the american government or anyone do about paying those helpless african nation back for any misdeed. and now all u can do now is brandish ur technology through he internet to attack the name of a nation all in the name of exposing scammers. can u ever mention the names of russia n germany like these n not get your website banned? you keep doing it n u keep bringing gaps among these people and the nation, u might not know this, you are spreading hatred.
March 22nd, 2011 at 11:00 pm
No Greg we are spreading truth. Nobody here hates your nation (Nigeria) or hates the people of Nigeria … we only hate scammers and it is not our fault so many of them come from your country.
If you think the slave trade in the US is a good reason to scam people then please remember how many victims in the US are of African descent, indeed descendants of slaves. They work really hard for their money and don’t need young menb in your country sitting in internet cafes conning money out of them.
When I hear of a scammer in Germany I will post about it and there are plent of sites dealing with Russian scams.
April 3rd, 2011 at 2:19 am
I don’t hv much to say… but be careful with your worlds…
April 3rd, 2011 at 9:10 pm
Hi Don
As you are from Nigeria perhaps you would like to explain which words I should be careful of?
April 19th, 2011 at 11:23 am
@ Don which we know thats NOT your name you sound a little worried and sounds like you are trying to threaten Sally awww poor little scammer whats wrong afraid you will be put out of business and be forced to get a real job lol BOO HOOOO.
April 8th, 2011 at 4:46 am
i started talking with a alextonyworld is his profile on datehookup, about four weeks ago, within a few days, he wants to date me, and then a few days later tells me how much he was in love with me, and then tells me he wants to get married. he claims his wife has died and his daughter is in nigeria with her in laws, they are raising her until he would get remarried, he is right now suppose to be my boyfriend, says he got off of the site, but i just found out today that he has put himself back on it with the same exact picture and before he was living in jackson michigan and now its edmonds washington. he tells me that his daughter has this problem with her lung and she needs an operation so he goes down and stays with her at the hospital in nigeria, and as were talking he tells me that she almost dies right at that moment, but he continues to still text me, and them he says the doctors say this operation has to be done asap or she could die and then starts telling me he didnt have enough money for the operation and that he really needed me to send him money, i told him i couldnt but he kept saying that he couldnt get home until he paid it, in the mean time the doctor is letting him use his pc for hours to talk to me, when we instant message he calls me by different names and even sends me pictures of his daughter that has a name on her book bag and if you in large the picture, it has a different name on it then what he says her name is, he even called her by another name as we were IM each other, he keeps trying to make me feel guilty by telling me that he knows that i would do anything for him and that he would walk on water for me, he is very clever. i knew something was fishy though, here he hasnt seen his daughter for over two years, she almost died and yet he can keep texting me and then goes to his motel room a few hours afterward and leaves his daughter alone, he still thinks i love him, like i said he just got back on datehookup but living in a different state. he used a fake innocent sickly child to try to gain money, and he has lied so many times to me and i am just thankful i didnt send him any money at all, watch out for him, he could be dangerous, i just notified datehookup and i hope they take him off of their site, but scammers are good and he can come back with a different picture and a different profile, he talks about a being a good fearing man, all i can say is he better fear god, hes a terrible person so please be careful.i have read up on nigerian scammers and he is exactly doing what they say they do. please beware all you ladies, and dont get in his trap, im sure the picture isnt even the real scammer. i even told him my friend wanted to send him money and he told me to send it directly to him for the bill and i told him that my friend would wire it to the doctor, and he had the nerve to say he spoke to the doctor and the doctor said were playing games with him and to send it to tony and he can give it to the doctor. i dont know much about computers, but i wish someone could catch this criminal, like i said he is still on datehookup.com as alextonyworld. please be careful everyone
April 8th, 2011 at 8:36 pm
Hi Cindy
That’s exactly how scammers operate .. well done for not falling for it and for reporting him to the site. As you rightly say he can just open a new account with a different picture but the more we interrupt their operations the less time they have to find new victims.
June 27th, 2011 at 10:56 am
I think I have the same one on my case – be careful – I am onto it
April 18th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
How do I notify someone his photo is being used in a possible scam and how do I load his photo.
April 19th, 2011 at 6:47 pm
Hi Anonymous
Do you know who the photo belongs to? If not there is virtually no way to let them know unless you happen across their photo on the website it was stolen from.
April 25th, 2011 at 1:58 am
Hi every body i met a girl on facebook her name is rose scott. i been talking to her for about a month she told me she is from miami but currently working in nigerian as a unicef nurse she showed me her photos and yeah she is a very prety. To good to be true i fell in love for her amd she told me she loves me to and ask for money to pay back her depts so i sent her money and a week later she wanted more money for a mobile phone so she could speak to me i siad no more money then she was telling me why trying to make me feel sorry and bad for her. sence i read i theres messagers i feel so stupid for sending the money.
April 25th, 2011 at 10:13 pm
Hi Johnny
Sorry you got scammed. At least you know what to look for in future.
April 27th, 2011 at 4:40 pm
The Nigerian scammers are everywhere. I met someone on a dating website who was an “engineer” working in Nigeria. When he finally got paid he could not leave the county because he had to pay taxes and his funds where held up. He called me from the airport to tell me that he did not know what he was going to do. By this time I was on to him I knew he was going to ask me for money so I played along. He told me that he was going to ask his mother (who by the way took care of his son because he was widowed); I wished him luck and hoped she could help him out. Later on that night I received a text message from him asking me for money. I simply told him that I don’t give money out to people I have not met, and that I would probably not hear from him after this… I was right, never heard from him again! His email is latrellterell@yahoo.com.
April 27th, 2011 at 10:45 pm
so glad to hear you didn’t fall for it Sandy
July 17th, 2011 at 5:26 pm
Sandy,
This story sounds a bit familiar to me. The “construction engineer”, son, and mom part. He just said his relationship ended on a sad note. Actually said he was never married.
Do you remember anymore details the gave you? Such as son’s name or mom’s name. City they lived in? He said he was from Raeford, NC. But used the name Frank.
Thanks
Sandra
June 12th, 2011 at 6:12 pm
Beware of Nigerian dating Scammer Paul Harry — (uses false, good looking white guys photos)…. reels out love poetry. One of his many email address is paulharry52@hotmail.com
June 24th, 2011 at 3:23 pm
I agree with all of this but the last one. Some (very few) people do not like to get on webcams. I’m one of them. That doesn’t make me less real or shy i just don’t like how it usually goes on webcam
June 24th, 2011 at 10:40 pm
Dating website scammers
I have been on various dating sites. There are fail proof methods.
!. Ask a question. Ask the same question 3 emails in a row. If there is no reply on your question, the person is copying and pasting their text and moving on to the next.
2. Choose to stay on the site for several of more emails. Do give out your email readily.
3. If you still have doubt and you want to send money, ask them to send a picture of themselves holding a piece of paper with their face on it saying “can’t wait to see you (your name)”. That will prove that they are real. Say that I think that you would understand since it is so much money.
Say also:
“If you were with me and you knew that I wanted to send money to someone based upon just words and pictures, you would slap me aside my head”.
Remeber:
Questions…Questions…Questions
July 1st, 2011 at 4:32 pm
Hi Alan
Excellent tips there, thank you very much for sharing them.
July 17th, 2011 at 7:47 pm
I was just scammed but i was good enough that I didnt send him money. Very same situation also with all the girls he had ask for money. I meet him in datin.mobi. I eagerly wants to get married so when he said he was interested also, I took his bait. I fell in love with him instantly with his good words and promises. He said he is geologist working in UK but has a home in Oklahoma. He has daughter and a widower and brings her along to his workplace. Then after a week told me his company assigned hint to Nigeria and he will gonna bring his daughter with her. After a week, accident happen and his daughter in hospital and need operation. He was so confused cause his money is not enough and asking me if I could lean him and promise to pay back when he will come here to get me. When i told him I cant give, he’d changed and never chatted me again. Anyway, his name is Cole Taylor and used email add, coletay022@yahoo.com. I can see he is still operating cause i saw him online but when i provoke him and that i already know everything, he never send me a reply. So watch out anymore who will encounter his email. Thanks.
August 17th, 2011 at 7:45 am
Hello sally, yes i have me a scammer thats n love with me an the whole nine yards by the name of michael denise i have talked to him on the phone anyway he contacted me on fb an i talkn bout the pic he got on fb book this man is super fine but he wont accept my fb friend request he jus IM me now a few weeks later he done robbed an is n the hospital with eternal bleeding an needs $700 thats when i knew something wasnt rite my thing is forget him i want the man in the pic hes using on fb if i send u that pic can u please please find out who he is for me please lol that man is fine oh by the way as for scammer i will be sending him 700 in the morning so he thinks lol where can i get this pic to u @ cause tineye wont work on my phone
August 19th, 2011 at 4:28 pm
Hi Shatarus
I’m afraid I can’t help you locate the real man in the photos and if I could I still wouldn’t to be honest. It is a natural response of a scam victim to want to find the real man behind the fake scammer profile but the reason is always the same … “I want to warn him his details are being used”. However the reality is (even subconciously) victims want to contact him in the hope he is the real man they have developed feelings for. Can you imagine sitting at home with your wife and kids and suddenly you get all these communications from women around the world, declaring feelings for him or trying to suss out if he would be interested. I’d rather leave the poor guy in peace.
August 22nd, 2011 at 12:32 am
Also watch out for people asking to send photos to them as they use those to pose as someone else.
Some scammers are in habit of sending online greetings cards to your email address professing undying love