Comments on: 5 Tips to Spot a Nigerian Dating Scammer

By: matthew@uk business franchises

matthew@uk business franchises — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:59:25 +0000

A few missing tips! I cannot think of a single scam email I have received from Nigeria that has not had 1. Terrible grammar and 2. Reference to god is some way. “May god be with you” “You are blessed from heaven” “May you find happiness in your love of god and all you do” etc etc.

OK so reading the above comments I see that these have been mentioned.

Another thing to remember is that anyone can fall for these people. A professor at a large USA university got scammed for several hundred thousand last year and closer to home, my father in law got scammed for 60k a few years ago and he is a perfectly intelligent fellow.
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By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:46:37 +0000

you guys are quite right,its so dissapointing,but some fellas do these things

By: Lucas@teach yourself spanish

Lucas@teach yourself spanish — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:25:26 +0000

I watched something about this on dateline with Chris Hansen. He was showing a lot people in the U.S being used as intermediary shippers of merchandise that wouldn’t ship to the buyers own country, and all of the people doing the shipping were supposedly in some sort of e-relationship with the people they were shipping to. It’s shameful that someone would use others loneliness and pain as a tool for manipulation, when will we learn…

By: always single and dating

always single and dating — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:19:54 +0000

More ways to spot Nigerian (or African) spammers.

1. home cities are listed alot in NY or LA
2. discrepancies in grammar and capitalization errors. I have noticed these guys capitalize words in the middle of sentences for no reasons. The often use commas to end sentences where we would use periods.
3. Here’s a biggie. They talk about trust, God, love, honesty alot. They’re looking for a type or person to scam and of course people who are religious and have been hurt are the easiest to scam.
NEVER give out personal information when in doubt.

When in doubt, there is no doubt!

By: Paris@Frank

Paris@Frank — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:20:58 +0000

so don’t be fooled and trace the original ip address from the email full header. this kind of acction can be debastaited.

By: Sally

Sally — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:47:55 +0000

Congratulations on finding your Mr Right Rosalyn and thank you for the kind words about this blog. I hope your relationship goes well and it brings you a lot of joy in this life.

See Chairman, internet dating can work, you just need the right tools to avoid the scammers.

By: Rosalyn

Rosalyn — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:38:56 +0000

This person makes me so angry, I was so lonely and being disabled find it difficult to get out and mix. I didn’t go on to the dating sites to be scammed and firmly believed I would find the love of my life on there.
I was constantly bombarded with scammers but just as I was about to give up hope in the space of a week I found my now best friend and the love or my life. I met him a lot quicker than I would recommend to anyone because his mate died and as I knew how he felt I up and went to his side to support him. It was as though we had known each other all out lives, no awkward silences.
I am so grateful to this site for helping me to discover the scammers, it has taught me so much. I think anyone who joins a dating site should have this website address given to them.
Thanks Sally for everything.

Rosalyn x

By: Sally

Sally — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:31:33 +0000

Hi Chairman

Well it’s an intersting comment but not one I can agree with. I know many people who have met in online dating sites or social networking sites and been happily married for years now.

Scammers are everywhere not just on the internet. The internet gives them the ability to create an alias in 5 minutes but that can be done offline as well.

Also don’t agree the net is a business place, I stay in touch with friends all over the world through the net.

By: Unknown Chairman

Unknown Chairman — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:27:08 +0000

I think a person who thinks looking for love over the internet must be scammed in order to find love.

If you are looking for love, then look outside your home, in ur school, in a hospital, mortuary or anywhere. Why look on the internet anywayz.

The internet, is a business place, so anyone trying to look for love there, is looking to being a client, therefore must be scammed if not sharp enough.

Chairman says so!!!

By: Sally

Sally — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:23:27 +0000

Just so you all know …. if you check an ip address and it comes up as Sunnydale California, this is where Yahoo and we all know Yahoo is a scammers best friend … so don’t be fooled and trace the original ip address from the email full header.