If you are going to use the internet for online dating then it is vital you learn to recognise the signs of an online dating scam.
Signals of dating scams are quite easy to ignore if you are earnestly looking for someone to love you.
I say ‘to love you’ and not ‘find someone you can love’ because it is our emotional needs that these people prey on.
Before we look at specific dating scams you need to know the basics …
What is an online dating scammer?
There are two types of predators using online dating sites, players and scammers.
Players are looking for notches on their bedpost and this post will tell you how to spot and online dating player.
While both are playing on your emotional vulnerability, a scammer is a person who contacts you on an online dating site with the intention of making money from you, either for personal gain or for their employer.
Scammers are simply actors who play a role online to entice you to part with your money. They often have scripts and receive a percentage of the ‘profits’ they con out of you.
What is an online dating scam?
Dating scams come in many different forms but all share the same intention, to get you to pay.
The amounts of money involved vary, usually starting off with small requests for money so they can top up their mobile phone to call you (remember that 10 pounds sterling can equal a weeks pay in a poor country) but can lead to thousands of pounds once they have you hooked.
Consumer Direct (the UK Governments consumer protection website) defines a scammer as:
“An online dating scam is when a scammer, male or female, creates a false personal profile and makes contact with you via an online dating agency or even a specialised chat room. The scammer says that they are seeking romance or a soul mate but are really out to steal not only your heart but your cash too.”
This isn’t just the Nigerian ‘send a money order’ scam we are all hopefully familiar with now.
Other forms of scams involve getting you to visit premium rate websites or call premium rate telephone numbers.
There is also the ‘I want to meet you but need flight money, insurance, cash, visa’ or whatever but of course on the day of travel their second cousin twice removed suddenly has a sick gerbil so they can’t travel. Of course they can’t possibly get a refund but if you send more money they will travel next month.
Over the next few posts we will look at some very specific scams, how to spot a dating scammer, the dating scammers toolbox and how to avoid scammers on online dating sites.
Where do scammers hang out?
Scammers are more often than not found on free dating websites, they are in this game to make money not spend it.
Those that do pay to join dating sites will join the largest international sites, as this offers a greater number of potential victims but no site is totally safe from scammers.
They will also join forums and chat rooms specifically for lonely hearts or dating.
People often mistakenly believe that scammers are male Africans but a quick look at the US Embassy website in Russia has an excellent question and answer section about internet dating scams which tells a very different story.
Victims of dating scams are stupid
If this is your opinion then think again. Surveys of victims of dating scams have shown that most are well educated, hard working singles and dare I say very ‘normal’ people.
One of the reasons these people get away with online dating scams is because their victims all believe they are not the type of person who could fall for a scammer, often believing they can spot a scammer a mile away.
We tend to hear more about women being scammed than men because men are less likely to come forward and admit they were scammed, however both men and women are regularly scammed online.
It is so important for all online daters to be educated and aware of online dating scams, which we will look at more closely in future posts. Remember to follow our 5 golden rules for online dating safety but for now we have answered the question of what is an online dating scam.
June 11th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
I’m not understanding this, so why are people trying to date people from other countries? It seems like you should play it safe and date people from your country only – but of course I can see some people having a real reason to date out of country but for the majority of us why would we..!?
June 11th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Hi Sean
Many of the scammers simply lie about which country they live in, people need to join dating sites which check out profiles and don’t accept bogus ones.
January 6th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Hey there,
I recently got scammed on this site: christiansinglesnet.net
Be careful on online dating scam!
Her user name is Laila Amidu and that’s a fake. She will eventually ask for money, after promising infinite love. Then she’ll disappear.
As usual…
January 10th, 2010 at 5:50 am
Hi Mark
Fogive me but how could you not know there was something wrong with that profile? Perhaps I am just so used to scammers now that their profiles just jump out at me.
Rather than go through the profile here I will do a post about it and point out what screams scammer at me.
If you are sure she is a scammer (I have no doubt whatsoever having looked at the profile) please can you go to romancescam.com and leave all “her”(?) details there.
Don’t give up on online dating, just read through my blog so you know what to look for.
February 24th, 2010 at 11:34 am
Hi, scammer is Tommy Wills and is looking for money to pay for BTA from nigeria, he claims to be a widow and have a daughter called wendy
May 21st, 2010 at 9:39 pm
BTA — no such animal, this is a love scam used to indicate that they are unable to leave a country because they are not a true citizen of that country. Do not fall for it. The word that makes this a scam is allowances, look up the defination of allowances if the word requirement, that could be geniune like extra baggages there may be extra fees required. What i do the minute they hit me with BTA, Disconnect the conversation and dont deal with email addr any further. If your curious and want to know where exactly the email originated from copy paste email addr, then google whois trace email, then go back to the actual email contents and display full header, you should have that in your email options. copy and past the full headears to the area provided for whois. then select trace, will pin point within 600 yards of where this person located. give you the country as well, map will display you can zoom and look at almost the exact dwelling of scammer.
June 1st, 2010 at 5:19 am
I was just tried to be scammed by this name Collins.more or Clemente collins. He got my information from match.com we started sharing messages , all of them beautiful love letters for almost 2 weeks until he said he travel to africa for a very important bussines , once there he was supposed to travel to my country with his daughter to meet me, it was supposed to happen this week, however just last night contactd me telling me he lost his wallet and had to cancel all credit cards, then at 1 a.m.he called me telling me he needed to pay $4.500 as tax and he did not have any cash. he was asking me to check his bank acccount and wire transfer this amount to my account and then send him the money through western union which i realized was a scam . I did not want to do it , i contacted my bank and explained and then re-checked his bank account and noticed it was a simple website he built probably for people to wire transfer money. his account was supposible of more than 300.0000 euros and I was surprised he game all his passwords, etc. to manage the account… today i sent him a message letting him know I am aware he is trying to cheat me and then i found a lot of information on the net regarding the Nigeria nets used to scam people. Bellow is all the bank information he provided for me to wire the money. just want to share it with you to avoid possible fraud.
I have like 30 messages we interchanged, all of them very well writen. He was prettending to be a business man from Manchester , who had a 12 year old child and whose ex-wife had cheated him with his best friend and then had died in a car accident. a very sad story to make any woman´s heart weak
Baby this is the link………….http://firstprivbhld.com/firstprivate/ebanking/Login.php
USER ID………………..67730100
PIN………………………1025
Honey you will asked to provide these codes during your course of transfer for verification.
Cost of Transfer Code: COT2141
Non Residential Tax Code: TX4312
Anti-Terrorist Code: ATI5645
Demurrage Code: DM8945
Marginal Fluctuation Difference Code: MFD734
Honey after speaking with your bank please call me to come online so that i can direct you. I want you to transfer $6000 so you will send me $4500 and then keep the rest for us to spend when we come on friday
June 1st, 2010 at 5:39 am
Hi Sony
Great call and thanks so much for the information. I have found out where they stole the login page from so shall do a blog post about this.
June 3rd, 2010 at 12:24 am
Sure… i just want to help other people to prevent from these criminals. I think dating websites should have a kind of advice blogs for clients telling about these criminals , dont you thing so
Here is one of the last message he sent me
De: rooney Brown [mailto:rooney.brown@yahoo.co.uk]
Enviado el: Domingo, 30 de Mayo de 2010 02:53 p.m.
Asunto: My Love for you is Genuine
sweetheart i want you to know that God put you in my life and i in yours for a reason and that is to complement each other.We were meant to be together it was just a matter of us meeting.I am glad we have been exchanging emails.
My love for you is genuine and i want you to be free with me for i wouldn’t hurt you. I love you because you bring the best out of me. I love whom, I have become since I have known you. I love your terrific sense of humor. Every time I look in your eyes in the pictures of you, my heart misses a beat. I enjoy exchanging mails with you. You are simply irresistible.
Sometimes I feel lost and out of touch, but knowing you are there makes me feel safe.I could sit here and try to tell you just how I feel, only I can’t find the words other than I am happy we met and have gotten together after all we’ve gone through
You make me feel loved, you make me feel needed, but more importantly, you make me feel wanted. That is something that I hadn’t felt in a very long time. We will slowly grow into a beautiful relationship that only you and I can understand.
You are becoming my best friend, my lover and my soul mate. You are a blessing that my entire being is very thankful for. I feel that we were made to love, listen, understand, and work through all times in our lives together, a truly rare gift.
We have both gone through so much in our lives; we’ve both been hurt and have lost trust in others, but I ask you to give me a chance as I give you one. I don’t ask for much, only for you to love me as I am and not to hurt me as I would not hurt you. I only wish to be by your side and with no one else.
From this moment on, we have each other and all the time to be in each other’s arms.
When I say I love you it is truly meant.
Love always,
Collins
xoxoxoxoxo
— On Sun, 30/5/10, Sonia Rojas wrote:
De: rooney Brown [mailto:rooney.brown@yahoo.co.uk]
Enviado el: domingo, 30 de mayo de 2010 1:3
Asunto: I was busy all through yesterday
Hi baby,
I am trying to sign in now but i am having difficulties signing in. That was very nice of the woman to walk my baby and i’m glad to know you it was a nice experience for you. My day was stressfull yesterday. I went to buy some more pieces of art works and we travelled a distance of tewo hours by road and after purchasing i started wrapping the ones i wanna wrap cause i will be paying for the cargo plane to take them away to England on monday.
We have not really had time for sight seeing, i hope to do that as soon as i am through with my business here. I should be through by monday so from tuesday to thursday when we leave we have all the time to rest and visit placces. You know i don’t wanna be tired when i come, i want to hold you in my arms and make love to you all night long.
I am so anxious to meet you too honey,
I Love you so much,
Collins
De: rooney Brown [mailto:rooney.brown@yahoo.co.uk]
Enviado el: sábado, 29 de mayo de 2010 11:09
Asunto: Even in Point of death
My Darling sonia,
Even in point of death i will still have good things to say about you, you are the one that have won my life and I vow that u will be my wife I must fulfill my vow.A warm hello to let you know today brings to mind thoughts of you this note filled with lots of wishes good health and happiness too, best of life in whatever you do, may you be filled with every good thing your heart desires most and whatever happens I wish you success no one deserves it more than you. THAT IS PART ONE
I HAVE FOUND MY HAPPINESS IN YOU. love is not measured by moments together it;s measured in happiness given by one another, a joy thats last forever with you my wife I know i have all the love and care, my heart could ever desire with you. I Know i have someone I could trust. Some one I colud love with my heart someone I could confide in someone I could tell my fears. someone I could share my joy with and now in my quiet moments especially when I lay my head on my pillow thinkiing of you my heart desires to love you more and bring happiness to your life just as you bring happiness to my life. I am doing fine here honey, i am counting the days left before i see you.
It really means so much, very much to know someone like you , you’ re the one who makes me happy in a million little ways, your tenderness and loving care bring joy to all my days ,, there can never ever be anyone who’s loved as much as you ever loved by me. honey i promise to all ways love you in life.
Baby i can’t wait to be with you to make sweet love to you everyday.
I love you with all my heart
Collins
De: rooney Brown [mailto:rooney.brown@yahoo.co.uk]
Asunto: To be close to you
I know the miles keep us from touching hands or kissing lips but To Be Close To You is all that i desire.
I know our love is young and the road to interlocking our hearts is long but To Be Close To You is all that i desire.
I know life can be tough and the world we have come from has been hurtful but To Be Close To You is all that i desire.
To hold your hand, To have my arms hold you, To kiss your lips, To Be Close To You is all that i desire.
I’m Yours Forever …
Collins
P.S no baby i don’t have to be in England when the arts arrived, like i told you, i am shipping the art works to them. On receipt of the arts, they will make the balance payment into my accou
June 3rd, 2010 at 10:03 am
Hi Sony
This blog was started as an advice site for my dating website (hence the strange URL) but I agree, I wish more sites would do it and tell the bad with the good.
Did you not get suspicious when his English kept changing? Some sound like a foreigner writing English and another is written in clear English …. isn’t hindsight a bit of a bugger.
June 3rd, 2010 at 2:38 pm
hI sALLY
Well I must say that all his messages were so good, so well written that I did not realize. I suspected when he called me and I noticed he did not have english accent neither his “12 years daughter” looked to have 12 years. I noticed she was a woman speaking as a child. When he first contacted me on match.com I had a message of “prepaid reply” as I did not pay subscription. The message said he was a “premium user”. but then when he contacted me he said he only had few hours in the website when he found me. He said he was so in love with my picture which also was strange for me, but finally he started sending very beautiful love letters that I started to think he was real. Besides this I did not know about this scammers, it is the first time that happens to me but fortunately i am not stupid at all , when he starting asking about the money i realized he was a cheater so I started looking for information on dating fraud and I got to this site. I made it sure to let him know i knew they were scammers.
I found he has other opictures at myspace.com same name collins clemente but different pictures. I think all dating sites should have a list of the users they use to avoid them. I was not interested in dating again on internet, although i know i will be able to find out a new scammer but it is like a sad experience to know how this people play with other people feelings just to make money.
By the way Sally I have not asked, were you aso scammed? Or were you ready to leave on time as I did? I have his profile and will look for it, but the information he wrote there was very nice, I would not realize it was false as I would have written a similar profile of mine. I found it very real, a romantic, hard working man, looking for the same in a woman.
June 6th, 2010 at 1:43 am
Hi Sony
I have been scammed online but not by an African. Many years ago when I was first dating online I fell for an English guy from a very reputable dating site. His work took him around Europe so I got emails and calls from many countries … how exciting …. to cut a long story short it turned out that rather than working for a living he found it easier to get women to pay for his life. He had women in every country “advancing” him money until a cheque cleared or a business deal went through. His family were devastated when I contacted his sister and she said “OMG no, has he started that again”. They were a very respectable family and I felt so upset for them. I also did some investigating and contacted all the women involved and we became friends, other than one silly women in Switzerland who decided she loved him and would take him in full time .. love is indeed blind.
So it just goes to show you, it doesn’t matter what country a person comes from or what their lifestyle or background is like, there are people out there prepared to use anyone for money. The moment anyone you meet online asks you for 1 pound, yen or dollar ….. RUN AWAY.
June 8th, 2010 at 2:37 am
Wow Sally that is a story!! I can see now why you decided to open your own dating site and this one to help other people not to be scammed. I can{t believe how people, knowing they are being scammed, they continue sending money because they are in love… I always say to myself that I have a great value and that only a man who values me deserves my love. Asking for money is not a way to value someone so why should I continue with a relationship like this. I hope that people learn how to identify these criminals and stop playing their games.
June 8th, 2010 at 5:46 am
I guess i am in trouble now… i cant seem to get my money back from the young lady in need that i sent it to.. How can i get it back ?
June 8th, 2010 at 10:10 am
Hi Ron
I’m sorry, my understanding is that it is virtually immpossible to get your your money back. One major stumbling block for law inforcement is that you sent the money willingly and even if the scammer were in the same country as you they would simply say it was a gift to help them out or a love token to buy themselves a gift. Even if you had a rock solid contract if they are in Africa your country is unlikely to go to the expense of extradition proceeding for a few thousand dollars, which to you or I is a great deal of money but compared to extradition costs is a drop in the ocean.
If the transaction was recent and from bank to bank then talk to your bank to see if they can do anything (I’m guessing it was Western Union though).
If you have reported the fraud to your authorities then they will advise if there is anything they can do but in a vast majority of cases you have to accept the money is gone and learn a very hard lesson.
June 8th, 2010 at 10:12 am
Hi Sony
What a brilliant attitude and I hope others will follow your example. Real love should never include requests for money but also real love takes time to grow and doesn’t happen in a week on the internet!
June 13th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Hello I am from Australia & I have now realised that I have too been scammed to the tune of $9922 Australian Dollars. Did not realise at the time with all the love letters etc etc. Yes the same old, same old as you all have wrote about & that I now have read similar to. Isn’t so sad that we are so gullible & so wanting this “perfect” love life that we really do believe these scammers. OBVIOUSLY WE DO BECAUSE WE ARE HERE. My scammer was Joshua James Stein – email jstein31339@yahoo.com – Phone number 447943585163 I Was given this address: Albemarle Street, London W1S 4HQ UK. Can you please display this wherever is needed to bring others attention to this person?
June 14th, 2010 at 11:22 am
Hi Tanah
Thanks for the information, I have checked out the story behind this information and indeed this person is a scammer so am happy to publish their details.
June 29th, 2010 at 8:38 am
Hi,
In reference to Tanah of June 13th, 2010. I also am a victim of Joshua James Stein. I have all his emails from his email address. joshua.stein33139@yahoo.com. He gave me various London numbers which were false and told me that he was an American who was in London on business and then was relocating to Lizard Island, Australia on the 16/7/10. He said that he was a sub contractor to a major contractor supplying field staff to do the roads on Lizard Island. He actually rang me three times and sounded not very American. He stated that he was staying at the Radison in London, which one I am not sure of.
He actually contacted me on Match.com and started writing emails to me professing love in a very short time. I upset his plans when I told him I did not have any money. He gave me a sob story, about being single for the last 10 years, his wife cheating on him and taking all his money, and having a 18 year old son called Wayne. He disclosed that he was from New York city, but originated from Tampa, Florida. His business was real Estate and he professed to have many houses around the world.
As I had been previously duped by a Frenchman Called Jean Yan Riacca who worked for the Hotel Des Champs Elysees, 2 Rue D’Artois, Paris, I didn’t quite believe this Joshua James Stein in professing his love so early and freely. Well, the laugh is on him, as I do not have any money for him to rey and scam.
I am willing to share his emails with whoever would like a good laugh.
Women beware JOSHUA JAMES STEIN IS SCUM.
July 2nd, 2010 at 9:51 pm
A lot of online dating sites are scams. I have read some reviews on some of the top dating sites like match.com and they dont have a customer care dept and dont reply to emails. E harmony have been know for taking money from peoples accounts for no reason. Sites that advertise that they are FREE usually are until you get inside and there are google ads everywhere and the site is very busy with useless information.
check out ************ the site is very simple and easy to use.
July 19th, 2010 at 3:56 am
yup….i was pretty moved by this guy, Tobson Louis Kennedy from Manchester, UK. Gave me all his details, even a death certificate of “his late wife”, n a scanned passport of his. Which at first glance, i thought they had to be fake.
But i kept it to myself, n kept playing along, just out of curiosity.
Until at one point, he dropped the bomb, asking for “financial assistance”.
so i said, straight to the point, i dont have that kind of money.
I can only help u with 10 USD, which is 100.000,00 IDR (Indonesian).
(it was kinda funny)
then he said, no problem. since then, i havent heard anything from him.
I’ve googled everything i could on his details, non of them matched the “exact” informations. Everything went “blur”, like maybe the building name is correct, but the street name doesn’t match.
here are some of his details,
Name : Tobson L. Kennedy
Place/date of Birth : Florida/ 15 March,1970
Cellphone : +447031746887, +447879905403
My Office Address : Unit 12 Wheelforge Way, Ashburton Park,
Manchester, Lancashire M17 1EH, United Kingdom
My residence address (UK) : 15A,Atkin St,Worsley,Manchester M28 3NJ
My home address:(USA) : 6256 163rd Drive , Live Oak, Florida 32060 USA
Parents Name : Mark (father), Died
Valina (mother), 74 years old
Brothers and Sisters
NON
My Late Wife’s Name :Carlos Kennedy
Age :33yrs
Died Feb.,2006
My Education
Infants and Future (Kindergarten) at Live Oak
live aok pupils ( Elementary school) live oak
Memorial college
Kent University( B.Eng.. Civil Engineering) UK.
My work Experience
Marken plc ( own Business)
They’r all seem too good to be true…..
By the way, I met him on IndonesianCupid, n I’m from Jakarta, Indonesia.
July 19th, 2010 at 6:55 am
Hi Jasmine
Well done for checking up on him and recognising that something wasn’t right. Like all scammers, if you close the door to finances as soon as they ask then they will lose interest and go onto the next victim.
There are a few things wrong with his story and I will point them out so hopefully others will know what to look for but you are right, when you google his information it will all be mixed up. This is because they simply invent persona’s made up of information they take from the internet.
1. Christian and Surnames – African’s often don’t know which are Christian or Surnames or even male or female names. The name Tobson only comes up 3 times in google as a Christian name (that I can find from a quick look) and 2 of those are from Nigeria. Tobson appears to be a place name not a persons name. Also his wife was called Carlos, which is a man’s name (it actually means “free man”). His mother’s Christian name Valina also appears to be a Surname, although I have only searched in English.
2. Mobile phone numbers – always google mobile numbers, the first one he gave you comes up on a site about international fraud and a lottery scam site .. that should sound alarm bells. +4470 was the most commonly used number by Nigerian scammers and is simply an international call forwarding service. That way they can give you a +44 number (United Kingdom) but they are sitting in sunny Nigeria and you are none the wiser.
3. He claims to own a public limited company (a company which can offer shares on the market) and yet needs to ask for financial assistance from a stranger on the internet .. I don’t think so. The company he mentions also doesn’t exist as a plc, there was a Marken Ltd but it was sold.
4. The business address he gave you belongs to this company .rwsalt.co.uk/contact-us.html .. just add the www. in front.
Remember ladies and gentlemen, get as much detail as you can from internet contacts and check everything. If something seems to be a dead end mix the words up and see what you can find.
July 19th, 2010 at 10:27 am
WOW Sally, TQ so much on the inputs.
Before i went to this blog, i kept wondering how could he get pictures, even of his parents, n while with his parents (when his dad was still alive). It all seemed so true, until the point where he asked for the assistance. Now I’m more convinced that he truly is a Con-Man.
TQ so much, again. N guess what, now i received another message from the dating site, from another person. I received an email from him, practically familiar with Tobson’s. N I thought to myself, u gotta b kidding me, why isn’t there any REAL-MAN?…
July 19th, 2010 at 10:41 am
Hi Jasmine
The photo’s he has sent you will probably be from another scam. The photos will be genuine but they would have been sent from a man in the UK or US to a “female” scammer and on each new scam they just use the details from the scam before. If you read all the scam posts on this blog you will see I traced one scammer back through 3 victims, each time they just used the information from the last victim to give to the new victim.
There are plenty of real men out there, we just have to know what to look for and be realistic about our expectations. Scam victims usually go for the ones who sound or look too good to be true … because they are!!
July 19th, 2010 at 10:44 am
I have checked Companies House in the UK and there is definately no Marken plc registered.
July 19th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
hmmm….ok, Sally…
Maybe I’ll just stop being curious now. If they are real, they will eventually come around to see me in person.
TQ for ur assistance…
July 19th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
If you’re still not sure Jasmine you can send me the copies of the death certificate for his wife and passport and I’ll check them out.
If you want to just use the Ask a Dating Question link at the very top of the blog and send me an email, I’ll reply and then you can send the attachments.
July 19th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
yeah u guys fool so we have to do that to u.anyway am sorry..but that is what we do..
July 19th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
don’t u have anything better to do ADESA ? Maybe like, learn better english ?
July 29th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Just remember that there’s no guarantee anyone you meet on an online dating site will be who they claim to be. This is true even for religious-based sites like Jewish or Christian dating sites. While we should hope for the best and carry a joyful expectancy in the search for true love, do like Reagan said and “Trust but verify.”
Charlie@Free Christian Dating Sites´s last blog ..Christian Dating Sites and How to Choose
August 4th, 2010 at 10:26 am
Tanah and Katherin (13th June)
Joshua James Stein currently has a profile on match.com as 2heartsturns1.
Thanks for the warning – he contacted me and his email contradicts his profile.
August 6th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
Hi Jasmine (refer to your note above on July 19th): I am currently in contact with the same description guy (Tobson Louis Kennedy)you mentioned above. We are currently in contact through Yahoo Messenger for 3rd week as at todate.
This guy contact me via AsianDting.Com his name is Harry Cannon, Diretor of Marken PLC, after email exchanged recently he prove me his sincerity by email me his wife death cert, his company name card, his passport copy, his photos and his parent photos, the detais same as stated in your note dated 19th July except the name is not Tobson Loius Kennedy! it is Harry Cannon.
Well today (6th Aug),I was so shocked when I suddently go to google to check on his company and I saw this site on what you wrote, it is now happen to me, he even claim that next week he will be travelling to Malaysia to collect his late dad monies US$2million owed to his fmily and he will stop-by to Singapore to meet up with me to discuss about our marriage, he even get a lady (he claimed she is his mother) to talk to me to proves his mother blessing to our relationship!.
Harry also proposed his idea wanna marry me at our chat room! this doubt me, how can someone wants to marry you when there is no face to face meeting and do not even know you well! I just go along with him and even trust him!
BTW… are we talking bout the same guy? address and contact number provide by Jasmine is same as the email attachement that i received.
Frens… I’m innocent person here, my aim joinig this dating site is to find true love, it is so happen that Harry comes at the right time and with this fairytales story and for me just to believe like that, what you guys think? what should I do? I really fallen for him and looking forward to his visit at my country here.
Now, today (7th August 2010), I really doubtful!
Please help!
Rosy.
August 9th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Hi Rosy
Sorry I didn’t reply sooner I have been very busy for a couple of days.
I will email you directly.
August 10th, 2010 at 5:54 am
Dear Rosy,
I’m certain that who ever he is, definitely a scammer.
I’m sure Sally can forward my emails to you too, if u wanna take a look at his photos n details.
Don’t hope for anything from him, accept a request for financial assistance.
I can tell, same story of what he told me.
Try datingnmore com, we can b friends, n share stories of scammers,hehee…
Jasmine
August 10th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
Hi Jasmine
Rosy sent me the documents and photos. He’s using a different set of photos but the documents are all the same, just with a different surname. Another scam foiled YAY
August 11th, 2010 at 6:35 am
WOW Sally!
hahaaa…i thought so too, YAY !
August 11th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
ta ladies. I have also had contact from
Joshua James Stein via his profile on match.com 2heartsturns1.
Thanks for the warning – he contacted me early aug2010. his email is somewhat disjointed and contradicts his profile. He uses a nice photo on his profile……..bet he’s probably not so nice.