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Posted: 6/23/2009 3:12:12 PM | To Swtsarai, If you had read my post all the way through you would have known that I have first hand knowledge of this. (to my embarrassment) This man was posing as a Structural engineer working in Nigeria. He sent pictures of the bridge he was working on, he sent me flight information, etc etc etc... So no, this was not media hype as you seem to think it is. And yes the media can make a mountain out of a molehill, but sweetpea, the mole hill had to be there to begin with. Pay attention, and maybe this will not happen to you in the future..... And for the record...yes I am judgemental. But I judge the people on thier own actions. Not the actions of others.
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Posted: 6/23/2009 3:14:30 PM | Well, it appears to be an Scam..... Now it is also true that some guys does have a problem in not completing there profile may be cause they are busy in doing jobs works and hanging out with friends. lots of factors.
But the approach for an honest guy must be different and you can easily predict it if you have a public dealing experience or have studied psychology.
Most of the time , What I have noticed that people wants to have a conversation , sort of online chatting . It allows a cross questioning which helps in knowing that if a guy or a girl is a scam or not.
What would be stupid , is trusting that guy or a girl right way.... so watch out for that.
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Posted: 6/23/2009 3:50:53 PM | | It's most likely a scam. I've received emails like that during the time I've been on here - "you are so great, I want to marry you", "I've been looking for you all my life", "you are so beautiful" - chit like that in a first contact email. They present themselves as GQ men or gorgeous looking women. Those kinds of scammers are looking for people who are naive, insecure, desperate and lonely ... and, believe it or not, they do get replies from people who believe what they are saying. In fact, a couple of years ago, I saw a program on tv exposing some of those scammers. All they want is your m-o-n-e-y. There was a guy here in Calgary (who had a profile here on POF) who was scamming numerous women. It was so funny, watching the news media chase him through downtown trying to get him to tell them why he did stuff like that. What wasn't funny was how many women he scammed. He even had numerous profiles with different stories. He got caught when one woman alerted the news media and they set up a "sting" operation with an undercover reporter. He could even be on here again under other aliases - who knows? | |
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Posted: 6/23/2009 4:45:17 PM | It IS a scam. A common scam.
A friend of mine played along with one of these scams to see how it would shape up. It took 3 weeks of very intimate back and forth before the "ask" was made. I think he wanted a credit card # or something.
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Posted: 6/23/2009 5:55:30 PM | Ummmm, if you all have been getting "short" messages....I have been getting the ones that go on and on and on...first telling me how gorgeous and angelic (if he only knew) I am and how he has fallen in love with me and knows that I am his soulmate forever.....describing the guy, his heartbreaking life and how "real" relationships should be all in agonizing detail....the guy lives in the states, was born in another country and is now working in another country...LOL...
.please refer my name to the scammers who only write short notes....PLEASE!
Sorry Navigator....But I feel you are calling it wrong also. The guy's a SCAMMER! | |
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Posted: 6/23/2009 8:31:03 PM | Thank you all for the input it is all taken to heart.
Haha, Mr. GQ should be giving me money the way his suits where looking and the pic of his vacation in some awesome country! BTW I went to go check on the profile, it has been deleted.
lol I am just floored more then anything that a human would stoop this low to get some cash.
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Posted: 6/23/2009 10:00:56 PM | | Sounds to me like a fake profile, someone is trying to scam your friend. | |
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Posted: 6/23/2009 11:10:09 PM | I believe in giving people a
#1 chance to show his true colours
#2 chance to be insincere
It all comes out if watched closely enough and if you keep your ears open. i was just lied to by a player who collects women. he was taught a lesson.
the truth prevails******************ALWAYS
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Posted: 6/23/2009 11:23:52 PM | | Because they are true scammer, they will email numerous women hoping o find the shy, introverted, abused little girl that will fall for ther line of bunk.............and then proceed to bilk them of their money, emotions and faith in humn nature. | |
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Posted: 6/23/2009 11:52:38 PM | | so homeboy is coming on pretty strong. but i do have to disagree with the noting in common thing- you would never guess by looking on the outside what someones like on the inside (or what they like for that matter-). so i dont think you should rule him out jst cause hes not the normal ones that approach your friend. talk to him, through email or whatever, then see where you stand... | |
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Posted: 6/24/2009 7:30:15 AM | Ladies beware...........he is most likely a scammer, I have a friend who came across such a person on match.com and long story short he was very convincing and she was very naive about the situation she ended up giving him money and her personal financial information, she did report this guy to the police, but not much they can do about it, as they change their identities. But when they start right off discussing money and finances and if he is out of the country, I would run as fast as I could because he is only after what money he can get from you. they sound like the perfect person and always have the perfect story but end up in some situation that they are out of the country and just need to "borrow" the money from you until they get back to the states.
this goes both ways there are women out there doing the same thing, you just have to be very careful. | |
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Posted: 6/24/2009 9:16:21 AM | | SO many of those with the GQ picture and very vague profile are Nigerian/Russian scammers. They don't look at who they are writing to, they just write to as many people as they can hoping to get a bite. | |
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Posted: 6/24/2009 11:10:38 AM | "hmm is he looking for a green card?..men like this puts a big sign "
That was my first thought! lol. I've had several contacts from beautiful young women very interested in marriage...funny thing though...they all happen to live in Russia! 
Or could be Nigerian....had one, again VERY good looking woman contact me, of course told be she felt an instant connect! Then started with some storey about cash she had in a storage facility in England and needing money to get it out....yeah, whatever, DELETE! | |
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Posted: 6/24/2009 11:20:39 AM | One note about scammers....the old expression is "If something seems too good to be true, it probably is."
I'm a man in his 40's, not especially tall, not a celeb, not a bazillionaire...if a 28 year old woman who looks like a model fall in love with me over a couple of emails...she's looking for a green card or a bank acct # ....duh! | |
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Posted: 6/24/2009 12:29:17 PM | justin_8_6:
As for the nothing in common part, I understand what you are saying, but a short chubby girl covered in more tattoos and piercings then me has nothing in common with a GQ in his suits and the high maintenance life style that goes along with it... and I really doubt GQ knows who Lollipop Lust Kill is and that type pf music. So music is not a big part of it... well I sure can't listen to country or gansta rap, nor could I be with someone that does, I would go insane!
How about the fact that GQ had pics of bars and drinks.. all his pics where like that, my friend has no desire to be with someone that is stuck in the bar phase in his mid 30's lol.
Enough said!! But I do understand and respect your opinion and yes sometimes the words on a screen mean nothing for interest til you get to know the other person.
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Posted: 6/24/2009 2:21:59 PM | | Hello, only one thing really needed to be said.....Trust your interfeelings regarding this type of message contact!!!!!Go with your gut..just delete!!!!! | |
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