I was asked by the Correspondence Unit United States Cosnsulate General, Lagos, Nigeria to go to the U.S. Secret Service, the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Western Union and Yahoo Personals concerning the scam that has been going on for approximately one month. I was not aware of these scams and today the scam artist became furious because I was unable to send him $1K. I feel that there needs to be a group of paid ladies and men that can help to stop these scam artists. I would be the first to help in stopping these scums from scamming us.
2006-09-27 04:03:57 · 6 answers · asked by Linda S 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
The scammers can be spotted by someone in nursery school, so I don't know why you feel there needs to be a paid force of people stopping them.
Don't send money to people you don't know.
Start using your brain and some good old-fashioned common sense.
2006-09-27 07:03:42 · answer #1 · answered by BoomChikkaBoom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it hard to do, Yahoo Personals is not the only one of this type out there. Do a search on; On-Line Dating or Personals, there probably thousands of these and there not enough man power or TAXES to support this type of monitoring
People have to learn to use there own judgment in his type of Inet interaction. A few years ago there was a deal on the news about this very thing. Men would send money for their "Sweetheart" to fly to them. They would be waiting at the Airport with Roses in hand for a No Show. Some of these guys were sending like $6,000 and $12,000 to these Scamers. So, it can be a very Lucrative Business. Especially when the Country in Question had no law enforcement that would try to intervene!
2006-09-27 04:13:57 · answer #2 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe there should be someone to stop these people but there are so many scams going on I doubt there is enough resources to fund such an endeavor. In the meantime each one of us has to be responsible for taking care of ourselves. We need to question all offers that sound good. If it sounds too good to be true than it probably is. When some one offers something good there is something in it for them. Beware!!
2006-09-27 04:19:03 · answer #3 · answered by Patty D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in my view, i don't sense that anybody in a severe relationship no matter if married or considering marriage must be on yahoo personals or myspace. you could connect with someone only as worry-free through being on myspace as Ypersonals, yet only the actual shown reality that he has a profile on a relationship website is somewhat disrespectful to you as his spouse. possibly you want to paintings on your marriage. Is your husband's sexual, emotional, and psychological needs being met through you? Do you look your suitable, smell you suitable, cook dinner him dinner, make sex a precedence on your marriage, love and delight in him certainly others? There are 2 causes a guy will be looking for interest outdoors his marriage: one is that he's a cheater and could be unfaithful no count number how sturdy you're to him or 2 he's being missed through his spouse at abode. Set down and talk consisting of your husband. tell him how a lot you adore him. tell him you somewhat favor to make your marriage the suitable it could be and also you'll do each little thing to make him satisfied, yet you anticipate an identical. only tell him how having a profile with ypersonals hurts you. tell him the way it places doubts on your ideas about his constancy and that as his spouse would delight in him remaining the account. enable him keep in mind that even although he feels it truly is innocuous, to you it really is jeopardizing. start up giving him the affection and interest he needs to sense like the king of his citadel. supply him a lot love that you start up to be conscious how a lot less time he spends on the computing gadget and the way a lot extra he's with you. After he's all sugared and buttered up....why would he favor yet another woman? sturdy success!
2016-11-24 22:19:56 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a case of player beware. I get e-mails on Yahoo asking me to contact folks for them to share millions of dollars with me if I will consent to give them my banking details so they can transfer millions into my account and they'll then take some of it back. They say they'll leave me with a million plus for my trouble. We all know they are scammers and it's our job to filter out the scam artists from the legitimate retailers, etc. My basic theory is if I didn't invite you, then you're not welcome. This means any unsolicited requests for anything, money, time, survey, involvement, etc., is not legit. Any reputable company or whatever you'd like to call it, will not call me....they'll advertise to the general public that they have an interest in getting feedback or support and I can then choose to find out more. If during the process someone asks me for money, or I feel there are scammers involved, I can choose to click and block or spam them. It's really no different from junk mail coming to my door, or when the phone rings and I pick up, there is a recorded message on the other end. Just hang up, walk away block the sender. Why on this good earth would the US Consultate General in Lagos, Nigeria contact you? Be more hip to this type of correspondence. Phone the US government and ask if they would engage in this type of solicitation....I bet they say no way.
e.g., my bank routinely sends out mailings or when I log on, tells me they will NEVER ask me to share any details through that venue so don't respond to any requests for information. They'll phone or they'll write if they want to speak with me about any issues. I had signed into e-bay for the first time and not long afterward, I got an e-mail asking me to confirm my contact details. Red flags, flashing lights, all of the warning signs went up for me and I blocked the sender. Why would e-bay - who should have my information already - contact me and ask for my sign in details?
It's your job to be savvy and not fall victim to scam artists - remember if you didn't invite them, then they ain't welcome. [bad grammar intended].
2006-09-27 04:24:30 · answer #5 · answered by MillwoodsGal 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is one of the oldest scams on the net. For others, go to snopes.com.
Next time, be careful.
2006-09-27 04:12:20 · answer #6 · answered by oscarschic 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋