If so, please contact me and let me know what happened. For those of you not familiar with this type of thing, an online dating scammer, also known as a romance scammer, will often use a photo that is not actually theirs. They will also claim to live in the US, but once contact is made, they will then tell you that they are currently working in another country, mainly Nigeria, but sometimes the UK. They will talk to you for a while, send you beautiful letters and poetry, and after a while they will ask you for money. If anyone on here has ever dealt with this kind of thing, please contact me.
2006-10-19 06:34:42 · 6 answers · asked by uspslady39 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
There is a yahoo group for people who were stupid enough to fall for that. I think it is called romance scams or scammers.
It's really hilarious because all the scammers used photos from some Hawaiian modeling website, and all these women suddenly believed that these Hawaiian supermodels were in love with them after chatting on IM for about 10 minutes. Yeah, right, lol.
The men told some obviously fake stories and the women immediately sent them money and began cashing fake checks for them.
I have never seen such a large group of people with absolutely no common sense or brains assembled in one place at one time.
Before I went to that site, I felt bad for these women but after hearing their stories ... I couldn't believe what idiots they all were.
2006-10-19 07:01:51 · answer #1 · answered by BoomChikkaBoom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have but it was a real person using one old photo of himself from fifteen years ago that doesn't look like him and with sunglasses on. Richard Embry misrepresented his age. He's 60. Dick Embry lied that he had a master degree from MIT but doesn't. He pretends to live a high end lifestyle but drives a bucket. Embry says he's the CEO of Flight Safety International but he's an employee. He's not in management. He lied and said he hadn't been in a relationship for thirteen years but is engaged for two years and probably married. He wants sex and sexy photographs of women and even pictures of my pre teen daughter. He's a creep. He does all those classic romance scam things except I cut it off before he got any money out of me. He has at least three girlfriends like me on the hook and many other sex contacts and is always on the make trolling the message boards every day and night for new skin. Uses viperjet9038 at yahoo and aol and raptor9038 and jetviper@aol.com. He goes by jetviper18 and Richard9038, Richard E and RicEmbry
2014-01-09 13:33:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I was scammed by 3 people on line dating Match.Com.Have communication for quit sometime,the pictures posted are not the person I am communication. I become suspicious when they started asking for money. I noticed on their sweet talk, looks the same, I suspect that I am dealing with the same person,with 3 different profiles,3 different stolen pictures. The are from Nigeria and UK. I did reported to the FBI. Cyber crime task force unit. Your right their techniques to lure is sweet poems, letters,if you reveiw those,its the same person. When you asked to meet,that is the excuse,the other excuse they are on the way to the airport to come see you but they got moged and in the hospital,they need money,because it was stolen.
2014-01-10 07:46:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would I start giving my money to someone random.
2006-10-19 06:43:39 · answer #4 · answered by emily333l 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, not me, but thanks for the heads up. Never send money to anyone.
2006-10-19 06:45:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!
2006-10-19 06:41:31 · answer #6 · answered by just me000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋