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TVFactFan · 01-09-2007, 12:21 PM

I have heard so many stories about people WIRING money to someone for airfare and tne they never show up at the airport. Damm I can;t believe someone can be this STUPID. Some girl me to help her with something and I said HELL NO!!!!. So i'm starting to see now that these dating services are GAMES and it just not worth it.

Ireneparalegal · 01-09-2007, 12:23 PM

It's not just dating scams, it can be just one day someone getting an email from someone saying they need $$$ but they are not a citizen and if you can "help" them, blah blah blah. I seen a woman on Dr. Phil who was scammed out of so much $$$$$. This man she never met, who she said she was "in love with" had scammed her out of tens of thousands of dollars. I can't understand how people are so stupid either.

TVFactFan · 01-09-2007, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

It's not just dating scams, it can be just one day someone getting an email from someone saying they need $$$ but they are not a citizen and if you can "help" them, blah blah blah. I seen a woman on Dr. Phil who was scammed out of so much $$$$$. This man she never met, who she said she was "in love with" had scammed her out of tens of thousands of dollars. I can't understand how people are so stupid either.

I wonder was that women who said the guy had the doctor call her and say he needs surgery and she sent him the money-lol

Ireneparalegal · 01-09-2007, 12:32 PM

No, different lady. She apparently met this "white" man online and fell in love with him. It was a black man in Nigeria somewhere who was conning her. Even after Dr. Phil had this looked into by private investigators and showed the woman a tape of her "love" she still couldn't believe it. She DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.

James"Thunder"Early · 01-09-2007, 12:46 PM

I heard one of these stories awhile back where this man got tricked by a woman on a dating site. This guy was really dumb

http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/mofeatur.htm

One victim, Kevin McCrary, a 56-year-old Manhattan business consultant, would not dispute that. After falling prey to a fake postal money order scheme, he said, "I couldn't reach around far enough to kick myself."
Single and lonely, Mr. McCrary joined an international online dating site, Elitemate.com. In late January, he was contacted by someone claiming to be a young woman from Nigeria. She - or perhaps he, or even they, Mr. McCrary now concedes - went by the name of Ogisi Douglas.
Their e-mail exchanges were barely a week old before the supposed Ms. Douglas asked Mr. McCrary for his help buying a laptop computer. Mr. McCrary purchased a $1,500 laptop, and after he received two United States postal money orders for $950 each, he sent the laptop to an address in Nigeria.
Neither Mr. McCrary nor the teller at the J. P. Morgan Chase branch where he deposited the postal money orders knew they were bogus. It was only after he was asked to buy more computers and received several more postal money orders that he discovered, after trying to cash them at a post office, that he had been duped.
He had not yet sent out any more computers. But the cost of the first laptop was a total loss: the money from the first two postal money orders was ultimately debited from his Chase account.
"I felt, obviously, a bit foolish for not listening to those little voices that say: 'Something's not quite right here. You don't have all the information on this person,' " said Mr. McCrary, whose parents, Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg, helped define the talk radio format in the 1940's. "But it all moved very fast."

MsOrange · 01-09-2007, 01:20 PM

people that stupid shouldn't be allowed on the internet

but then, where would all the good online fights come from? oh well.

TVFactFan · 01-09-2007, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by MsOrange

people that stupid shouldn't be allowed on the internet

but then, where would all the good online fights come from? oh well.

56 years old and stupid-lol Can;t believe it

01-09-2007, 12:21 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,137	Online Dating Scams??? I have heard so many stories about people WIRING money to someone for airfare and tne they never show up at the airport. Damm I can;t believe someone can be this STUPID. Some girl me to help her with something and I said HELL NO!!!!. So i'm starting to see now that these dating services are GAMES and it just not worth it.

01-09-2007, 12:23 PM	#2
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	It's not just dating scams, it can be just one day someone getting an email from someone saying they need $$$ but they are not a citizen and if you can "help" them, blah blah blah. I seen a woman on Dr. Phil who was scammed out of so much $$$$$. This man she never met, who she said she was "in love with" had scammed her out of tens of thousands of dollars. I can't understand how people are so stupid either.
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01-09-2007, 12:46 PM	#5
James"Thunder"Early Whoever's In New England Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 23, 2004 Location: The Apollo Posts: 7,088	I heard one of these stories awhile back where this man got tricked by a woman on a dating site. This guy was really dumb http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/mofeatur.htm One victim, Kevin McCrary, a 56-year-old Manhattan business consultant, would not dispute that. After falling prey to a fake postal money order scheme, he said, "I couldn't reach around far enough to kick myself." Single and lonely, Mr. McCrary joined an international online dating site, Elitemate.com. In late January, he was contacted by someone claiming to be a young woman from Nigeria. She - or perhaps he, or even they, Mr. McCrary now concedes - went by the name of Ogisi Douglas. Their e-mail exchanges were barely a week old before the supposed Ms. Douglas asked Mr. McCrary for his help buying a laptop computer. Mr. McCrary purchased a $1,500 laptop, and after he received two United States postal money orders for $950 each, he sent the laptop to an address in Nigeria. Neither Mr. McCrary nor the teller at the J. P. Morgan Chase branch where he deposited the postal money orders knew they were bogus. It was only after he was asked to buy more computers and received several more postal money orders that he discovered, after trying to cash them at a post office, that he had been duped. He had not yet sent out any more computers. But the cost of the first laptop was a total loss: the money from the first two postal money orders was ultimately debited from his Chase account. "I felt, obviously, a bit foolish for not listening to those little voices that say: 'Something's not quite right here. You don't have all the information on this person,' " said Mr. McCrary, whose parents, Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg, helped define the talk radio format in the 1940's. "But it all moved very fast."
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01-09-2007, 12:32 PM	#4
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	No, different lady. She apparently met this "white" man online and fell in love with him. It was a black man in Nigeria somewhere who was conning her. Even after Dr. Phil had this looked into by private investigators and showed the woman a tape of her "love" she still couldn't believe it. She DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.

01-09-2007, 01:20 PM	#6
MsOrange Bringin' Sexy Back Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 27, 2004 Posts: 6,133	people that stupid shouldn't be allowed on the internet but then, where would all the good online fights come from? oh well.