A Nigerian Scammer Walks Among Us ! *gasp*

[Not2str8]

Hey folks !

Just a general warning here. I was contacted thru the bi.com e-mail by someone calling herself Chelsea Montel. She has a profile here, but it is not at all filled out. Over the course of a just a few I.M.s it became obvious that something was "off" about her, (for one thing I thought it a bit strange that someone would profess desperate undying love and devotion in the very first e-mail. lol) and I was just waiting for the moment she asked for money. She claims to be British born (but possesses only the most rudimentary language skills.) but currently traveling in Nigeria, ( BIG red flag ) where she is on a buying trip looking for historical artifacts.
Darn her luck ! Wouldn't you know it ? She's having a problem with the local bank, and just needs a little financial help gathering enough money to fly back home, so she can be with me, and fill my life with unspeakable joy ! (and valuable historical artifacts, I might add.) I think I'll go wait breathlessly at the airport now. I'm sure she'll be along any minute now. I should probably bring along a big truck to accomodate the artifacts, don't you think ?
I guess they haven't heard that the Nigerian e-mail schemes are a bit overplayed here. lol Just beware.

[FalconAngel]

We had one like that, too. Her profile claimed her name was Rose fro Tampa. Her english was very good though and her(?) scam was that she was on a buying trip to the ivory coast where she ran into financial troubles. Seemed very odd that any person who was on a buying trip for a jewelry wholesaler would not have everything already set up with proper contingencies in place.

I guess they figure that because they can scam a few of us, they don't figure that the rest of us are smart enough to catch them in the act.

[TrimBeardHairyBod]

Hi Not2str8, hi FalconAngel

Thanks for your warnings. Don't these scam messages crack you up! Each one is more outlandish than the last. The thing is, people must fall for them. The scammers wouldn't send them out otherwise.

Wishing you both all the best.


John

[shameless agitator]

It's purely a numbers game. Sure most of us figure it out, but even one sucker is a decent payoff for millions of emails and I can tell ya they're a lot more common than one in a million

[wanderingrichard]

Hey folks !

Just a general warning here. I was contacted thru the bi.com e-mail by someone calling herself Chelsea Montel. She has a profile here, but it is not at all filled out. Over the course of a just a few I.M.s it became obvious that something was "off" about her, (for one thing I thought it a bit strange that someone would profess desperate undying love and devotion in the very first e-mail. lol) and I was just waiting for the moment she asked for money. She claims to be British born (but possesses only the most rudimentary language skills.) but currently traveling in Nigeria, ( BIG red flag ) where she is on a buying trip looking for historical artifacts.
Darn her luck ! Wouldn't you know it ? She's having a problem with the local bank, and just needs a little financial help gathering enough money to fly back home, so she can be with me, and fill my life with unspeakable joy ! (and valuable historical artifacts, I might add.) I think I'll go wait breathlessly at the airport now. I'm sure she'll be along any minute now. I should probably bring along a big truck to accomodate the artifacts, don't you think ?
I guess they haven't heard that the Nigerian e-mail schemes are a bit overplayed here. lol Just beware.

may i suggest that while waiting, you have blue suited armed men wait there with you with chrome bracelets to give her as tokens of your affection when the two of you finally meet. i'm sure she'll also love the chauffered ride and police escort

[Doggie_Wood]

It's purely a numbers game. Sure most of us figure it out, but even one sucker is a decent payoff for millions of emails and I can tell ya they're a lot more common than one in a million

And the problem with the majority of these type of scams is that they generally originate from third world contries, Europe or China where the tracking is difficult if not almost impossible. Some of the countries do not have extriditions laws or are lax in assisting US investigators in locating the criminals (corruption). So be forewarned: Don't become a desperate victim. Delete the email and place the person on your iggy list. Also report the person to Drew so he can remove them from the rolls.

As always,

[Azrael]

Here's what I got:


Hello,
How are you?,I'm looking for friends and possibly more that may lead to a long term relationship because l just don't want to be here,l hate heads game or lies,l want a serious minded man because l have missed romance for a very long time now,l need man that 'll take me from the world of loneliness,i want to know if u have got a heart.i need someone with a big heart.do u have a heart?if u do then,then write me back.are you ready for true relationship?,can you build a mutual relationship with each other that may lead to marriage?,do you live alone?,what do you do for living?,how old are you,do you have more pictures of yours? if you do send it to my personal email address chelseamontel@yahoo.com or im me through yahoo ;chelseamontel,what do you do for fun?,do you like sport?,what is your fav. colour,food?,how do you like to dress?,when was the last time you are with woman last?,can you be the man that my heart have been crying for since all this while,l'll be waiting for your urgent reply.Have a nice time.

[darkeyes]

God.. wy didn me think of that... bak 2 uni in a few weeks 2 finish me degree an get through me teacher trainin... afta a few years havin sum dosh gonna b rite skint... ne who wishes 2 donate a few quid 2 the Fran eddication fund send cheques or notes 2.....dar.... tee hee

[Doggie_Wood]

Here's what I got:


Hello,
How are you?,I'm looking for friends and possibly more that may lead to a long term relationship because l just don't want to be here,l hate heads game or lies,l want a serious minded man because l have missed romance for a very long time now,l need man that 'll take me from the world of loneliness,i want to know if u have got a heart.i need someone with a big heart.do u have a heart?if u do then,then write me back.are you ready for true relationship?,can you build a mutual relationship with each other that may lead to marriage?,do you live alone?,what do you do for living?,how old are you,do you have more pictures of yours? if you do send it to my personal email address chelseamontel@yahoo.com or im me through yahoo ;chelseamontel,what do you do for fun?,do you like sport?,what is your fav. colour,food?,how do you like to dress?,when was the last time you are with woman last?,can you be the man that my heart have been crying for since all this while,l'll be waiting for your urgent reply.Have a nice time.

I saw that very post before.

First red flag: Too many questions.

Second red flag: Too many personal questions.

Third red flag: Too impersonal and canned.

[Skater Boy]

Yes, its happened to several people on this site before. It gets on my nerves, because it makes me suspicious of EVERY PM I get, and then ppl get pissed off because I'm over-cautious.

If its definitely a scammer, then report it to drew and get him to cancel their account. It probably won't solve the problem, but its a start. I do hope the authorities start taking this crap more seriously in the future.

[the mage]

I got some kid from Nigeria calling me the love of his life and wanting to come to Canada and marry me after 1 faceless cam session......

Very annoying actually..

[Doggie_Wood]

I got some kid from Nigeria calling me the love of his life and wanting to come to Canada and marry me after 1 faceless cam session......

Very annoying actually..

anything to get north of Mexico and then dumpsville. Sheeesh!

[Dreamcast]

I get those e-mails all the time on Yahoo! Mail...I don't like them. I deleted an account because of it and it had my BEST internet friend EVER on it. Now I re-signed up for it today, it turns out he IMed me in October 2006, but he hasn't IMed me ever since...I hope he still goes on the file as I sent him 4 IMs hoping he come on and a friend request too. Every day I will pray he comes back on, even for a day or 2. But its been nearly 2 years...

[TashaSW]

I got a few spam from people in Nigeria on Myspace (when I had a acct) all the time.

I never got one on here yet tho. But I usually don't read PM messages unless I know the person and OR have seen them post on the forums before

[Skater Boy]

But I usually don't read PM messages unless I know the person and OR have seen them post on the forums before

I read 'em but often don't reply. Especially if its some dude with a profile full of naked pictures who's never made a single post on the forum

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[liquidcandycain]

hehehe i have been a naughty boy with these emails i answer some of them when i was in iraq i kept getting them from russian girls who were omg hot after about 2 or 3 emails they would ht me up and i would have to be ugly then i got one and turns out she was real lmao and was acually comming to the states she ended up somewhere in ny and is doing good for herself but she only asked me for money once it was like 20 dollars she was stranded at the airport but then emailed me and said she had finally got intouch with her mother

i allso have gotten the nigerian one i talked to them for a week before i told them to pound sand lmao

hmmmm on then theres one from ireland apparently im hier to like a bagillon dollars wich is wierd cause my grandfather was irish on my moms side but the rest of my family is german like if you dont speak german you dont talk to them buuuut they are all dead so yad have to be pretty drunk to ave that convrsation so its just me and my son wich makesme wonder where the hell this realitve is in ireland with a german sername soooo i emaile them and said if they were legit i would let them speak to my lawer hehehe they said yes and i sent them the contact info for the cid officer (military investigator) that was handling the scam cases where i am stationed hehehe never heard another word from them

[TashaSW]

Myspace.... always found it funny when your profile says your a lesbian, everything in it clearly says so.

You get a scammer message from a guy who thinks your a STRAIGHT WOMAN. lol

Sometimes its attempting to reply and say something like:
"Oh thanks for the number.. Im gonna give it to every telemarker site I come across" lol or something like that!!

OR

My friend got one (after confriming with me if it was a scam or not.. and it was) she replied "What makes you think I have money?" lol she never got a answer. But I did tell her she shouldn't reply cause that could mean they have a working address to sent more scam to.

[fairlover]

Not every scammer is nigerian and not every nigerian is a scammer. The topic is quite upsetting cos I am a nigerian. Not a scammer!

[sysper]

i know there are alot of good nigerians who don't scam.....i also know most if not all scammers who say they are nigerian, are probably not even nigerian

[darkeyes]

Chill, boys.... wy fret about a thread 8 years old? Why bring it up again Surely, Fair hun, ya didn't join .com just 2 have wee moan about scammers being or not being Nigerian?

[fairlover]

Because its silly to generalize. And its easy to not to pay any attention to it, until its about you! If I said scottish people are rude, or germans are racist or americans are pompous...how would you feel?

[darkeyes]

I dont mind that u have brought this thread back 2 life, fair. This site used to be heaving with political threads and it was in my opinion the better for it.. in recent years this has almost ceased in the face of a persistent onslaught of vindictive trollery aided by the disappearance of the owner... and the topic racism was 2 the fore... it isn't the topic I object to, far from it, not even the resuscitation of thread, but I do think if u have something say then it should be said in a new thread for 2day... matter of opinion I kno...

...I would b on ur side, Fair.. I have a half sister part of whose ancestry is from ur part of the world (Ghana) and whom I have learned to love very much since we first got to know each other a few years ago. I am not and never have been a racist, and do sympathise with the sentiments espoused. I don't know what has changed since 2007 and feel a contemporary thread for 2015 would be of more value..

O.. btw.. our trait is s'posed 2 b that we r careful wiv money.. ok.. mean and stingy wiv the stuff. O yea.. and that we r dour and a miserable lot of lickle humour... bad diet, bad teeth, violent, drunks... God!!! Don't have much going for us do we?

[sysper]

don't forget, guys wearing dresses

[darkeyes]

don't forget, guys wearing dresses

Skirts... wiv no knickers...