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These scammers often have in mind what they want fom their vicims and here's what is the most that they want and these are the examples of some of the scams in the world of online dating and on the internet in general.
1) THE NIGERIAN/GHANA EMERGENCY SCAM
This is one of the most common scam of online dating because Nigeria and Ghana are said to be notorious with their scammers. And because they are so well known they pretend to be from the USA/UK/ Australia/canada but in the Western countries.
- The scammer creates a fake identity and petend to have a bond with you
- They communicate with you for weeks even months.
- Then the story unfolds when you have to help out on some emergency
- And be guaranteed that once you send the money you will never hear from the scammer again
2) PLANE TICKET/ VISA SCAM
This is a commom scam in Russia and the Filipino because they want to rob you of your money.
Here is how they break it down to you:
- The scammer will want to visit you but claims to be short of money for the ticket.
- The scammer will than send you a scanned copy of the ticket as "proof".
- You may believe them because they know the immigration rules so they may even quote some of the visa requirements.
- And be guaranteed that they will never pitch.
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3) MEDICAL EMERGENCY SCAM
You will think you're so in love and everything is well with you online partner but that is not true when you hear that they are sick and they usually have to have
- A surgery they can't afford
- Treatment for their baby's tumor
- Or even get a call from a fake doctor telling that your online partner has been in a serious accident.
- Be sure that this is a scam.
This scam has been around for quite a long time and has been called the "advance fee fraud". The scammer often has different names, the Spanish prisoner or the Nigerian 419.
This is basically when the scammer promises to share their fortunes or huge some of money with you and you may receive an email informing you about receiving a huge sum of money.
5) FAKE POLICE SCAM
Usually victims are scared when they find out that they are being scammed but once the scammer figures out that you know that they are scamming you they pretend to be the police to "help" you out catch the scammer. From which ever country you may be scammed from you may recieve an email telling that they know where the scammer is but need payment before they can arrest the scammer.
I have had an experience with a scammer who told me that he was a leal practitioner who wanted me to pay him money for him to double up that money and make me rich.
ReplyDeleteDo you honestly think its wise to generalise (nigerian,ghanian) yes say what you think but when it comes to people and nationalities, you should carry out real facts not speculations because you could be sued for such.
ReplyDeleteThese people really make us fear for our safety and identity. As much as technology can be a great advantage to making our lives easier it can be the obstacle to especially with how people can use it to steal your personal information.
ReplyDelete@ Molebogang i got those facts from a site http://www.scambusters.org/top10scams2. and another one is http://www.heartinasia.com/news/view/1-Top-10-Dating-Scams/. @ Michelle that is why i recommend that people should not write their full details on thse socila networks and chat with people you know
ReplyDelete@dating scams we should always be careful when we blog because the is something called social sentivity
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