An online dating scam is when a scammer, male or female, creates a false personal profile and makes contact with you via an online dating agency or even a specialized chat room. The scammer says that they are seeking romance or a soul mate but are really out to steal not only your heart but your cash too.Scammers can sign up to online dating agencies or chat rooms just like anyone else. Many online dating sites allow anyone to join for free, and they usually do not screen their members. Scammers take advantage of the anonymity of the internet to create the profile of your perfect match and make any number of promises to attract you and cause you to let your defenses down.
How do I know it is a scam?
The scammer will ask for your money! This will not happen immediately - however, before long the scammer will ask for financial help for any number of reasons. Almost always, they will ask you to send money using an untraceable source such as a telegraphic money transfer. Some of the most common reasons they give for why they need your help include:
• I want to meet you but I don't have enough money to travel to see you
• I have been robbed and beaten, I require urgent surgery or treatment for a serious illness or me or my family member has been a victim of a serious or fatal accident and you are the only person who can help
• I am stranded abroad and I don't have money for travel or visa costs. • I want to purchase a home or property with you
• I need your bank account for help in depositing cheques, money orders, drafts…
Other signs are:
• your new date looks like a model - this is probably because the scammer has used a stolen or a magazine picture
• your new date only gives you a post office address and/or a phone number which he or she never answers and which does not have voicemail
• your date talks a lot about herself or himself and does not answer your questions - probably because they are sending standard emails to hundreds of people. What can I do to protect myself?
• only use a reputable online dating or chat service and follow the basic safety tips for online dating
• be skeptical and ask yourself simple questions like, 'why am I the only person who can help them but I have just met them?'
• test your date - ask them lots of questions, try to phone them or post them something or possibly suggest meeting them. If all attempts fail, you are probably dealing with a scammer. What can I do if I have already lost money?If you have already sent money there is little chance of you ever recovering it from them. However what you can do is:
• report the scam to the dating or chat room site where you met the person.
• contact your local police and report the matter or to obtain more information
Source : soonews
Saturday, October 27, 2007
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Follow-up to Jim’s post from christian-dating-service-plus.com. Amazing! Just checked out the Fred Ezra Company (ezracompany.com) and honesty online (honestyonline.com) sites and Jim is correct, it’s the same company. Real estate sales family turned expert background screeners. I put a call into a friend at Oracle and he told me Mark Ezra still leases office space to them. He’s there national account manager. I called Glenn Meltzer, the President of the Fred Ezra Company and he told me the same thing. These companies are only going to take our money and make false claims that its now safe to go on dates with people because they checks someone out form there real estate sales desk.
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Attention:
I am Mr Ray Hings legal personnel of the Economicfinancial crime commission (EFCC); we have observed a high rate of online
dating scam and all series of internet fraud by Nigerians on this site.Therefore we are to help people who have being scammed or extorted in retrievingthere money and bringing the criminals to book
The preponderance of economic and financial crimes like Advance Fee Fraud (419), Money Laundering, etc hashad severe negative consequences on Nigeria,including decreased Foreign Direct Investments in the country and tainting of Nigeria's national image. The menace of these crimes and the recognition of the magnitudeand gravity of the situation led to the establishment of the Economic andFinancial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The legal instrument backing the Commissionis the attached EFCC (Establishment) Act 2002 and the Commission has high-Ievelsupport from the Presidency, the Legislature and key security and lawenforcement agencies in Nigeria.
If you have being a victim of online dating or internet scam the most common way of accepting cases by EFCC is through a petition written by an individual or organization. The petition will be evaluated and if the case falls within the purview of the commission's mandate, it will be accepted for investigation and possibly prosecution. Petitions that do not fall within the purview of the commission are sent to the appropriate agency, be it the Nigeria Police Force, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences
Commission, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), etc. Members of the public can also send complaints electronically to the commission email address, but due to the loads of petition we receive daily we advice you forward your petition to an agent who will attend to you immediately on: Ray_efccnigeria@live.com.
You could also visit our website:
www.efccnigeria.org
Ray Hings
Legal Unit 1 Ibrahim Taiwo Road Aso Rock Villa PMB 166 FCT Abuja
Ray_efccnigeria@live.com
We thought you all might be interested in a case study we did about Craig's List personals and fake ads.
www.onlinepersonalsfraud.com
Thanks,
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www.ca-network.org
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I run a dating site, and I have found that scammers, tend to use yahoo as their mail system of choice. I have also noticed thay the scammer often uses the same password for their email account as they do to set you the account on your site. So for fun, I log into their yahoo mail account and change their password, that sets them back a little. have fun...
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