The dangers of being scammed... why we do what we do.

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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 12:07 am

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-04/woman-believed-victim-of-online-scam-found-dead/4551050

Quote:

Police fear a West Australian woman found dead in South Africa may be the victim of foul play, after she travelled to the country to see a man she met on an online dating service.

The body of 67-year-old Jette Jacobs, from Wagin south of Perth, was found in a rented villa in Johannesburg on February 9.

Her money, credit cards, laptop computer and jewellery were missing.

She had travelled to South Africa to meet Jesse Omokoh, 28, whom she had met online and had sent more than $100,000 to in recent years.

So if someone asks you why you do this - there's the answer. You're stopping people getting murdered.

JJJ

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 18313

So sad.

It's good to see you back here, though, JJJ.

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 1:02 am

Thanks Ima, time to try to remember how to do this Wink

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:46 pm

Its like riding a bike. Once done, never forgotten Wink

Baiting Guru Joined: 21 Nov 2010 Posts: 2200

Thats just terrible. :>(

Another one for the lad hugger, Read me first thread.

Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:37 pm

Yup.. Friends think that I do this for shits and giggles..

But if I can waste time of one lad.. then its worth it.

Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 3:24 pm

Quote:

It would appear that she certainly appears to be a victim of the overseas fraud, where she has lost pretty much everything that she had. As far as that person who discovered her deceased, whether he had any involvement in her death is too early for us to be able to say.

I would say that he is definately involved !

Disgusted I hope this is resolved soon my thoughts go out to her family.

Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:46 pm

http://m.jamaicaobserver.com/mobile/news/400-deaths-related-to-lottery-scam--police-say

Quote:

KINGSTON, Jamaica - An estimated 400 people have been killed in relation to the lottery scamming in Jamaica since 2006, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Glenmore Hinds said.

I also recall an incident when the principal of a remote school in India had invested the school's money in a scam in an attempt to improve their facilities and, when he realised it was gone, he made it known his only option was suicide.

If you've ever contacted a victim to attempt to warn them, it's not as easy as you might at first think, and you learn things you don't want to hear and you may find hard to stomach about how far a scammer will go.

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