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Not quite a Newb Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Posts: 72

Well, my love has tried to explain to me how WU works, but I can't get the hang of it. So I asked what about me going over there, bringing the money and us going back together. She needs the money for the visa and ticket.

She sent me this:

"I do not understand, why you can understand me. As I can tell to you
about how it works. You can go in this company and to you can explain
to you everything, that you want find out. The only thing, that I can
tell now to you about it, it that the company simply does remittances.
In it is not present that complex. You should fill in the form and
all. I think, that it will be the big expenditure of time and money if
you will come to me. You will spend money to me, then will go back.
But, if you want to arrive to me I shall not be against it. I speak
you to do how on it will be much easier. Well, I wait for your letter."

I had asked her to fill out a sample form and fill it in and send it to me, that would have been easy enough, but no.

So what now. All kinds of possibilities present themselves, like I don't appreciate you talking to me like that, you don't love me, I thought you would be overjoyed to have me come there and us go back together, and maybe even have a safari, which I doubt, but this last letter doesn't make it seem totally impossible.

But it is vitally important to me to do nothing that would help her refine her technique. I don't want to accuse her of not appreciating me and have her smooth me over, saying stuff that would mislead a real victim.

I think the safest approach is to ignore the sharp tone of her letter, say how happy I am to be coming over there, and I'll help her take care of everything and we'll fly back together, and be all overjoyed and excited to meet her. OK to tell her she doesn't have to have the agency handle the visa, I can help her with the US consulate? It seems to me that she would react negatively to that, which would be good because it doesn't make any sense.

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 18313

With one lad that I made explain how to use western union to me, after many emails I still didn't think that I understood and wanted further explanations and exact directions. He even looked up locations near my "address" for me. After he was out of patience and told me to just GO there and do it, I tried but wouldn't you know it, I did it WRONG and it was all his fault for not explaining it further. Laughing

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:06 am

You could always use the excuse that you are partially or fully blind and can't fill in the forms Surprised

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:14 pm

At this point I sometimes say I sent it and make up a number... she'll come back and you say it was returned to you... you must have done something wrong...

Now, sometimes I say I sent it but include an old script where they ask me to send it to a close girlfriend. Say you understand the new instrcutions and it is done. They will go ruddy nuts! Sometimes I just say it is done and when it isn't there I forward the fake script... again they go nuts.

The good thing about the first of that two is that they still think money is coming and they change addresses - you can up the anti and ask for pictures to prove they are safe... oh joy...