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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:45 pm

I met this guy on a dating site. Claims he is a contractor in London. I spoke to him on the phone after about a month on MSN chatting and knew straight away that he wasn't English. I queried him on his accent because he sounded foreign and he then said he was french canadian. Didn't understand why he couldn't have told me that straight away when we first began chatting and basically said if I had met him in a pub or club his accent would have been evident straight away and that this was something he should have told me. He said I hadn't asked LOL. Anyway, I digress. After about 7 weeks of chat he asked me if I would do him a favour, by allowing a business colleague of his to put money in my bank account as he was having trouble with his account. I told him to get the guy to send him a cheque as I couldn't see his bank having a problem with a cheque, ( I was completely unaware of cheque scams at that time ). Having spent a good few months reading on eater the many different types of scams on the internet, it is clear to me that he was going to send me a fake cheque and get me to send on the money to him, I assume through Western Union. Anyway , I checked the guys photos on tineye and he is there under another 6 email addresses. How do I post the pics I have of him on Scamwarners ( he approached me on Myukdate ) I have tried and am not managing to do it. Can I post them here and someone else do it for me.
I have a different email address for him and 3 pictures, only one of them showed up on tineye. Any help with this is appreciated.
I didn't keep any emails so can't check headers.

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:56 pm

Hi Furball

I am Pm-ing you Scamwarners support team member's mail address.

Please send all the information/pics/mails you have - a report will be made ASAP.

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:52 pm

Hi Cathartic Kate

I have sent all information through hotmail to the address you gave me as it doesn't look like I am set up for the other way lol.

Thanks for the help

Furball

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:54 pm

just because tin eye found 3 separate instances of the photo doesn't mean all 3 are him - various scammers use the same picture occasionally...

you didn't say if this was on your real account (points back to your real life info) or one that you set up for baiting...if it's your real life account drop him immediately and try to pick him back up from your baiting account...

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:25 pm

It was real life and I no longer have any contact with him. This happened last year when I was on a dating site, before I knew there was a place I could post details.
I was searching for something in my program files when I came across his details. I thought I had deleted everything to do with him but it would seem not. I have no intention of contacting him again. I don't think I am ready to bait and am content to just read the stories on eater. What you guys do here is phenomenal and I take my hat off to you. You obviously know what you are doing. I am a long way from even wanting to.