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Jimmy_Jones
Master Baiter
Joined: 01 Jul 2008
Posts: 153
Location: In my bed!!
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Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:31 am |
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/19/canadian_lonely_heart/
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Romeo 419ers take Canadian women for $300k
Lonely hearts, empty wallets
By Lester Haines - 19th February 2009 09:42 GMT
Nigerian fraudsters have relieved a number of Edmonton women of a total of $300,000 in what the local Sun describes as "an online dating scam".
One unnamed middle-aged divorcee - who admitted to losing "a lot" of money - was baited last September by a text message purportedly from a US businessman buying antiques in Nigeria. It read: "You know, you're a very pretty lady, I like your profile."
The victim, who was presumably identified on an online dating site, said: "You feel very flattered."
The romance blossomed via text messages, emails and instant messaging, and the scammer faithfully promised to fly to Canada to marry the lovestruck mugu. She explained: "You can't wait to get home from work, to message them. They're not like your partner in life - they're always there. And it's always good things [they say], right? It's never bad stuff. It's what everybody wants to hear."
Once firmly hooked, the woman then fell for a classic fleece. Requests for cash quickly "flooded in", including a claim that the con artist's son was in a NIgerian hospital and "needed money for three surgeries".
She said: "I had so many friends tell me, 'don't send money'. But you love that person, you believe what they say. You don't want to stop."
After five months, during which other scammers also moved to extract cash from the unwitting victim - including one who offered unspecified Nigerian "police help" in return for wonga - the woman finally called the Canadian police.
She said of the Casanova crook: "How could you do this to me? Take away my money, my self-esteem. They took my life, basically."
The victim concluded: "You think you're smarter than [the crooks], but you're not. It can happen to anyone."
Detective Mark Johnson of Edmonton police explained that the woman was "not alone in getting duped by the same elaborate scam". He admitted cops would "have to rely on Nigerian police to find and arrest the crooks", but stressed that the victims could probably wave goodbye to their cash due to a "patchy foreign court system". |
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GomerPyle
Baiting Guru
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
Posts: 8875
Location: Wherever I lay my hat
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Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:27 am |
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Of course, the news that one 419 scammer has hit the jackpot will fuel hundreds, if not thousands, of other Lads to redouble their efforts.
... and though it's mind boggling to lose this amount of money, to many other people, the hundreds of dollars they lose are equally damaging to them. |
_________________ Fake sites killed 1 x 9 x 3 x 168 X
- the 'Asparagus Kid' - Accra to Lome - You Must surly Die in The Name Of Jesus Christ
- Steve - Lagos to Accra
- Frank - Lagos to Cotonou - co-bait with the vampire
- Shorty - Lagos to Cotonou - My Agro Base farming where i rearing chicken and other animals was set ablazed overnight and we do not know who is actual behinde all these evils! -
I and my crew was locked up for 3 good days….They wanted to charge us to court but later we are fined an huge amount of money…I asked them why did they arrest the men, they started laughing and saying all sorts mockering words! -
…because now, am left with nothing and remember i told you my Guy (Joe) gave up earlier this morning |
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Mr Tambourine Man
Baiting Guru
Joined: 06 Jun 2008
Posts: 3398
Location: Magic swirlin' ship
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Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:36 pm |
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The usual unsympathetic comments that follow all such articles, of course. |
_________________ is always Good when you have the zeal to be a hitwoman when you out of school,it makes you bold and reall and it makes you more high than any other of your friend.
NOW AMBACK FOR YOU AGAIN STURBORN SHIT
you dont have a phone.that makes makes you joe butt
Fuck you and go find something to do man. Stop disturbing me please.
This is definitely why you will remain and die in poverty, ignorant of good things and easy acknowledgment of bad things and words. Shame on you, you wicked generation children.
i went you to no that this is not a cheld pray. i went you to get back to me
we are not scammer,we hate scammer as you do.scammer make out life harder and harder,a lot of people think we are scammer,in fact,we are not!! please trustt us |
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Dramaqueen
Juan's stalker
Joined: 28 Aug 2008
Posts: 1423
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Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:12 pm |
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Victim stated:
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They're not like your partner in life - they're always there. And it's always good things [they say], right? It's never bad stuff. It's what everybody wants to hear." |
I feel so bad for those victims.
I'm working with this one romance scammer now that will literally sit for hours with me.
Even when I call him names and treat him like sh*t.
He always blames himself and has never said one mean word to me.
He knows exactly what he is doing.
I'm trying to safari him with Oxygen Depriveds help.
I wish I could do more. We are so outnumbered.
It makes me so angry . |
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Jim Morrisons Ghost
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 31 Jul 2006
Posts: 10
Location: Muguland :)
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Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:26 pm |
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it just gives you a reason to give the lads a good spanking..... we must redouble our efforts to spank them to the next planet.. (expetive deleted)
we must not let them win....
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_________________ Now for something completely different.....
enjoy the ride folks.. its gonna be a bumpy one |
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