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CowboyBuck
Elite Baiter
Joined: 04 Aug 2007
Posts: 1077
Location: Riding the Western Union Trail
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Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:11 pm |
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CNN discovers that "Online scams target lonely hearts with troops' photos"
I am shocked SHOCKED!
CNN article:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/27/romance.scam/index.html
"who he said are likely based in western Africa"
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Right now I am getting pissed with your responses
And still you later claimed there are snakes on the road to the Western Union
Please for the sake of humanity help Mr. Felix and I to get this money |
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Ima Baeder
Baiting Guru
Joined: 03 May 2007
Posts: 18313
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Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:45 pm |
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Thanks for posting that, Cowboy Buck. While romance scams have been around for a long time, we've seen a huge increase in the number of victims of this type of scam in which a romance scammer plays a US soldier. I'm familiar with the blog mentioned in the article, soldiersperspective. We've talked to some of the same victims as they have. The victim that Bluth interviewed for his radio show a couple of weeks ago was a victim of this type of scam.
We have an a very good informational topic at SWs, which was a collaborative effort by many support team members: http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6528
This scam varies from the standard romance scams because the scammer often asks for money for a special satellite phone so that he and the victim can stay in touch. |
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Bart Fargo
Corporate Baiter
Joined: 22 May 2010
Posts: 1605
Location: Free munchies for the cantaloupe masters
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Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:32 am |
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The ones who pretend they are soldiers really piss me off. And not just US soldiers but any country's military. If you put any of these assholes in a battle situation, they'd run in the opposite direction like the pieces of shit they are.
OK enough of my rant. |
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dwatina
Baiting Guru
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Posts: 7164
Location: Home of the Orangemen! Friends call me Doc
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Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:55 am |
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^^I totally agree! I served eight years (peace time thankfully), but I'm a vet, and I hate it when someone pretends they served. |
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theblob
419Eater is my life
Joined: 31 May 2010
Posts: 255
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Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:00 am |
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What do you have to do to get chocolate, flowers and teddy bears from a scammer?
Although I'm really only interested in the chocolate. Yummy! |
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rocknrollnobody
Master Baiter
Joined: 06 Jan 2010
Posts: 154
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Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:08 am |
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This annoys the hell out of me. As a serving soldier it really pisses me off to see people pretend to be suffering from war, and giving the whole military sob story.
I've done 4 tours (Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Afghanistan), and I'll freely admit none of them were a picnic. But to then use this to scam generous, sympathetic people really grinds my gears. |
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"WESTERN UNIN SAY IT FAKE AND YOU LIE. THEY LAUGH AND I FEEL FOOL. I WAIT FOR 5 HOUR TO GET WESTERN OFFICE AND YOU TRICK ME. I AM HIGH RESPECTED BANK OFFICIAL AND YOU TRICK ME WITH LIES AND FAKERY" - C0llin Sh1elds (a high respected bank official, apparently)
"I hope this is not another game as i do not have time for such games as i mean business here. I would not want to commence on a never ending journey or an uncompleted project with an unserious man." - Barrister Joseph Goldsmith doesn't want a never-ending project. Shame... |
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