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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:40 pm

Sometimes it hits close to home. My cousin (unbeknownst to me) engaged with "Sergeant Scott Parker" on Tinder. At least I think it was Tinder - one of those social networks. She's 35, smart and went through a divorce a couple years ago. I think you can all see what is coming...

He connected with her via Tinder, email and text for a month. Sent pictures of his fabulous physique etc and really reeled her in. THEY NEVER SPOKE. She fell in love. He told her he was due to come back to America and would be stationed within 45 minutes of her. Blah Blah Blah.

After a month he ran into some problems with his military pay. Because of his imminent transfer home from Afghanistan his pay had been transferred from local to overseas and he had no cash. He couldn't even get a cab home when he arrived the US etc etc. He really wanted to see her asap but he was thinking it might be longer if he couldn't get money. Of course he just needed a little help from my cousin the love of his life. He asked for $650 and said he would pay her back when he arrived and pay her back in "so many ways"

FORTUNATELY, my wife is friends with her on FB and noticed her talking about possibly sending her "man" overseas Western Union money and immediately knew (from knowing about my hobby) that she had been scammed. We were able to get in touch with her and reveal the sad truth to her (it was like Catfish without the camera). She was a mess. So sad. She still thinks the pictures he sent were really him. She keeps asking me to find the man in the pics. I've tried. I've tried... it's NOT real. They really reel them in, huh?

Only good thing that came out of it is I've had quite a time baiting the Sarge. She gave me all his info. Hopefully distracting him a bit and keeping him from impacting others like my cuz. I hope he has an unlimited data plan because Alana has been blowing up his phone.

Anyway, just a reminder to keep doing what you all do!

Over and out,

Surfowl

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:49 pm

Wow... very sad. If you feel like sharing, throw the "Sargent's" info on scamwarners and put a link here so we can join you in keeping him occupied.

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 2:44 am

YeaWhatever beautifully sums up why we do what we do

(Taken from http://www.419eater.com/html/RoadToChadDarfur/index.html)

From koffi kuku (angry lad who got safaried by YW) Fri May 26 10:19:38 2006

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Smart guy, the officials that I talk to say that your church does not exist anywhere and is not at any camp in chad. The police official is the president? I can see now that you are a fraud playing serious games. What do you gain with this? I just want to know why. I have never know anyone like you. You are a unimaginable bastard pig to do this to me. I want you to know that i will spend my life to find you and when I do you and your family will suffer terrible as i have, I promise.

Good by bastard

From Kuhm Belcher (YeaWhatever) Fri May 26 11:26:30 2006

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Hi "Mr. Kuku" or is it Achiu (that's your real name, right?),

I don't usually do this, but as long as you've figured this out, I will make an exception in your case.

First off, congrats for finally putting it all together. I was starting to think that you were retarded or something. Is it too late to ask for a postcard from Khartoum? Haha, just kidding. Save your money for the trip back. How is Khartoum by the way? I've never been there and I am really curious.

Second, you asked me why I did all this. I'll tell you why. It's mostly because I hate people that try to scam honest, hard working people out of their life savings. I hate, even more, people that are willing to steal from priests and from homeless refugees. That's right fool; I knew you were a scammer from your very first letter you sent last year. Can you believe it? That was 8 months ago. Wow. How time flies by.

I've got to say this though, you were quite the challenge. I get fools like you to travel all the time but it usually takes less than a month. There were times that I almost gave up on you.

How do you suppose Oney is doing? He is one of the monkies that you sent to Farchana, isn't he? Do you think that he is still alive or perhaps he is getting regularly ass-fucked by the barbarian horde in some prison in Darfur? It's a shame that you did not go with him and the other guy. I could have gotten three scammers at one time.

By the way, did you know that you are famous now? That's right Achiu, famous. For the last month or so, I have been sharing every email, every detail with thousands of other people like me that also enjoy messing with stupid little boys like you. We have all gotten a big kick watching this.

You even caused a bit of a stir too. A moral debate continued for days. Some thought that I was a little harsh on you. Personally, I think that you were lucky that it was only me on the other end of the computer or telephone. There are others out there far more talented at this than I am that could have gotten you to Antarctica by now, which, if I were you, is exactly where I would be headed. I cannot imagine that your family back in Lagos is too happy with you at the moment. Maybe when the boys eventually crawl out from whatever rock they are under, your family will let you go back to Lagos.

Well, cocktard, I've said just about all that I wanted to. When you get to Antarctica, be sure to stay bundled up. It gets pretty damn cold there you know. And if you find yourself a bit light on cash, give me call. I'll see if I can Western Union some money to you.

Blessings

Rev. Kuhm Belcher (also not my real name)