GANNETT NEWS SERVICE — Nov 23 — Morgan wrote me an e-mail saying she was "looking to definitely become intimate" with me. She really wanted me to call her, but in order to get her phone number, I had to go to her Web site. I found a slightly naked Morgan; I had to plug in my e-mail address and credit card number to see more pictures of her. But she was only asking me to do this "so not just anyone can see all of me!" "Don't worry," she said. "It's free!" On MySpace, a cheerleader law student identified only as "C"…"I like what I've seen from you so far," she said, even though she had seen nothing of me so far. She wanted to make sure I liked her also, so she sent me to her Web site, where for $19.95 I could see pictures of married women who wanted "discreet affairs."
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Mark Brooks: The internet dating industry is putting up a fight against these kinds of scams. 'Abuse teams' monitor profiles and reported scams. Most services have a button on profiles inviting users to report people for abuse.
Hi,
I was matched on eHarmony a month ago… This guy seems too good to be true… He lives in Belgium (I’m in the States), and after a few “red flags” went up, I’ve tried to do some checking on this dude and I’m getting nowhere! He has no family, travels all over for business, and some suspicious circumstances have arisen, i.e., lost his computer on the flight to Ghana… would I send him one… I suppose it’s possible, but I am no fool! I’m wondering how I can be sure… If he’s being honest, this could be everything I’ve ever wanted, if not… I’d like to just end it NOW!
Any advice would be welcome. Thanks.
This is a common scam. You should end it and report it to eHarmony.
I subscribed to a free account to Hornymatches.com. Every few days it sends profiles in my local area that may be interested in me. I had checked on several and had put them in favorites so I can check back later. When I went back into favorites a few days ago, I went and checked the profiles that I had saved from emails that I had gotten from the website. Every profile I checked had the profiles listed as living in a different city. One would have been understandable, but every one of them. The only ones that actually were in my area were ones that I found myself on the website.
Hi, I’m concerned about a friend. He’s met this woman on a matchmaking site, and has been talking to her on the Internet. She was apparently working overseas (Nigeria I think)for a few months. And once she finished she was coming to Australia to meet him, but now the story is that her cheque from work can’t be cashed over there as there are no bank or something. So she’s asked for my friend to send her the money for the airfare and she’ll pay him back when she gets here. She got shirty when he confronted her about her genuineness. I think it’s a scam, but can’t be sure. What do you think? I’m concerned for my friend.
CAROLYN…
That check thing is a scam!! Tell your friend NOT TO SEND MONEY
Please be aware of scams, even on sights that you think are legit like eharmony. I was matched up with a guy who contacted me immediately. A few days later he was on a business trip to the UK; soccer camp. We emailed, chatted on messenger and his cell phone and everything was wonderful; he was the nicest guy I’d ever known, too good to be true! He was professing his love after a week. After 2 weeks the first request for money came through; his wallet had been stolen and he needed $3000.
I was suspicious from the beginning because he said he was originally from Italy but his accent sounded like he was from somewhere in Africa. But the charming continuted in our conversations; he was in love with me! The 2nd request for money came about 4 days later. I played along like I was going to send some and he was so happy; I had no intention of doing so, but he was so convincing I almost did. He came across as upset that I didn’t send money but said he understood my hesitation.
We continuted chatting almost daily; he was going to be back in the US on Nov. 18 and we’d be together! After his last plea for money, $600, this last weekend was denied, I only heard from him once more. He told me what a horrible person he was for even asking me for money in the first place, tried to make himself sound so sad and remorseful! I flat out told him I wouldn’t sent him any money (in a nice way). The emails and messages from him stopped. I tried contacting him several times over the next few days and got no response via email or phone. In the meantime, I’d reported my suspicions to eharmony. They investigated and told me they had cancelled his account based on what they’d seen in his communications with me and others. So please, if you have the slighest suspicion or anyone asks you for money, don’t do it. It’s a scam! Eharmony was excellent in following through on my concerns. I just hope they warned others!
Started corresponding with an Uzbek woman from the Site Elena’s Models. After only a short while this woman, named Tomaris Khodjaeva hid her profile, claiming that I was the only one for her. A quick google search confirmed that she stil had active profiles on the following sites Absolute Agency, Cloud Number 9, Topbelladonna, Hearty Date. Then the requests for money started, in Russian from someone claiming to be her mother and stating that if I wished to marry her daughter then cough up. Next I start getting requests for money from the daughter, stating that she had to travel to moscow to process her visa. when I informed her it could be done by post all correspondance stopped
I am on eharmony and I begin writing to a guy who claims to be a man from Chico, CA. He said he is part French, and father was from Taxes. We communicated via emails for a week, then he began his business trip, first to Germany, then a week later to Ghana. He was to get shea butter for a major U.S. company. While in Ghana, he also wanted to purchase gold and he went into a contract of $400,000. He paid all but was short in $20,000. They won’t give him the gold unless the $20,000 is also paid. So he is stuck in Ghana as the story went. By then it has been 4 weeks of email communication. He also purchased a cell phone with a Ghana area code. I called him a few times and we spoke. He still has a heavy accent, not sure if it is French or Afracian. He said a U.S. company owes hime some money and they can send the check to him, but he cannot cash it in Ghana. So he said he can send me the check, and then I deposit it into my “credit card”, and cash it out, and send it back to him. I am not sure how this can work. I of course refused because it doesn’t sound legal. In anyway, it also could be a love scam. He said he was falling in love with me soon after he arrived Ghana. Whatever he said it was quite convincing. But when he started to have trouble and requested my help that involves my name and my credit, I can see the red flag.
The last email was only this morning. I was very clear that I am not able to help him this way. I will wait for 2 days. If I don’t hear from him, it is definately a scam and I will report it to eharmony.
Please post my experience. I want the readers to be aware of this.
Thanks.
If Ghana or Nigeria are involved, it’s a scam. If anyone asks you for a large sum of money, it’s a scam. These people are doing this to dozens, possibly hundreds of people at a time, hoping for a payoff on a few.
By the way, any businessman who is doing international travel would have plenty of cash/credit and not need to beg for it from someone thousands of miles away. I own a small business and I have access to about $150,000 in credit at any time.
I’ve been talking to a Chinese lady from China, she seems to be the real thing. Are there many scammers reported from China?
Does anyone know of any dating websites just sending there “flirts” that are free and then you sign up and still get flirts or the occasion emails from someone and when you reply you never here from them. I am thinking that the websites sends out these bogus flirts and emails to get you to signup and pay to get your money. I have replied to a couple of flirts and emails but noone replys. So I am thinking that Singlesnet.com is scamming people to get there memberships fees. If anyone else has come across this please post. If enough people can colabrate this, I think we can sue them and get more than our money back.
My brother is going through the same thing that a lot of you are. He saw a picture of a pretty girl on Yahoo Personals. My brother is a lonely guy who is just looking for someone to love. He is a Christian, also. Anyways, she took her personal page off of Yahoo as soon as they started talking. She feeds him by quoting scriptures from the Bible which is making him believe that God is bringing them together. She also tells him that God believes they are right for each other. “Her” name is Christiana Mcullough. She claims to be an orphan who was born so close to where we are from! Imagine that! And then since she had no one she had to move to Canada to be with her aunt. Now she is doing missionary work in Nigeria working with the needy children. Who wouldn’t love that?! don’t fall for the crap! So after they’ve talked for awhile she started asking for money to pay for the internet cafe. And then “she” had the nerve to ask for $2000 for air fare so she could come to the US to be with him and they could get married and be together forever. she told him not to tell many people about their “relationship.” Anyways, my brother sent the money via Western Union. Now she needs a BTA (Basic Travel Allowance) because she can’t leave the country without it. Nigeria has to know she has that money so she can leave. Yeah, right! So now my brother has sent over $4000 to this jerk! Oh course my brother asked which mission she was associated with and she said FFM? How broad is that? Anyways, I’m writing this because I am so angry that my brother is mixed up in this. We have not told him that he is being scammed yet, but we will. My brother is going to be crushed because he feels like he is really in love with this person. I hope one day these scams can be stopped!
I too have tried these dating sites, yahoo, match.com, date.com, singlesnet, Which posted a money back guarantee, that I still havn’t got. All have the same things in common. You post a profile, get lots of flirts, buy the membership, and never hear from them again. I have learned if you have to pay, you lose in the end. Even with match.com, which is endorsed by Dr Phill, you get the same results. Maybe there are legit gals on these sites, but I bet they are few and far between
My son has met a young woman supposedly having been living in Canada with her father. Her father has died and she now resided in Nigera. Her name is Michelle. He tells me that he has given her $AU1000 half the airfare but now she needs a further $3,500 to meet entry viza to Australia. I think this is a scam. How do I check it out.
He wired the money thru “western union” and that is the part that makes alarm bells ring for me.
I to had a profile at match.com and was approached by a very nice looking guy. He said he was a professional, but his spelling was real bad and I knew something wasn’t right. Not a week after he ask me for money. Said he was in Nigeria and his son was ill and dying and he needed money for hospital. After I told him I had no money he ask if I could cash some money orders for him worth over $8,000 and send the money back to him minus the fees of course. I went looking for answers and found all I needed to prove he was a scammer. I played along and got the money orders which were fake postal money orders. I turned them over to the post office and when he contacted me again I told him what I had done. He was mad to say the least.
On one of these I was reading, this guy said he doubted there are nice girls on these dating sites that were for real…well I am one that is. Just a single mom in need of some love just like everyone. Any good guys want a nice plump woman to love? I am honest and very faithful. I would love to have a nice hard working man to spoil rotton. Just need someone to give me the chance.
guys look out for mawuli agbesi, she got me, met her on obc, all dating site are being corrupted by these scammers, gonna have to go back to the old way of meeting someone, clubs, malls,etc… you can meet bad people/gold diggers here instead of overseas scammers
Do you remember the times when you were a child, and would go to a carnival, or amusement park and play those 10 cent games of chance? The guy that was always on the outside trying to attract customers with something like “Step right up” for the chance to win some 5 cent trinket. You put your dime on the counter, he hands you 3 bean bags, and try 3 times to get just 1 of those bags in a hole that looked as if there was a snowballs chance in hell of one of them getting through it. But you try anyway, right? Because you have money invested.You put another dime on the counter, and 3 more tries. The guy behind the counter keeps encouraging you “Come on, Come on , you almost had it that last time, just one more time and you’ll get it!”. You decide to walk away, but you hear the man say ” Where are you going? Come back, just one more time, and you’ll win, I promise!”. You reluctantly return with your dime in hand, and 3 more tries, but nothing. by the time you realize you won’t win, and you have become too disheartened to try any more, you have spent a dollar on a system that was rigged from the start to cheat you like a slot machine. As you walk away, you can hear the man, still yelling for you ” Why are you leaving, do you not know how close you are to winning?”. But you know for a fact you have just been cheated out of your time, and money, thinking of better ways to spend both.
I’ve tried every dating site you could immagine from Match.com to Bride.ru. I would pay for an address, start a correspondance with someone, and after 2 or 3 letters, there would suddenly be silence. I would receive an email from someone else that supposedly expresed an interest in me. After paying for this address, I would write the person, thinking they genuinely wanted to communicate with me, but only receiving silence. I tried other sites, and had the same results. Each site has its own system that is designed to get you to spend more money in hopes of finding that perfect match. In reality , all dating sites are frauds. So please everyone, stop throwing your money away. Internet dating sites are are the modern day games of chance you will never win.
Folks I have had the same expericence on Eharmony not once but 6 times. Were the guy is from the US but travels for business to Nigeria. Then wants me to cash checks and send him money. NO way!!! The sad part is that Eharmony was notified each time and yes they did cancle the memership for them but some of them went back on Eharmony under different names. I just don’t think Eharmony is doing enough to warn people about these scammers.
Was on relationship.com when i got IM to chat, guy was in fl. said he was a greek living in u.s. for eight years after his wife died, folks invited him to come and live in fl. sounded real sincere so after a long chat i gave him my e-mail address so we could e-mail each other. Then we got hooked up on yahoo after he requested it and we began to im each other. With in a couple of days he was swooning me with all emcompassing love. I told him to slow down but he was very convincing. Said he was a project manager for construction co. and was headed for ghana to do a job. Build bridges and roads over some rivers there. When asked about himself he would answer one question then lead off to one about me. Several red flags flew but i kept hoping i was just imagining it. When asked if he was iming someone else he swore i was the only one and he didn’t play head games. He also had a foreign name Haruna Adamouns AKA Harry Adams. Said he was partners of a co., Allied Construction Co.in Fort Lauderdale. A week after he got in Accra, Ghana all his money got stolen from his vehicle and he had no money and couldn’t get ahold of his partner who just left for Indonesia on a job there. He managed to get 2000. from daughter but needed more, wanted to know if i could help if he didn’t get ahold of his partner by Monday. Of Course I told him I didn’t have that kind of money, not even close. He said it was alright and he would talk to me next day. I avoided the computer all day. He imed me seveal times but did not mention need of money just his love and missing me. I am sure it is a scammer but am waiting to see what happens now. If you know this guy please let me know.
A match on e-harmony seemed promising–sent very loving emails and IMs via Yahoo. Very handsome pictures–lifted from someone else? He said he was German engineer and lived in Taft, Florida–later told me an address in Quincy, Florida. Went by the name James Johnson. He went to Ghana for a job and his computer broke–could I send him one? I did not. Sounds familiar like other posts on this site, doesn’t it? He’s very smooth ladies, very smooth–don’t get tricked by this scammer.
I met a seemingly nice guy on a dating site which I’ve seen on TV frequently, very well known site. After a few weeks this gentleman started professing his undying love. He said he was a widower raising his son by himself and really needed help. He said he lived in the UK, but had to travel to Ghana to do some work. His work took him all over. He wanted me to be his son’s mom, and needed help raising this child. They were traveling to Ghana together, then to the States. He then indicated he left his son’s Ipod back in England by mistake, and needed me to send “my new son” an Ipod. He would say. “Am not having a good time here with your boy, please send the Ipod” He even went so far as to say 30g video and audio, almost begging. This was for a nine year old, who was giving him a hard time. I hadn’t even known this person a month before this odd request. He really needed this Ipod badly, yet couldn’t go buy it himself or better yet, order it off the internet. Instead, you want a total stranger to send you an IPod. Not only that, he asked me for my computer. His was too slow, and since we were going to be married, it would be okay. His grammar was a dead giveaway. He called me a couple of times, (area code from Nashville, TN) professing his love.etc. (LOL). His accent sounded like he was from Africa. This whole thing was so funny, that I couldn’t resist played along for a moment, just to see how persistent this guy would be. I would say, “so where do you want me to send the Ipod”, I had no intentions of sending him anything. Another thing he did was profess his love for God. This was because in my profile I said I was a Christian. I just want to warn people about these charming scammers. They sound very convincing. Serving you breakfast in bed,etc. Even though the site I was on is endorsed by a lot of people, the scammers find their way on anyway. They are smart and determined and they’ve got nothing but time on their hands to fool some unsuspecting lovelorn person. I admit the widower thing got me for a minute or too, and the son with no mom. Thats enough to tug at anyones heart. It’s a good thing I listened to my gut and not my heart early on. For men and women do not part with your money or expensive items. This is their job, and as long as they’re people willing to part with their goods, these people will always be in business.
Yikes! I googled up this site after a similar experience to those mentioned here. Has anyone had the experience of being matched with a James Morgan from Newark, NJ (pictured with an 11 year old daughter) from the e-harmony match site? Supposedly Italian-American working abroad. I suppose if someone seems too good to be true – they probably are 🙁
Singlesnet.com
The men on there are not telling the truth when they are looking for a sincere relationship to women. I went on a date and all he tried to do was to try and sleep with me. Warning to women…be careful…I am an educated woman and am not in the bar scene so tried this out. Just trying to protect fellow women accross the United States. Stay away from this dating site because if you do not you will get hurt in the end…Cara
I was on the site petpeoplemeet.com. I met two men and both ended up being scam artisits. One Adam Herron sent me fake money orders and the other Richard Miles -sent me packaes and then wanted them sent to Africa..I sent them back to the company.Good luck with you search and be careful!
Ahhhh … these stories sound so familiar!! I was recently matched with someone on eHarmony.ca who was supposed to be from a small town in Canada. I became suspicious within a month and in checking e-mail headers from messages I had received, discovered he was actually in Accra, Ghana. I confronted him on this and he said he lied because no one would talk to him because of his location. Normal enough looking guy (not the GQ type) who sent me pictures of his son (supposedly) … but shortly after admitting where he was, he started asking for money. I have also notified eHarmony – twice.
singlesnet.com is a horrible site. It is full of scammers. Many women will claim to live in the United States and actually be in Nigeria. Watch for the poor grammer when chatting. Also, quiz them on the local town nearby to you. They will not be able to answer anything.
Sounds the same….paired on eharmony with a “social worker” doing research in Nigeria. Says he is British and doing research for his PhD. Now needs $3000 for medical bills for his mom who is caring for his 5 year old daughter (he is a widower). Ugh! How dumb do I feel. Thankfully didn’t send him a dime. I have pictures of this Jay. Does anyone else so we can compare?
Wow I thought it was just me and wondered what I had done wrong. I think I now have 5 people in Ghana or going to Ghana that are all sorts of interested in me. I have the guy (Bernard) from Florida that misses his teenager daughter and dog Rocky. Poor Bernard, he lost his computer in Ghana and needs me to send him a new one so he can come home sooner and make a life with me, Carley and Rocky. I have the nice Italian man (Bill) in Poway, CA that uses model’s pictures and is currently in London and wants to come home after being there for 8 years but really misses Cali. He lost his mom and sister in an accident, then his father not long ago and his 5 year old son Sammy while he was visiting his mom who cheated on poor Bill. I have the other nice man in Poway, Michael, with his 11 year old daugther Samuella, and he sounded just like his neighbor Bill so I shut that down quickly. I have Lionnel aka Mills in the Netherlands that was born there but doesnt speak Dutch and he is about to take a trip to Ghana tomorrow. I wonder what will get lost on the plane on the way there. He asked for my address and wanted to send me a surprise. I have Frank in Little Rock looking for a mother for his 7 year old son. He hasnt dropped the Ghana trip yet but I am sure it is a matter of time. This is almost entertaining now that I have caught on. It will be slightly fun to see how they try to weave their magic. And now that I know I am not alone in this, I dont feel so pitiful and such an easy target. I guess they see anyone on these sites as an easy target. eHarmony was a birthday gift so I am going to have a party and maybe, you never know, maybe one of the guests will stay to help clean up. If not, it’s all good.
I have been on the singlesnet site now for 3 months, and most of the men on there, are in africa. They sweet talk you, say they love you, not sure how you love can come that quickly, but anyways, when they are ready to come see me, they ALL have asked for money from me, for medical, hotel, plane tickets… etc. When I told them that I do not loan any money out, they plead, and begged. But I did not fall for it. So woman… please beware of those men in Africa, do not give them any money, no matter what they promise….
I am concerned because these stories sound similar to a co-worker. She met a man on eharmony and has talking with him for 4 months, now she has given notice at her job, is selling her car and possessions because he is coming to get her in a month to travel the world. He lives in Ghana Africa but has relatives close to where she lives in Canada (and has been here since meeting her, but they’ve never met) he also has business in the States and is coming to pick her up so they can be together forever. I am afraid this is a scam, but she believes it is true love. I don’t believe he has asked her for money yet. He has sent her flowers at work and asked her to open a bank account so he can send her money. Can anyone give me advice, I want to help her and am afraid she is making a big mistake, but she won’t listen. Thanks!
Too good to be true? BELIEVE IT! It saved me from sending money to a man I met on eHarmony who claimed to be from Chicago and get this . . . WIDOWED with a little girl. Ladies beware of men who play on your sympathies and tell you they love you two days after “meeting” you online. He allegedly lived in the US but was from the UK and “traveled” to Nigeria as a contractor when he got malaria and needed money for hospital bills. What kind of business owner travels without credit and notifies a stranger he just met for $$$ instead of family or friends? James Kelvin was terminated from eHarmony but much too late for me. Watch for guys with two first names!!!
If this person is not answering your questions directly, refuses to call you or meet in person, chances are they don’t exist. Save yourself the time, money and heartache.
This is all sounding extremely familiar and scary. My sister in California has recently met a man on Big Church.Com who has proposed to her within a couple weeks, even though they have not met in person. He is away on business in Africa but plans to return in time for a quick October wedding. As far as I know he hasn’t asked her for money yet, but as I see over and over above, this just sounds too good to be true. I don’t know how to investigate this guy. All we have is his email address.
This afternoon I came home to a unique form of scams. There was a message on my machine from a girl named “Jen” calling for Ron about meeting him on the-lovenest.com and arranging to meet at a hotel tonight. She claims she “hopes she has the right number” and is “doing it quickly before her husband gets home” and does not leave a number. This is the most blaitant scam I’ve seen thus far to get hits on a website! This site should be shut down for what they’ve done. I’ve looked to see if anyone else has had this happen to anyone else. I worn all the wives and husbands out there that this is a total scam!
I also had a message on my voice mail from ‘Jen’, left Sept 19th – same lovenest.com. The message included her profile number. Must be a mass dialing deal.
I agree with the guy above about singlesnet.com. I got a ton of “flirts” while I was checking the site out. Of course, after I pay for the membership to e-mail them, they all turn out to be spam. Except a couple… that are really local and gave me their cell numbers. So you can’t really say the site is bogus. But I would wager money that they bait you to get you excited and sign up. I just got a total scam… BEAUTIFUL girl that wanted me to IM her on Yahoo. I did, and she had very poor grammar. When I asked her what part of town she lived in she gave an area of town that is all commercial. When I asked about meeting her she said she was in California tending to her sick mom. I asked when she was coming back and she says… she has a problem. Here it comes… she spent all her money taking care of her mom and can’t afford a plane ticket home! She is really soft-selling. Got off the IM tonight with “hope to see you soon”. Didn’t ASK for the money. So I am going to let this one play out. It will be interesting to see how long before I am supposed to send the money. I will totally string her along, offering to book a flight for her (so she can’t get the money… just a non-transferrable ticket… and see how she reacts. I haven’t been online dating long and it really is pathetic how hard it is to find real people. Very frustrating for those of us that would actually like to find someone!
Well, ladies…what I a fool I am. Please do not believe any man who falls for you in 2 weeks or less. Oh my what an ego I have. I got hooked, line and sinkered!!! I met some wonderful man on eharmony…a George Parker and actually another guy Jerry Brassfield. Both fell immediately in love with me. Wow, it was almost like brain washing. One was a blowout specialist for oil working in Scotland. Oh my his brother was helping him in Nigeria and fell and got hurt. Could I send money….blah, blah, blah. Well, I did. Woa, what a fool.
He promised to pay me back has kept in contact and contiues the BS. Now, the other guy George Parker and his son Eric, traveled to London then on to Ghana to get the best price on gold. Oh no, his son is dying, he has appendicitis. He’s a proud man cannot ask anyone, his son is going to die. Oh no, what can he do. So, I send $$. Oh I love you, I will pay you back double.
Well to set me up, he and his son sent me beautiful roses, candy and a cute teddy bear. Oh my, it was his son’s idea. Now his son is going to die…Oh my God, I’m a proud man, he says, I cannot use my American Express. Having traveled to distnat places, I sorta believed him and ignored all the RED FLAGS. Oh my gosh, even the Wesetern Union guys asked…”Do I know this person?” Well, this fool is expecting another $1,000 which I told him my church would pay, but they needed his address and drivers licence. Oh, he doesn’t travel with a drivers license, but her is his address. Turns out, he used a name and address of an 89 year old man who has Alzheimers. I did a search and found the phone number that matched the address. The wonderful older woman who answered the phone was just so sorry for my stupidity.
You know I sent the money not because I was in love, I sent it because I ignored the obvious and thought they needed my help. Eharmony sets you up!!! I reread my personality profile and it basically said “sitting duck!”
Well, that’s life, but please ladies and men, if it involves money it is a SCAM!!!!
I recently met a man on loveempire.net who said he was living with a friend in Beverly Hills, CA. After 2 or 3 im’s he “fell in love” with me. After one week he had to go to Spain for a computer work contract he and his friend had obtained. He was to return to the US and marry me upon completion of his contract. You guessed it – an emergency came up! His wonderful 17 year old daughter (who was living in Poland with his mother) suddenly got sick and needed, of all things, a heart transplant! He showed me a check he’d received from one of his contract jobs in London in the amount of $1,350,000 euros, which amounted to $1,860,000 US dollars. The story was that he couldn’t get his money until he paid a 10% tax on the money (which amounted to $186,500). He and his friend could come up with only $165,000 of the money. His mother could only provide $7,000 since she had to pay for his daughters medical bills (doesn’t Poland have universal health insurance? duh!) Anyway, he needed me to help with the remainder, so that he could get to his sick daughter. I told him I’d never met him in person, did not have a phone number on him and did not have the money, he had the nerve to ask my family to give me the money (but don’t tell them what I need it for!!!). Long story short, I guess he’s in some sweat shop in Nigeria (oh yeah, he’d called me a couple of times and he did NOT have a polish accent – it was Nigerian, but I wanted to see where he was going to go with this relationship, so I never let on to him I knew Polish people and Nigerian people, and could recognize his accent!). Even after all this, initially, I felt bad that I refused his request, but now that I’ve read these posts of others experiences I see that I was very fortunate to have kept my bearings and remained in tune with my internal alert system!
More proof that hornymatches.com is a scam; why is it that women never protest that the profiles are false? This is all the evidence I need. Thanks for this forum and the chance to voice an opinion.
I had similar experiences. I was on a web page that I didn’t think was a dating page, but I kept getting letters from guys about dating them, etc. Some of them were the same age as my daughter and I had no interest in dating, just corresponding. I am recently widowed and don’t want the dating scene. One guy wrote to me and we corresponded. He said he was from Germany and moved to the U.S. He said things that were inconsitent like saying he was a heart surgeon who had a bachelors degree–I worked with surgeons and I know how long they go to school. His name wasn’t even German and he said he was born and raised in German. Well, he said he was going to see if he could do business in Nigeria. He called a couple of times and he didn’t talk for long but he didn’t sound like a german. Then he dropped the other shoe–He asked me for money. I would have lied, but I didn’t need to. I have barely enough money for my living expenses, so I told him I had no money, no way to get money, etc. Then he wanted me to open an account and he would transfer money over to it, and I could buy money orders for him. The second one was after I read about him in a scam web page, so I didn’t have money to put into another account. I wish I had checked it out before. I tell other men that I have no money and I have almost been scammed and alot of them just blow me off. I am sure glad about that. He must be the same one that said he would come to see me in the US. Another guy talked to me and his picture looked like the other ones picture, In fact, it was identical. Another guy said he had a problem and he wouldn’t tell me. He asked for my phone number and I asked him why and told him that I was afraid of being scammed and had no money. What he wrote back was suspicious. I guess I don’t trust anyone anymore. I never tell people my personal information. If they ask me where I live I just generalize it. In a city that is easy because hundreds or thousands of people live in the same area.
I have a friend that used to work for Singlesnet.com – it is a total scam – they used to pay their friends that were pretty for pictures of them to set up fake profiles and send batch emails to get people to sign up and pay. They sit around and laugh about it – owner just had a big wedding in Brazil – TOTAL SCAM
I am sorry for any of you who sent money to people you’ve never met, but not too sorry. I can scratch my head till I’m bald and I’ll still never even begin to understand what motiveted you to send money to a stranger on the internet. If some girl, regardless of how long we’ve been chatting online, asked me for money!! I’d laugh, laugh some more and then show my friends so they could laugh too. Get your head out of the sand! It’s 2007! None of this should be new by now! Don’t send strangers money!
this same person gave me same story back in june 2007 from seniorpeoplemeet.com –
I had a man on match wink at me. He claimed to be a widower who lost a wife and son in a car accident and was raising his son with the help of a nanny. He owed his own business dealing with golds and diamonds. Of course, he was in love with me almost immediately. He even sent me 5 dozen roses and at this point I thought I had found my prince charming until….he left for business before we were suppose to meet and lost his luggage that included his laptop and account info. Of course I saw the red flag…why would someone who travels all the time ever check in his laptop and account info. I tried politely to tell him I couldn’t do it and then finally told him I couldn’t that this was going to fast for me. After checking his IP address found out that all the emails that he sent me were all from Ghana. He was never even in the US. I am so glad I didn’t fall for it. He used the name Steve Robinson (zador21@yahoo.com)
Posted by: hmk | Dec 21, 2007 at 10:34 PM
Wow I must live a sheltered life, I signed up on e-harmony about a month ago and was contacted by a woman calling herself Rose from accra ghana. she was a single mother who worked as a haidresser. Luckily e-harmony removed her from the site before things got to the open communication stage. Soon after that Vincentia from Malta contacted me and progressed thru to open stage where she then told me she and her mother had had to move back to her mothers native country, guess where, Accra Ghana. She states that her father passed away and she was working as a haidresser, she found me and felt I was the person she had been looking for all her life, all this from a photo. she did send pictures of “her” that all seemed to be professionally shoot not the average out and about pictures you would expect to see. A few weeks go by and she calls me asking for 400 dollars to be sent via Western Union to repay a loan she taken out to buy a calling card. Now I might be wrong but thats one hell of a calling card, after I refused she kept mailing me promising me we were to be together soon and how much she loved me. I asked for a photo of her holding up playing cards A-spades, A-hearts and so on to prove that she is the one in the pictures, I’m still waiting on that photo. Her address is vincentluv77@yahoo.com so don’t anyone fall for that one
Ive meet a girl from Ghana about 2 months ago and have been chating with her every day since, she is getting the visa to come to Autralia to see me, she didnt ask for any money until last time we chat and she told me that her student visa has been approve and now they ask to have an hiv, tuberculosis and yellow fever test to get her visa, she told me that she needs us$450 for this tests to be done, I dont know if this is true and would like to know if any one can give me any advice about this.
Thank you very much
Marcelo
Ok…way too familiar. Same sob story parents died when he was young grew up in Britain with Grandparents and went to university in Belgium. Went by the fictitious name Anthony Bruce. Had a 8 year old son. Wife died when giving child birth 5 years ago, baby died also. Within the next day go beautiful roses, following day go orchids. Called 2-3 times a day. When tried to trace phone numbers could not find who it was registered to. Supposedly he lived in southern MN but one of the phones tracked to NC origin, the other St. Cloud, but both was disconnected when he allegedly had to go on a business trip to Ghana for two weeks,His computer was destroyed due to power voltage change and wanted me to send him a new one. Could not do the work without it. He called several times…on three different Ghana numbers. When I confronted him about the scam and asked to speak to his child he used an electronic squeaky voice to try and imitate the child speaking. Any ways the flowers are nice. He did not use a good lure picture in match.com. He Emailed me but his profile did not show up as as viewing me. Plus he removed his profile the day after contacting me. He also sent some nice pictures of him and his some after I asked for more photos. So they don’t always use nice lure pictures. but always they discontinue posting their profile the next day.
WOW..just need to add my two cents…the guy was from Belguim, a widower, ten year old son, living in East Orange, NJ. Owns a jewery store, has to travel to UK for a gold buy, Oh no, now I have to go to Ghana cause they don’t have the quantity of gold he needs. Yes, he lost his lap top, kids game and you guessed it…I need money to complete the gold buy. Lucky, I don’t have that kind of money. He wrote to me for at least a month before he asked for money. And yes, nothing but undieing love for me. He didn’t send flowers or candy like some ladies recieved, but beautiful e-cards. So, beware ladies…his name Peter Bonvier Amstrong…Not ARM but AM. I am sure glad I wasn’t as dumb as he tried to take me for.
I recently got off of MillionaireMatch.com. Within 6 months I never met anyone in my area but only got solicitations from other areas of the U.S. About 1/3 of these contacts were scammer. Even though this website has a good format, IM, blocking, blogs, etc., it was a total waste of time.
This is a match from eharmony.ca, Frank Smith (Ontario, Ontario). He has raised some concerns to me about his true identity and intentions. This is based off of my opinion after research, corresponding with him and reading notices about love scams that seem too simular to be untrue. I luckily did not get $$$$ scammed but he tried!
WOMEN PLEASE DONT BE SCARED TO SHARE THESE TYPES OF INCIDENTS. WE CAN ONLY RELY ON SITES LIKE THIS TO HELP OTHER WOMAN AND MEN FROM BEING A VICTIM.
IT IS IN ALL OUR NATURE TO BELIEVE THE BEST IN SOMEONE…AND I KNOW EVEN THOUGH I FEEL THAT IM NOT WRONG I HOPE I AM, NOT BECAUSE I TRULY FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM (Thank goodness) BUT THAT THESE PEOPLE PUT YOU IN A POSITION TO FEEL GUILTED INTO PROCLAIMING AND RECIPROCATING FEELINGS OR FOR EVEN DOUBTING THEIR INTENTIONS…
MY HEART GOES OUT TO THOSE VICTIMS WHO TRULY BELIEVE THEM AND ARE BEING DECEIVED AND TAKEN FOR $$$ WHEN ALL THEY ARE WANTING IS TO BE LOVED… So NEVER send money. If they want to be with you they will move heaven and earth to be with you, as you have by trying to help them!!
Please beware. Eharmony scam. Same thing. He claimed to be from Monaco. 2 daughters ,divorced and wife died in a car accident. We were comunicating thru yahoo chat and he was going to travel to China and Ghana.Shortly after told me that he has feelings for me and it was meant to be God’s plan. All kind of things that anyone will fall for.Shortly after he said that he lost his phone cause of voltage difference.Needed new one. Red flags !Big time.When I confronted him he said that he was hurt that I dont trust him. When we spoke he claimed to be 48 years old..when we spoke he was probably 20 years old with an affrican accent. He was deeply upset when confronted and even send me his driver license in FL. Ladies Please Be Careful!!!
Has anyone been scammed by someone claiming to be Andrew Dino Newell — parents Dino and Miriam Newell from Milan — brother Erick ? goes by email of Blueartheart.
Dino is an Avian vetrinarian working on contract in Aduja, Nigeria — supposed to come home soon — story is similar — beautiful words — undying love and affection…beautiful poems about your voice on the phone or you face on the webcam — sending love songs to you — The promise — by Tracy Chapman — beautiful lyrics promising his return to you ?
I met this guy on eharmony and seems too good to be try– beautiful man — great hazel eyes — his fiance died in a car accident and it has taken him 3 years to get back into the dating scene and now he is so happy he has met me — and wants to be a father to my children, buy me a beautiful house and live happily ever after ?
He hasnt asked for money yet, but 2 days ago, was attacked in nigeria and robbed and said he was going to contact his parents to get funds — so far he hasnt asked for money — I am praying he wont — but until then — has anyone had any contact with him — is this a scam ??