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SCAMMER This is for my FriendFinder-x friends to read and pass onto everyone they know.... We have all experienced a scammer's wrath and may not be aware of them at 1st glance... Here are the lengthy FYI's on scammers for you... I care, Christie... Thankyou to a Scam Buster in Profile Looker: Here are some pointers::: THEY MIGHT BE A SCAMMER IF… If you can answer YES to more than two of these you are dealing with a scammer. When Contact is First Made: They immediately want to get off the website and onto IM (they don't want you to answer them on profilelooker but on their private E-mail) Their profile seems to disappear off the website immediately after conversation begins They claim it was destiny or fate and you are meant to be together -(they use God's name a lot and want to know if you go to church sometimes.) They immediately ask for your picture and they send you a picture of themselves (Don't send pictures, they will steal them and say they are you to scam someone else) They immediately want your address so as to send you flowers, candy, and teddy bears, often purchased with stolen credit cards (Never give your personal address, phone #, last name) They claim to love you either immediately or within 24-48 hours (Sometimes in 15 minutes or less although some will drag it out longer to make you think they really really love you.) They immediately start using pet names with you: hon/hun baby/babe sweety/sweetie They claim God brought you to him/her They typically claim to be from the US (or your local region) but they are overseas, or going overseas mainly to Nigeria, sometimes the UK for business or family matters Communication Skills: Their spelling is atrocious... Their grammar is not consistent with how Americans speak, French speak etc... They appear uneducated with their speaking/writing skills... They over-use emoticons They are notorious for using BUZZ... They are notorious for using "i" instead of "I" They consistently use webspeak or abbreviations; u r ur cos pls/plz ma sry brb div acc... They often mix up their phrases: "i" will like to heer from you soonest, I am kool, Do you have anyman you care to meet, Do you have any man you planning to meet, Looking for someone to love and care for in life, Am cheerfull in life, I will like to meet someone that is careing and loveing for real in life, "i" am too young for my age if you don't know, Ok so how will you feel if i says i dont mind you, i will like you to be my best friend, You are so pretty for my likeness... They misunderstand our slang or comparisons such as night owl/early bird, poker face... They IM at unusual hours for your time zone There are times they are gone from the conversation for a length of time and will sometimes come back at you with a different name, they're usually conversing with more than one person at a time... If you ask them a question they don't know they will usually be offline for a length of time so they can go look up the answer on the internet always claiming they had a phone call or had to go to the bathroom etc. (BRB is used a lot for this)... They like to send you poems or love letters, most of which can be traced back to lovingyou.com. Sometimes they even forget to change the name in the poem or letter to match your name... They send you flowers, teddy bears, and candy within the first few weeks of talking (I tell them flowers make me sneeze and candy breaks me out and I have enough bears. They don't expect anyone to say that!)... They typically ask you to get on your webcam yet they never seem to have a webcam of their own... They ask for your phone number but when they call you can barely understand a word they say because of their accent and back ground noise... They may give you a phone number but it's typically a calling card or a call center, you can rarely get them on the phone... They do not like to answer personal questions about themselves and tend to ignore questions (They will say why u ask questions?)... They often do not know the correct time difference between where you are and where they claim to be (or the time where they claim to be in the USA)... They often claim to have one parent that is of African descent... A majority of them claim to have lost a spouse//parent in a horrific traffic accident or airplane accident or any of the above are sick or in the hospital (or they are in Africa or the UK to visit their sick parent, , etc.and they often need money to see them)... They have no close family or friend or business associates to turn to, even the US embassy, instead they can only rely on a stranger they picked off the internet... To them love equals financial assistance…if you do not send them money or help them out with what they ask, you do not love them (they work hard on that LOVE thing!)... If you deny them or question them they become verbally abusive and will resort to threats (they hate questions and will ignore them by talking about other things!)... They will insist you keep the relationship a secret until "they" come to you live with you (I have never had them tell me this. They have told me to keep things a secret if they sending a scam letter)... Above all, if you call them a scammer they are highly offended and some will start throwing words at you in their native language (They will also use XX words!)... Their Inconsistencies: The details they give you on IM are often different that what was stated on their profiles, one of the more common ones they give different answers to is their birth date, height/weight, and age etc... If you catch them on an inconsistency they will claim a friend or relative must've been using their id to chat with you, they will always try to come up with a cover-up and of course, you are always wrong or mistaken (one told me he forgot to turn the computer off and someone at the cafe started typing and it wasn't he him!)... They often misspell the cities/towns they claim they are from and are unfamiliar with any of the local landmarks and attractions (or states close by)... They do not know common questions that every US citizen would know the answer to... More at lovingyou.com.For a more detailed list of what the scams are see Type of Scams Stories To see what a scammer profile looks like see Profile of a Scammer Romance Scams |
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Question: To FriendFinder-x... What email? There is NO EMAIL addy asked for nor posted in post....
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