betrayedgirl Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Is this a huge red flag when you talk to someone and they claim they are on business trip in Nigeria? I have had a couple guys talking to me and when they say they're in Nigeria, I run! Because I had a guy that claimed to be local and that he was in China and then had trouble getting his stuff home and needed to borrow $650 from me. HELL NO!!! I stopped talking to him and then I noticed he had changed his location from WA to OK!! YIKES!! What is it about Nigeria????? Scammer alert!!! Link to comment
obs Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 This must be a joke because if not there's no way you've been using the internet since 2006. If it's not, yes it's a scam. Link to comment
betrayedgirl Posted April 27, 2010 Author Share Posted April 27, 2010 Yes way I have been using internet for years. I just find it irritating that men would try to scam women. Bec I am trying to get back in dating and this is making me want not to date. Link to comment
agatha Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 get busy and tell him to e-mail you once he gets back from his trip so you can go out for some coffee. you will find if it's a scam or not once you try to get it into real life. Link to comment
obs Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Yes way I have been using internet for years. I just find it irritating that men would try to scam women. Bec I am trying to get back in dating and this is making me want not to date. This must be pof then? I've heard this at free sites. But yea, ignore anyone asking for money. Especially if it comes with the promise of giving you back more later. Link to comment
Gilroy Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Yep, it is a scam. A woman I "met" on a Dating site tried to pull the same trick on me but thankfully I realized what was going on and asked "her" to take a hike Link to comment
Sparkly Eyes Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 YES, YES, YES.....YES. Trust me on this, it's DEFINITELY a scam. Link to comment
teabee Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 What is it about Nigeria????? Scammer alert!!! Yeah what IS it about Nigeria!? Even with spam in my email: No, for some reason I DON'T believe Mr. So-and-So from Nigeria has a sum of money for me, and no I WON'T reply with my bank details. Link to comment
Hermes Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Betrayed Girl: CAREFUL!!! Big warning. Someone I know (and she was not a naive young thing either!) got very nearly done by this scam. There is a guy or guys trawling the so called dating sites. He said he was American, even sent her a photo (could have been anyone!), they had exchanged many emails, even conversations. He said he was in computer technology (engineer or something) and travelled a lot to certain countries. Next thing she gets the SOS that he is detained in Nigeria, they have his passport, he can't get out, but he needs some money to bribe the authorities there (well, you know the story). Would you believe she was actually trying to desperately borrow extra money from friends to SEND TO HIM!!! And nearly did send the money. How could someone be that NAIVE. Hermes Link to comment
sidehop Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 It's one thing to be involved in LDR but when someone starts asking for money when you've never met. And Nigeria is still the world's largest breeding ground for cyber criminals. You just have to raise a big red flag and not bother with anyone that mentions Nigeria. No harm in talking to them of course until they start asking for money or tell you their sob story. Link to comment
Batya33 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Men don't try to scam women -- that's a bit unfair to "men" yes?. Certain people try to scam other people. There has been an increase in these kinds of scam emails from Nigeria (and you are assuming the contact is coming from a man - and this person is not "talking" to you, the person is typing to you, which makes it easier to "scam"). I would stay away from any person who claims to need money from you, a complete stranger for safety purposes. It's fine if you want to meet someone from the Internet who lives far away, but that's not an "LDR" - if you meet in person and date in person, and decide to have an in person relationship, then you will be in a long distance relationship. Before that time, it's just typing and talking to someone on the Internet and perhaps developing a friendship with that person. Link to comment
Hermes Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 It isn't just Nigeria that is the breeding ground for scammers. Online so-called dating sites IMO come a close second. Hermes Link to comment
snoop Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 anybody from nigeria whether asking to date or for money are scams...anything too good to be true is probably not good. Link to comment
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