Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 14 2007 @ 09:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time

hi,
I'm a 40 yr. old divorced woman who decided to try the online dating. I talked to alot of nice sounding men, but none i connected with. THen, i tried Singlesnet. Well, i was contacted by 10 men who claimed they were in Africa on business trips, and all were coming home in 2-3 weeks. How wierd is that, a whole plane full of Singlenet men leaving Africa at the same time.
Well, it gets better. One gave me his phone number, the one in Seattle Washington because of course, he's not from Africa, he's just there on business. I called the number, got a generic voicemail then looked the number up online. It belonged to a woman, without his last name. I then looked him up, and in the US, he doesn't exist. Well, the next day, he came up with a sob story on how he lost his credit cards and had no money and needed me to help him get money. He was stranded in Nigeria and the food was making him oh so ill. So he needed money to get out of Africa, and eat, of course. No, he didn't want it from me. He said he wanted his friend to send me $8,500.00 and i was then to send it to him in Africa. He asked me about my bank accounts and such. When i confronted him with the knowledge i had gained of his lack of existence in this country, he avoided my questions, and eventually, i ignored his responses and blasted him via Instant Messaging. Of course he laid the classic "you don't how much your hurting me" guilt trip. But, at this point, the only thing i believed was that he knew how to type.
Be careful girls. If out of state men contact you, pay close attention to the way they write. If you haven't talked to them on the phone, that is. Reason; people write the way they speak. You can catch a Nebraskan with a Russian accent in a heartbeat. Good luck and stay safe.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, October 25 2007 @ 10:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Same thing happened to me... he sound so nice and hard to understand what he want on phone calls. Fake picture on dating site. Very good english love letters. But beware, ask him, he should have his own family or business partner to help him out while stuck in Africa.... not Canada.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, December 07 2007 @ 11:22 AM Eastern Standard Time

well almost samething happen to me i was in usa and using adating website i met tbhat girl said she was a nurse in mn and she was going to africa to help poor people there some orphans then she asked me if i wanted to help to i said ok but i have to see you first she said ok and she told me there are very nioce antiques in africa very cheap that are very expensive in usa ..she could not ask for money first because i played it dumb like i dont understand what she wants i said you will not need that money next day finally she asked me for the money she said she spent all her money on antiques has no money to go back to usa to see me i said i will buy your ticket online and send it to you she said forget it then i never heard from her again

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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, September 25 2008 @ 09:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time

met a woman on desprate housewifes website and she told me she was from italy and father and mother and sister died, then 5 years ago husband died and she was in nigeria africa buying antiques she was 32 named christine maganusn, even sent pics. but said africa authorites seized her property and she had some money but not all needed 2000.00 to pay fines and ship stuff.asked if i could help thought it was a scam then she/he even sent me a shippment bill. checked it out it was fake.she had given me an address in california that didnt exist and had a google page on her that anyone could setup dont fall for this stuff its all fake you will just get riped off

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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, November 27 2008 @ 08:29 AM Eastern Standard Time

OMG-A beautiful woman on Match.com sent me a message saying they found me "so" interesting. Said they were getting off Match and gave me their personal email. I am a lesbian and was looking for other women and this woman was gorgeous! She even left me a link to her webpage to "learn more about her" because she owned an Antiques store in Bellville, GA. When I visited the webpage there were believable photos of an old antique store in what looked to be Geogia. There were pages upon pages of the merchandise as well as more photos of her. She claimed to be in Africa buying antiques for the store but would be back in state in 4 days. We emailed a few times and she told me she lost her lover to cancer and "Michelle" died and left her heartbroken and she has love noone since then...until of course she saw and spoke to me. She had horrible grammar and her mail was hard to follow at times but then at times, I'd get these beautifully crafted statements which were obviously copied. In the end, she claimed to be still in Africa and Customs was giving her a hard time to ship her items back and threatened to seize if she did not get rest of money. She claims to have had a son who was back in Georgia with her ill sister and she need about $2000 to get the merchandise home so that she could see her son and me before Thanksgiving. After researching her and the address of the store on her webpage, they did not exist and I realized this was a fraud. It almost got me because, the web page with the store and stuff seemed quite believable and she was very care about how she asked for the money of course professed a deep deep love for me after a few days. Anyway, I say this to say they are getting better and better in their scams! BE CAREFUL!

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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 22 2008 @ 10:23 AM Eastern Standard Time

she must have been working on us both at the same time.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, March 16 2009 @ 04:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Yep, I fell for this too. Damn, you think as grown ladies we would no better. If it is too good to be true, then it is.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, August 08 2009 @ 09:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time

i fell for it to her name was lucy d and i am really mad i can't belive people like that sleep at night. we'll she's at it again i saw her on match.com yesterday so watch out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, April 15 2008 @ 07:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time

They are still working, but now on myspace, and other datingpages.
Be aware girls, DO not send money!
I wrote with a man, whos claiming he was reserching in cameroon and Nigeria, and hes was from new york, coming home in 8 weeks.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, April 28 2008 @ 04:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time

I wrote with that guy in Myspace too...i actually got his account deleted..LOL
hes said he was working for UNDP, in cameroon and nigeria..living in new jersey, grow up in essex in Uk.

Check the pics, i uploaded the scam pics on : scammer group yahoo!

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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 03 2008 @ 07:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time

I went through all the comments with a very strong feeling for being a NIGERIAN don't get me wrong I am not supporting the act. Such acts does not only happen in Nigeria but also in every other parts of the world. Simply because some online dating sites users from Nigeria are scammers doesn't indicate that everyother users from Nigeria are scammers, I greatly disagree with that notion. I have an American girl friend which have been dating for good 4yrs, have never asked her for a dime and we are getting along very well. I called her on her phone every two days and she do the same to me too, we chat online every Tuesday which is her off day from work. She trusted me so much....... This is not a fabricated story at all... if you doubt me and want to confirm get back at me via obayomiayo@yahoo.com

100% Nigerian.
I AM PROUD OF MY COLOUR
I AM PROUD OF MY COUNTRY...

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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 19 2008 @ 10:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time

MOST PEOPLE DON'T MIND HELPING PEOPLE IN A BIND.
BUT PEOPLE WHO DELIBERATELY LIE TO PEOPLE FOR
MONEY ARE SICK AND EVIL AND DON'T DESERVE
ADVANCEMENTS IN THIS LIFE.

THEY DESERVE TO BE WITH THEIR FATHER THE
DEVIL BECAUSE THEY WISH TO DO HIS WORK.

ALOT OF NIGERIA PEOPLE ARE DOING THE DEVIL'S WORK.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, December 15 2009 @ 09:16 AM Eastern Standard Time

I am widowed now for 5 years and finally decided to try this Singlenet dating. What a nightmare! Just like you said I had this guy approach me and at first everything was normal and he was in Africa on business and coming in 2-3 weeks. Shortly after that supposed he had a daughter and her birthday was coming and he wanted me to send a monetary gift via western union. I ask for his physical address so that I could mail her a gift but that was not good for him. Then supposedly his daughter got drastically sick and he needed money for the hospital, I told him I did not have any money and could not help him. The next situation was that he needed $2,000.00 to get out of Africa some kind of duty requirement. I got in touch with the embassey and gave him all the info. The next situation was that he needed money for transportation to the embassey. His name supposedly is Chris Jones and his email is awendyluv101@yahoo.com.

The next guy that approach me Jim Rodgers of the same Singlenet dating websit. After 2-3 days of emails, his supposed son named Morris ate sweet bread with glass and needed $2,000.00 immediately. Well these guys must have been working on the same computer and scamming women left and right. I sent them both the same email telling them that I have family in law enforcement and that they would GPS them and press charges. They stopped communicating finally and besides that I blocked them out of my computer. This person's email is Jim_500rodgers@yahoo.com.

Please be careful this is a business for them and we are the targets because of our loneliness.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, August 15 2007 @ 06:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Nigerian users are 100% scammers. I have not met a serious user from african till now.

So if we meet nigerian users, we just need to report to customer service, I'm sure those users will be removed at once.
It's my experience from online dating.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 21 2007 @ 07:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time

I am also a soon to be divorced female and met a male online claiming to live in TX and told me that he went to Africa, (Nigeria) for a business trip. I had no idea that people were scamming Americans from these countries. I have been chatting with him and he gave me his number and I sometimes talk with him. He has asked me for money several times and told me he lost his passport and needs to come back to the USA.
Believe it or not, have gained feelings for this man from the beautiful emails and poetry he has sent me over the past month or so. I thought something wasnt right because he told me he would be here soon, but something always came up and he couldnt get here. I then researched the website and found that there were Nigerian and Russian scammers out there. I am sure others as well.
Be careful who you talk to on these internet dating websites. If they claim to be out of the country on business and then ask for money, odds are they are just scamming you.
I am lucky that all I lost was my dignity and not my bank account. I sure hope you do the same...

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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 02 2007 @ 02:40 AM Eastern Standard Time

That is totally wrong of you to say that.I`m Nigerian myself.I do not condole what some of my country men are doing,but come on.Not every Arab is a terrorist!!There are still a few million honest Nigerians.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 26 2008 @ 08:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Then why scammers all happens to be Nigerians. i had some experience knowing some Nigerians back in my college years. They were not scammers but their actions left me with lots of negative impressions about Nigerians in general.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 20 2008 @ 05:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time

YOU GOOD FOR NOTHING AMERICANS THINK YOU CAN JUST COME UP ON THE NET AND POST SHIT ON IT. YOU WRITE RUBISH ABOUT NIGERIA KNOWING FULLY WELL THAT AMERICA HAS THE HIGHEST CRIME RATE IN THE WORLD.GADDAM IT!

ONE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT YOU CULTURELESS AND MANNERLESS, GREEDY IDIOTS WOULD HAVE BEEN SPENDING TIME THINKING OF CLEANSING YOUR LAND OF IMMORALITY AND CRIME RATHER YOU ARE BUSY ENCOURAGING AND LEGALIZING SODOMY,LESBIANISM AND ALL MANNER OF EVIL.THE WROTH OF GOD WILL BEFALL YOU AGAIN. THAT IS WHY HURRICANE CATRINA AND ANGELINA KEEPS DESTROYING YOU EVIL DOERS EVERY DAY.

EVERYDAY NIGERIA THIS, NIGERIA THAT, WHILE THE STREET OF NEW YORK IS FULL OF CRIMINALS,DRUG LORDS,ADULTERERS AND MISCREANTS.AMERICA MY FOOT! FOOLS

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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 26 2008 @ 08:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time

your own people cause all this problem so dont blame others for feeling unhappy about nigerians.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, July 15 2008 @ 07:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Well,It seems Y'all must be foolish for falling for these Scammers.There are Scammers everywhere people so don't blame those doing it in nigeria.Besides Don't hate A brother/sister cos she outsmarted u.LOL

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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, July 23 2008 @ 12:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time

I also had someone try to scam me. The key word is tried. But the situation sounded funny from the start so I had my eyes and ears open the whole time. I read a lot of the posts before mine and do agree that what these people are doing is wrong but i also agree with the other posts that there are scammers, and wrong doers in all parts of the world.

But after having a bad experience some of us do tend to try and steer clear of anything similar. So if you happen to be from that country and you are truly looking for somone they are probably making it hard for you too.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, November 13 2008 @ 06:03 AM Eastern Standard Time

My Top Tip for revenge on scammers I have found that scammers, tend to use yahoo as their mail system of choice. I have also noticed thay the scammer often uses the same password for their email account as they do to set you the account on your site. So for fun, I log into their yahoo mail account and change their password, that sets them back a little. have fun... Messenger contacts offers adult chat for free.