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ian777 View Profile History	Lynne's patent-pending scammer detection system... Posted : 15 Jun, 2009 08:02 PM strikes again! Bwaaahahahahaaa! I wound up corresponding with a "lady", supposedly from Ottawa, Ontario, over on Big Church (a dating site I will not recommend). Much to my amazement - she wrote back!!! ....with a whole pile of mispeeling, grammar bad, missed capitals, etc... And she claimed she was working as a secretary in Ottawa! But I figured, "alright, well she does say she's an immigrant from Haiti, and she's learned multiple languages - so I won't hold that against her - BUT..." her speeling and grammar on her profile was near perfect. Her replies seemed well thought out and quite convincing - but I still had some suspicions, so no prob, I continued corresponding, asking her for her testimony, etc... I also then informed her there was a scheduling mixup, and I didn't have to leave for Alberta for another week and a half. I only live two hours out of Ottawa, so it was pretty obvious where i was going. Lo - suddenly, the next day she writes back and says she's going to New York for several days - and gives me her MSN handle and tells me that after we chat, she'll want to talk to me on the phone too! oh how exciting. Being a graduate from Lynne's scammer school (See the post "So ya think ya gotta scammer" in Dating and Relationships), I wrote back "Hey cool - hey, do you mind doing me a favour? I'm sure you're aware there's all kinds of scammers and fakes on these dating sites. Would you mind taking a picture of yourself in New York? Just a picture where I can see that it's you and see some of the city in the background, with you holding up three fingers? I'll be glad to do the same, to show you I'm a real person, and to give you my phone number then." I never heard from "her" again.... Ian Post Reply
Linnie41 View Profile History	Lynne's patent-pending scammer detection system... Posted : 16 Jun, 2009 12:38 AM Ha Ha Ha...that's funny. Glad the picture thing worked - that usually shuts them down quick. ;-) Post Reply
View Profile History	Lynne's patent-pending scammer detection system... Posted : 16 Jun, 2009 05:55 AM You gotta wonder why people feel the need or want to waste other people's time like this "woman" did with you. How attention-starved and sad of a lifestyle can you have if that's how you act and treat online interactions with others? Kudos to you for even talking to her without a picture. I know I wouldn't waste my time on that. Post Reply
Linnie41 View Profile History	Lynne's patent-pending scammer detection system... Posted : 16 Jun, 2009 08:57 AM Hey, Guitar - it's not out of boredom that they do this. It's a scam to get money from people. Eventually, they'll ask you to send them money for whatever "poor me" reason they think of, or they'll say they have a check they can't cash, then ask you to cash it and send them they money. The check will look real enough, your bank will take it, but after you've sent the money, the check will go back to your bank as fake (or something like this) and your bank will then take the money out of your account to cover the no good check. For many people, this is their full time job - to scam money out of others. Beware! Blessings, Lynn Post Reply
tristan07 View Profile History	Lynne's patent-pending scammer detection system... Posted : 16 Jun, 2009 02:49 PM Ian, she may have just gotten lost in the subway in NY, give her time! she may show up eventually with a photo of her in the subway with some alligator someone flushed attached to her leg... never know... weirder things have happened lol Post Reply
ian777 View Profile History	Lynne's patent-pending scammer detection system... Posted : 16 Jun, 2009 03:05 PM Oh - I forgot to mention that part Alex - "she" has been back on the dating site, but not responding to the email she was so anxious to send me. I made up an email account special - just for the suspected scammers. :excited: Ian Post Reply
tristan07 View Profile History	Lynne's patent-pending scammer detection system... Posted : 16 Jun, 2009 03:53 PM OOOO Good idea. lol [email protected]??? do they catch on?? :applause: Post Reply
ian777 View Profile History	Lynne's patent-pending scammer detection system... Posted : 16 Jun, 2009 05:05 PM Haha! That wasn't the email I was using - but I like it! lol! Post Reply
ian777 View Profile History	Lynne's patent-pending scammer detection system... Posted : 16 Jun, 2009 05:39 PM The saga continues... Well whadya know - I just got an email back from her! She says she doesn't have a camera, she just got back to Ottawa, and she's going to get a friend to take her picture holding up three fingers. We'll see if I get a badly photoshopped picture, or if she turns out to be legit. But even if she is legit, the conversations have kind of made me rethink things about her - she seems much more spiritually immature that she first came across - which could be because "she" actually is just a very slick scammer - we'll see. Ian Post Reply
tessa330 View Profile History	Lynne's patent-pending scammer detection system... Posted : 20 Jun, 2009 02:36 PM For some reason my scammers are usually born in Ireland and moved here when they were young, I don't know, maybe I look Irish! They are ethier widowed or divorced, cause they caught their wifes in bed with some one else, they are succsesful business owners, just going through a rough patch, they usually have degrees but can't spell or use proper grammer! Oh and they are immeditely in Love with me and can't wait to make me a big part of their life's, that is when they finish conducting their overseas business! :excited::nahnah::party: Post Reply
ian777 View Profile History	Lynne's patent-pending scammer detection system... Posted : 20 Jun, 2009 03:14 PM Haha! Oh dear Tessa; yup - those definitely sound like scammers. Post Reply

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