Online Dating Scams

Oct 17
07:43

2008

Elaine

Elaine

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There are reasons you should carefully check the dating site you are about to join. It is especially true if the dating site of your choice is a brand new dating site and does not have established client base. That is why I always recommend joining a larger dating site. Newly established dating sites tend to attract a lot of scammers.

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I joined a smaller dating site before. It’s been a couple of years and I haven’t checked back. Suddenly I received an e-mail from that dating site. Here is the text of the e-mail.

Dear Friend. I am Mrs. Susan Johnson from Abidjan cote d\'ivoire I am the wife of late Japhet Johnson a famous politician and successful business merchant on (Coca,Online Dating Scams Articles gold and diamond ) I want you to assist me transfer the sum of $18 million which my late husband deposited in bank here before his unfortunate death to your bank account in your country i will give you 20% of the total money .Please i waiting for your urgent reply through my private email here. Best regards, Susan

We’ve all seen this kind of money transfer scam before, however dating sites used to be a venue for Russian bridal scammers more so than the money transfer, get rich quick scam. It seems like the scammers have branched out into the online dating scene as well.

If you receive an e-mail that looks like the above quoted, remember not to fall prey to scammers. Read more on Russian Dating Scams