Love and Dating Scams

Types of Love and Dating Scam:

These type of scams can be a combination of one or more of the following:

1) Fake photos: You may be virtual dating with somebody else.

2) Real photos are used: However they require you to "pay" to get contact information, etc. The girl is hired just to milk your money.

3) Hidden costs: Sign-up could be free, but everything else requires you to pay extra fees.

4) Milking your Bank Account:

a) Buy flowers, presents etc from the dating agency to the guy/girl. In fact, the agency is making money by forcing you to "buy" things Only through them.

b) The guy/girl request expensive gifts and presents directly, e.g. birthday, daddy's birthday, etc.

c) The guy/girl is in distress and urgently need money, e.g. accidents, trapped at airport, hospitalised, etc.

d) To be continued...

Scammers will continue to come up with new variations, so we will continue to update as we find more.

For Dating Agency, these are some Blacklisted Sites:

  • AnastasiaInternationalScam.com
  • AnastasiaDate.com
  • dream-marriage.com

For a comprehensive list of blacklisted site, and approved site, please see agencyscams and jimslist.

OFT Issues Warning on Romance Scam

We found this good article about romance scam. The sad thing is that there are many people out there who are still not aware of the scams. The OFT says in one recent case a British national was kidnapped after travelling to west Africa expecting t...

Romance Scam: Women Wants to Find Rich Man Online

Greenburg Scammer
Many people wants to find rich man online, but a rich man may not be interested to find a their dream-mate online. Afterall, there are better ways to get what they want rather than wasting time typing their "resume" online. Assuming Pareto rule ap...

UK: Victim was scammed by dating, 419 and black money scam

58-year-old Philip Hunt met a Nigeria girl at a dating site, believed in her 419 scam story (to inherit $2.9m USD), and was finally wiped-out in a Black Money scam by the same gang. This appears to be well thought-out: 1) Dating site as the entry, in...

Dating Scam: Match.com- "Annie Morgan" FAKE profile to try and scam your money!!!

Please see this submitted report: FYI: I signed up for Match.com about a month ago. Immediately I received an instant message from someone claiming to be named Annie Morgan. She said she lives in Brownsville TX. After asking "her" some questions, suc...

Ireland: Reports on Marriage of Convenience Scam

This is quite a news to share with some background information. Latvian police contacted gardai last year after they received reports that young women from the country, who had come here for arranged marriages of convenience to young men from Pakista...

How Men Get Cheated in Romance Scams

There is a puzzling question about romance scams, especially when a man(or woman) claimed that they were scammed by Nigerians who pretended to be "someone" else in a picture. Isn't it possible to use Skype or MSN video calls to contact them, just to ...

Is this a Scam: Dating Sites and Brief Case Study on Elite Meeting or Elitemeeting.com

This report discusses about dating sites in respond to a complaint, and does NOT imply in any way that Elitemeeting.com is a scam.

How does a membership sites start off? Most membership websites started up as a blank site, unless the website has a different marketing strategy. More often than not, you will end up chatting with people who are just like any other dating site - a working class commoner.

Nigerian Dating Scam

Not all Nigerian men are bad, but there are enough bad apples to create the worldwide phenomenon called 419 scam, lottery scam and love scam.

Check out the video.

Love Scam: She needs 1550 Euro to Buy Food

We received a report as follows:

Hi,

On a dating site ,a girl send a message to meet and chat at her email address, so i did after one day she was telling me she is in Malaysia buying gemsstones. The next day she told me she invested all of her money, and now she does not have money for food.

She talks nice, i must say ... falling in love, etc, etc.

Wow! She is Hot!

Are you dating one of these Russian ladies?

russian scammer

Here's How to Catch a Cheater! Find Out if Your Boyfriend, Girlfriend or Spouse is a Cheater!

In almost half of all the relationships out there, one or the other partner is cheating. This isn't the most pleasant of statistics, but it's true - more and more relationships are ending because people are dishonest. If you're worried about whether or not your significant other is lying to you, here's a way to find out and a tool you can use to catch a cheater.

Once a Cheater, Always a Cheater? Five Signs to Help You Know

So you’ve been cheated on. It was devastating--like being kicked in the gut and thrown into the gutter. You couldn’t eat or function at work. Or maybe you were up all night watching old movies, crying and eating pints of Ben & Jerry’s. The affair creates such heartache and pain that you do not want it to happen again. Definitely never again.

Lost $12,000 in Love Scam

This is a submitted Article:

Subject: Love Scam
Comments: I found this news on the web for sharing, thanks.

She had gone on the Web to search for a life partner but his web of lies left her nearly $12,000 poorer.
Last Friday night, the 37-year-old accounts executive, who declined to be named, made a police report after she was cheated by a man she 'met' on international dating website match.com

Single Women Seeking Men at Free Dating Websites

Free dating websites can be the perfect place for single women looking for dates. It is easy to flirt at cafes, or tease office colleagues, but finding dates online can be even easier. Plus, it is completely safe and costless, and it can be done even from the office. It is not hard to find cute guys in free dating websites, since they usually have their profile, along with their best picture, available. All you need to do is sign up for online dating services, create your own profile so that men can see you, let them know what you are looking for, and you are set for good.

Love Scam Victim Tells Her Story

This is a must see video where a victim of a love scam tells you her true life experience.

She sent money several times and even received a fake check from her lover who is in... where? Make a guess. In this case, it happens to be the most obvious place (but there are scammers everywhere as well).
love scam

I saw your profile

Does anyone still bother to reply to such mails these days? I hope not. But I believe some... the minority might just give it a try.

She is sending using an Indian email address, but after you responded she might be sending you some blonde girls' pics with big boobs. Unfortunately, in real life "She" might just be a "He" couch potato, drinking a beer while sending out scam mails like this. Watch out!

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Lilian Williams <lilian1net@yahoo.co.in>
To: lilian1net@yahoo.co.in
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:22:19 PM
Subject: Hello my dear

Hello my dear
My name is miss lilian i saw your profile today at gumtree and i became intrested in you,l will also like to know you more,and l want you to mail me to my email address so that l can give you my picture . Here is my email address( lilian1net@yahoo.co.in ) I believe we can move from here! I am waiting for your mail to my email address above. yours new friend lilian (Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life).thanks from lilian..

Yikes! Dangerous Liaison!

Has anyone received such an email? Did you ever replied?

From: cindybaby4@rediffmail.com
To: hotscams@gmail.com
Hello
My name is Cindy i saw your profile and love it i think we can clik so please i will like you to email me back through my email addrsse thus;(cindybaby4@rediffmail.com ) aweting to see your lovely reply soonest.

Cindy.

Yet Another Lover Scam

Its nice to receive contribution like this.

From Debbie:
Just wanted to alert you to, what I believe, may be a different turn on a traditional scam.  Yes, through an online dating site, he started a chat with me, which proceeded to yahoo chatting.  We have/had been chatting for over 7 months ( which I was dupped to begin with).  I always figured the scammers were in a rush to make their kill and then move on to the next.  Oh, by the way, I have worked in the electronic financial industry for many years, so I do keep on top of money fraud & checks, etc...

More Pictures used in Love Scams

Did you actually fall in love with one of these "chicks"? What you see is not what you will be getting...

A "Titanic" Dating Scam!

Watch and listen to this latest version of the hit song from the "Titanic". Sam called it the "Muguantic". (Mugu = scammers)
 

Love Scams Targeting Seniors

Here is a good news article about love scam targeting seniors.

"Men and women who typically work out of Nigeria or Russia (but claim to be living in America) develop relationships with Americans they meet on Internet dating sites. They send e-mails filled with romantic poetry and promises of their undying devotion, in hopes that this would assure a cash advance to pay for a fake hotel or plane bill. The victim believes that the relationship is sincere, but ends up with broken dreams and an empty pocket book.

The emotional betrayal may be worse than the lost money."

Declaring the war against erm... LoVe Scam!

So you have a pretty nice picture of your lover from the internet? You might be "chatting" with one of these guys somewhere on the other side of the world.

Romance Scammer

And watch the full slide presentation by RomanceScam.
Great presentation, and music - I hate myself for loving you!

Complexity of Love Scams

This article talks about a scammer recruiting ladies at an internet dating site, to help him ship some merchandise bought with stolen credit cards. The merchandise were supposed to be shipped to Ghana in Africa, where the scammer is staying.

This is similar to the job scams where "money mules" were recruited to help receive and remit money earned from scams, to the scammer's bank account. A money mule may not need to be located in Africa, and does not know that he has been used in a scam.

Love (scams) are used to earn the trust of victims. Once the scammers have earned that trust, it becomes their useful "tool" for any other scam, e.g. fake business venture, send cash, run "errants", or even buy a birthday present.

Here comes more Kristina!!

Urghh! Another Freddy on the lose! Watch your bank account! The girls are fake! Their love are fake! Their boobs may be fake! But they definitely love your money!!


btw, the word "single" is spelt wrongly...

-----Attached-----

From: Beaver [mailto:terababa@mqc.biglobe.ne.jp]
Subject: Personal Message No. 13543454361

Dear Member of our Dating Site!
you have new mail from Kristina, 25, Russia, dating

Please, check 5 unread messages from ladies:

http://singelrussianwomen.info/

Regards, administrator Mariana

Ukrainian woman asking for your love

This mail from a "woman" sounds like a man-in-disguise. Remember Freddy?

-----Original Message-----
From: Rocy M [mailto:register@brain.dresdner.net]
Subject: Privet dear!

Ave, my gentleman

I don't know about life abroad if it is better then here or not. But I know
certainly that it can't be happy if you don't love, if you are not beloved.
Am I right? Do you have everything for true happiness? As for me, I am not.
That is why I am writing you now and the reason of my letter: attempt to get
acquainted with you.  I am not sure you will want to connect with Ukrainian
woman. "It's so far and how can't be sure that it doesn't attempts to
deceive me' you may think. I don't have such efforts to persuade you now
that I am do real and it is true that I like you and do want to know you, to
get acquainted with you and  to invite you to my country one day. But if you
write me http://thelovingplace.net/romanticyou and if we have time to communicate, you will understand that all your fears were in vain and it worth getting acquainted.

Yourth faithfully
Rocy M

Dating Scam - Scammers Captured on Video?

Catch this video about dating and love scam.


oh... A-Lo-Ha

Aloha,

I am a nice, good looking girl. I can talk about everything. I studied well at school and got good marks.

I am looking for a real man to share my life with him... I am strong but I want to be safe near a real man, who is also...
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*Snaps*, yo wake up.

Hot Scam : An English man lost ?16,000 to love scam

A man by the name of Hodgkinson was cheated by girls from Russia and Senegal in an online dating scam.

He borrowed a total of £16,000 from his elderly mother and remortgaged his home, just to pay for the Visa and Air tickets for the girls to visit UK. They never arrive after promising several dates, and the elderly mom has to get loans to help clear the debts.

In either case, whether or not the girls arrive or not, Hodgkinson's mother still need to take out loans to clear the debt. We don't think the girls would need any cash from Hodgkinson if they were rich. So in fact, the elderly mom will be in even greater debt should the girls really arrive. Here comes the devil:

"Oh... that diamond is so so pretty... preease buyee for me..."
"Oh... that dress is so nice.... preeeease buyeee for me..."
"Oh... Oh... Oh..."

You can guess who will be saying "Ouch... Ouch... Ouch..."

The rule for long distance online dating is: never pay anything for them to travel to your country. If they love you, they will find their way and means.

Reduce Online Dating Dangers

Are you still seeking your soul mate?

Or are you just looking for friends with the same interests?

Well, online dating is definitely a great way to widen your circle of friends. It is really fun to meet many interesting people and sometimes addictive for many people. Some have even met their soul mate by meeting their perfect lifetime match through an online dating portal! It is just amazing the convenience and the benefits that online dating brings to the busy people.

Betrayed By Love Part Two

Finding the right person to share your life with is like searching the ocean floor until you find a clam that shelters a priceless pearl. It is so prefect that you take it to a jeweler and you place it in a beautiful ring setting so you can show it off to everyone you know. Every time you glance down at the pearl you are inspired by its brilliance and it inflames your heart with love.