The “Help I’m stuck in Nigeria” scam
A few people have been reporting to us that they have had SMS’s / e-mails from someone claiming to be stuck in Nigeria who can’t return to the U.S. Would you believe they ALSO have a sick child! OMG! NIGHTMARE!
The number is 0112348056334234 and the e-mail addresses appear to be completely random so nothing there yet.
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I gut this messsage from someone posing on singlesnet.com It’d definately a scam. hello,
I am looking to meet someone who is honest, sweet,caring,attractive, someone who is getting tired ofthe bar scene,someone who is looking for something that can turn into a long term relationship and possibly marriage. Someone who will enjoy just spending time together no matter what we’re doing. I would love to start traveling more as well. I am into sports and like to explore many different things. I am a fun loving person who loves to laugh and make others laugh. I always try to enjoy the simple things in life, and not take anything for granted. I also enjoy watching football and playing . I love to go out and have fun, but I can also stay in and just relax,Anyway this is about someone am looking for…..I want him to be smart,funny, attractive, sweet, caring, loving, affectionate and most of all faithful. Also someone who is getting tired of the club and bar scene. Maybe once in a blue moon but not every weekend. I am not looking for a party guy. I want someone who knows what they want. Someone who is looking for a serious relationship.Something to start out slow at first. I’m just so tired of the mind games so if you play them then please don’t write me .well my name is Caroline from US, 5.6fth tall single heart broken.am a Sales/Rep.i lost my mom and dad in a car accidentsome years ago while i was in usa ..came to Riverton in Utah after i lost my mom.i have a sis she is in california but a drug adict.do you like to know about the recently heart broken that i had I am sorry to tell you that really you sound so caring and i believe if we work in hand things are goning to get on fine beetween us.but as i have said about my heart broken recently. it as brought me in sadness i cry everyday praying that one day i will get over this..when i went through ur profile i really liked it and found both of us %99 compatible,the only %1 missing is that right now am not home.am stucked somewhere in africa in the hospital and i need help to come back to the state if you really care to help me and know more about my heart broken plz email me back cissy_carol09110@yahoo.com….Hope to hear from you ASAP..`CAROLINE BRIAN
This is the second person that has contacted me claiming to be stuck in nigeria. The other gave some sob storia about her credit card and not having the money to get back home. They both claim to be interested in me (this was on singlesnet) and realy wants to meet but can’t get home. Just thought others should know about the scams on singlesnet
Bob Anderson says...July 1st, 2007 at 3:02 pm -
4/8//07Having been approaced , By a guy one month earlier i responed to him at yahoo.co.uk e.mail returned by post master failure, Then on msn with my details for my other contacts from the dating direct site, for all to see . He arrived there, HI there it”s mike I said where have you been I”m in nigeria working as a IT Engineer. Not knowing of the scamms out there , we got on really well to the point of exchanging mobile numbers.So when he was on line he would text me , as the phone lines over there kept jamming up.The poem arrived about “goodmorning”I thought at the time it was real, all this chit chat from him He did not know what asap meant.He said he had a house in us michigan and that he lived in Ireland with his cousin Laila, his daughter vicky who was over in nigeria with him, well it was the school holidays. then it started she was vomiting blood and needed operation, to cut a long story short. He had no insurance, yet he tells me he works al over the world,you are over there with no insurance I say , mike replys this is africa.Then it started still believing in him, how can I help , well they need $3.500, gave me the addresse wher to send the money western union transfer. I did not send anything {his wife he tells me died in a auto accindent 3 years ago. I stopped writing to him , Found him since in archives on the 419 scams various permitations of yahoo mainly michael.smith003@yahoo.co.uk HIs e.mail at the time was michael.smith006@yahoo.co.uk.I said I owned my own house. he called me a damm rich lady and how many cars in my garage. And so it went on , i thought to myself at the time a bloke brought up in Ireland so he tells me since the age of 18 father maltese mother irish does not say that of a womans wealth
September 4th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
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