Mingle can't dictate what you do in your personal email such as Gmail just here. i do not use user names but I figured out that if you receive a full on scam sham letter in your personal email outside mingle and you post it on your blog with the person's supposed name (you know it's not their real name just the one they used to scam women) as a scammer alert (no email address), they run in fear (after they swear at you).

not a bad idea you wouldnt believe how much ive had spam letters from women who want me to send them money either to come here (ya right)its funny how some of the pics they send are in very nice places of living .but yet they are so poor .i usually just delete them when they ask for money .have a good one.

The last time I received an email that asked for money to help her get to the USA, I replied back that she had to send her mother to me first wearing white short shorts, and a thin red silk blouse with no bra. And I would give her the money to fly her to the USA. Never did hear back from her.Go figure.

Mingle2 does not adjudicate matters which occur off site, however, we do investigate reported members. You can report suspected scammers by clicking on the link at the bottom of any email 'report abuse/spam' or by clicking the link on their profile 'report this user' you can also use this form.

http://mingle2.com/user/report_abuse

Please do report them, even if only suspect. We will monitor the account, and hey, if you are wrong in your assessment, no harm, no foul.

Thanks, admin

Mingle is a lot better than a couple of other free sites I belong to. I used to hate having to log in because I had mail, only to find the mail was the "hello dearie" type from USA (aka Nigeria). Thanks Mingle for the very proactive way you deal with matters on this site and have a good Xmas and very successful 2012.

ALWAYS report suspected scammers here on Mingle.

Many of them will deactivate their profiles when they log off, preventing you from reading their profiles. You might think, "Oh, they're gone so it doesn't matter anymore." However, that person might contact 100 people then deactivate. Next time, they'll create a new name, and contact 100 more. And so on. Some will contact the same people again and again using a different name each time.

The only way Admin can catch these people is by having them reported because they change names so often. However, there are ways to track them down so long as they are reported to Admin.

I was also faced and reported a scrammer account.The Mingle2 bodies banned that. He may enter with other name or Email account.If original photograph (instead of copyright photos of others) is to be demanded by the Mingle then I think this type of scam can be reduced.

Can someone help me understand. Scammers are usually in different countries to you right? If so why would someone enter into a romantic relationship online with a potential scammer. What makes a person think that someone thousands of miles away is the potential new love of their life. Or is there more to it than that. I would never date someone more than twenty miles from me, let alone someone from another continent. And also when chatting online and on webcam isn't their ulterior motive made obvious at the start? Sorry, I just need to understand this all a bit more.

I have often wondered why scammers seem to keip coming back with the same story and nearly the same name. I don't claim to be a rocket scientist but some of it is pretty obvious. And why they want to bother me seems like they really aren't that good at what they do because they sure are not going to get rich off me. LOL they couldn't even make middle class. Hahahahahaha.

however,Mingle will still be able to access that Profile on their Server,and be able to block them,if we report!

I actually got scammed once. This profile on here. This took place from January to March 2010. This one got me good!

I had one threaten me over $5000 I would not send him. I reported him to the federal gov't. You have to realize how much time he would serve if he did come after me on top of being an internet scammer which is a crime. $5000 is not worth it unless he's witless. Not to mention I am NOT a soft target. I have been around the Big Bads of the world a long time. The real Big Bads not guys who hide behind screen names. There would be HE double hockey sticks to pay if anyone came after me. Not to mention the computer gods I hang around who would hunt the person down. Anyone who knows me knows all this. Only a stranger would be dumb enough to even say such a thing. LOL

I find it much more fun to waste their time.

Act a little naive and sucker them into putting in more time and effort than it's worth.

Get them to expand their story,explain how they got into the situation they are in etc., and when they do get around to asking for money for (Insert this months scam here)give them an external email account to post the request to so your Mommy/Daddy/Lawyer/Parole officer can read it so you can borrow the money from them because you live in the basement/are only 10yo/declared mentally incompetent/in prison and don't have that sort of money.

Why waste the opportunity to have a laugh eh

I all ready been hit by a scammer on here. he all ready deleted his account, but to any woman that's chatting to him, he has all ready gave me the sob story and asked for money. I don't give money out to any one on the internet. .

I love talking to scammers when they contact me. I lead them on, and when they ask for my Yahoo ID, I give them a fake one. I think, the next time a scammer hits me up for money, I'll ask for their name and address, then send them that amount in Monopoly money.

Because they won't leave you alone, that's why. They will flood you with both spam and spim. They will try to gain info like your phone number, to charge stuff to your number, or call you whether for prank or for scam, and so on. They will try to hack into your email account to gain access to your contacts and whatever info they can find, including credit/debit card numbers.

I have dealt with a number of scammers, including the "Mary Collins" mentioned. One thing I've noticed is that they have a network. A scammer from the Philippines may have a Filipino receive money, but the scam actually originates in Africa. An African may be linked to a Russian scam. A European may be linked to an African or Russian or both.

One thing to remember about African scams: the Soviet Union provided aid to many African countries.

This gave the Russian mob a foot in the door due to political contacts while placing them outside their own government's reach. Many African countries were only just newly independent, and were left without a stable infrastructure, making them ripe for corruption. It was a grand opportunity for organized crime, and many foreigners took note. So, an African scam is not necessarily ultimately run by Africans.

This networking also means that they do have people in some parts of the U.S. too. One of the scams to be wary of is that a scammer will bait you into revealing your residential address. That address will be turned over to accomplices who will then scope out your house, waiting for a time when no one is home so they can burglarize the place. Anything they steal is then fenced (sold), and most of the money is then funneled overseas.

Scammers can and do exist in the U.S. The most dangerous of them are run by Mexican gangs who are feared even by the Italian Mafia and the Russian mob. Many large scale hackings and online scams in the U.S. are pulled off by the Mexican gangs. Because of the gangs' infrastructure, authorities are having a very tough time uncovering anyone other than low-level gang members.

The third major organized crime network I am aware being involved in online scams are the Tong and Triad. A lot of it originates from southern China around Hong Kong, but just as much of it comes out the Beijing/Shanghai region in the north.

For those who do not know the difference, Tong are Chinese-American organized crime whereas Triad are Chinese. If you enter the Chinatown of a major American city, chances are you are in the territory of a Tong. Most Chinatowns originally formed Tongs to protect each other against organized and prejudice, but lack of finances transformed them into organized crime themselves.

The Triad, by comparison, have a worldwide network, stretching from the U.K. to the U.S. to Australia to China and all throughout Southeast Asia (mainly Malaysia, Macau, Taiwan, and Vietnam). Subsequently, some of the less scrupulous Tong have ties to the Triad.

I have reason to suspect that both the Triad and the Yakuza have influence within the Philippines as well. Let's just say a suggestion for financial backing was once made.


So it all depends upon which group is behind the scam. Some will just let it go after being snubbed. Others refuse to take "no" for answer, especially if you have somehow insulted them. I still have a few scammers who make an attempt here and there. Just so happens that one is African (mostly IM....romance scams), one is Russian (who hacked my email), and one is Chinese (a lot of spim and spam referring to websites). It's now been over a year, and they are still try to break me.

Mingle rules prevent allowing you to mention usernames in regards to such. He may very well be a scammer, but there are occasionally few who are falsely accused. The rule also prevents Mingle ex-couples from dragging each other through the mud referring to each other by name.

the person told me he lived "up north" yet when I started emailing him he was "on contract" overseas until a certain date...had no interest in an overseas relationship (ha) just waiting to see what excuse he for not coming back to the states(someone died.etc)

I have actually gotten 2 calls from this man amazing how in depth the relationship can become. It was a wonderful 2 wks while it lasted and then came the plea for money for surgery for a relative in a different country. He is supposed to have so much $$$ but He needs it from me-unreal. Learning a very good lesson on opening up feelings to someone online.....js

I hope you changed your phone number. They have ways to make money by charging stuff to your phone. Once they have the phone number, they can hack the phone. I have security software on my phone to prevent hacking. Not everyone does.