I recently posted a profile on a dating site and met over 100 ladies. I
started to see a pattern in some that I just have to tell people about.
Their profiles might say they are from the U.S. or any place, but after
e-mailing a few times, they would mention that they are stuck in Africa.
Some even say they were robbed and cannot come home. Then the big
question is dropped into your lap. "Can you send me money?". Be careful
as I've found there are no fraudulant laws in Africa and these are
people who have a business in scamming people. Any experiences like
this?

I have talked to a girl in west africa. She said that she was stranded.
I didn't go into elaborate detail with her about her situation, but I'm
not talking to her anymore anyway.

THIS HAPPENED TO ME ON MYSPACE A FEW MEN FROM AFRICA HIT ME UP FOR MONEY
FOR VARIOUS REASONS AND BECAME ANGRY WHEN I WOULDNT SEND THEM ANYTHING

Yea,i just had to block one lady. She was freaking me out!! The story
was this, her family had all died,and she was alone,and only wanted
love, and a man to spend the rest of her life with.....She was like are
you that man? and i'm like look i dont know you!!!Then comes well for
$1250 you could bring me to you, and i will love you forever... I'm like
how can you love what you don't know??? It was a tripp.....LOL!!!So then
in BOLD letters shes like so are you going to send the money?? Yea
right!!

I had some guy do something like that to me...but what happened was he
had told me he was there on a business trip. They wouldn't cash his
checks and asked me to wire him money and then he would send me a check
to make up for it---I am like "UMMM hello, I am not that stupid."
I really knew that it was a fake when he sent me another letter saying I
think about you all the time Amanda...my name is Pamela...so I blocked
his arse real fast..haha! I guess this is where I say...OK GUYS KEEP
YOUR WOMENS NAME STRAIGHT!!

freaky!

lmao. unsure you are too funny. Not too bright even when they're
asking for money. :) Hey that rhymes.

some people have to do what they gotta do.ya no!!

You are talking to someone from Aug. LOL

Yeah, I've gotten that.
Gotta buck?

wow this is wierd i just had this happen to me a busness man got robbed
and was hurt and couldnt get a drs help without a deposit to the
hospital. but he was robbed of all his money. and they were in africa!

now thats going
out with a bang

The thing is, these people are most likely not even in Africa or, if
they are, I believe they are sitting somewhere with a bunch of other
scam-o-marketers. This is a widespread thing; there are HUNDREDS of them
doing this, if not thousands. And many of them play different
roles/genders/scenarios.

They are SOOOOO easy tospot and so predictable. I've gotten to where
now, when one of them IMs me, I just say, "Cut the crap and just tell me
where to send the check." LOL.

Of course, what I get back is this feigned innocent, "What do you mean?"
which makes it even funnier.

Play along with their crap for a little while, then let 'em have it. No
sense in letting them have all the fun.

yea i got that alot to, even yet still one tried to cantact me says she
loves me but she stuck in nigeria.

Could you send me some money so I can pay my vet. bills? I guarantee
you; this is no scam!

I chatted with a guy who was suppose to live in a different state for a
couple of months. During this time, without me really knowing, he asked
just the right questions to get my credit report. (If they're really
good, they can access this with just your name and address) I NEVER GAVE
HIM MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER! After he got my credit report, he hacked
into my account at Wells Fargo, transferred $8500 to himself in Nigeria.
This all happened over the course of just 1 week. This had happened to
a few others at Wells Fargo at the same time. The FBI will wrap their
investigation next month.

oooh yea the old stuck in africa trick, but it only costs this much for
me to be there with you...lmao

hold on she is calling... i am in love...

There are many such scams, from all over the world. I have tried to
understand why and how these poeple can be so forthright. I think we
forget how much we, Americans & Canadians have. We grow up and live a
life, many of us never getting to really "experience" what life in other
countries is like. Some believe we are all wealthy, dripping in money,
or at the very least that we have some ability to come by money anytime
we want or need it. To those poeple we are just pawns. They think we
are so mindlessly "high" on our own creature comforts that we will be
happy to comply to their manipulation. BUT, I also think that for
some it's out of desperation. A true desire to leave the hell they are
in and go to a place that would afford them the freedoms to at least
"try" to have a life in which they can afford to meet their own humble
necessities. Either way, it's sad, and either way, we can do nothing
but ignore them.

Yeap had it happen also and when I told them I knew they were a scam he
said he was going to kill me.
What I think it funny, is people who are asking for money as they are in
dire need they have the ability to get onlin. HUMMMM lmao

Send money to me. My guines pig has an infected ear and I'm having a
hard time with the vet. bills. I'll even take Mastercard. Send to
Sushi@just say hi.com Oh, I live in Senegal. Is that African enough?