Okay so I've been on the site for a few weeks now and I would have to say that 99% of all matches, emails and user pictures are from scammers from West Africa and mainly Nigeria and Ghana.

They have been emailing me to say that they live locally but are currently on assignment in Nigeria and are in need of assistance to get back to the US as their passport have been lost or stolen and the US Embassy is too far away to walk.

The first thing I do is take their profile picture and plug it into Google image. Usually if it's a fake, the image will produce results on other websites as well.

I can't be the only person these scammers try to go after. But then again, I savvy enough to do my research. Anyone else run into these issues?

Due to the fact this is a International Site all can join the site.


All members should have received an automatic e-mail concerning this issue and how to deal with it.

We are really sorry that you are running into this issue. The Site has a Report/Abuse System in place that all members are required to use to report such issue.

If you do not know how to report you can use the e-mail they sent you look to the bottom right click on Report/Abuse/Spam and follow the directions. These reports go straight to Admin. Mods do not handle Scammers only Admin does.

Another way you can report them is on their profile to the right you will see Report This User click on that and follow the instructions.

We rely on members to help us by reporting them. Many do slip by us and we need members to help by reporting.

We ask that the Forums not to be used for this problem due to we have a Report System which is noted in the Forum Rules.

With that said this thread is being locked. We ask that all Members use the Forums strictly for getting to know those that post within the forums.

If you have a problem with the site then please post that in either the Help section http://mingle2.com/forum/forum/7
Or Bug Reports http://mingle2.com/forum/forum/8
These are both located at the very bottom when you scroll down on the Community Forums.


Hope this helps.

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Kristi