Watch Out for Nigerian Scams!
Here’s an interchange by email between me and one of my readers which I found scary and therefore worth posting here as a warning to others. My answers are in red:
Dear Kathryn,
Am getting marry soon this coming january am get nervous what
will happen to me next at the same time happy, we meet on chat
at first i ignore what he is saying to me cause on chat more lie
later he give me his password so i can trace his email at the
same time password in his yahoo messenger but the more we
communicate long the more love i felt for him, he will come this
november to set our seminar after that set our wed this coming
january, he is from nigeria,sango ota state.All i do from now
keep on praying that God lead us…
My question is:
Is that enough to trust person giving his password?
Am i going to ignore him forever cause we meet thru chat…
thanks…
Whoa!
Red flag #1: It looks as though the two of you have not met in
real time yet, and you are already planning to get married?
Way, way too fast.
Red flag #2: He’s from Nigeria??? Nigeria is the #1 location of
Internet scams. See my blog postings on staying safe on the
Internet: https://find-a-sweetheart.com/blog/C15/ You’ll see
several of my articles on Nigerian scams.
Meeting in a chat room is the least of your worries. But basing
trust on that he gave you his password??? Don’t do it. These
scammers are very smart, and likely that is part of his
technique.
More don’ts: Don’t send him any money or co-operate in anything
that involves money.
Don’t put much hope in this working out. Highly, highly risky.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this one is as clear as a
bell.
Best, Kathryn
There’s no money involve in our relationship despite he want
to sent me money but its delay cause he said EFCC is
monitoring every financial activities of individuals in
nigeria,also cause of high rate crime there,he said too much
of youngsters who engaged themselves in fraud, because of the
high rate of fraud there in nigeria they are trying to put an
end to FRAUD he said am not one of them and also he said he
is trying to work hard to earn his money, but thank very much
for the advice, but he is coming here on November so how can
i notice if he is member of this internet scam group…Please
give me some tips…so that am aware…
Thank you.
You’ll need to do some research. Here are some links for you to
check out. Do a Google search on Nigeria+dating+scams and trace
down the leads.
http://straightshooter.net/Combating_Romance_Fraud.htm
http://straightshooter.net/swindlersdatabase.htm
http://www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com/
http://www.datingnmore.com/fraud/scam_database.htm
Be very very careful. Your situation does not sound good to me
at all.
Best, Kathryn
Dear Kathryn:
are you saying all negiria is bad?
No, but that’s where most of the Internet scamming is coming
from. You met this person on the Internet. He is from Nigeria.
So be careful.
From Your Romance Coach, Kathryn Lord
my ex is getting involved with some guy from there.i’m very worried about her.his email adress is .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) me know if you here anything ....guy
Posted by guy on 01/08 at 06:39 AM