Nigerian Dating Scams: the eHarmony story, Damon A. Basinas
September 5, 2008
I just wanted to share my eHarmony experience with the world so that unsuspecting single women can be alert to this kind of dating scam. This scam was pretty smooth…to an extent. It didn’t work on me but I don’t want anyone to fall for it.
Here’s the story. I was a member of eHarmony and was matched to a nice man with similar interests, etc. We went through the eHarmony process and eventually started open communication on our own. We communicated through email, yahoo messenger, and later by phone. This process took months. He said he lived in Tampa and had a little boy. His wife had died tragically during childbirth. This man claimed to be a vet who worked as an independent contractor for the World Animal Health Organisation. He had just recently moved to Tampa he said. He said he was Greek but went to college in England. I live on a farm and know a lot about animal health, plus I am scientist currently working in the health care industry. I am educated and somewhat bright.
He was a very sweet guy…sent some nice pictures of himself and his son, said all the right things, wrote a lot–he played his part well. I was skeptical though for the following reasons: he began most of his correspondence when he was “out of the country on assignments”. The first “job” he spoke of was in England. I asked about his son and school and he said that he hired tutors wherever he went to educate his child during these trips because he couldn’t stand to be without him. I thought this odd since that would be extremely expensive and a difficult way to raise a child. How would this child receive credit for his education from multiple countries? hmmmm; next for a person with an advanced education it seemed his English, spelling, writing, etc. were quite poor. Now we all get sloppy during instant messaging and emailing but this was worse than expected; when asked about his job specifics he was vague–the connection would be lost, he didn’t answer or his answers were kind of “off”. I have a farm with horses, chickens, cats and dogs, I know a lot about animal health and had some questions for him and his answers were not as expected. I also received vague information on the organization he worked for; he said he had his main residence in London, England…was still in the process of getting set up in Tampa Florida.
Suddenly, he had a job in Nigeria– vaccinating an endangered species of peacock? The “reserve” was just outside of Lagos…scam city. He was charming and very attentive. Talked a good game. Claimed to be in love with me (how you can be in love with someone you never met over the internet, I’ll never know). Wanted to give me the world. Too good to be true. He even started to call. Once from England and then from Nigeria. He had somewhat of an English accent mixed with something else…the connections were always bad and he was difficult to understand. It was hard to hold a conversation. That and the time difference… we mostly stuck to email and chatting. He did make it more realistic by having a child talking and laughing in the background during one of his calls (his “son”). I wasn’t entirely convinced he was real but it he had me going to an extent. I wanted very much for him to be real. He asked me to send him something personal so he “could feel closer to me”. He wanted my iPod filled with all my favorite music or a digital camera so he could share his experiences with me (he can afford tutors but not a digital camera???. He gave me the hotel “address” to send the package too. It was a PO Box. I sent a package. It contained a little gift I had made (nothing of value) and a handwritten letter. He kept asking me what I had sent and I said it was a surprise–surprise sucker, nothing of value here.
The Nigerian thing bothered me. I started surfing the net and read about all the scams. His project seemed to take weeks. He had every excuse. He never gave much detail. I waited for the “big emergency” to come up that would lead him to ask me for money. I hoped it wasn’t true but I knew it was going to happen.
After nearly a month it happened. He claimed to have made medical mistake administering the vaccine to the rare birds. He said he made a dosage error. I asked him the specifics and sadly he didn’t know enough to answer my questions correctly. I know a lot about vaccines and birds. He claimed about 150 birds became ill because of his error and he was panicked because his career was at stake. He said he talked the reserve workers into staying quiet about this while he “contacted someone in China to request a medication that would make them better.” At this point, it was a huge joke but I kept up my side to see where it went. So sure enough, he kept quiet for a few days to make me worry a little, then told me he had sent almost all his cash to China for this medication–which much to our relief saved all of the fictional birds! Amazing! Now, however, he was broke. He had almost no money. He saved his career and reputation but he was in trouble. Couldn’t pay his hotel bills, food, transportation…what a mess. He at first claimed there were no banks (Lagos is a huge city–the commercial/industrial hub of Nigeria EVEN my bank has a branch there!) I pointed out that that couldn’t be true and then he broke down and “confessed” to me that he didn’t have any freed up cash in his London account…all of his money was in stocks and bonds! REALLY? I WAS SHOCKED! Even his credit card was no good…he had it canceled because of illegal activity (probably his). He said he didn’t have time to get a new one and besides he said “I’m in a third world country, no one takes credit cards here”. Wow, in a city of that size? Horrible. BTW, the hotel he gave me didn’t check out right. The address he gave didn’t match the address on the internet and it wasn’t in the right area of Nigeria. What could I do? He then asked for a “loan”. I told him at first I couldn’t pay but later decided I wanted to get as much info as I could from him so I could post it on every web site I could find. So I wrote a sweet letter saying I was so worried for him that I asked to borrow the money from a family member and wanted to get it to him as soon as possible. What did I need to do? He wrote back and ask for $1000 to be wired via Western Union (sound familar?). I claimed I was worried about that (gee no banks but we have Western Union hmmm)and would feel more comfortable sending the money directly to the hotel– what was that address and phone number? A phony address was given but not a phone number. He “couldn’t find it and would have to give it to me later.” I insisted that I needed it to properly send the package. Then he said “he was going to be too busy with lectures and meetings to keep a watch for it at the hotel and that I maybe should just send it to his driver (a man he has known only for a month?)” I argued that was unwise but then later asked for that name and address. I’m waiting for that to be emailed. He wanted to know when the money would be sent. I said in a few days. Then connection was lost again and I couldn’t finish my conversation. I’m not sure I’ll hear back from him now. I think he knew I was on to him. Anyway, here is what he has given me so far. I’ll bet he has 10 other women going on this same story as we speak!
Damon A. Basinas
Age: 41 birth date 08/12/67
Son: Milo birth date 08/10/2000
Cell Phone: 234-803-347-4079
London Address:
136 Gilbourne Road
Plumstead, London SE18 7NX
Nigerian PO Box 3537
Apapa, Lago Nigeria
Nigerian Hotel:
WhiteLeaf Hotel & Suites
14 Devon Drive
Ikeja, Engu Lagos Nigeria
(this isn’t the hotel address)
Email address:
dbasinas@yahoo.com
Western Union site:
Enugu Nigeria
Other Info:
I have pictures too of some good looking man with a cute kid. Says he was educated at Yorke (should be spelled York) University, England. Says he has three dogs and a place in Tampa Florida. Wife died in childbirth. Mother raised him on her own in Greece. Mother died of breast cancer in 1995. He moved to England for school in 1985. It just goes on.
So everyone, be careful! Don’t EVER send money. I will post an update if he gets back to me with any more info. but I doubt I’ll hear from him. I was duped to an extent but don’t feel bad because I didn’t fall for it or lose any money. He was a great actor but just not good enough. The only thing I lost was a little time and energy. I’m know others weren’t so lucky. I’m off now to post this EVERYWHERE I can LOL.
Good luck!
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Hi.
i work in it and have a bit of experience of 419 scammer.
Contact detials :
scammer always have a free email address or sometime use a stolen card to setup an aol account in France. e.g. yahoo or hotmail. They will never have a paid account with say ADSL internet providers like talktalk or BT or tascaili in the uk.
Phone number are normally mobiles (uk ) never a landline . you need to use a bank card to setup a landline number. with a mobile . you can buy a mobile sim card using stolen card and then bin it when you dont need it. And is harder to trace.
uk landline number start with 01XXXXX
uk mobile number begin with 07XXXX
Scammer work in team to get around internet dating sites. Eg a friend in the uk will set up a profile. profile is approved by the dating site then the detail are email to friends in Africa
the address
London Address:
136 Gilbourne Road
Plumstead, London SE18 7NX
this address is around the corner from me.
f you what me to pop over and say hi -let me know. if you want i can also go down the plumstead police station. In my experience internet service provider and the police are about 10 year behind. For the police to go over and see who lives there, you need to first report the crime. I could be the address was made up . how ever in my experience there are a few west african single flats all over plumstead
I am using Yahoo Personals.
I find it funny that they always give you a yahoo email address for you to email them to and their profiles will be deleted by the time your get their first message reply.
I know it is a scam immediately when they tell me to email them at a yahoo mail address…kind of easy to spot it now. hate it very much though.
hi,
i was a victim of this person…Damon Basinas. I read your story in horror yesterday as it was everything he had told me….even down to the day. So, let me fill in the rest of the story.
Milo (lol) got ‘malaria’. and had to go to the hospital. ‘Damon’ would call me at 2am to update me on milo. When I asked him about milo’s malaria ’shots’ (knowing that it is a pill) he said that he had them and he didn’t understand why he was sick. and amazingly he was out of the hospital 3 days later.
then they went to Abuja, where he said he had to finish his presentations for the peacocks that amazingly healed in a week. Part of which he wasn’t there cause he was by his son’s bedside.
And then thursday they were on their way to London! Once I read this I started playing dumb. Called the cell phone in London - which was disconnected. So Called ‘Michael’ the handler and said if he heard from Damon to call me - cause I wanted to send money to him in London to make sure he was ‘ok’ till he got paid. Imagine - i got a phone call at 6:30 this morning.
Damon…desperate (man, these guys are good) crying….I’m in Vienna Honey….Milo ran off and i had to search for him thru the airport (2 days?) and I am out of money. So can you send money to Michael in Nigeria and he will ’set me up’. WTF? Some nice american man let me use his phone. I said that must be a really nice guy to let you use his phone to make international calls. and he told me to not argue with him but just send the $.
so….the story goes on and on and on…..
more information:
his cell in africa: 011 2348033474079
This is a cell phone number from MTN NIGERIA.
they have called me 15 times over the last 72 hours. I have gone to the FB I and am keeping a log. They have also emailed me and text messaged me.
All of the emails from July have originated from The African Information Center in Mauritius.
This man continues to call me and IM me. Once I told him I knew this was a scam he threatened to make my life “miserable” and called me some colorful names. On Sept. 27, he IM’d me that he was sorry for all he had done. I didn’t reply. I contacted InterPol and suggest you do the same. He’s still using the same number and email address.
Dear Sherrie, thanks for your post. I’m sorry for what you went through but am happy at least now you know you aren’t alone in this and that this “man” is a fraud. He IM’d yesterday that he read my blog but I am not going to reply to him anymore or answer his calls. He’ll keep alternating between threats and apologies– then try to maintain his innocence and try to cause you to doubt yourself. He’s aware of this site now so soon, he’ll have to come up with a new identity and story.
Dear Sangha,
I would love if you would stop by 136 Gilbourne! Please give them our love and tell them “the money is on it’s way” LOL. Keep us updated.
Thanks Angel for your kind words. I received another call today (I was with a male friend who answered the phone and they hung up), and a email that said:
Do you see the reason why your a looser, who’s the master and who’s the slave now, lol?
You Americans are hated by the whole world, can you tell me why?
Sounds like our Nigerian friends are a little bitter?! I got home and have about 10 instant messages from them. I’ll give it all to the FBI tomorrow (local branch - bless them!)
The British # he used (which I think was a disposable cell phone):
011 447035906358
I emailed MTN Nigeria to file a complaint (they have a entire section dedicated to fraud) and the response back was that i’d hear something in 24 hours but I have yet to hear something.
I also contacted the OIE - The World Organization for Animal Health and there has been no response.
12, rue de Prony
75017 Paris, France
Tel.: 33 – (0)1 44 15 18 88
Fax: 33 – (0)1 42 67 09 87
Email : oie@oie.int
Web Site: www.oie.int
Finally - I contacted Yahoo to report the abuse and am waiting for a response back for them. Have you contacted them?
I was foolish enough to give a decent sum of money to them (thank God I started to wise up and didn’t give them near what i could have. lol. sigh)
Hi Sherrie,
I think at this point everything that can reasonably be done has been done. I guess we are all the wiser now huh? Don’t let this experience affect your kind-hearted nature though. You acted out of love and compassion. In the long run, those actions are always repaid in a positive way. For me, I’m giving up on internet dating…it’s just too scary. Love will just have to find me at the corner coffee shop.
Be well!
SAME THING happened to me(just a different guy…William Craig Souders)…I got suckered…and I am very disappointed in myself.
Met this guy on eHarmony, his name William Craig Souders, from Columbus OH. Moved here to the US from Portugal 6 years ago. Had a daughter who lived in Portugal and attended Oporto British School (boarding school). Lost his daughter Mary’s mother at childbirth. His father was deceased. His mother was very ill…and of course she died during our correspondance (mid August). He supposedly went to London to bid on an oil spill clean up and won the contract. His job (environmental engineer) was to clean up oil spill in Nigeria. But then his mother died and he left the job abruptly. He needed money to pay her doctor bills, burial, etc… Said he now had to sell his contract with The Shell Company (2.5 million dollar contract)….the story goes on and on… Needless to say I got taken on this scam. (lots of money, digital camera, etc). He supposedly is to be home here (US) this weekend. However, I have NOT be able to reach him by phone, email, or through Yahoo Messenger. I am deciding how I want to proceed. Thinking of hiring a Private Investigator, contacting the police/FBI. I don’t want any other woman to experience the same thing I experienced.
phone #
london -44-703-1972439 (8-4-08)
(not sure where he was here)-080-36741686 (8-12-08)
nigeria -234-703-6719027 (8-15-08 to 9-29-08)
Sunshine Hotel 8/9 Ebeano Estate New Have Junction Enugu State, Nigeria (sent digital camera via DHL)
Wired money via Moneygram and Western Union to…Chijioke Omenazu Nigeria, Enugu State (test question and answer…Who is it for? William C. Souders)
Wow Kim, I’m so sorry. I would like to say that I tried to contact the FBI the minute I figured out what was going on and they were not interested in any of the information I had to give because since I did not give anyone any money, no crime had been committed! I begged the agent I spoke with to PLEASE take down my information but he stated he was not interested. Now I’m just sick over it because it might have really helped. Nothing against the FBI but I said to the agent, I’m sure this same exact scam is being pulled on other women right now and wouldn’t it be good to have at least what I had so far to maybe help someone else? The answer was “no”. So I said, “Alright then, I’ll just post my story on the internet”. A little frustrating BUT at least when certain information from my experience is googled now, it comes up so it might help a little. I urge you and anyone else you know to post your story on every web site you can find. This way, when some other woman tries to search the internet to see if there is anything on someone she is corresponding with, something will come up whether it be a name, phone number, address etc. These guys have their false identities all thought out and use them on several ladies at once. I know the information changes all the time but it might help someone, so it is worth the effort.
Through eHarmony AGAIN, I found I was corresponding with another guy whom I suspected was pulling the same scam. I cut him off right away. This is the basic trend I have noticed. These guys all say that they currently have a residence in the US but within a week or two they are called away on business to Africa or London. They all have jobs that require frequent travel. They usually say they have a child whom they are raising on their own because the mother died a tragic death. We somehow seem to trust men with children right? Though they claim to be educated, it is not often reflected in their writing. Sure, we all get lazy but their writing seems a little TOO bad. They often say they were born somewhere other than the US so since we believe that English is a second language, this would be expected.
They all seem to “fall in love with you” rather quickly. I sincerely don’t believe that you can truly love someone you have never met. I have had some great correspondence with real men and though we seemed to click so well, it was a completely different story once we met. Chemistry is chemistry and you can’t have it electronically. They, however, tell you everything you want to hear and get under your skin. The sweet talk will continue for several weeks. They job they are away on always lasts much longer than expected. They are often vague about what they do and will find ways around your questions. The more technical it is, they less they will give you because, you can only learn so much from the internet and THEY ARE REALLY NOT who they say they are.
Still, we want to believe because we like the guy…like the attention. Soon, they will pine for you…ask for an iPod with your favorite music or a camera so they can take pictures to send you. This first “gift” is how they know you are really interested in them. BTW, it makes no sense to send a camera or iPod overseas…these things are cheap now and can be bought anywhere. When I was asked for mine I thought, “I can’t live without my iPod, I’m not sending it…he should just buy his own”, so I sent instead a handwritten letter and a small token of friendship. To someone who really likes you, these things are worth more than gold.
You may notice that when you are trying to talk to him by phone, you lose the connection a lot just when you are getting to a part of the conversation he feels he might mess up. Details are not their best friends. They try to keep all communication simple and based on feelings. You might also notice when you are talking to him at some ridiculous time because of the time change, he will get calls that he has to take. Ummm, why should he be getting calls if it’s 2:00am his time? This is because he has several ladies scammed at once and the call he drops you for is someone he thinks he has hooked! You will notice long delays too while IMing. This is because he is holding several conversations at once.
Then the great TRAGEDY strikes, leaving them desperate and penniless. They have no friends, no family NO ONE but YOU to help them. You want to help them and if you can, you might. We have to remember, if we were in a terrible situation, would we really reach out to a stranger we met on the internet for a large sum of money to help us? Probably not. We have too much pride for that. I would sell my darn computer first of all! Why are they so desperate but don’t sell the computer? A real man would never accept the help of a woman like this. He would go to his employer, the American Embassy, his own bank…men who travel have valid credit cards, they have jobs with expense accounts, they are smart enough not to get into trouble overseas. They will say that their “tragedy” prevents them from seeking help from any of these sources.
If you refuse to send them money or stop sending them money, then they get mean. They call you names, threaten you, and try to make you feel like you are the criminal. Seriously, would the guy who said he loved me and wanted to marry me call me horrible names and threaten me because I was afraid to send hard earned money blindly to another country??? NO, he might be disappointed but HEY he loves you, so the relationship is worth more than a few thousand bucks RIGHT?
Now, I’m not trying to be preachy here. I’m just mad and hurt and want to tell everything I know so someone else won’t go through this. In my situation, as I was told by my scam man, I am a “broke loser”. He was right about the “broke” part. My divorce left me with very little and it will take a while to recover. I really had nothing to give even if I wanted to. The second thing that saved me is my scam man chose a profession I know a lot about. Dumb luck for me. If he had chosen a different profession, I might not have noticed he didn’t know what he was talking about. So you see, I was just lucky. No one should feel bad about trying to care about someone and trying to help them out. Believe me, I really was taken by this guy and was deeply hurt when I discovered who and what he was. If I had been anyone but who I am right now, the FBI might be interested in what I had to say because a crime would have been committed. My bad luck ended up to be my good luck.
My heart goes out to you all. I was very hurt and saddened by this experience. I had spent a lot of time and energy on this fraud. I was holding my breath thinking about the time I would finally meet him in person. I was so angry when the scenario played out like I feared it would. I was so pissed that this man would have stolen money from me in the name of future love. I was devastated when I read Sherrie’s story. I felt so sick that he had hurt her and had me believing the same lies he was telling her. It’s the worst feeling.
I hope the FBI can help you recover your financial losses. When you can, and with the advice of the FBI in mind since they might not want you do anything that would hurt their investigation, post everything you know on every website you can find. Please continue to post here as well because I’m going to write an article about this type of dating scam and submit it anywhere I can…starting with my local newspaper. Your details will help.
My deepest thanks to the webmaster of this site. Your efforts are greatly appreciated!
There seems to be a number of these scammers. I was contacted via Match.com by a Patrick Smith who lived in North Hollywood, California and who was widowed when his wife died in childbirth leaving him to raise his son, Michael (DOB 15/09/2002), alone. The emails on Match were short and I was requested to email direct.
I was groomed for nearly 4 months by him and during that time he told me that his son was not well on a number of occasions, once having to take him to a NY hospital as he had suspected malaria. I questioned vigourously the malaria issue as it is not prevalent in the USA. Dodged the questions but that was the only thing that did not sit well with me at the time.
He was very charming and after about two months said that he wished to meet me and pursue a relationship. He wrote eloquently and well and then told me in early September that he was going on a contract, as an oil engineer, and was waiting for his employers to supply details. You guessed it, Nigeria. He ‘went’ there and continued the MSN IMs, phone calls and emails. His son was sick again and was hospitalised for a few days and then after just over 3 weeks he said that he was coming to the end of the contract and that he had booked the flights to come to the UK to meet me.
On the day of the flight he texted me to say that he was checking out of the hotel and making his way to the airport. About 4 hours later I received a call stating that Dr James from the Royal Hospital, Lagos (hospital does not exist) was calling as Patrick had collapsed at the airport and he was in the hospital requiring urgent medical treatment but before he could be treated US$1,000 was required. He said that my ‘husband’ was unconscious and that he would slip into a coma if not treated. I was initially concerned and said that I was not his wife and that I could not help but would call back in a hour when I got home.
As soon as I got home I called the US Embassy in London who said from the outset that it was a scam and not to pay any money. I expressed my concern as I would not be able to live with myself if they were genuine US citizens and particularly if there was a child involved and I sincerely hoped that it was a scam. Whilst I was talking to the US Consular, Dr James called again on my mobile saying that my ‘husband’s’ condition had worsened. I said that I could not help but could he give me their passport numbers so that I could pass the information to the US Embassy and I also wanted to speak to the son. Michael. He said that he could not go through his baggage and that I must pay the money and the son was being cared for in the childrens ward. I said that he had taken the hypocratic oath and that he was duty bound to give treatment to preserve life, irrespective of money. Obviously the line was disconnected but Dr James called back seconds later. I made out to get all the details of the hospital and for the payment but when I asked for the hospital name, address and his full name, we were disconnected.
The US Consular heard the two conversations and congratulated me for the way I had handled Dr James and recommended that I turn my mobile off as Dr James would pester me all night. I put my phone on silent and had 8 missed called from Dr James that night.
I sent a message to Patrick’s email address stating that the US Embassy in Lagos would be in touch with him at the hospital and with Dr James about securing his treatment and, without changing the tone of my email from all the others sent, said that I was concerned and worried about him and Michael and to let me know when he was better and going to fly to the UK”. Needless to say I have not heard today from either Patrick or Dr James.
Details are :
Patrick Smith
DOB 10/10/1966
US telephone 00 1 646 7559731
Nigierian Tel 00 234 7031 938303
Email address patrick_engee@live.co.uk
Match name patrickfaithful
Stayed at No 25 Agboje
Essi-Layout
[town not given]
Dr James calls from +00 805 3334 261
His mother lives in a care home in Chelmsford, Essex
Father died a few years ago
He said that he was english born but went to the USA with his parents when he was very young.
When we spoke he had a distinctive american accent and there was no african accent in it so I can only assume that either this was a hired person or that he genuinely had lived in the USA at some point in his life and got the accent.
He always did as he said he would in terms of calling on time etc save for one occasion when he said he would call and did not.
I joined eHarmony because I thought it was a reputable business and was impressed with the profile matching instead of the guess work intrinsic in other services. I also assumed that safeguards were up and that it would be safe to use the site. I also thought that only American addresses could join. How wrong I was. Was matched with a sweet, handsome widowed white man from Milwaukee Wisconsin. Daniel Duke the geologist. After preliminary texting questions and answers I finally spoke to him. I was surprised at his heavy accent; couldn’t quite place it. Quick response, he was raised in the Dominican Republic and then came to the states as an adult, I bought it He said all the right things and was seemingly all I could ever hope for, a real soul mate. Talked for weeks he was in the UK finishing up a project. I started to suspect that something was wrong with “Mr. Right” when he had to go to Nigeria and suddenly his phone which had always been private had a Nigerian number; he was already traveling internationally, why a new phone. Then he sent me more pictures, how sweet birthday party friends etc. To make a long and very painful story short he first asked me to send home an iPhone as his blackberry was not working right. His credit card had to be renewed? How do you renew a credit card? I would not send him one, but rather showed him how to get one that was unlocked that he could pay through his AT & T account. He quickly said he had the problem solved and told me not to worry. He spoke several times of all of a sudden getting a fever, but brushed it off. Two days later after being in Nigeria for a week, I get a text from a doctor who told me that my “husband“was seriously ill and had malaria. I was emailed medical documents to attest to him suddenly contracting this potentially fatal illness. The medical reports were on University of Nigeria teaching hospital stationary and even had patient numbers and doctor’s diagnosis, notes, and his rx regimen. On one document in handwriting, a balance of $2000.00 was required. The hospital supposedly took all his cash, $3000.00 and was demanding another $2000.00 to continue his treatment. I called the number to the hospital they also said he had paid $3000.00 and needed another $2000.00; curious thing for a switchboard? to say. Then I called the number for his doctor who verified his illness etc. We spoke on several occasions, while Daniel was unconscious from the high fever. I even followed up and spoke to a “nurse” on his floor to check in on his condition. Upon his awakening, he spoke about his concern regarding no cash. He was so sorry that the hospital was trying to strong arm me into paying the balance of his bill. Well he didn’t expect me to pay this, oh no that was the hospital not him, and as they thought I was his wife, they would have been looking for me to authorize a wire transfer. He said I was his wife so they would contact me so I wouldn’t worry. Well he gets released wants to come home and is freaking out that he has no money now. Wants me to send him, just a little, for him to get by. When I said I wasn’t able he became quite aggressive. I was so disappointed and confused. Where did my sweet man go? I then checked out his address, it was a legal office in downtown Milwaukee. What an intricate scam, I am boggled by the complexity and number of players.
Scammers don’t just steal money; they steal dignity, self respect and leave you feeling such a fool.
Beware Gerardo Vargas from Glasgow. Also, Desmond from Portsmouth,UK.
Beware Gerardo Vargas from Glasgow. Also, Desmond from Portsmouth,UK.
what ever you do dont ever go to a dating site known as be2.its full of scammers.i got caught 4 times in 2 weeks fom someone calling herself sandra….the trick i noticed was that she kept using different names yet lived in same place..nigeria { what a suprise } and came from first australia then london,liverpool and even tried to come from my hometown worcester uk..as soon as she said she was from the same hometown as me i just knew i had her cause i was born there so it was perfect 4 me to test her and of course she was wrong on everything from certain locations to people and so on……the best one was she said the river that runs through worcester is the thames { everyone knows its the severn} so that was that….she sends me e-mails still every few days demanding money for flights,fees etc via money transfer {sounds familiar}.wanted everything..my home address mobile which unfortunately i gave out by mistake and had a £800 phone bill in the process from text messages..so everyone u have been warned…if u go to be2 dating site and someone is from the uk or wherever and now working in nigeria,wants ur details and is in love with you within a day or to…they scamming u a treat..i learned from my mistake and im gonna be more careful from now on
Thank you for bringing this scam to our notice.
I like to inform you that MTN has a zero tolerance towards fraud.
As such MTN will act appropriately within the ambit of the law to dissuade abuse of its network.
Best Regards