Comments on: Beware of Internet Con-Artists

By: Jan Barrett

Jan Barrett — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:23:01 +0000

sweet lorraine: call the local police and they can direct you to the right peron to report them

noname: look online and find other cases where people have been scammed and show your mother. It is all over on the internet

By: noname

noname — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:18:41 +0000

Hi Jan,
My Mum has started using internet dating sites and has been speaking to an American man living in the UK about 100 miles from us,last week his sister was supposedly in an accident,so he went to the US,then for whatever reason went to Nigeria,this morning he got in touch saying hed been mugged in Nigeria,had no passport no money left and suddenly my Mum was going to give him £500,luckily she changed her mind listening to my warnings,she now feels guilty but im trying to prove she shouldn’t,what should I do now??

By: sweet Lorraine

sweet Lorraine — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:57:11 +0000

Hi Jan,

Recently, i met three guys in the same time all from US, and all have something to do with going to nigeria and do business and they said that they are rich. They are hunting for victims through friendster.

All three told me that I am very pretty and they are in love with me. And, then suddenly, they told me that they are in so serious financial problem in Nigeria, and ask me to send them so money.

How do I report them?

By: Jan Barrett

Jan Barrett — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:20:16 +0000

Thanks for the added link, Ed. I hope it can help prevent this from happening to someone else. I hate seeing this kind of thing happen to anyone.

By: Ed Dickson

Ed Dickson — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:43:04 +0000

Jan,

It always amazes me how many romance scams go on out there. A lot of the victims are harvested right off legitimate dating sites, also.

A pretty good resource for anyone interested on current and past information about them is http://www.romancescams.org/.

Very interesting post!