Dating service scams.

by Howard
(Fort Wayne, IN)

I recently sent an e-mail to a woman who I thought was from the United States and gave her my Yahoo ID to chat.

We started chating not too many days after that. I asked her how the weather was in Alaska ( where she claimed she was from) and she said she was somewhere in Nigeria trying to get custody of her son.

She hasn't tried to get any money out of me yet. This wasn't the first one I answered that is in Nigeria.

I have had 3 that was in Nigeria and one I found out is in Russia( aka mail order bride). The other two I spoke to from Nigeria claimed they needed money to help their friend and I had to say no and take them off my contact list.

I learned that these people apparently go onto these dating sites to scam people. Two of them I was a member of are Usearch local and singlesnet.com, where I found these members who claimed to be from places in the United States. Oh and I chatted with one and told her I recently chatted with another from Nigeria and she asked where, I told her I didn't know and she asked a few more times.

I' am glad I keep on on this kind osf information, which is due to the fact that I have access to these resources through the internet. So when I think something is a little fishy, I usually check for any blog sites or other sites that contain information on the topic.

I probably shouldn't of gave the latest one my phone number though but didn't think she'd actually call me. It shows up as an international call at the number 234-806-7612.