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WyldHrt -> RE: Fakers, scammers, and other online miscreants... (9/20/2008 12:26:13 PM)
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How about something like this, early enough to be seen in your profile statement : "You will come to me at your own expense, I don't want an incompetent sub. If I send thee home I will pay for that ticket". That statement needs a little work, I just came up with it on the fly, but it does sound Domly enough.
Won't help. Scammers only read enough to determine the sex and orientation of a potential victim, and often they don't even read that much. Keep in mind that these folks are sending out messages to anyone and everyone, as scamming is a numbers game. For every 500 messages sent, they might get one victim who will pay.
Windchymes has given very good advice. The 20something knockout with the professional-model photos who wants to throw herself at your feet on the second email is most likley a (male) scammer trying to play you. Realistic expectations and reading what they write (consistency isn't a common quality in scammers) will weed out most of them in a few emails, and a big dose of common sense will catch most of the others. There isn't a message board on the net that doesn't have its share of Nigerian/ Russian/ Romanian princes/princesses trolling for vics, so it's up to you to learn enough to sort the wheat from the chaff, so to speak.
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