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NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/9/2009 6:44:27 PM   
cloud99


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Status: offline 		Just as a warning....i received an email that i am 99% certain came from one of those Nigerian African scams. Those are now targeting dating sites (such as this one).

Check out the warning article here! Or below
http://www.police.govt.nz/district/central/release/4265.html

Romantic Nigerian scammers at work2:41pm 27 August 2008New Zealanders, especially those using online internet dating agencies, are being reminded to be more careful about sending money to Nigeria and disclosing personal bank details, as Nigerian scammers are fleecing money.Detective Senior Sergeant Darrin Thomson, Wellington Police Metro Crime Unit, says Nigerian scammers are targeting online dating agencies. "They identify lonely, vulnerable people and then request money from them with false promises of marriage, or the release of vast sums of money at a later date."He said a Porirua woman 'met' one of the 'scammers' on a dating site. He told her that he was a widower, and employed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in Lagos.Detective Senior Sergeant Thomson said the man used two types of scams to extort $10,000 from her. In one scam he emailed her a business letter identifying US$200,000 he had deposited in a US bank account. He stated that he needed a UK bank account in order to release his US funds. The woman paid $3000 to open an account in London, transferring the funds to Nigeria.She was then told that the man's daughter was ill and he urgently needed money to pay for medical fees. More money was transferred to Nigeria.Detective Senior Sergeant Thomson said police believe the same scammer is responsible for extorting almost $70,000 from an Auckland woman - using a similar story."An internet search shows many women have lost out to these romantic Nigerian scammers," Detective Senior Sergeant Thomson said. Australian figures show Nigerian scammers defraud A$36 million a year from Australian internet users. Queensland Police contacted 139 people who sent money to Nigeria - 135 were victims of fraud."We believe the New Zealand situation is similar to the Australian finding," Detective Senior Sergeant Thomson said. "Anybody being asked to send money to Nigeria should be very, very wary."Internet safety advice is on the police website: http://www.police.govt.nz/safety/internet.scams.html

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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/9/2009 6:49:01 PM   
KatyLied


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Status: offline 		Nigerian scams.  On the web?  At CM?
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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/9/2009 6:52:01 PM   
ShaharThorne


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Status: offline 		Run for the hills...tis another scam thread!

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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/9/2009 6:52:27 PM   
sappatoti


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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/9/2009 6:52:41 PM   
SlaveBlutarsky


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Status: offline 		Great thread IMO. Would read again A++++++++++++++++++++

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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/9/2009 6:58:00 PM   
CatdeMedici


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Status: offline 		Yes, that's correct--well they aren't scammers, you see, I am a financial Dominant and they are My minions, sent to select willing submissives for Me. Was there a problem? Your paypal account expired?

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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/9/2009 6:58:41 PM   
Pyrmidon


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Status: offline 		To date, most of the scam efforts I have been confronted with are from Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, South Africa, the U K and good ol' Central California !!

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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/9/2009 7:20:09 PM   
cloud99


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well - i do get a lot of 'junk mail' even from site members...but you'd think adult sites like this, might not be as high on the list as some of the others. No need to be so rude about it people...just an FYI. Was a first for me on CM (then again, i've had lots of firsts with this site)   ;)

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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/9/2009 7:26:52 PM   
DarkSteven


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Status: offline 		cloud, I get two or three of those messages a week.

Yeah, the clown talked about your pic, and you didn't have one.  He ignored the relationship you're in, and mixed text speak with Britishisms.  No question it's a scammer.


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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/9/2009 8:11:19 PM   
Aylee


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Status: offline 		Hey, at least is was not *shudder* poetry. 

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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/9/2009 8:50:50 PM   
Musicmystery


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cloud, I get two or three of those messages a week.


Me too, cloud.

Don't worry, though--it's not the last of the regular scams/spams, so the thrill won't be gone anytime soon!



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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/9/2009 9:12:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Not all Nigerians are scammers. If they were we wouldn't have any bus or minicab drivers in London.

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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/9/2009 10:27:06 PM   
GreedyTop


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ORIGINAL: Aylee

Hey, at least is was not *shudder* poetry. 

We hates the nasty poetries, yes we does, precious. 



*snort*


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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/10/2009 1:27:15 AM   
stella41b


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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven

Britishisms. 



???????


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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/10/2009 3:29:36 AM   
PyrotheClown


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Status: offline 		some of those nigerians can get Funky!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ol1yxl06_E


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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/10/2009 7:08:29 AM   
LadyEllen


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Status: offline 		The only news here is that New Zealanders retain a charming naivite that helps make their country such a nice place.

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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/10/2009 8:09:52 AM   
LaTigresse


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Status: offline 		Welcome to Collarme. You're new. Most of us are not. Most of us are quite aware of these facts. Calm down. Take a pill (or 3). It is not the end of the world as we know it (yet).

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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/10/2009 9:51:56 AM   
ShaharThorne


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Status: offline 		Dang it LaT, now I got R.E.M. playing in my head...I am insane enough as it is!

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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/10/2009 7:15:14 PM   
UncleNasty


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Status: offline 		If you want a really good laugh check out ebolamonkeyman.com. A dude with way too much time on his hands but wow does he pull some great reverse scam antics on the scammers. It's been a few years since I've looked at his site but I expect it is still up and running.

Uncle Nasty

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RE: NIGERIAN SCAMS ON CM - 6/10/2009 7:21:53 PM   
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ORIGINAL: KatyLied

Nigerian scams.  On the web?  At CM?
Shocking!



I know! What's next, somebody gonna tell me that palm-reading is fake, or that TO is going to play in Buffalo this year? Preposterous!!

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