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Advice please! - 8/28/2006 4:09:18 PM

SteadyOnChaps

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Hi,

I signed up here a few weeks ago.. posted a "hi" message, and then vanished (personal stuff came up - what can ya do?)

Anyway, I got an email that somebody had sent me a message here. I read it, and I am, frankly, concerned. If this person is for real, then I think that they need help. I am 90% sure that the person who emailed me was a scammer, looking for a visa or a "Green card", I believe they call it in the USA.

Even so, I'd like some advice from people with a lot more experience than myself in the BDSM scene. I will not post what they emailed to me here, as it was mostly a direct copy-and-paste from their profile here, and quoting from it would inevitably mean that it would take about 2 minutes with google for anybody to be able to identify them.

I am further concerned that my reply to the email may not have been very good - if they were genuine, and not a scammer.

I am posting this on the "Introduce yourself" section deliberately. The people who bother to check these messages will either be complete newbies (like myself) or people with experience who actually give a damn. I seek the latter for advice, rather than the newbies.

If anybody is willing to take some time to help me out here, and tell me what they think, please post a followup, or better yet, send me an email (I get notified of emails to this profile, and personal circumstances may not allow me to check this board very often).

Many thanks,

J.

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RE: Advice please! - 8/28/2006 6:31:33 PM

Owned1

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There are plenty of scams on here as with most online worlds. Dont let it bother you just continue to weed out the replies you dont feel are real

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RE: Advice please! - 8/30/2006 9:19:40 AM

princessrn

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i agree with Owned with all one line chats there are false people use your judgment and if it doesn't seem right just delete it . the good over ride the bad ones

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RE: Advice please! - 8/30/2006 9:20:52 AM

princessrn

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that was ment to say" on line chats ".......... typo queen or banana fingers its one of them lol

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RE: Advice please! - 8/30/2006 11:53:06 AM

MisPandora

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Welcome to the boards.

If you think it's a scam, don't even bother to reply to it. It was offensive enough to raise that radar alert, no? Delete it and block the sender.

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RE: Advice please! - 8/31/2006 12:37:13 AM

SteadyOnChaps

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Thanks for all the advice - and it is good advice. I've been around enough to recognize a 419 scam, but if anything I reckon it was building up to be an "I need a visa" thing. But the email seemed to indicate that the woman could have been a victim of abuse. But then again, it could have just been poorly worded.

Anyway, I simply told her to think about what she had said - which was the kind of thing I reckon even a lifestyler would shy away from except in fantasy.

Regardless, I consider the matter closed now, but thanks for the friendly support - much appreciated :)

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RE: Advice please! - 8/31/2006 6:11:48 AM

LongArms

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Hang in there Steady. You will find there are scams on top of scams in these types of forums. However, there are a multitude of really great people on the forum here. Take a little time, jump in on some threads, and you will see what I mean. Welcome to the forum and I hope you enjoy.

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