Sounds like the Long Con became the Longer Con.
Well, now I know how to reduce US students debts.
I went to Nigeria to meet a man who scammed me
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#12Reminds me of [1], where a scammer was scammed into sending a photo with a fish on his head. [1] http://www.419eater.com/html/tope.htm
Thanks! This made my day.
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#13Somedays, A.I. could scam for us.
We can certainly do the opposite: https://spa.mnesty.com/
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#14That was great and unexpected.
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#15Reminder that most advance-fee scams do not originate from Nigeria. Such articles like this one stereotype Nigeria in a falsely negative manner.
>While Nigeria is most often the nation referred to in these scams, they may originate in other nations as well. For example, in 2006, 61% of Internet criminals were traced to locations in the United States, while 16% were traced to the United Kingdom and 6% to locations in Nigeria.[15]
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#16With a little humanity, it all worked out ok. Didn't see that coming, but awesome. Now this guy can be an unemployed American graduate lol. I worked with a talented Nigerian radiologic technologist who abruptly left and went home to sell tires and car parts because he couldn't handle people being so cruel all the time (West Texas). I hope this guy has a better go of it than he did.
unemployed American graduate?
but the article says:
Although they have not met each other again since, she continued to provide him with financial assistance until he completed his degree a few years ago and got a job in the American oil sector.
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#17Online dating can be rough if your brand new and a tech luddite.
A friend of mine just went on a POF date. Before they met up he asked if she was a prostitute because he ended up meeting a few of those who posed as sincere dates.
One thing that ticks me off especially Match.com and I can't believe I fell for it .. is that when your subscription expires they suddenly say this average to above average looking chick(ones i aim for) is interested in you. Their profiles are hard to distinguish if they are legit or not. Usually the fake ones are hot have a few pics do not say much and they are looking for a guy from 20 to 70. Also, the real fake ones ask you to send a message to their gmail. OVerall not sure how the crap Match pulls is consider legal!
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#18Reminder that most advance-fee scams do not originate from Nigeria. Such articles like this one stereotype Nigeria in a falsely negative manner. >While Nigeria is most often the nation referred to in these scams, they may originate in other nations as well. For example, in 2006, 61% of Internet criminals were traced to locations in the United States, while 16% were traced to the United Kingdom and 6% to locations in…
Microsoft published a research paper on "Why Nigerian scammers say they're from Nigeria". Was that research paper a stereotype that painted Nigeria in a false and negative manner?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/...
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#19Online dating can be rough if your brand new and a tech luddite. A friend of mine just went on a POF date. Before they met up he asked if she was a prostitute because he ended up meeting a few of those who posed as sincere dates. One thing that ticks me off especially Match.com and I can't believe I fell for it .. is that when your subscription expires they suddenly say this average to above average looking chick(one…
I think the legit dating sites go under, and the shady proper.
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#20Basically if anyone you don't know in real life asks you money this is a huge red flag. Like red flag of all red flags. People should condition themselves that once they reach their pockets for money then something is wrong, stop immediately and reevaluate. I understand that scammers sometimes are very good and you don't need to paranoid towards people, but once real money is involved your guard must go up!