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 How to tell a scammer

Profile		 Author: John T Owens  (---.bos.east.verizon.net)
Date:   03-25-04 06:06

We've all met them I think. I'll bet most of them are two guys in some saloon with laptops and pretty girls' pictures.

But here are some thoughts that have occurred to this boy with a cop's mentality:
1) Her picture is too good, too professional, too soft-porn even.
2)Her letter seems to be a form letter with better than expected English.
3)She early on tells a sob story, a sick mother going to Moscow for an operation, a father wounded in Aghganistan. She's setting the stage.
4)She doesn't seem to answer your questions directly. She's got dozens of letters to answer and can't bother with too many details.
5)She originates a request for a small amount of money, for translation fees, internet-cafe expenses, etc. She's softening you up.

In the event you have been scammed, it is important to report it to the transfer agency, usually Western Union who handles a lot of these transfers. They can quarantine a known recipient.

I find the whole process fascinating and I think just a small part of a huge enterprise on the Net, probably with offshoots into pornography, and possibly transnational prostitution.

Thought while writing: Can you get a drink in an internet-cafe?

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