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Attention! Avoid and report scammers, camgirls, spambots and other jerks. Never send money. Read these tips and help us make 4ppl clean.

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!! IMPORTANT !!

DO NOT SEND MONEY TO OTHER USERS FOR ANY REASON!

If any user asks you to send money to him/her, please report one immediately!

This is known as SCAM and is strictly prohibited on our website

How does the scam work?

Basically, it is a scam where a lonely foreign man gets acquainted over the Internet with an attractive female from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, African countries, etc. Whoever is behind the scam will try to get as much money out of the unsuspecting foreigner as possible.

Most scammers ask money for one or more of the following:
  • passport, visa, tickets, "travel insurance"
  • emergency medical expenses for the girl or her relatives (illness, car accident, death in the family)
  • internet cafe / marriage agency expenses
  • translation agency expenses
  • phone / mobile phone expenses
  • car accidents (the girl borrowed a car and wrecked it), apartment expenses (rent, repairs)
  • presents for herself and her family at holiday times
  • luxury items (cell phones, clothes, etc)
Typical tricks that scammers use:
  • "rebels attacked our house and I have no place to live" messages
  • "my mommy is sick and I have no money to help her"
  • "I live in the US/UK but now I'm in Nigeria on business trip" - popular Nigerian scams
  • "my parents died in a car accident" - popular Nigerian scams
  • "my late father was a rich man and he deposited a few millions of dollars for me but I need just $1000 to withdraw all the amount from bank"
Sometimes men are being asked to cash a check for the girl (watch out for that one, the checks will bounce!), to open or fund an Ebay account for the girl, to disclose their bank account or credit card information.

Some suggestions

This is just to inform you of a type of scam that is quite popular with online dating. Basically, the scam is to get a man to set up a PayPal account using a credit card or to send money by Western Union or some other money transfer service.

A man starts communicating with a "woman", the pictures are very attractive and sexy. Initial contact between victim and scam artist is to take the step in starting a relationship.

The artist then explains that they are in another country (usually Africa: Nigeria or Mali, or Russia/Ukraine, but England is also being used), and that they will not be returning to the States for another two weeks.

The artists may even send more pictures to the victim's e-mail address to "legitimize" cooperation of starting a relationship.

Upon finding out more information about the "nice looking woman" -- her parents died in a tragic accident and she has no family or friends who can help her stateside, or she was abandoned by her previous boyfriend in said country with no money to get home -- this is where I become skeptical and ask if they have gone to the embassy or local church to find assistance to return home.

Once a man tells them that he cannot help them with any kind of financial help, contact almost always ceases. Although it is embarrassing to admit, we believe this information will help others.

What to do if you find a scammer?

Report one immediately!!

Just open her profile and click "Report this profile as fake or scam-suspicious". We will react within 24 hours and remove her profile. Or you can go to Contact Us page and send us a message.

Why should I report scam?

Usually we blacklist scammers' email and IP addresses and some other identification info. And what is really important is that we also remove her other fake profiles. So the chances that you will talk to her again will be less.

Together we can make online dating safer!


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orionyx
orionyx 1362 days agocomment permalink
 
you can make a start simply by blocking all communications from west africa. almost none of those has any legitimate interest here, so blocking them does far more good than harm.
the case of the east europeans is a little different. enough of them are genuine to make it worth keeping the site open to them. and from the point of view of the americans here - it's good to know friends in russia and eastern europe so we'll have a place to go when this ecnomy collapses. they sure as hell aren't going to be greeting us with flowers most other places!
 
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queenta
queenta 793 days agocomment permalink
 
I am CHRISTEI form CAMEROON in relationship i do believe there should be trust,believe and understand because this are all the most important thing relationship have to go with and without all this between the two couples i don't think the relationship will work and last forever which i do always pray to Almighty God to have such a person who have all this in his heart in my life... With all due respect as well, I hope that you are upfront and honest with me, as well. I realize that I am 36years old and that you are somewhere Older than me, if you would still like to correspond, that's fine...we'll see how things go after we get to know each other by Almighty God's name... Well, I hope that this lets you know a little about me, and I hope I don't come across as being too cynical, harsh, or mean sounding to you? I will give anybody the benefit of the doubt (we're all human beings with the same red blood in out bodies, we all make mistakes in life and i want to learn more about life in a relationship more and more), I'm just asking you to keep it real and be honest from the beginning; that way, nobody is wasting his Or her time or getting his or her feelings hurt,......................... my email address is(mukoroqueenta@yahoo.com
 
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anonymous 430 days agocomment permalink
 
yer scammers ar dangerous and there is no need to send them money
 
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ACCRABOY
ACCRABOY 370 days agocomment permalink
 
GOTS ANY COCK?
 
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nheng24
nheng24 200 days agocomment permalink
 
go to hell all scammers!!!!
 
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