Fishing For A Friend

Oh yes, I remember George. He was a scammer and he was removed as soon as he showed up on the admin panel as having joined and sent 10 messages within the first couple of minutes - always a sign that this is an unwelcome new member cutting and pasting in an internet cafe in Nigeria.

I admit it is confusing many to receive this overblown language from someone who is called "NoLongerAMember". I guess we need to find a way to programme people removed for scammy reasons as "RemovedByAdmin" or something like that so that everyone knows this was mass mailed by an unwelcome joiner who has been chucked out. I have to put my thinking cap on how to make these cases clearer to interpret for users and also welcome suggestions from everyone.

Aren't I lucky, got another one!!! I really must double-check my profile if this person deduced I should be male!!.......................................

I'm searching for my life long partner to share a Great Life of Love
with; romance, long slow kisses, feeling very special, intimacy,
spirituality, pleasurable communication, dancing, meeting of the
minds, opening a door for you, flowers, traveling and other exciting
interests and adventures, A GREAT LIFE of LOVE! I am one who strongly
believes in respect and that without respect, you can't experience
true love and generate a healthy relationship. I believe in a smaller
"wow" when it is first a friendship and then a larger "Wow" later as
it evolves into a Beautiful Loving committed relationship. I believe
it's not just what you are like on the outside, but more about what
you are like on the inside. I'm seeking friendship first with someone
who appreciates some of the same temperaments and interests I
enjoy.What should i say about myself? I was once a fool and this has
really drawn me back all thanks to God.Am new on here and am here for
a serious relationship that will last long forever and ever.Just came
across your profile on here and i think you are a serious man.am a
simple,Kind,Honest,Loyalty,God fearing woman and Faithfully woman.I
believe we can get to know each other better and start a new things
together if we are compatible.You can email me to ***** or add me to yahoo messenger id if you have one.

Wow...I got one at last!!!

Hello

My name is Nelly Johnson i saw your profile today and became intrested in you,i will also like to know you the more,and i want you to send an email to my email address so i can give you my photo for you to know whom i am.
Here is my email address *****
I believe we can move from here

The above copy of Nelly Johnson comes with the following Profile.
I'd like you to study it. At first glance it appears to be from a young woman in Aberdeen, but it is not.
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Nellylove: Age 21, UK, London South West, England
Home Town: UK
Postcode: AB30
Location: London South West, England
Age: 21
Gender: Female

I Am A Nice Looking Girl Seeking For A Nice Man To Marry A Man Who Will Love Me And Care For Me

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Some tell-tale characteristics are:
a name that promises love
a young woman from Britain
a normal looking post code but when you are from Ghana you don't know that AB is Aberdeen which is not London
a biography which is slightly un-English
a hotch potch of hobbies, making for a 21 year old with an unusual combination of hobbies: bridge, gardening, accordeon, horn, trombone... in fact exactly 3 in each category!

Scammers have learnt that you cannot write any more that you are from Nigeria and want to find someone who will sponsor you through college, because that would get them deleted straight away. They blend in so they can stay on the site and mailshot as many as they can. In their mailshot they usually list an email address to contact directly, so they can move outside the website quickly.

Here's a nice traditional one, beautifully written; there aren't too many of these versions going around these days, so enjoy it:

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Hello Dear,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you.I know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or written before. It is due to the political crisis in my country that is getting out of hands that made me to use this medium to seek for your assistance for relocation, as the political crisis is treatning the security of life and propertie as you can see through CNN cable news and BBC news you will know that Ivory Coast is really in political crisis.

Afer you receive this mail kindly contact me on my private Email contact below.introducing my self, I am miss isabella Edward Gavin, the Only Daughter of the late immanul Gavin, my father was a gold and cocoa mercahnt based in accra, Ghana and Abidjan (Ivory Coast), he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips recetly.

Before his death, He called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of $6.500,000USD deposited in one of the prime bank here in abidjan ivory coast, that he
used my name for the next of kin in depositing of the fund.

I will need your assistance as follows:

1) To assist me in retriving this money from the bank.
2) To serve as the guardian of this fund.
3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a residential permit in your country.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund to your nominated account
overseas.
Awaiting your urgent reply.
Miss Isabella Edward.
Note: please reply to my private e-mail box below: ( ***** )

Yesterday, late morning I received an email that was meant to look like a real email from notification from Lloyds TSB. However, there was something about it that wasn't right. I forwarded it to the fraud team and heard back from them late last night that its was a fraudulent email and that if I'd followed the link that it asked me to I could have lost money from my account. Lloyds have said that they will track down the site the email came from and will get it taken down. So just be careful if such an email lands in your inbox. It was saying that Lloyds TSB had upgraded security and I needed to 'click here' immediately, to stop my account being locked. As I say my instincts were right and its been found to be fraudulent. I've never received one of these before so thought that I should let everyone know that this email could be doing the rounds. I was also advised to do a full security sweep of my computer, which I have done.